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Non-Bloch quench dynamics

Tianyu Li, Jia-Zheng Sun, Yong-Sheng Zhang, and Wei Yi
Phys. Rev. Research 3, 023022 – Published 7 April 2021

Abstract

We study the quench dynamics of non-Hermitian topological models with non-Hermitian skin effects. Adopting the non-Bloch band theory and projecting quench dynamics onto the generalized Brillouin zone, we find that emergent topological structures, in the form of dynamic skyrmions, exist in the generalized momentum-time domain, and are correlated with the non-Bloch topological invariants of the static Hamiltonians. The skyrmion structures anchor on the fixed points of dynamics whose existence is conditional on the coincidence of generalized Brillouin zones of the pre- and post-quench Hamiltonians. Global features of dynamic skyrmions, however, persist well beyond such a condition, constituting signatures for a general dynamic detection scheme of non-Bloch topology in the presence of non-Hermitian skin effects. Applying our theory to an experimentally relevant, nonunitary quantum walk, we explicitly demonstrate how the non-Bloch topological invariants can be revealed through the non-Bloch quench dynamics.

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  • Received 24 January 2021
  • Revised 22 March 2021
  • Accepted 23 March 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.023022

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.

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Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsAtomic, Molecular & OpticalGeneral Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Tianyu Li1, Jia-Zheng Sun1, Yong-Sheng Zhang1,2,*, and Wei Yi1,2,†

  • 1CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei 230026, China

  • *yshzhang@ustc.edu.cn
  • wyiz@ustc.edu.cn

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Vol. 3, Iss. 2 — April - June 2021

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