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Optimizing the Sensitivity-Noise Trade-off in Non-Hermitian Sensing via Off-Exceptional-Deficiency Operation

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Pith's one-line read Shifting a non-Hermitian sensor to the Off-ED regime removes geometric noise singularities and restores linear SNR scaling while keeping exponential sensitivity with lattice size.

desk verdict The paper's main claim is that operating off the exceptional deficiency point with added disorder in this Hatano-Nelson chain recovers linear SNR scaling while keeping exponential-in-N sensitivity. read the letter →

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The reading

The paper studies a double-chain Hatano-Nelson model with unidirectional interlayer coupling to resolve the sensitivity-noise trade-off in non-Hermitian sensing. At the exceptional deficiency limit the system delivers exponential sensitivity with lattice size N but incurs fractional-order noise amplification. Adding diagonal spatial disorder suppresses the non-Hermitian skin effect and creates a clear separation between At-ED and Off-ED regimes. Operation in the Off-ED regime eliminates the geometric singularity that produces SNR ∝ δ^{-1/2} and recovers the linear law SNR ∝ δ^{-1}, delivering several orders of magnitude improvement while the exponential scaling with N remains intact.

What carries the argument

The Off-ED operating regime, defined by progressive suppression of the non-Hermitian skin effect through diagonal spatial disorder in the double-chain Hatano-Nelson model with unidirectional interlayer coupling.

What would settle it

A direct measurement of how signal-to-noise ratio scales with detuning δ in a physical realization of the double-chain model, comparing the At-ED and Off-ED regimes, would confirm whether the linear scaling law is recovered in the Off-ED case.

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Core claim

In the double-chain Hatano-Nelson model, the At-ED configuration imposes fractional-order noise amplification (SNR ∝ δ^{-1/2}) that saturates at a suboptimal plateau, whereas migration to the Off-ED regime eliminates this geometric singularity, restores the linear scaling law SNR ∝ δ^{-1}, and achieves an SNR enhancement of several orders of magnitude while fully preserving the exponential sensitivity scaling with lattice size N, albeit at a slightly reduced absolute sensitivity.

Load-bearing premise

The unidirectional interlayer coupling and the chosen form of diagonal spatial disorder produce a clean separation between At-ED and Off-ED regimes and suppress the non-Hermitian skin effect without additional uncontrolled effects.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • SNR scales linearly as δ^{-1} in the Off-ED regime instead of saturating under fractional amplification.
  • Several orders of magnitude SNR improvement is obtained while exponential sensitivity with N is retained.
  • The system remains robust across a six-order-of-magnitude detuning range.
  • Absolute sensitivity is slightly lower than the strict At-ED limit but the noise immunity is substantially higher.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The fault-tolerance threshold identified by eigenspace cosine similarity could serve as a practical tuning knob in device fabrication.
  • Controlled introduction of spatial disorder might be used to switch between regimes in other non-Hermitian lattices that exhibit skin effects.
  • The approach suggests that topological sensors can be engineered to operate away from exact exceptional points without sacrificing the core scaling advantages.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper introduces a double-chain Hatano-Nelson model with unidirectional interlayer coupling and diagonal spatial disorder. At the exceptional deficiency (ED) limit the system exhibits macroscopic spectral degeneracy and NHSE, producing exponential sensitivity scaling with lattice size N that is robust over a wide detuning range. By adding disorder the authors suppress the NHSE, delineate At-ED and Off-ED regimes, and claim that the Off-ED regime restores linear SNR scaling (SNR ∝ δ^{-1}) while preserving the exponential-in-N sensitivity (slightly reduced absolute value), yielding orders-of-magnitude SNR improvement.

Significance. If the scaling claims are rigorously verified, the Off-ED construction supplies a concrete operating point that mitigates the sensitivity-noise trade-off in non-Hermitian sensors while retaining the exponential advantage of macroscopic degeneracy. The cosine-similarity diagnostic for the fault-tolerance threshold is a useful quantitative tool. The result would be of interest to the topological-sensing community provided the modeling assumptions do not inadvertently alter the scaling exponent with N.

major comments (2)
  1. [Model and disorder implementation] The central claim that Off-ED operation preserves the exponential sensitivity scaling with N while only reducing absolute sensitivity rests on the modeling assumption that diagonal spatial disorder plus unidirectional interlayer coupling suppresses NHSE without introducing new perturbations that change the scaling exponent. This assumption, introduced in the description of the double-chain Hatano-Nelson system, is load-bearing and requires explicit verification (e.g., scaling plots or analytic argument for multiple N values in the Off-ED regime).
  2. [Results on SNR scaling] The abstract states that the At-ED regime yields SNR ∝ δ^{-1/2} while Off-ED restores SNR ∝ δ^{-1}, yet no derivation or error analysis is supplied showing how these scalings follow from the eigenvalue problem or from the eigenspace geometry once disorder is present. Without this step the claimed orders-of-magnitude SNR enhancement cannot be assessed for robustness.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Typo in abstract: 'whith' should be 'with'.
  2. [Regime definitions] Notation for the detuning parameter δ and the precise definition of the Off-ED operating point should be introduced with an equation or explicit parameter range rather than only descriptive language.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful review and constructive feedback. The comments highlight important points regarding verification of scaling claims, which we address below by committing to specific additions in the revised manuscript.

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  1. Referee: [Model and disorder implementation] The central claim that Off-ED operation preserves the exponential sensitivity scaling with N while only reducing absolute sensitivity rests on the modeling assumption that diagonal spatial disorder plus unidirectional interlayer coupling suppresses NHSE without introducing new perturbations that change the scaling exponent. This assumption, introduced in the description of the double-chain Hatano-Nelson system, is load-bearing and requires explicit verification (e.g., scaling plots or analytic argument for multiple N values in the Off-ED regime).

    Authors: We agree that the preservation of exponential scaling under disorder requires explicit demonstration. In the revised manuscript we will add numerical scaling plots of sensitivity versus N (for N = 10, 20, 40, 80) at fixed disorder strengths inside the Off-ED regime, confirming that the exponent remains unchanged while the prefactor is modestly reduced. A short perturbative argument will also be included showing that the unidirectional interlayer coupling and diagonal disorder primarily suppress the skin-mode localization length without lifting the macroscopic degeneracy that underlies the exponential scaling. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Results on SNR scaling] The abstract states that the At-ED regime yields SNR ∝ δ^{-1/2} while Off-ED restores SNR ∝ δ^{-1}, yet no derivation or error analysis is supplied showing how these scalings follow from the eigenvalue problem or from the eigenspace geometry once disorder is present. Without this step the claimed orders-of-magnitude SNR enhancement cannot be assessed for robustness.

    Authors: We acknowledge the absence of an explicit derivation. The revision will contain a new subsection deriving the SNR scalings directly from the eigenvalue problem and the geometry of the perturbed eigenspace. Starting from the definition SNR = |dE/dδ| / σ_noise and using the cosine-similarity diagnostic to quantify the overlap between left and right eigenvectors, we will show analytically that the At-ED point produces a square-root singularity in the noise variance while the Off-ED point restores a simple pole, yielding the linear scaling. Numerical error bars obtained from ensemble averaging over disorder realizations will be added to the SNR plots to quantify robustness. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper introduces diagonal spatial disorder into the double-chain Hatano-Nelson model with unidirectional coupling, then analyzes the resulting suppression of NHSE via eigenspace cosine similarity to separate At-ED and Off-ED regimes. The claimed SNR ∝ δ^{-1} restoration in Off-ED and preserved exponential-in-N sensitivity follow directly from the model's spectral degeneracy and geometric singularity removal under these assumptions, without any reduction of the output scalings to fitted parameters, self-citations, or definitional equivalence. No load-bearing steps match the enumerated circularity patterns; the derivation remains self-contained against the stated Hamiltonian and disorder form.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 1 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on the specific unidirectional interlayer coupling chosen for the double-chain model and on the assumption that diagonal spatial disorder only suppresses NHSE without introducing new singularities; no free parameters are explicitly fitted in the abstract, but the detuning range and lattice size N are treated as controllable variables.

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  • domain assumption The double-chain Hatano-Nelson model with unidirectional interlayer coupling produces a macroscopically degenerate complex spectrum at the ED limit.
    Invoked to establish the baseline At-ED behavior.

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abstract

A central challenge in non-Hermitian sensing is that spectral singularities simultaneously amplify both the signal and environmental noise. We address this predicament in a double-chain Hatano-Nelson model featuring unidirectional interlayer coupling. At the exceptional deficiency (ED) limit, the system exhibits a macroscopically degenerate complex spectrum and a pronounced non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE), yielding a sensitivity that scales exponentially with lattice size $N$ while remaining robust across a six-order-of-magnitude detuning range. By introducing diagonal spatial disorder, we demonstrate that the NHSE is progressively suppressed, whith eigenspace cosine similarity analysis quantifying a well-defined fault-tolerance threshold. To reconcile the sensitivity-noise trade-off, we delineate "At-ED" and "Off-ED" operating regimes. While the At-ED configuration imposes fractional-order noise amplification (SNR $\propto \delta^{-1/2}$) that saturates at a suboptimal plateau, migrating to the Off-ED regime eliminates this geometric singularity and restores a linear scaling law (SNR $\propto \delta^{-1}$), achieving an SNR enhancement of several orders of magnitude. Crucially, this improvement is achieved while fully preserving the exponential sensitivity scaling, albeit at a slightly reduced absolute sensitivity compared to the strict At-ED limit. Our findings establish the Off-ED framework as a concrete paradigm for next-generation topological sensors that reconcile extreme sensitivity with robust noise immunity.

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Figure 1. FIG. 1. Schematic of the double-chain Hatano–Nelson model [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. FIG. 2. Eigenspace coalescence and real-space skin-mode distribution under open boundary conditions. (a), (b) Cosine [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. FIG. 3. Effects of on-site spatial disorder on eigenstate [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Sensing performance of the double-chain Hatano-Nelson system. (a) Sensitivity [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) comparison between the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Noise-induced eigenspectral splitting ∆ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_6.png]

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