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We study a one-dimensional topological model featuring a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger type pattern of nearest-neighbor couplings in combination with the longer-range interactions exponentially decaying with the distance. We demonstrate that even…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Vlad Simonyan , Maxim A. Gorlach

We propose that the symmetry-breaking bifurcation of coupled topological edge states (CTESs) can be used as a general principle for achieving spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) in a nonlinear topological lattice. Using an optical resonator…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-02 Rujiang Li , Letian Xu , Muhammad Imran , Wencai Wang , Yongtao Jia , Ying Liu

In crystalline systems, charge polarization is related to Zak's phase determined by bulk band topology. Nontrivial charge polarization induces robust edge states accompanied with fractional charge. In Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Tomoaki Kameda , Feng Liu , Sudipta Dutta , Katsunori Wakabayashi

It is known that a two dimensional dimerized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model can produce a nontrivial topological phase. It is a simple nearest-neighbor model with either two or four lattice sites in in two dimensions. Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-10 Chani Stella van Niekerk , Robert Warmbier

Topological phase transitions can be described by the theory of critical phenomena and identified by critical exponents that define their universality classes. This is a consequence of the existence of a diverging length at the transition…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-05 S. Rufo , Nei Lopes , Mucio A. Continentino , Griffith M. A. R

A two dimensional (2D) Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with topological defects like domain walls (DW) / vortices or quasi-periodic disorders is a perfect blend for investigating topology and localization of quantum states. In a 2D SSH…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-09 Surajit Mandal , Satyaki Kar

This study explores the ground-state phase diagram and topological properties of the spinless 1D Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with nearest-neighbor (NN) interactions at quarter filling. We analyze key physical quantities such as the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-11 Yan-Xiao Wang , Yin Zhong

We study theoretically the interplay effect of Zeeman field and modulated spin-orbit coupling on topological properties of a one-dimensional dimerized lattice, known as Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. We find that in the weak (strong) modulated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-15 Masoud Bahari , Mir Vahid Hosseini

Existence of nontrivial topological phases in a tight binding Haldane-like model on the depleted Lieb lattice is reported. This two-band model is formulated by considering the nearest-neighbor, next-nearest-neighbor and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-18 Arghya Sil , Asim Kumar Ghosh

Geared as an invitation for undergraduates, beginning graduate students, we present a pedagogical introduction to one-dimensional topological phases -- in particular the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. In the process, we delve upon ideas of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Anantha Hegde , Adarsh Kumar , Adhip Agarwala , Bhaskaran Muralidharan

We theoretically investigate a tight binding model of fermions hopping on the square-octagon lattice which consists of a square lattice with plaquette corners themselves decorated by squares. Upon the inclusion of second neighbor spin-orbit…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-11-21 Mehdi Kargarian , Gregory A. Fiete

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

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…

The union of topology and non-Hermiticity has led to the unveiling of many intriguing phenomena. We introduce a synthetic spin-engineered model belonging to symmetry class AI, which is a rare occurrence, and demonstrate the emergence of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-08 Ronika Sarkar , Ayan Banerjee , Awadhesh Narayan

The topological phase of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is known to exhibit two edge states that are topologically protected by the chiral symmetry. We demonstrate that, for any parameter quench performed on the half-filled SSH chain,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-15 Lorenzo Rossi , Fausto Rossi , Fabrizio Dolcini

In this paper, we investigate the transition between topological phases in a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model composed of springs and masses in which the intracellular Aubry-Andr\'e disorder modulates the spring constants. We analytically…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-02-06 Sayan Sircar

In order to transport information with topological protection, we explore experimentally the fast transport time using edge states in one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains. The transport time is investigated in both one- and…

Motivated by recently reported magnetic-field induced topological phases in ultracold atoms and correlated Moir\'e materials, we investigate topological phase transitions in a minimal model consisting of interacting spinless fermions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 Axel Fünfhaus , Marius Möller , Thilo Kopp , Roser Valentí

We investigate the occurrence of a phase transition, characterized by the spontaneous breaking of a discrete symmetry, in a driven-dissipative Bose-Hubbard lattice in presence of two-photon coherent driving. The driving term does not lift…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-20 Vincenzo Savona

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