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ArticleNature communications2025

Non-Hermitian Dirac cones with valley-dependent lifetimes.

Xinrong Xie, Fei Ma, W B Rui, Zhaozhen Dong, Yulin Du, Wentao Xie, Y X Zhao, Hongsheng Chen, Fei Gao, Haoran Xue

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Xinrong Xie *State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, International Joint Innovation Center, The Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Haining, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-1270
Fei Ma *State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, International Joint Innovation Center, The Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Haining, China.
W B RuiDepartment of Physics and HKU-UCAS Joint Institute for Theoretical and Computational Physics at Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
Zhaozhen DongState Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, International Joint Innovation Center, The Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Haining, China.
Yulin DuState Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, International Joint Innovation Center, The Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Haining, China.
Wentao XieDepartment of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Y X ZhaoDepartment of Physics and HKU-UCAS Joint Institute for Theoretical and Computational Physics at Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3084-1033
Hongsheng ChenState Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, International Joint Innovation Center, The Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Haining, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5735-9781
Fei GaoState Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, International Joint Innovation Center, The Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Haining, China. gaofeizju@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9928-9390
Haoran XueDepartment of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China. haoranxue@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1040-1137

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Abstract

Relativistic quasiparticles emerging from band degeneracies in crystals play crucial roles in the transport and topological properties of materials and metamaterials. Quasiparticles are commonly described by Hermitian Hamiltonians, with non-Hermiticity usually considered detrimental. In this work, we show that such an assumption of Hermiticity can be lifted to bring quasiparticles into non-Hermitian regime. We propose a concrete lattice model containing two Dirac cones with valley-dependent lifetimes. The lifetime contrast enables an ultra-strong valley selection rule: only one valley can survive in the long-time limit regardless of the excitation, lattice shape and other details. This property leads to an effective parity anomaly with a single Dirac cone and offers a simple way to generate vortex states. Additionally, extending non-Hermitian features to boundaries generates valley kink states with valley-locked lifetimes, making them effectively unidirectional and more resistant against inter-valley scattering. All these phenomena are experimentally demonstrated in a non-Hermitian electric circuit lattice.

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