Distance Structure of Insertion Kernels and Local Port Response in Non-Reciprocal Su--Schrieffer--Heeger Chains
Abstract
Non-reciprocal lattices offer a flexible setting for directional wave transport, raising the question of how enhanced internal scattering translates into transmission between fixed external ports. We address this question for non-reciprocal Su--Schrieffer--Heeger (SSH) chains with staggered gain and loss by relating the reference-dependent insertion kernel Kp=VGpV to the coherent transmission intensity T. On a fixed finite graph, a strong-insertion expansion gives a contribution proportional to γ1−d, whose coefficient is the signed sum of shortest directed paths of length d. When this sum is nonzero, it sets the leading behavior independently of fixed diagonal losses; when it cancels, those losses can enter the first surviving higher-order term. For a fixed cross-sublattice endpoint channel, transmission has a strictly negative slope at every nonzero differentiable stationary point of the kernel magnitude. In the weak-insertion regime, the reference-system coefficient χ=−Re Tr[(G0pZ)2] predicts the initial transmission change for symmetric SSH ports, and χ>0 together with a strictly stable baseline guarantees local stable enhancement. Finite-chain calculations and driven dynamics connect these results to observable response and distinguish asymptotic convergence from transient settling. A strictly dissipative short-chain example exhibits local enhancement without net power gain. Together, these results separate graph-path structure, coherent port response, and dynamical establishment, providing channel-specific criteria for interpreting internal scattering.
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BibTeX
@misc{zhang2026distance,
title = {{Distance Structure of Insertion Kernels and Local Port Response in Non-Reciprocal Su--Schrieffer--Heeger Chains}},
author = {Xudong Zhang and Bin Guo},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.09387},
eprint = {2610.09387},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.09387},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Distance Structure of Insertion Kernels and Local Port Response in Non-Reciprocal Su--Schrieffer--Heeger Chains
AU - Xudong Zhang
AU - Bin Guo
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/10
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.09387
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.09387
AB - Non-reciprocal lattices offer a flexible setting for directional wave transport, raising the question of how enhanced internal scattering translates into transmission between fixed external ports. We address this question for non-reciprocal Su--Schrieffer--Heeger (SSH) chains with staggered gain and loss by relating the reference-dependent insertion kernel K_p=VG_pV to the coherent transmission intensity T. On a fixed finite graph, a strong-insertion expansion gives a contribution proportional to γ^1−d, whose coefficient is the signed sum of shortest directed paths of length d. When this sum is nonzero, it sets the leading behavior independently of fixed diagonal losses; when it cancels, those losses can enter the first surviving higher-order term. For a fixed cross-sublattice endpoint channel, transmission has a strictly negative slope at every nonzero differentiable stationary point of the kernel magnitude. In the weak-insertion regime, the reference-system coefficient χ=−Re Tr[(G_0pZ)^2] predicts the initial transmission change for symmetric SSH ports, and χ>0 together with a strictly stable baseline guarantees local stable enhancement. Finite-chain calculations and driven dynamics connect these results to observable response and distinguish asymptotic convergence from transient settling. A strictly dissipative short-chain example exhibits local enhancement without net power gain. Together, these results separate graph-path structure, coherent port response, and dynamical establishment, providing channel-specific criteria for interpreting internal scattering.
ER -