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Topological photonic systems offer a robust platform for guiding light in the presence of disorder, but their interplay with quantum emitters remains a frontier for realizing strongly correlated quantum states. Here, we explore a…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-26 Fatemeh Davoodi

A particle-hole symmetry protected 2D non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is investigated. This version differs from the usual Hermitian version by the inclusion of gain and/or loss terms which are represented by complex on-site…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Udai Prakash Tyagi , Partha Goswami

Topological insulators exhibit boundary states protected by bulk band topology, a principle first established in quantum systems and later extended to classical waves, including phononics. Conventionally, an $n$-dimensional bulk with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-26 Joel R. Pyfrom , Kai Sun , Jihong A. Ma

Topological physics provides novel insights for designing functional photonic devices, such as magnetic-free optical diodes, which are important in optical engineering and quantum information processing. Past efforts mostly focus on the…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-15 Xiao Liu , Jiefei Wang , Ruosong Mao , Huizhu Hu , Shi-Yao Zhu , Xingqi Xu , Han Cai , Da-Wei Wang

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, a prime example of a one-dimensional topologically nontrivial insulator, has been extensively studied in flat space-time. In recent times, many studies have been conducted to understand the properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Priyanuj Rajbongshi , Ranjan Modak

In this work, we experimentally report the acoustic realization the two-dimensional (2D) Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model in a simple network of air channels. We analytically study the steady state dynamics of the system using a set of…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-09-18 Li-Yang Zheng , Vassos Achilleos , Olivier Richoux , Georgios Theocharis , Vincent Pagneux

We simulate the the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model using Rydberg-atom synthetic dimensions constructed, in a single atom, from a ladder of six neighboring $n\:^3S_1$ Rydberg states in which adjacent states are coupled with two-photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-30 Yi Lu , Chuanyu Wang , Soumya K. Kanungo , F. Barry Dunning , Thomas C. Killian

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

We investigate topological lasers in combination of nonlinear, non-Hermitian and topological lattice systems based on a quench dynamics starting from one site. We consider explicitly the topological laser in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-16 Motohiko Ezawa

We study the topological physics in nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger systems on lattices. We employ the quench dynamics to explore the phase diagram, where a pulse is given to a lattice point and we analyze its time evolution. There are two system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-24 Motohiko Ezawa

We investigate the emergence of charge waves and their temporal dynamics in one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) topological chains. Contrary to the conventional view that charge oscillations are suppressed in gapped topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Tomasz Kwapinski , Marcin Kurzyna , Luis E. F. Foa Torres

We analyze the topological properties of a family of generalized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains and mesh geometries. In both the geometries the usual staggering in the distribution of the two overlap integrals is delayed (in space) by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-15 Sougata Biswas , Arunava Chakrabarti

Rydberg-atom synthetic dimensions in the form of a lattice of n$^3S_1$ levels, $58\leq n \leq 63$, coupled through two-photon microwave excitation are used to examine dynamics within the single-particle Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Y. Lu , C. Wang , S. K. Kanungo , S. Yoshida , F. B. Dunning , T. C. Killian

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain, which serves as a paradigmatic model for comprehending topological phases and their associated edge states, plays an essential role in advancing our understanding of quantum materials and quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 Sebastián V. Romero , Xi Chen , Gloria Platero , Yue Ban

Topological photonic edge states, protected by chiral symmetry, are attractive for guiding wave energy as they can allow for more robust guiding and greater control of light than alternatives; however, for photonics, chiral symmetry is…

Topological photonics has attracted widespread research attention in the past decade due to its fundamental interest and unique manner in controlling light propagation for advanced applications. Paradigmatic approaches have been proposed to…

A dimerized fermion chain, described by Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, is a well-known example of 1D system with a non-trivial band topology. An interplay of disorder and topological ordering in the SSH model is of a great interest owing…

Circuits involving arrays of Josephson junctions have emerged as a new platform for exploring and simulating complex bosonic systems. Motivated by this advance, we develop and theoretically analyze a one-dimensional bosonic system with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-07 Dushko Kuzmanovski , Rubén Seoane Souto , Patrick J. Wong , Alexander V. Balatsky

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

Nonlinear topological photonics is an emerging field aiming at extending the fascinating properties of topological states to the realm where interactions between the system constituents cannot be neglected. Interactions can indeed trigger…