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Symmetry-protected nodal phases in non-Hermitian systems
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0445-0036
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9739-2930
2019 (English)In: Physical Review B, ISSN 2469-9950, E-ISSN 2469-9969, Vol. 99, no 4, article id 041406Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Non-Hermitian (NH) Hamiltonians have become an important asset for the effective description of various physical systems that are subject to dissipation. Motivated by recent experimental progress on realizing the NH counterparts of gapless phases such as Weyl semimetals, here we investigate how NH symmetries affect the occurrence of exceptional points (EPs), that generalize the notion of nodal points in the spectrum beyond the Hermitian realm. Remarkably, we find that the dimension of the manifold of EPs is generically increased by one as compared to the case without symmetry. This leads to nodal surfaces formed by EPs that are stable as long as a protecting symmetry is preserved, and that are connected by open Fermi volumes. We illustrate our findings with analytically solvable two-band lattice models in one and two spatial dimensions, and show how they are readily generalized to generic NH crystalline systems.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. Vol. 99, no 4, article id 041406
Keywords [en]
Quantum optics, Dirac semimetal
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Research subject
Theoretical Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-166133DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.041406ISI: 000456809000002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85060860358OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-166133DiVA, id: diva2:1289079
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Swedish Research CouncilKnut and Alice Wallenberg FoundationAvailable from: 2019-02-15 Created: 2019-02-15 Last updated: 2022-11-03Bibliographically approved
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1. Solvable Topological Boundaries
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2019 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The hallmark of topological phases of matter is the presence of robust boundary states. In this dissertation, a formalism is developed with which analytical solutions for these states can be straightforwardly obtained by making use of destructive interference, which is naturally present in a large family of lattice models. The validity of the solutions is independent of tight-binding parameters, and as such these lattices can be seen as a subset of solvable systems in the landscape of tight-binding models. The approach allows for a full control of the topological phase of the system as well as the dispersion and localization of the boundary states, which makes it possible to design lattice models possessing the desired topological phase from the bottom up. Further applications of this formalism can be found in the fields of higher-order topological phases—where boundary states localize to boundaries with a codimension larger than one—and of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians—which is a fruitful approach to describe dissipation, and feature many exotic features, such as the possible breakdown of bulk-boundary correspondence—where the access to exact solutions has led to new insights.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 2019. p. 91
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Research subject
Theoretical Physics
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urn:nbn:se:su:diva-166135 (URN)978-91-7797-630-1 (ISBN)978-91-7797-631-8 (ISBN)
Public defence
2019-04-12, sal FB52, AlbaNova universitetscentrum, Roslagstullsbacken 21, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
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At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 7: Submitted. Paper 8: Manuscript.

Available from: 2019-03-20 Created: 2019-02-22 Last updated: 2022-02-26Bibliographically approved

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