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Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Dual mapping and quantum criticality in quasiperiodic Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chains

Tong Liu, X. C. Xia

Published Oct 21, 2021• 3 citations
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Abstract

We study a class of off-diagonal quasiperiodic hopping models described by a one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain with quasiperiodic modulations. With regard to these models, we unveil a general dual-mapping relation in parameter space of the dimerization strength $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ and the quasiperiodic modulation strength $V$, regardless of specific details of quasiperiodic modulations. Moreover, we demonstrated semianalytically and numerically that under the specific quasiperiodic modulation, quantum criticality, namely the criticality of wave functions, can emerge and persist in a wide parameter space. These unusual results provide a distinctive paradigm compared with the diagonal quasiperiodic systems and perspectives for future investigations on quasiperiodic disorder.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.104.134202

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We study a class of off-diagonal quasiperiodic hopping models described by one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain with quasiperiodic modulations. We unveil a general dual-mapping relation in parameter space of the dimerization strength λλλ and the quasiperiodic modulation strength VVV, regardless of the specific details of the quasiperiodic modulation. Moreover, we demonstrated semi-analytically and numerically that under the specific quasiperiodic modulation, quantum criticality can emerge and persist in a wide parameter space. These unusual properties provides a distinctive paradigm compared with the diagonal quasiperiodic systems.
We use a curvature renormalization group (CRG) approach to study the topological phase transitions in a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain and its extensions coming from periodic hopping modulations. A curvature function is defined in terms of system parameters near high-symmetry points where the divergence of this function at critical points, in analogy to usual phase transitions, signals a topological phase transition. According to this theory, the phase transition line for the two-site Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model is visible at the critical line Δ= 0 where the curvature function diverges. Our study involves this model and also the modulated one with periodicity of four lattice spacing where the curvature function not only diverges at the topological phase transition point (Dirac-like) |Δ/t| = \sqrt(2) but also shows faster divergence at the non-topological gapless point Δ= 0. We further notice faster divergence of correlation length for Δ-> 0 as compared to that for the |Δ/t| -> \sqrt(2) resulting in two different sets of critical exponents making them lie in different universality classes. The edge state exhibits very slow decay into the bulk near the Δ= 0 point while a much quicker decay from edge into bulk is discernible around the |Δ/t| = \sqrt(2) point. We also continue similar analysis for a SSH model with hopping periodicity of eight lattice spacing.
Quasiperiodic systems are aperiodic but deterministic, so their critical behavior differs from that of clean systems and disordered ones as well. Quasiperiodic criticality was previously understood only in the special limit where the couplings follow discrete quasiperiodic sequences. Here we consider generic quasiperiodic modulations; we find, remarkably, that for a wide class of spin chains, generic quasiperiodic modulations flow to discrete sequences under a real-space renormalization-group transformation. These discrete sequences are therefore fixed points of a functional renormalization group. This observation allows for an asymptotically exact treatment of the critical points. We use this approach to analyze the quasiperiodic Heisenberg, Ising, and Potts spin chains, as well as a phenomenological model for the quasiperiodic many-body localization transition.
Abstract Disorders and long-range hoppings can induce exotic phenomena in condensed matter and artificial systems. We study the topological and dynamical properties of the quasiperiodic Su–Schrier–Heeger model with long-range hoppings. It is found that the interplay of quasiperiodic disorder and long-range hopping can induce topological Anderson insulator phases with non-zero winding numbers ω = 1 , 2 , and the phase boundaries can be consistently revealed by the divergence of zero-energy mode localization length. We also investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics by ramping the long-range hopping along two different paths. The critical exponents extracted from the dynamical behavior agree with the Kibble–Zurek mechanic prediction for the path with W = 0.90 . In particular, the dynamical exponent of the path crossing the multicritical point is numerical obtained as 1 / 6 ∼ 0.167 , which agrees with the unconventional finding in the previously studied XY spin model. Besides, we discuss the anomalous and non-universal scaling of the defect density dynamics of topological edge states in this disordered system under open boundary condictions.
The localization property of a non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain with quasi-periodic on-site potential is investigated. In contrast to the preceding investigations, the quantum phase transition between localized state and extended one is achieved by adjusting the strength of intracellular or intercellular hopping. The energy spectra and eigenstate distributions of the system's Hamiltonian near the boundary of the phase transition exhibit different behaviors when the Hermiticity, non-Hermiticity and mosaic modulation of the quasi-periodic potential are considered, respectively. The existence of the mobility ring is revealed in the non-Hermitian SSH chain by studying of the critical behaviors near the boundary. More interestingly, the multiple mobility rings emerge when the period number of the mosaic modulation is increased. The result is helpful for the investigation of the localization-delocalization transition in the SSH-type system under the combined action of the non-Hermiticity and quasi-periodicity.
We explore a topology-localization phase diagram by simulating a one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model with quasiperiodic disorder using a programmable superconducting simulator. We experimentally map out and identify various trivial and topological phases with extended, critical, and localized bulk states. We find that with increasing disorder strength, some extended states can be first replaced by localized states and then by critical states before the system finally becomes fully localized. The critical states exhibit typical features such as multifractality and self-similarity, which lead to surprisingly rich phases with different types of mobility edges and scaling behaviors on the phase boundaries. Our results shed light on the investigation of the topological and localization phenomena in condensed-matter physics. Published by the American Physical Society 2024