Observation of gauge field induced non-Hermitian helical spin skin effects

Observation of gauge field induced non-Hermitian helical spin skin effects | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Observation of gauge field induced non-Hermitian helical spin skin effects Linhu Li, Yi Li, Jia-Hui Zhang, Yang Kou, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia, and 1 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6275259/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Synthetic gauge fields and non-Hermitian skin effects are pivotal to topological phases and non-Hermitian physics, each recently attracting great interest across diverse research fields. Notably, realizing skin effects typically require nonreciprocal couplings or on-site gain and loss. Here, we theoretically and experimentally report that, under gauge fields, non-Hermitian systems with reciprocal couplings and without gain and loss, can nontrivially give rise to an unprecedented nonreciprocal skin effect, featuring helical spin-dependent skin accumulations, dubbed as the ``helical spin skin effect". Specifically, we construct a lattice model with reciprocal dissipative couplings and gauge fields, implemented in circuit metamaterials. Before introducing the gauge fields, this model exhibits localized spin edge modes and extended bulk modes, without skin effects. As the gauge field strength is applied from 0 to π, we observe the emergence of two distinct spin skin effects and their transitions: the hybrid-order and second-order helical spin skin effects. Furthermore, we show that these effects can be harnessed to realize helical spin-dependent nonreciprocal transmissions. Our findings not only highlight gauge field induced and enriched non-Hermitian topology, but also brings spin-dependent helicity into skin effects and nonreciprocality. Physical sciences/Physics/Condensed-matter physics/Spintronics Physical sciences/Engineering/Electrical and electronic engineering Physical sciences/Physics/Condensed-matter physics/Electronic properties and materials Physical sciences/Physics/Condensed-matter physics/Topological matter Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. Supplementary Files SM.pdf Supplementary information Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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