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Mechanical topological insulators are well understood for linear and weakly nonlinear systems, however traditional analysis methods break down for strongly nonlinear systems since linear methods can not be applied in that case. We study one…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-12-01 Joshua R. Tempelman , Kathryn H. Matlack , Alexander F. Vakakis

Exploring topological phases in interacting systems is a challenging task. We investigate many-body topological physics of interacting fermions in an extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, which extends the two sublattices of SSH model…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-02-16 Xiaofan Zhou , Jian-Song Pan , Suotang Jia

We study the parity- and time-reversal PT symmetric non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with two conjugated imaginary potentials $\pm i\gamma $ at two end sites. The SSH model is known as one of the simplest two-band topological…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-06-11 Baogang Zhu , Rong Lu , Shu Chen

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

We introduce a topological photonic-crystal fiber that embeds a short Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain and supports two edge supermodes. Using full-vector modal analysis and a coupled generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation, we show…

This study presents an approach that leverages the existing knowledge acquired in one-dimensional BDI class discrete metamaterials, such as mass-spring systems or acoustic resonators, and exploits it to realize fully continuous elastic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Mohit Kumar , Fabio Semperlotti

In this work, we investigate some aspects of an acoustic analogue of the two-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. The system is composed of alternating cross-section tubes connected in a square network, which in the limit of narrow tubes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Antonin Coutant , Vassos Achilleos , Olivier Richoux , Georgios Theocharis , Vincent Pagneux

The introduction of nonlinearities into lattices with topological band structures has led to the discovery of various types of solitons. The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattice, as the most fundamental topological model, has been extended…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-05 Rujiang Li , Muhammad Imran , Wencai Wang , Yongtao Jia , Ying Liu

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

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

In the low momentum regime, the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model's key characteristics are encapsulated by a Dirac-type Hamiltonian in continuum space, i.e., the localized states emerge at the boundaries. Building on this, we have developed…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-10-28 Anirban Ghosh , Andy Martin

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, with bond phonons modulating electron tunneling, is a paradigmatic electron-phonon model that hosts an antiferromagnetic order to bond order transition at half-filling. In the presence of repulsive…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-13 Bo Xing , Chunhan Feng , Richard Scalettar , G. George Batrouni , Dario Poletti

We predict pseudo topological insulators that have been previously overlooked. We determine some conditions under which robust pseudo topological edge states appear and illustrate our idea on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with extra…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-21 C. Yuce

Topological physics strongly relies on prototypical lattice model with particular symmetries. We report here on a theoretical and experimental work on acoustic waveguides that is directly mapped to the one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-13 Antonin Coutant , Audrey Sivadon , Liyang Zheng , Vassos Achilleos , Olivier Richoux , Georgios Theocharis , Vincent Pagneux

Charge-density waves are responsible for symmetry-breaking displacements of atoms and concomitant changes in the electronic structure. Linear response theories, in particular density-functional perturbation theory, provide a way to study…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-10-27 Arne Schobert , Jan Berges , Tim Wehling , Erik van Loon

Electron-phonon (e-ph) interactions play a crucial role in determining many properties of materials. In this context, the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, where atomic motion modulates the electronic hopping, has gained significant…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-13 Debshikha Banerjee , Alberto Nocera , Steven Johnston

We present a density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) study of the doped one-dimensional (1D) Hubbard-Su-Schrieffer-Hegger (Hubbard-SSH) model, where the atomic displacements linearly modulate the nearest-neighbor hopping integrals.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-21 Debshikha Banerjee , Jinu Thomas , Alberto Nocera , Steven Johnston

Symmetry is one of the cornerstones of modern physics and has profound implications in different areas. In symmetry-protected topological systems, symmetries are responsible for protecting surface states, which are at the heart of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-10 E. Slootman , W. Cherifi , L. Eek , R. Arouca , E. J. Bergholtz , M. Bourennane , C. Morais Smith

In this paper, we study the topological properties of the non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattice by periodically introducing onsite imaginary potentials in the manner of ($i\gamma_1$, $-i\gamma_2$, $-i\gamma_1$, $i\gamma_2$) where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-16 Jia-Rui Li , Lian-Lian Zhang , Wei-Bin Cui , Wei-Jiang Gong

We study a topological physics in a one-dimensional nonlinear system by taking an instance of a mechanical rotator model with alternating spring constants. This nonlinear model is smoothly connected to an acoustic model described by the…

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