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For the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model on the two-dimensional square lattice, two third nearest neighbor hoppings which preserve chiral symmetry are introduced. Like the case of one dimension, the longer-range hopping can drive…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-07-28 Tao Du , Yuexu Li , Helin Lu , Hui Zhang

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is likely the simplest one-dimensional concept to study non-trivial topological phases and topological excitations. Originally developed to explain the electric conductivity of polyacetylene, it has…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 M. Esmann , F. R. Lamberti , A. Lemaitre , N. D. Lanzillotti-Kimura

We study the topological phase transition in a two-leg Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) ladder by redefining the unit-cell structure. For both identical hopping dimerization pattern (uniform) and alternate hopping dimerization pattern (staggered)…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-31 Anish Kuanr , Rajashri Parida , Saralasrita Mohanty , Tapan Mishra

Exploiting the possibility of temporal variation of the winding number, we have prepared a SSH chain in its {\it stroboscopic} topological state, starting from the trivial one, by application of a periodic perturbation. The periodic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-09 Souvik Bandyopadhyay , Amit Dutta

Intriguing issues in one-dimensional non-reciprocal topological systems include the breakdown of usual bulk-edge correspondence and the occurrence of half-integer topological invariants. In order to understand these unusual topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-22 Hui Jiang , Rong Lü , Shu Chen

We study the bulk and edge properties of a driven Kitaev chain, where the driving is performed as instantaneous quenches of the on-site energies. We identify three periodic driving regimes: low period, which is equivalent to a static model,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-01-08 Tilen Cadez , Rubem Mondaini , Pedro D. Sacramento

We explore topology-localization phase diagram by simulating one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with quasiperiodic disorder using a programmable superconducting simulator. We experimentally map out and identify various trivial…

We investigate the edge states and the topological phase transitions in a class of tight binding lattices in one dimension where a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model exists in disguise. The unit cells of such lattices may have an arbitrarily…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-01-07 Subhajyoti Bid , Arunava Chakrabarti

A time periodic driving on a topologically trivial system induces edge modes and topological properties. In this work we consider triplet and singlet superconductors subject to periodic variations of the chemical potential, spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-09 P. D. Sacramento

We theoretically study the 2D Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model in the context of Floquet topological insulators (FTIs). FTIs are systems which undergo topological phase transitions, governed by Chern numbers, as a result of time reversal symmetry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-04 Adrian Pena , Bogdan Ostahie , Cristian Radu

The canonical Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is one of the basic geometries that have spurred significant interest in topologically nontrivial bandgap modes with robust properties. Here, we show that the inclusion of suitable third-order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 Yakir Hadad , Alexander B. Khanikaev , Andrea Alu

Strongly enhanced third-harmonic generation (THG) by the topological localization of an edge mode in a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain of silicon photonic crystal nanocavities is demonstrated. The edge mode of the nanocavity chain not only…

Optics · Physics 2021-05-21 Qingchen Yuan , Linpeng Gu , Liang Fang , Xuetao Gan , Zhigang Chen , Jianlin Zhao

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model of polyacetylene is a paradigmatic Hamiltonian exhibiting non-trivial edge states. By using Floquet theory we study how the spectrum of this one-dimensional topological insulator is affected by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-01 V. Dal Lago , M. Atala , L. E. F. Foa Torres

We address the effect of nearest-neighbor (NN) interactions on the topological properties of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain, with alternating hopping amplitudes t1 and t2. Both numerically and analytically, we show that the presence…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-04-05 A. M. Marques , R. G. Dias

Non-equilibrium phases of matter have attracted much attention in recent years, among which the Floquet phase is a hot point. In this work, based on the Periodic driving Non-Hermitian model, we reveal that the winding number calculated in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Gang-Feng Guo , Yan Wang , Xi-Xi Bao , Lei Tan

Floquet spin chains have been a venue for understanding topological states of matter that are qualitatively different from their static counterparts by, for example, hosting $\pi$ edge modes that show stable period-doubled dynamics. However…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-02-24 Daniel J. Yates , Alexander G. Abanov , Aditi Mitra

In order to transport information with topological protection, we explore experimentally the fast transport time using edge states in one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chains. The transport time is investigated in both one- and…

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

In this work, we present a novel investigation into the spin-dependent thermoelectric performance of an extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, showcasing for the first time how its intrinsic spin filtration mechanism can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Ranjini Bhattacharya , Souvik Roy

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…