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Non-Hermitian robust edge states in one-dimension: Anomalous localization and eigenspace condensation at exceptional points

arXiv:1711.05235 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.121401

Abstract

Capital to topological insulators, the bulk-boundary correspondence ties a topological invariant computed from the bulk (extended) states with those at the boundary, which are hence robust to disorder. Here we put forward an ordering unique to non-Hermitian lattices, whereby a pristine system becomes devoid of extended states, a property which turns out to be robust to disorder. This is enabled by a peculiar type of non-Hermitian degeneracy where a macroscopic fraction of the states coalesce at a single point with geometrical multiplicity of , that we call a phenomenal point.

6 pages, 4 figures

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