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Impurity-induced loss bursts from anomalous scale-free localization in a non-Hermitian dissipative lattice

Hui Liu , Zhihao Xu This is my paper

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Impurities in a non-Hermitian lattice create effective boundaries that induce scale-free localization and trigger loss bursts even for distant initial states.

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The paper establishes that a non-Hermitian dissipative cross-stitch lattice, after a local basis rotation, maps to an effective non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model where impurities function as tunable boundaries. For impurity strengths away from the special points zero and one, eigenstates show scale-free localization whose strength varies with eigenenergy. This structure produces an impurity-induced loss burst in which the long-time integrated dissipation probability peaks sharply near the impurity-generated effective boundary. The effect holds for wave packets that start far away and occurs without imaginary-gap closure. A reader would care because it links localization physics directly to controllable dissipation in open systems.

Core claim

The central claim is that anomalous scale-free localization pinned by impurities produces an impurity-induced loss burst: the long-time integrated dissipation probability is strongly enhanced near an impurity-generated effective boundary even when the initial wave packet is far away. In the single-impurity case the burst region consists of the impurity site and its adjacent effective-boundary site. The effect occurs without imaginary-gap closing. For multiple impurities local burst regions emerge around all impurities while the dominant burst boundary is selected by the initial wave-packet position and the nonreciprocal drift direction.

What carries the argument

The local-basis-rotation mapping of the cross-stitch lattice onto an effective non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain, in which impurity strength acts as a tunable parameter that connects open-boundary-like and periodic-boundary limits and pins energy-dependent scale-free localized eigenmodes.

If this is right

  • In the single-impurity case the loss burst is confined to the impurity site and one neighboring effective-boundary site.
  • Multiple impurities each generate their own local burst region, yet only one becomes dominant depending on starting position and drift direction.
  • The loss enhancement occurs without any closing of the imaginary gap.
  • Spectral loops remain detached from the real axis for all finite impurity strengths except the two special limits.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The energy dependence of the localization length could be used to engineer position-selective dissipation by choosing the initial wave-packet energy.
  • The same impurity-as-boundary mechanism may appear in other non-Hermitian lattices once they are reduced to an effective SSH form.
  • Varying the nonreciprocal drift strength should shift which impurity dominates the burst, offering a testable control knob.

Load-bearing premise

Tuning the impurity strength connects two effective open-boundary-condition limits through generalized-boundary regimes while keeping spectral loops separated from the real-energy axis.

What would settle it

Evolve an initial wave packet placed many sites away from a single impurity and check whether the long-time integrated dissipation probability exhibits a pronounced peak exactly at the impurity site plus its adjacent effective-boundary site.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.21034 by Hui Liu, Zhihao Xu.

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We identify anomalous scale-free localization and the associated impurity-induced loss bursts in a non-Hermitian dissipative cross-stitch lattice. By a local basis rotation, the model is mapped onto an effective non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice, where local impurities act as tunable effective boundaries. For the parameter choice considered here, tuning the impurity strength $\eta$ connects two effective open-boundary-condition-like limits, reached for $\eta\to0$ and $\eta\to\infty$, through generalized-boundary-condition regimes and the impurity-free periodic-boundary-condition point at $\eta=1$. For finite $\eta\notin\{0,1\}$, the spectral loops remain separated from the real-energy axis, while the eigenstates exhibit scale-free localization pinned by the impurity. Unlike conventional impurity-induced scale-free localization, the Lyapunov exponent depends explicitly on the eigenenergy, making the localization strength eigenstate dependent. We further show that this anomalous eigenmode structure produces an impurity-induced loss burst: the long-time integrated dissipation probability is strongly enhanced near an impurity-generated effective boundary even when the initial wave packet is far away. In the single-impurity case, the burst region consists of the impurity site and its adjacent effective-boundary site, and the effect occurs without imaginary-gap closing. For multiple impurities, local burst regions emerge around all impurities, while the dominant burst boundary is selected by the initial wave-packet position and the nonreciprocal drift direction. These results connect anomalous scale-free localization with controllable dissipation dynamics in non-Hermitian lattices.

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Summary. The manuscript identifies anomalous scale-free localization and impurity-induced loss bursts in a non-Hermitian dissipative cross-stitch lattice. A local basis rotation maps the model onto an effective non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice in which impurities act as tunable effective boundaries. Tuning the impurity strength η connects open-boundary-condition-like limits (η→0 and η→∞) through generalized-boundary regimes, with the impurity-free periodic point at η=1. For finite η∉{0,1} the spectral loops remain separated from the real axis while eigenstates exhibit energy-dependent scale-free localization pinned at the impurity-generated effective boundary. This structure produces a long-time integrated dissipation probability that is strongly enhanced near the effective boundary even when the initial wave packet is distant; the effect occurs without imaginary-gap closing. For multiple impurities, local burst regions form around each impurity with the dominant boundary selected by initial position and nonreciprocal drift.

Significance. If the central claims are verified, the work establishes a concrete link between anomalous scale-free localization and controllable dissipation dynamics in non-Hermitian lattices, distinct from conventional skin-effect or exceptional-point mechanisms. The local basis rotation that converts impurities into tunable boundaries and the explicit energy dependence of the Lyapunov exponent are technically interesting. The mapping appears parameter-free, which is a positive feature for the robustness of the predicted loss-burst phenomenology.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and effective SSH mapping section] The statement that spectral loops remain separated from the real-energy axis for finite η∉{0,1} (abstract and effective-model discussion) is load-bearing for the claim that the loss burst originates purely from the energy-dependent Lyapunov exponent and scale-free localization rather than gap closing. No explicit analytic proof or numerical scan of the Brillouin zone is provided to confirm that no eigenvalue acquires zero imaginary part at finite η; without this verification the attribution to the anomalous mechanism cannot be secured.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Model and mapping] The definition of the effective boundary sites and the precise form of the energy-dependent Lyapunov exponent would benefit from an additional equation or schematic diagram for clarity.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the positive assessment of its significance. We address the single major comment below and have revised the manuscript to incorporate the requested verification.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and effective SSH mapping section] The statement that spectral loops remain separated from the real-energy axis for finite η∉{0,1} (abstract and effective-model discussion) is load-bearing for the claim that the loss burst originates purely from the energy-dependent Lyapunov exponent and scale-free localization rather than gap closing. No explicit analytic proof or numerical scan of the Brillouin zone is provided to confirm that no eigenvalue acquires zero imaginary part at finite η; without this verification the attribution to the anomalous mechanism cannot be secured.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit verification is necessary to secure the attribution. In the revised manuscript we add a numerical scan of the complex spectrum over the Brillouin zone for representative finite values of η (η = 0.5 and η = 2) that confirms all eigenvalues retain strictly negative imaginary parts with no zero crossings. We also include a concise analytic argument in the effective non-Hermitian SSH mapping section showing that the dissipative terms in the model keep the spectral loops separated from the real axis for η ∉ {0,1}. These additions demonstrate that the impurity-induced loss bursts arise from the energy-dependent Lyapunov exponent and scale-free localization without requiring imaginary-gap closing. The abstract and effective-model discussion have been updated for clarity, and a new supplementary figure displays the scan results. revision: yes

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No circularity; derivation follows from lattice mapping and effective-model analysis

full rationale

The paper defines the cross-stitch lattice Hamiltonian, applies an exact local basis rotation to obtain the effective non-Hermitian SSH chain with impurity-tuned boundaries, and then computes the spectrum, energy-dependent Lyapunov exponents, and long-time integrated dissipation directly from the resulting eigenmodes. The separation of spectral loops from the real axis for finite η, the absence of imaginary-gap closing, and the impurity-pinned scale-free localization are all obtained by solving the effective model rather than by redefining inputs as outputs or by load-bearing self-citation. No fitted parameter is relabeled as a prediction, and the loss-burst enhancement is a computed consequence of the eigenstate structure, not a tautology.

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The central claims rest on a local basis rotation that converts the cross-stitch lattice into an effective non-Hermitian SSH model with impurities acting as tunable boundaries; this is a domain-specific modeling choice rather than a derived result.

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  • domain assumption A local basis rotation maps the dissipative cross-stitch lattice onto an effective non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice in which impurities act as tunable effective boundaries.
    Stated directly in the abstract as the key step that allows the boundary-condition analysis.

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