The effect of staggered nonlinearity on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00895v1
• Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:41:37 GMT
• Title: The effect of staggered nonlinearity on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model
• Abstract summary: We investigate the spectral properties of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with sublattice-dependent onsite nonlinearity.<n>Two complementary approaches are employed in our studies.<n>These findings illuminate the rich interplay between topology and nonlinearity in lattice models with potential realization in optical/acoustic waveguide settings.
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• Abstract: We investigate the spectral properties of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with sublattice-dependent onsite nonlinearity. Two complementary approaches are employed in our studies. First, Bloch state solutions under periodic boundary conditions are assumed to enable semi-analytical treatment, which allows us to obtain the system's energy band structure and further derive a general expression of the Zak phase that incorporates nonlinearity-induced correction (referred to as nonlinear Zak phase). This analysis reveals that, at sufficiently high nonlinearities, a nonlinearity-induced topological phase transition occurs, marked by a discontinuity in the nonlinear Zak phase. The second approach amounts to numerically obtaining other (non-Bloch) solutions under open boundary conditions, employing the Self-Consistent Field Iterative Method. Its main results include the observation of an edge state's energy that is independent of a nonlinear parameter, a persisting band touching point that only shifts in the presence of perturbations reminiscent of Weyl points in a Weyl semimetal, as well as delocalized solutions that persist even at extreme nonlinearity strengths. These findings illuminate the rich interplay between topology and nonlinearity in lattice models with potential realization in optical/acoustic waveguide settings.

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