Topology and $\mathcal{PT}$ Symmetry in a Non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Chain with Periodic Hopping Modulation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04562v1
• Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 15:07:47 GMT
• Title: Topology and $\mathcal{PT}$ Symmetry in a Non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Chain with Periodic Hopping Modulation
• Authors: Surajit Mandal, Satyaki Kar,
• Abstract summary: We study the effect of periodic hopping modulation on a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain that exhibits non-Hermiticity. In particular, this paper is engaged with hopping periodicities of 2, 4 and 8 lattice spacings.
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• Abstract: We study the effect of periodic hopping modulation on a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain that exhibits non-Hermiticity in presence of an onsite staggered imaginary potential. This dissipative, non-Hermitian (NH) extension amply modifies the features of the topological trivial phase (TTP) and the topological nontrivial phase (TNP) of the SSH chain. Though a weak potential can respect the parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry keeping the energy eigenvalues real, a strong potential breaks $\mathcal{PT}$ conservation leading to imaginary end state and complex bulk state energies in the system. Furthermore for large commensurate periodicity of the hopping, in-gap states appear that take either purely real or purely imaginary eigenvalues depending on the strenth of both NH potential and hopping modulation. In particular, this paper is engaged with hopping periodicities of 2, 4 and 8 lattice spacings. The localization of end states and in-gap states at the boundaries are investigated for those hopping periodicities. Though we find that topology and $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry are not very directly connected, distinguishing distribution of $\mathcal{PT}$ broken and unbroken phases are clearly observed within TNP and TTP in our systems.

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