Abstract
We explore some interesting phenomena in a simple non-Hermitian ladder system. Special modes with energy eigenvalues closely related to the inter-chain-coupling strength appear in the non-Hermitian ladder system. We show that a phase transition occurs whereby special modes with pure real eigenvalues can switch to special modes with pure imaginary eigenvalues, when the inter-chain-coupling strength changes from symmetric to asymmetric. We find that the density profiles of all the special modes are completely identical under certain conditions, even if the inter-chain-coupling strength is added into the non-Hermitian ladder system in different ways. Moreover, we also demonstrate that the different inter-chain couplings are fundamentally equivalent to adding different on-site potential energies into the non-Hermitian ladder system.
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