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Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is one of the simplest models to show topological end/edge states and the existence of Majorana fermions. Here we consider a SSH like model both in one and two dimensions where a nearest neighbor hopping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Satyaki Kar

We employ electric circuit networks to study topological states of matter in non-Hermitian systems enriched by parity-time symmetry $\mathcal{PT}$ and chiral symmetry anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ ($\mathcal{APT}$). The topological structure…

We study the emergence and disappearance of defect states in the complex Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (cSSH) model, a non-Hermitian one-dimensional lattice model containing gain and loss on alternating sites. Previous studies of this model have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-05 Li-Jun Lang , You Wang , Hailong Wang , Y. D. Chong

Mode-locked lasers play a key role in modern science and technology. Not only do they lay the foundation for ultrafast optics and play a central role in nonlinear optics, but also they have important applications in imaging,…

We investigate a system consisting of one or two topological-insulator leads which are tunnel coupled to a single dot level. The leads are described by the one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. We show that (topological) edge states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-18 Martin T. Maurer , Yen-Ting Lin , Dante M. Kennes , Mikhail Pletyukhov , Herbert Schoeller , Volker Meden

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…

Linear electric circuits composed of inductors and capacitors can serve as analogues of tight-binding models that describe the electronic band structure of materials. This mapping provides a versatile approach for exploring topological…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-27 Araceli Gutiérrez-Llorente

Particle beam scattering is a conventional technique for detecting the nature of matter. We studied the scattering problem of a cluster connected to multiple leads. We established the connection between the eigenstate of the topological…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-03 H. S. Xu , K. L. Zhang , L. Jin , Z. Song

We examine the role of strong nonlinearity on the topologically-robust edge state in a one-dimensional system. We consider a chain inspired from the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, but with a finite-frequency edge state and the dynamics…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-01-20 Rajesh Chaunsali , Haitao Xu , Jinkyu Yang , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Georgios Theocharis

Topological phases are greatly enriched by including non-Hermiticity. While most works focus on the topology of the eigenvalues and eigenstates, how topologically nontrivial non-Hermitian systems behave in dynamics has only drawn limited…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Tian-Rui Liu , Kai Bai , Jia-Zheng Li , Liang Fang , Duanduan Wan , Meng Xiao

Composite topological phases with intriguing topology like M${\"o}$bius strips emerge in sublattice symmetric non-Hermitian systems due to spontaneous breaking of time-reversal symmetry at some parameter regime. While these phases have been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-28 Ritu Nehra , Dibyendu Roy

We propose a realistic scheme to detect topological edge states in an optical lattice subjected to a synthetic magnetic field, based on a generalization of Bragg spectroscopy sensitive to angular momentum. We demonstrate that using a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-06-26 Nathan Goldman , Jerome Beugnon , Fabrice Gerbier

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

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is the simplest example of a lattice with non-trivial topology. It supports mid-gap topologically protected states, whose energies are unaffected by disorder. We show that photonic multilayer structures…

Optics · Physics 2021-02-09 D. M. Whittaker , R. Ellis

Nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) are nonlinear electronic circuits commonly used for parametric amplification and pulse generation. It has previously been shown that harmonic generation can be enhanced, and shock waves suppressed, in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-12 You Wang , Li-Jun Lang , Ching Hua Lee , Baile Zhang , Y. D. Chong

Topological states of matter are robust quantum phases, characterised by propagating or localised edge states in an insulating bulk. Topological boundary states can be triggered by various mechanisms, for example by strong spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 S. E. Freeney , J. J. van den Broeke , A. J. J. Harsveld van der Veen , I. Swart , C. Morais Smith

Finding new topological materials and understanding the physical essence of topology are crucial problems for researchers. We studied the topological property based on several proposed Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) related models. We show that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-29 Yan-Chao Li , Jing Zhang , Hai-Qing Lin

If a full band gap closes and then reopens when we continuously deform a periodic system while keeping its symmetry, a topological phase transition usually occurs. A common model demonstrating such a topological phase transition in…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-11-26 Xin Li , Yan Meng , Xiaoxiao Wu , Sheng Yan , Yingzhou Huang , Shuxia Wang , Weijia Wen

Recently, higher-order topological phases have been extended from Euclidean lattices to non-Euclidean hyperbolic lattices. Though higher-order topological type-I hyperbolic lattices have been extensively studied, their counterpart,…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-15 Liren Chen , Jingming Chen , Zhen Gao

Topological materials exhibit edge-localized scattering-free modes protected by their nontrivial bulk topology through the bulk-edge correspondence in Hermitian systems. While topological phenomena have recently been much investigated in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-16 Kazuki Sone , Yuto Ashida , Takahiro Sagawa