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We construct a quasi-two-dimensional Su Schrieffer-Heeger model (SSH) like model and uncover a rich set of topological phases with nontrivial spin textures in the presence of complex hopping and spin orbit coupling. Despite its simple…

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Topological insulators hold promises to realize exotic quantum phenomena in electronic, photonic, and phononic systems. Conventionally, topological indices, such as winding numbers, have been used to predict the number of topologically…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-22 Amir Rajabpoor Alisepahi , Siddhartha Sarkar , Kai Sun , Jihong Ma

We study coupled non-Hermitian Rice-Mele chains, which consist of Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain system with staggered on-site imaginary potentials. In two dimensional (2D) thermodynamic limit, the exceptional points (EPs) are shown to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-10 C. Li , Z. Song

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is a fundamental lattice model used to study topological physics. Here, we propose a new versatile one-dimensional (1D) lattice model that extends beyond the SSH model. Our 1D model breaks chiral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-02 Qing Wang , Ning Hao

We investigate topological properties of a completely integrable system on $S^2\times S^2 \times S^2$ which was recently shown to have a Lagrangian fiber diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{R} P^3$ not displaceable by a Hamiltonian isotopy [Oakley…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-03 Jeremy Lane

Characterizing topological phases for strongly interacting fermions in the mixed-state regime remains a major challenge. Here we introduce a general and numerically efficient framework to diagnose mixed-state topological phases in strongly…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-25 Shao-Hang Shi , Xiao-Qi Sun , Zi-Xiang Li

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

In this paper, we review the basic concepts of topologically protected edge modes using the Su Schrieffer Heeger (SSH) model, originally introduced to describe electrical conductivity in doped polyacetylene polymer chains. We then propose…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 L. Q. English , A. Halchenko , F. Palmero

Motivated by the recent twisted MoTe$_2$ experiment [arXiv:2601.18508], we develop a disordered interacting edge theory of a fractional topological insulator at $\nu_{\text{tot}}=4/3$, consisting of two time-reversal-conjugated $\nu=2/3$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-12 Yang-Zhi Chou , Sankar Das Sarma

We use infinite dimensional self-dual $\mathrm{CAR}$ $C^{*}$-algebras to study a $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$-index, which classifies free-fermion systems embedded on $\mathbb{Z}^{d}$ disordered lattices. Combes-Thomas estimates are pivotal to show…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-08-03 N. J. B. Aza , A. F. Reyes-Lega , L. A. Sequera M

Identifying topological phases for a strongly correlated theory remains a non-trivial task, as defining order parameters, such as Berry phases, is not straightforward. Quantum information theory is capable of identifying topological phases…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-01-09 Nisa Ara , Rudranil Basu , Emil Mathew , Indrakshi Raychowdhury

According to the general classification of topological insulators, there exist one-dimensional chirally (sublattice) symmetric systems that can support any number of topological phases. We introduce a zigzag fermion chain with spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-12 Jukka I. Väyrynen , Teemu Ojanen

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger(SSH) model has been widely used to study the topological property of 1D systems. It is claimed that there is fractional charge at the boundary of the nontrivial phase while none at that of trivial phase. However,…

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We consider the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain, which has 0, 1, or 2 topological edge states depending on the ratio of the hopping parameters and the parity of the chain length. We couple a qubit to one edge of the SSH chain and a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-21 Meri Zaimi , Christian Boudreault , Nouédyn Baspin , Nicolas Delnour , Hichem Eleuch , Richard MacKenzie , Michael Hilke

We demonstrate the existence of topological phase transitions in interacting, symmetry-protected quantum matter at finite temperatures. Using a combined numerical and analytical approach, we study a one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-02-11 Ze-Min Huang , Sebastian Diehl

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

In polymer science, cross-linking of polymer chains yields a substantially modified system compared to the one-dimensional constituent chains, due to the increase of dimensionality and effective seeding by defects (cross-linking sites).…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-25 A. Sivan , M. Orenstein

We analyze the topological and dynamical properties of a system formed by two chains of identical emitters coupled to a waveguide, whose guided modes induce all-to-all excitation hopping. We find that, in the single excitation limit, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Ciaran McDonnell , Beatriz Olmos

The interplay between the spin-orbit and Zeeman interactions acting on a spinful Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model is studied based on an InAs nanowire subjected to a periodic gate potential along the axial direction. It is shown that a nontrivial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Zhi-Hai Liu , O. Entin-Wohlman , A. Aharony , J. Q. You , H. Q. Xu

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…

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