Erratic Non-Hermitian Skin Localization

A novel localization phenomenon, termed erratic non-Hermitian skin localization, has been identified in disordered globally reciprocal non-Hermitian lattices. Unlike conventional non-Hermitian skin effect and Anderson localization, it features macroscopic eigenstate localization at irregular, disord...

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Autor: Longhi, Stefano
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/419509
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/419509
http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14910v2
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Anderson localization
Disordered systems
Non-Hermitian systems
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Resumo:A novel localization phenomenon, termed erratic non-Hermitian skin localization, has been identified in disordered globally reciprocal non-Hermitian lattices. Unlike conventional non-Hermitian skin effect and Anderson localization, it features macroscopic eigenstate localization at irregular, disorder-dependent positions with subexponential decay. Using the Hatano-Nelson model with disordered imaginary gauge fields as a case study, this effect is linked to stochastic interfaces governed by the universal order statistics of random walks. Finite-size scaling analysis confirms the localized nature of the eigenstates. This discovery challenges conventional wave localization paradigms, offering new avenues for understanding and controlling localization phenomena in non-Hermitian physics.