Direction reversal of non-Hermitian skin effect via coherent coupling

Abstract

Absolute negative mobility (ANM) in nonequilibrium systems depicts the possibility of particles propagating toward the opposite direction of an external force. We uncover in this work a phenomenon analogous to ANM regarding eigenstate localization and particle transport in non-Hermitian systems under the influence of the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE). A coherent coupling between two non-Hermitian chains individually possessing the same preferred direction of NHSE is shown to cause a direction reversal of NHSE for all eigenmodes. This concept is further investigated in terms of time evolution dynamics using a non-Hermitian quantum walk platform within reach of current experiments. Our findings are explained both qualitatively and quantitatively. The possible direction reversal of NHSE can potentially lead to interesting applications.

arXiv comment12 pages, 8 figures. Comments are welcome

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