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 language | English |
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Article number | 023001 |
Journal | Physical Review Research |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2021 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |