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Quantum topology categorizes physical systems in integer invariants, which are robust to some deformations and certain types of disorder. A prime example is the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, which has two distinct topological phases,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-01-01 Michael Hilke

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) system is a popular model for exploring topological insulators and topological phases in one dimension. Recent interest in exceptional points has led to re-examination of non-Hermitian generalizations of many…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-05 David S. Simon , Christopher R. Schwarze , Abdoulaye Ndao , Alexander V. Sergienko

Topological modes in one- and two-dimensional systems have been proposed for numerous applications utilizing their exotic electronic responses. The zero-energy, topologically protected end modes can be realized in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-19 Md Nurul Huda , Shawulienu Kezilebieke , Teemu Ojanen , Robert Drost , Peter Liljeroth

It has been recently proposed that the reduced density matrix may be used to derive the order parameter of a condensed matter system. Here we propose order parameters for the phases of a topological insulator, specifically a spinless…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-12-21 Wing Chi Yu , Yan Chao Li , P. D. Sacramento , Hai-Qing Lin

Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains are paradigmatic examples of 1D topological insulators hosting zero-energy edge modes when the bulk of the system has a non-zero topological winding invariant. Recently, high-harmonic spectroscopy has been…

We construct a family of chiral symmetry-protected third-order topological insulators by stacking Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains and provide a unified topological characterization by a series of Bott indices. Our approach is informed by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-10 Xun-Jiang Luo , Jia-Zheng Li , Meng Xiao , Fengcheng Wu

The topological properties of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model in the presence of nearest-neighbor interaction are investigated by means of a topological marker, generalized from a noninteracting one by utilizing the single-particle…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-01 Pedro B. Melo , Sebastião A. S. Júnior , Wei Chen , Rubem Mondaini , Thereza Paiva

A non-Hermitian topological insulator with real spectrum is interesting in the theory of non-Hermitian extension of topological systems. We find an experimentally realizable example of a two dimensional non-Hermitian topological insulator…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-16 C. Yuce , H. Ramezani

Topological insulator lie at the forefront of condensed matter physics. However strong disorder can destroy the topological states and make all states become localized. In this paper, we investigate the competition between topology and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-05 Xin Guan , Gang Chen

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model on a two-dimensional square lattice has been considered as a significant platform for studying topological multipole insulators. However, due to the highly-degenerate bulk energy bands protected by $…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-16 Zhang-Zhao Yang , An-Yang Guan , Wen-Jie Yang , Xin-Ye Zou , Jian-Chun Cheng

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model lays the foundation of many important concepts in quantum topological matters. Since it tells one that topological states may be distinguished by abelian geometric phases, a question naturally arises as…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-06-28 Shao-Liang Zhang , Qi Zhou

The discrete Hamiltonian of Su, Schrieffer and Heeger (SSH) is a well-known one-dimensional translation-invariant model in condensed matter physics. The model consists of two atoms per unit cell and describes in-cell and out-of-cell…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Jacob Shapiro , Michael I. Weinstein

This course-based primer provides newcomers to the field with a concise introduction to some of the core topics in the emerging field of topological band insulators in one and two dimensions. The aim is to provide a basic understanding of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-19 János K. Asbóth , László Oroszlány , András Pályi

We show that higher-order topological insulators can be created from usual square structure by twisting waveguides in each unit cell around the axis passing through the center of the unit cell, even without changing intracell distance…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-28 Yaroslav V. Kartashov

Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains are the simplest model systems that display topological edge states. We calculate high-harmonic spectra of SSH chains that are coupled to an external laser field of a frequency much smaller than the band…

Optics · Physics 2024-03-12 Hannah Jürß , Dieter Bauer

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model describes a finite one-dimensional dimer lattice with first-neighbour hoppings populated by non-interacting electrons. In this work we study a generalization of the SSH model including longer-range…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-05 Beatriz Pérez-González , Miguel Bello , Álvaro Gómez-León , Gloria Platero

Non-Hermiticity alters topology with the presence of non-Hermitian factors in topological systems. Most existing non-Hermitian topological systems derive their topological phases from Hermitian components, that is, the gain and loss of the…

The interacting SSH model provides an ideal ground to study the interplay between topologically insulating phases and electron-electron interactions. We study the polarization density as a topological invariant and provide an analytic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-19 E. Di Salvo , A. Moustaj , C. Xu , L. Fritz , A. K. Mitchell , C. Morais Smith , D. Schuricht

Simple route of engineering topological phases for any desired value of winding and Chern numbers is found in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model by adding a further neighbor hopping term of varying distances. It is known that the standard…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-19 Rakesh Kumar Malakar , Asim Kumar Ghosh

Non-Hermitian topological phenomena have gained much interest among physicists in recent years. In this paper, we expound on the physics of dissipatively coupled Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattices, specifically in systems with bosonic and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Jayakrishnan M. P. Nair , Marlan O. Scully , Girish S. Agarwal