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We investigate topological lasers in combination of nonlinear, non-Hermitian and topological lattice systems based on a quench dynamics starting from one site. We consider explicitly the topological laser in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-16 Motohiko Ezawa

Non-Hermitian topological phenomena have gained much interest among physicists in recent years. In this paper, we expound on the physics of dissipatively coupled Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattices, specifically in systems with bosonic and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Jayakrishnan M. P. Nair , Marlan O. Scully , Girish S. Agarwal

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

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model in a two-dimensional rectangular lattice features gapless or gapped Dirac cones with topological edge states along specific peripheries. While such a simple model has been recently realized in…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-11-22 Daiyu Geng , Hui Zhou , Shaosheng Yue , Zhenyu Sun , Peng Cheng , Lan Chen , Sheng Meng , Kehui Wu , Baojie Feng

Topology describes properties that remain unaffected by smooth distortions. Its main hallmark is the emergence of edge states localized at the boundary between regions characterized by distinct topological invariants. This feature offers…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-08 P. St-Jean , V. Goblot , E. Galopin , A. Lemaître , T. Ozawa , L. Le Gratiet , I. Sagnes , J. Bloch , A. Amo

Two-dimensional (2D) laser arrays are shown to be achievable at a large scale by exploiting the interplay of higher-order topological insulator (HOTI) physics and the so-called non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE). The higher-order topology…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-23 Wei Xin Teo , Weiwei Zhu , Jiangbin Gong

Topological models are characterized by a quantized topological invariant and provide a description of novel phases of matter that can exhibit localized edge states, corner modes, and chiral transport. We experimentally realize two 1-D…

Recent experimental advance in creating dissipative couplings provides a new route for engineering exotic lattice systems and exploring topological dissipation. Using the spatial lattice of atomic spinwaves in a vacuum vapor cell, where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-26 Dongdong Hao , Lin Wang , Xingda Lu , Xuzhen Cao , Suotang Jia , Ying Hu , Yanhong Xiao

In a laser system non-Hermitian methods such as Parity-Time (PT) Symmetry and Supersymmetry (SUSY) have shown and demonstrated the ability to suppress unwanted lasing modes and, thus, achieved single mode lasing operation through the…

Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattices have helped to understand key concepts of topological insulators. In this paper, we study the transmission properties of $pn$ junctions of bearded SSH lattices forming a bipartite structure. From a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-19 Yonatan Betancur-Ocampo , Guillermo Monsivais

Fock-state lattice (FSL) offers a powerful quantum simulator for topological phenomena due to the unbounded scalability and ease of implementation. Nevertheless, the unique topological properties induced by its site-dependent coupling have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Xing Yao Mi , Yong-Chun Liu , Zhi Jiao Deng , Chun Wang Wu , Ping Xing Chen

Symmetry-protected topological phases of matter, characterized by non-trivial band topology, are spectrally gapped and show non-trivial boundary phenomena. Here, we show that scattering states when interjected by an array of periodically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Rahul Singh , Ritajit Kundu , Arijit Kundu , Adhip Agarwala

A particle-hole symmetry protected 2D non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is investigated. This version differs from the usual Hermitian version by the inclusion of gain and/or loss terms which are represented by complex on-site…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Udai Prakash Tyagi , Partha Goswami

We study the triangular lattice optical Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model using determinant quantum Monte Carlo. By varying the model's carrier concentration, electron-phonon coupling strength, and phonon energy $\Omega$, we identify two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-07 Max Casebolt , Sohan Malkaruge Costa , Benjamin Cohen-Stead , Richard Scalettar , Steven Johnston

We investigate a non-Hermitian quantum battery based on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattice, charged through a parity-time (PT)-symmetric protocol that alternates gain and loss between the two sublattices. The interplay between lattice…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 A-Long Zhou , Ya-Wen Xiao , Nuo Xu , Li-Li Gao , Long-Jie Li , Hang Zhou , Zi-Min Li , Chuan-Cun Shu

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model describes a finite one-dimensional dimer lattice with first-neighbour hoppings populated by non-interacting electrons. In this work we study a generalization of the SSH model including longer-range…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-05 Beatriz Pérez-González , Miguel Bello , Álvaro Gómez-León , Gloria Platero

The on-site potentials may break the symmetry of a system, resulting in the loss of its original topology protected by the symmetry. In this work, we study the counteracting effect of non-Hermitian terms on real potentials, resulting in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-09 E. S. Ma , K. L. Zhang , Z. Song

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain is the reference model of a one-dimensional topological insulator. Its topological nature can be explained by the quantization of the Zak phase, due to reflection symmetry of the unit cell, or of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-12 Malte Röntgen , Xuelong Chen , Wenlong Gao , Maxim Pyzh , Peter Schmelcher , Vincent Pagneux , Vassos Achilleos , Antonin Coutant

We present a continuous non-local model that faithfully replicates the rich topological and spectral features of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model. Remarkably, our model shares the SSH models bulk energy spectrum, eigenstates, and Zak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Fotios K. Diakonos , P. Schmelcher

Non-Hermiticity alters topology with the presence of non-Hermitian factors in topological systems. Most existing non-Hermitian topological systems derive their topological phases from Hermitian components, that is, the gain and loss of the…