Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Transient non-Hermitian skin effect

  • Zhongming Gu,
  • He Gao,
  • Haoran Xue,
  • Jensen Li,
  • Zhongqing Su,
  • Jie Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35448-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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In this work the authors uncover a transient non-Hermitian skin effect. Using a passive system, they confirm the exact evolution of NHSE by leveraging the complex-frequency excitation. This demonstration can be extended to other non-Hermitian phenomena in various passive systems.