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We introduce a two-dimensional Chern insulator in proximity to a $d$-wave pseudogap state of the high-T$_c$ superconducting material as an effective platform to realize the higher order topological system. The proximity-induced…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-11-21 Xiaoming Wang , Yu-Xuan Li , Tao Zhou

Two-dimensional (2D) model of a weak topological insulator with $N$-stacked Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain is studied. This study starts with a basic model with all the fundamental symmetries (chiral, time-reversal, and particle-hole)…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-09-06 Aayushi Agrawal , Jayendra N. Bandyopadhyay

Engineering synthetic dimensions, where the physics of additional spatial dimensions is simulated within the internal states of a quantum system, allows the realisation of phenomena not otherwise accessible in experiments. Ultracold…

We investigate bilayer and trilayer systems composed of topologically distinct, vertically stacked layers, forming topological heterostructures based on the Benalcazar-Bernevig-Hughes model. We find that a topological phase transition…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-15 Natsuko Ishida , Motohiko Ezawa , Guangtai Lu , Wenbo Lin , Yasutomo Ota , Yasuhiko Arakawa , Satoshi Iwamoto

We have studied topological edge states in bowtie ladders with various edge truncations. The symmetric bowtie ladder, which comprises two trivial Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattices, exhibits an insulator-metal transition with trivial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Jung-Wan Ryu , Sungjong Woo , Nojoon Myoung , Hee Chul Park

The emerging field of topology has brought device effects to a new level. Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) go beyond traditional descriptions of bulk-edge correspondence, broadening the understanding of topologically insulating…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-03 Hui Chang Li , Xiang Zhou , Hai Lin Chi , Wen Wen Wang , Yun Shen , Xiao Hua Deng

We theoretically demonstrate that the second-order topological insulator with robust corner states can be realized in two-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological insulators by applying an in-plane Zeeman field. Zeeman field breaks the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 Yafei Ren , Zhenhua Qiao , Qian Niu

Second-order topological insulators (SOTIs) are the topological phases of matter in d dimensions that manifest (d-2)-dimensional localized modes at the intersection of the edges. We show that SOTIs can be designed via stacked Chern…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-22 Ce Shang , Xiaoning Zang , Wenlong Gao , Udo Schwingenschlögl , Aurélien Manchon

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Hemant K Sharma , Saptarshi Mandal , Kush Saha

Square-root topological phases have been discussed mainly for systems with chiral symmetry. In this paper, we analyze the topology of the squared Hamiltonian for systems preserving the time-reversal and particle-hole symmetry. Our analysis…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-23 Tsuneya Yoshida , Tomonari Mizoguchi , Yoshihito Kuno , Yasuhiro Hatsugai

We study the interplay of spontaneous symmetry breaking and topological properties in interacting one-dimensional models. We solve these models using bozonization and identify topologically non-trivial phases by counting the additional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 Polina Matveeva , Dmitri Gutman , Sam T. Carr

Simulating higher-order topological materials in synthetic quantum matter is an active research frontier for its theoretical significance in fundamental physics and promising applications in quantum technologies. Here we experimentally…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-01-24 Zhaoli Dong , Hang Li , Hongru Wang , Yichen Pan , Wei Yi , Bo Yan

We briefly review the advanced mathematical language of fiber bundle structures and how they can be used to classify two-level quantum systems based on the analysis of the topological properties of their sets of state vectors. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-13 V. Nam Do

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,…

Quantum engineering of topological superconductors and of the ensuing Majorana zero modes might hold the key for realizing a new paradigm for the implementation of topological quantum computing and topology-based devices.…

We consider a mean-field Hamiltonian for a $d_{x^2-y^2}+(p+ip)$ superconductor(SC) in presence of spin-density-wave(SDW) order. This is due to the fact that the non-commutativity of any two orders produces the third one. The energy spectrum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-02-17 Amit Gupta , Debanand Sa

We address the formation of \{chi}(2) topological edge solitons emerging in topologically nontrivial phase in Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) waveguide arrays. We consider edge solitons, whose fundamental frequency (FF) component belongs to the…

Optics · Physics 2022-11-11 Yaroslav V. Kartashov

The Hofstadter model is a simple yet powerful Hamiltonian to study quantum Hall physics in a lattice system, manifesting its essential topological states. Lattice dimerization in the Hofstadter model opens an energy gap at half filling.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-30 Alexander Lau , Carmine Ortix , Jeroen van den Brink

We investigate the topological phases that appear in an orbital version of the Benalcazar-Bernevig-Hughes (BBH) model in the presence of conventional spin-singlet $s$-wave superconductivity and with the possibility of tuning an in-plane…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-30 Rodrigo Arouca , Tanay Nag , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

One-dimensional (1D) gapless hinge states are predicated in the three-dimensional (3D) higher-order topological insulators and topological semimetals, because of the higher-order bulk-boundary correspondence. Nevertheless, the topologically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-24 An-Qi Wang , Peng-Zhan Xiang , Tong-Yang Zhao , Zhi-Min Liao