Experimental Realization of Geometry-Dependent Skin Effect in a Reciprocal Two-Dimensional Lattice

Abstract

Recent studies of non-Hermitian periodic lattices unveiled the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE), in which the bulk modes under the periodic boundary conditions (PBC) become skin modes under open boundary conditions (OBC). The NHSE is a topological effect owing to the non-trivial spectral winding, and such spectral behaviors appear naturally in non-reciprocal systems. Hence prevailing approaches rely on non-reciprocity to achieve the NHSE. Here, we report the experimental realization of the geometry-dependent skin effect (GDSE) in a two-dimensional (2D) reciprocal system, in which the skin effect occurs only at boundaries whose macroscopic symmetry mismatches with the lattice symmetry. The role of spectral reciprocity and symmetry is revealed by connecting reflective channels at given boundaries with the spectral topology of the PBC spectrum. Our work highlights the vital role of reciprocity and macroscopic geometry on the NHSE in systems with dimensions larger than one and opens new routes for wave structuring using non-Hermitian effects.

14 pages, 3 figures

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