Quantum geometric tensor and the topological characterization of the extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model

Abstract

Abstract We investigate the quantum metric and topological Euler number in a cyclically modulated SuSchrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with long-range hopping terms. By computing the quantum geometry tensor, we derive exactly expressions for the quantum metric and Berry curvature of the energy band electrons, and we obtain the phase diagram of the model marked by the first Chern number. Furthermore, we also obtain the topological Euler number of the energy band based on the GaussBonnet theorem on the topological characterization of the closed Bloch states manifold in the first Brillouin zone. However, some regions where the Berry curvature is identically zero in the first Brillouin zone results in the degeneracy of the quantum metric, which leads to ill-defined noninteger topological Euler numbers. Nevertheless, the non-integer ”Euler number” provides valuable insights and provide an upper bound for absolute values of the Chern numbers.