Quantum metric and wave packets at exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems
Abstract
The usual concepts of topological physics, such as the Berry curvature, are not always relevant for non-Hermitian systems. We show that another object, the quantum metric, which often plays a secondary role in Hermitian systems, becomes a crucial quantity near exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems, where it diverges in a way that fully controls the description of wave-packet trajectories. The quantum metric behavior is responsible for a constant acceleration with a fixed direction, and for a nonvanishing constant velocity with a controllable direction. Both contributions are independent of the wave-packet size.Citation
Solnyshkov, D.D. , Leblanc, C., Bessonart, L., Nalitov, A., Ren, J., Liao, Q., Li, F. and Malpuech, G. (2021) Quantum metric and wave packets at exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems. Physical Review B, 103, 125302.Publisher
American Physical SocietyJournal
Physical Review BAdditional Links
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125302Type
Journal articleLanguage
enDescription
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by the American Physical Society in Physical Review B on 11/03/2021, available online: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125302 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
2469-9950EISSN
2469-9969ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125302
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