Is it possible to block diagonalise a complex matrix with some arbitrary matrix elements?

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I have a matrix of this form

\begin{bmatrix} \ 0 & v_1 & we^{-ik} \\[0.3em] \ v_1 & 0 & v_2 \\[0.3em] we^{ik} & v_2 & 0 \end{bmatrix} where $v_1$, $v_2$, $w$ and $k$ are some parameters. Is it possible to block diagonalise this matrix without specifying the values of $v_1$, $v_2$, $w$ and $k$? I have seen some examples about diagonalising a complex matrix. It seems that I need to calculate the eigenvalues, but this matrix does not have simple analytic eigenvalues. These are the eigenvalues calculated using Mathematica: enter image description here

It is also weird that there are some imaginary numbers in the eigenvalues as this matrix is clearly Hermitian.

Any help is appreciated.