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Knot topology of exceptional point and non-Hermitian no-go theorem

Haiping Hu, Shi-Kang Sun, Shu Chen

2022Physical Review Research70 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The authors formulate a homotopy classification and knot theory of exceptional points and present a non-Hermitian no-go theorem governing the possible configurations of exceptional points and their splitting rules on a two-dimensional lattice.

Topics & Concepts

Knot (papermaking)Hermitian matrixHomotopyMathematicsLattice (music)Topology (electrical circuits)Pure mathematicsCombinatoricsPhysicsEngineeringChemical engineeringAcousticsQuantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian PhysicsAlgebraic structures and combinatorial modelsQuantum chaos and dynamical systems