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We propose a controlled method to create and detect d-wave superfluidity with ultracold fermionic atoms loaded in two-dimensional optical superlattices. Our scheme consists in preparing an array of nearest-neighbor coupled square plaquettes…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-13 A. M. Rey , R. Sensarma , S. Foelling , M. Greiner , E. Demler , M. D. Lukin

Parity-time(PT) symmetric lattices have been widely studied in controlling the flow of waves, and recently moir\'e superlattices, connecting the periodic and non-periodic potentials, are introduced for exploring unconventional physical…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-29 Xiuye Liu , Jianhua Zeng

We study the Floquet edge states in arrays of periodically curved optical waveguides described by the modulated Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. Beyond the bulk-edge correspondence, our study explores the interplay between band topology and…

There are two prominent applications of the mathematical concept of topology to the physics of materials: band topology, which classifies different topological insulators and semimetals, and topological defects that represent immutable…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-11 Zhi-Kang Lin , Qiang Wang , Yang Liu , Haoran Xue , Baile Zhang , Yidong Chong , Jian-Hua Jiang

The geometric properties of a lattice can have profound consequences on its band spectrum. For example, symmetry constraints and geometric frustration can give rise to topologicially nontrivial and dispersionless bands, respectively.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-25 Christie S. Chiu , Da-Shuai Ma , Zhi-Da Song , B. Andrei Bernevig , Andrew A. Houck

We introduce a one-dimensional system of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice whose phase diagram includes topological states of different symmetry classes. These states can be identified by their zero-energy edge modes which are Majorana…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-03 Christina V. Kraus , Sebastian Diehl , Peter Zoller , Mikhail A. Baranov

Overlaying commensurate optical lattices with various configurations called superlattices can lead to exotic lattice topologies and, in turn, a discovery of novel physics. In this study, by overlapping the maxima of lattices, a new isolated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 Xinhao Zou , Baoguo Yang , Xia Xu , Pengju Tang , Xiaoji Zhou

We study the competition of disorder and superconductivity for a one-dimensional p-wave superconductor in incommensurate potentials. With the increase in the strength of the incommensurate potential, the system undergoes a transition from a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-03-20 Xiaoming Cai , Li-Jun Lang , Shu Chen , Yupeng Wang

Topological insulators are typically characterized by particularly stable properties, such as global invariants, and can be identified by probing their robust surface states. A recently discovered novel form of band topology, delicate…

We present a class of mechanical lattices based on elliptical gears with quasiperiodic modulation and geometric nonlinearity, capable of exhibiting topologically protected modes and amplitude-driven transitions. Starting from a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Shuaifeng Li , Di Zhou , Feng Li , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Jinkyu Yang

The Toda lattice is a model of nonlinear wave equations allowing exact soliton solutions. It is realized by an electric circuit made of a transmission line with variable capacitance diodes and inductors. It has been generalized to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-20 Motohiko Ezawa

Despite the extensive studies of topological states, their characterization in strongly nonlinear classical systems has been lacking. In this work, we identify the proper definition of Berry phase for nonlinear bulk modes and characterize…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-06-22 Di Zhou , D. Zeb Rocklin , Michael Leamy , Yugui Yao

We propose a new type of topological states of matter exhibiting topologically nontrivial edge states (ESs) within gapless bulk states (GBSs) protected by both spin rotational and reflection symmetries. A model presenting such states is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-23 Masoud Bahari , Mir Vahid Hosseini

Higher-order topological superfluids have gapped bulk and symmetry-protected Majorana zero modes with various localizations. Motivated by recent advances, we present a proposal for synthesizing multi-order topological superfluids that…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-07-09 Yu-Biao Wu , Guang-Can Guo , Zhen Zheng , Xu-Bo Zou

We analyze topological properties of the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model with a quasiperiodic superlattice potential. This system can be realized in interacting ultracold bosons in optical lattice in the presence of an incommensurate…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-07-31 Fuyuki Matsuda , Masaki Tezuka , Norio Kawakami

We show that the bulk-boundary correspondence for topological insulators can be modified in the presence of non-Hermiticity. We consider a one-dimensional tight-binding model with gain and loss as well as long-range hopping. The system is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-04 Tony E. Lee

Existence of robust edge modes at interfaces of topologically dissimilar systems is one of the most fascinating manifestations of a novel nontrivial state of matter, topological insulators. Such electronic states were originally predicted…

In this letter, we investigate topological phases of full-gapped odd-parity superconductors, which are distinguished by the bulk topological invariants and the topologically protected gapless boundary states. Using the particle-hole…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-10-20 Masatoshi Sato

Competition between magnetism and superconductivity can lead to unconventional and topological superconductivity. However, the experimental confirmation of the presence of Majorana edge states and unconventional pairing currently poses a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-03 Flavio Noronha , Askery Canabarro , Rafael Chaves , Rodrigo G. Pereira