Universal Hall conductance scaling in non-Hermitian Chern insulators

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Abstract

We investigate the Hall conductance of a two-dimensional Chern insulator coupled to an environment causing gain and loss. Introducing a biorthogonal linear response theory, we show that sufficiently strong gain and loss lead to a characteristic nonanalytical contribution to the Hall conductance. Near its onset, this contribution exhibits a universal power law with a power 3/2 as a function of Dirac mass, chemical potential, and gain strength. Our results pave the way for the study of non-Hermitian topology in fermionic transport experiments.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number023001
JournalPhysical Review Research
Volume3
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

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