Quantized topological transport mediated by the long-range couplings

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Authors: Maxim A. Gorlach, Alexey Vitalievich Kavokin, Maxim Mazanov, Ekaterina V. Lebedeva
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Abstract

Certain topological systems with time-varying Hamiltonian enable quantized and disorder-robust transport of excitations. Here, we introduce the modification of the celebrated Thouless pump when the on-site energies remain fixed, while the nearest and next-nearest neighbor couplings vary in time. We demonstrate quantized transport of excitations and propose an experimental implementation using an array of evanescently coupled optical waveguides.

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AIP Publishing
Publication date
1 January 2026