Effects of non-Hermitian perturbations on Weyl Hamiltonians with arbitrary topological charges
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Journal:
Physical Review B
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Abstract:
We provide a systematic study of non-Hermitian topologically charged systems. Starting from a Hermitian Hamiltonian supporting Weyl points with arbitrary topological charge, adding a non-Hermitian perturbation transforms the Weyl points to one-dimensional exceptional contours. We analytically prove that the topological charge is preserved on the exceptional contours. In contrast to Hermitian systems, the addition of gain and loss allows for a new class of topological phase transition: when two oppositely charged exceptional contours touch, the topological charge can dissipate without opening …
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Volume:
97
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Issue:
7
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Page Number:
075128
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Translation or Not:
no
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Date of Publication:
2018-02-13
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Links to published journals:
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.075128