Dynamical Degeneracy Splitting and Directional Invisibility in Non-Hermitian Systems
Abstract
In this Letter, we introduce the concept of dynamical degeneracy splitting to describe the anisotropic decay behaviors in non-Hermitian systems. We demonstrate that systems with dynamical degeneracy splitting exhibit two distinctive features: (i) the system shows frequency-resolved non-Hermitian skin effect; (ii) Green's function exhibits anomalous behavior at given frequency, leading to uneven broadening in spectral function and anomalous scattering. As an application, we propose directional invisibility based on wave packet dynamics to investigate the geometry-dependent skin effect in higher dimensions. Our work elucidates a faithful correspondence between non-Hermitian skin effect and Green's function, offering a guiding principle for exploration of novel physical phenomena emerging from this effect.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- July 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.036402
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2211.07783
- Bibcode:
- 2023PhRvL.131c6402Z
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases;
- Physics - Optics
- E-Print:
- 24 pages, 11 figures