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We investigate the interplay between the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE), parity-time (PT) symmetry, and topological defect states in a finite non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain. In the conventional NHSE regime, non-reciprocal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-28 S. M. Rafi-Ul-Islam , Zhuo Bin Siu , Md Saddam Hossain Razo , Mansoor B. A. Jalil

We investigate a non-Hermitian quantum battery based on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattice, charged through a parity-time (PT)-symmetric protocol that alternates gain and loss between the two sublattices. The interplay between lattice…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 A-Long Zhou , Ya-Wen Xiao , Nuo Xu , Li-Li Gao , Long-Jie Li , Hang Zhou , Zi-Min Li , Chuan-Cun Shu

Topological edge states appear at the interface of topologically distinct two Hermitian insulators. We study the extension of this idea to non-Hermitian systems. We consider PT symmetric and topologically distinct non-Hermitian insulators…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-21 C. Yuce

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…

We examine a non-Hermitian (NH) tight-binding system comprising of two orbitals per unit cell and their electrical circuit analogues. We distinguish the PT-symmetric and non-PT symmetric cases characterised by non-reciprocal nearest…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-11 Dipendu Halder , Ronny Thomale , Saurabh Basu

We consider the non-Hermitian, parity-time (PT) symmetric extensions of the one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model in the topological non-trivial configuration. We study the properties of the topologically protected edge states,…

We investigate topological and disorder effects in non-Hermitian systems with chiral symmetry. The system under consideration consists in a finite Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain to which two semi-infinite leads are attached. The system lacks…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 B. Ostahie , A. Aldea

The effects of gain and loss on the band structures of a bulk topological dielectric photonic crystal (PC) with $C_{6v}$ symmetry and the PC-air-PC interface are studied based on first-principle calculation. To illustrate the importance of…

Advances in topological photonics and non-Hermitian optics have drastically changed our perception on how interdisciplinary concepts may empower unprecedented applications. Bridging the two areas could uncover the reciprocity between…

We propose a method of computing and studying entanglement quantities in non-Hermitian systems by use of a biorthogonal basis. We find that the entanglement spectrum characterizes the topological properties in terms of the existence of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-16 Po-Yao Chang , Jhih-Shih You , Xueda Wen , Shinsei Ryu

We demonstrate that the non-Hermitian parity-time (PT) symmetric interfaces formed between amplifying and lossy crystals support dissipationless edge states. These PT edge states exhibit gapless spectra in the complex band structure…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-24 Xiang Ni , Daria Smirnova , Alexander Poddubny , Daniel Leykam , Yidong Chong , Alexander B. Khanikaev

The topologically nontrivial edge states induce PT transition in Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain with one pair of gain and loss at boundaries. In this study, we investigated a pair of PT-symmetric defects located inside the SSH chain, in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-02 L. Jin , P. Wang , Z. Song

Symmetry is one of the cornerstones of modern physics and has profound implications in different areas. In symmetry-protected topological systems, symmetries are responsible for protecting surface states, which are at the heart of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-10 E. Slootman , W. Cherifi , L. Eek , R. Arouca , E. J. Bergholtz , M. Bourennane , C. Morais Smith

We study the parity- and time-reversal PT symmetric non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with two conjugated imaginary potentials $\pm i\gamma $ at two end sites. The SSH model is known as one of the simplest two-band topological…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-06-11 Baogang Zhu , Rong Lu , Shu Chen

The present work addresses the distinction between the topological properties of PT symmetric and non-PT symmetric scenarios for the non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model. The non-PT symmetric case is represented by non-reciprocity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-02 Dipendu Halder , Sudin Ganguly , Saurabh Basu

We propose an anti-parity-time (anti-PT ) symmetric non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, where the large non-Hermiticity constructively creates nontrivial topology and greatly expands the topological phase. In the anti-PT…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-07 H. C. Wu , L. Jin , Z. Song

Topologically engineered optical materials support robust light transport. Herein, the investigated non-Hermitian lattice is trimerized and inhomogeneously coupled using uniform intracell coupling. The topological properties of the coupled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-20 L. Jin

Non-Hermitian systems with $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry can possess purely real eigenvalue spectra. In this work two one-dimensional systems with two different topological phases, the topological nontrivial Phase (TNP) and the topological…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Marcel Klett , Holger Cartarius , Dennis Dast , Jörg Main , Günter Wunner

Critical edge states appear at the bulk gap closing points of topological transitions. Their emergence signify the existence of topologically nontrivial critical points, whose descriptions fall outside the scope of gapped topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-25 Longwen Zhou , Rujia Jing , Shenlin Wu

Topological insulators have been studied intensively over the last decades. Earlier research focused on Hermitian Hamiltonians, but recently, peculiar and interesting properties were found by introducing non-Hermiticity. In this work, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-05-29 Chao Chen Ye , W. L. Vleeshouwers , S. Heatley , V. Gritsev , C. Morais Smith
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