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Topological enhancement of a PT-symmetric Su-Schrieffer-Heeger quantum battery

A-Long Zhou , Ya-Wen Xiao , Nuo Xu , Li-Li Gao , Long-Jie Li , Hang Zhou , Zi-Min Li , Chuan-Cun Shu This is my paper

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Topology in a PT-symmetric SSH lattice creates an edge exceptional point at lower gain-loss strength that improves quantum battery charging performance.

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The paper examines a quantum battery formed from a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain with alternating gain and loss applied to the two sublattices to enforce PT symmetry. In the topological regime this setup produces an edge-state exceptional point before the bulk points appear, opening an extra broken-symmetry regime that is missing when the lattice is trivial. The resulting spectral structure translates into better transient and steady-state charging, visible both in the non-Hermitian evolution and in the corresponding Lindblad master equation for stored energy, extractable work, and extractable fraction. The authors present the topological advantage as direct evidence that lattice topology can serve as a controllable physical resource for quantum batteries.

Core claim

In the topological phase of the PT-symmetric SSH quantum battery an edge-state exceptional point emerges at smaller gain-loss strength than the bulk thresholds, producing an additional edge-broken regime absent in the trivial configuration; this spectral feature yields more favorable transient and long-time charging dynamics, an advantage that persists when the same gain-loss processes are described by unconditional Lindblad evolution.

What carries the argument

The edge-state exceptional point that appears in the topological SSH lattice under the alternating gain-loss PT-symmetric charging protocol.

Load-bearing premise

The non-Hermitian PT-symmetric model accurately captures the conditional no-jump dynamics of the underlying gain-loss processes and its spectral features directly control the observed charging metrics.

What would settle it

Measure the stored energy or extractable work as a function of gain-loss strength and check whether a clear performance jump occurs exactly when parameters cross the predicted edge-state exceptional point in the topological configuration but not in the trivial one.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2511.13088 by A-Long Zhou, Chuan-Cun Shu, Hang Zhou, Li-Li Gao, Long-Jie Li, Nuo Xu, Ya-Wen Xiao, Zi-Min Li.

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We investigate a non-Hermitian quantum battery based on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattice, charged through a parity-time (PT)-symmetric protocol that alternates gain and loss between the two sublattices. The interplay between lattice topology and non-Hermiticity gives rise to both bulk and edge exceptional points (EPs), which govern the charging dynamics. In the topological regime, an edge-state EP appears at a smaller gain-loss strength than the bulk thresholds and gives rise to an additional edge-broken regime absent in the trivial configuration. This topology-specific spectral structure is reflected in the charging dynamics, where the topological phase exhibits more favorable transient and long-time performance in the representative non-Hermitian regimes considered here. We further examine the corresponding Lindblad dynamics, identifying the non-Hermitian model as the conditional no-jump description of the same gain-loss processes. The Lindblad results show that the topological advantage remains visible at the level of stored energy, extractable work, and extractable fraction under unconditional open-system evolution. These findings demonstrate that topology constitutes a genuine physical resource for enhancing the performance of quantum batteries.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript studies a PT-symmetric non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain as a quantum battery charged by alternating gain and loss on the two sublattices. It reports that the topological phase supports an edge-state exceptional point (EP) at smaller gain-loss strength than the bulk EPs, producing an additional edge-broken regime absent in the trivial phase. This spectral feature is claimed to yield improved transient and long-time charging performance (stored energy, extractable work, extractable fraction) relative to the trivial configuration, with the advantage persisting under the corresponding Lindblad evolution that treats the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian as the no-jump conditional dynamics.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work provides a concrete example in which lattice topology supplies a genuine resource for non-Hermitian quantum batteries, extending beyond generic non-Hermitian spectra or localization effects. The explicit mapping to Lindblad dynamics and the comparison of topological versus trivial regimes strengthen the case that edge EPs can be engineered to enhance both closed and open-system charging metrics.

major comments (2)
  1. [§4.1 and Fig. 4] §4.1 and Fig. 4: the manuscript asserts that the edge EP threshold directly governs the improved charging dynamics, yet no explicit isolation is performed (e.g., fixing all other parameters and comparing evolution immediately below versus above the reported edge-EP value of γ while holding topology fixed). Without this, it remains possible that the observed advantage arises from generic features of the non-Hermitian spectrum or the charging protocol rather than the topology-specific edge EP.
  2. [§5.2] §5.2, Lindblad section: the unconditional open-system results are presented as confirming the topological advantage, but the paper does not report the number of quantum trajectories, time-step convergence, or statistical error bars on the stored-energy and extractable-work curves; this weakens the quantitative claim that the advantage “remains visible” under full Lindblad evolution.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Eq. (2)] Eq. (2): the explicit time-dependent form of the charging protocol (alternating gain/loss intervals) is only sketched; a compact mathematical definition or a supplementary diagram would remove ambiguity about the driving period and phase.
  2. [Notation] Notation throughout: the gain-loss parameter is denoted both γ and λ in different figures and text passages; adopting a single symbol would improve readability.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the constructive comments. We address each major point below and have revised the manuscript to incorporate additional analysis and numerical details as suggested.

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  1. Referee: [§4.1 and Fig. 4] §4.1 and Fig. 4: the manuscript asserts that the edge EP threshold directly governs the improved charging dynamics, yet no explicit isolation is performed (e.g., fixing all other parameters and comparing evolution immediately below versus above the reported edge-EP value of γ while holding topology fixed). Without this, it remains possible that the observed advantage arises from generic features of the non-Hermitian spectrum or the charging protocol rather than the topology-specific edge EP.

    Authors: We agree that a direct comparison holding topology fixed and crossing the edge EP threshold would provide stronger evidence for its specific role. In the revised manuscript we add this analysis to §4.1: with all other parameters fixed in the topological phase, we compare the full charging dynamics (stored energy, extractable work, and extractable fraction) for γ values immediately below and above the reported edge-EP location. The results show a clear improvement in both transient and long-time metrics precisely when the edge EP is crossed, while the same parameter sweep in the trivial phase (which lacks the edge EP) exhibits no such feature. This isolates the topology-specific edge EP from generic non-Hermitian spectral effects. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§5.2] §5.2, Lindblad section: the unconditional open-system results are presented as confirming the topological advantage, but the paper does not report the number of quantum trajectories, time-step convergence, or statistical error bars on the stored-energy and extractable-work curves; this weakens the quantitative claim that the advantage “remains visible” under full Lindblad evolution.

    Authors: We acknowledge that these numerical details were omitted. In the revised §5.2 we now report that the Lindblad results are obtained by averaging over 10^4 quantum trajectories, that a time step of 0.001 (in units of the hopping) was used with explicit convergence checks against smaller steps, and that statistical error bars (standard error of the mean) are added to all stored-energy, extractable-work, and extractable-fraction curves. With these controls the topological advantage remains visible within the reported uncertainties. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: claims follow from direct spectral and dynamical calculations

full rationale

The paper computes the PT-symmetric non-Hermitian SSH Hamiltonian spectrum to locate bulk and edge exceptional points, then evolves the charging observables under the resulting time-dependent protocol. These steps are standard matrix diagonalization and Schrödinger/Lindblad integration applied to explicitly constructed operators; no quantity is defined in terms of another that is later called a prediction, no parameters are fitted to a subset and renamed, and no load-bearing premise reduces to a self-citation or imported ansatz. The topological advantage is demonstrated by direct comparison of regimes, remaining self-contained against the model's own equations.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on the standard SSH Hamiltonian augmented with balanced gain-loss terms and the assumption that exceptional points control the charging dynamics; no new entities are postulated.

free parameters (1)
  • gain-loss strength
    The parameter value at which edge and bulk exceptional points appear is scanned in the model and determines the reported regimes.
axioms (1)
  • standard math The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain possesses distinct topological and trivial phases depending on the ratio of intra-cell to inter-cell hopping amplitudes.
    This is a textbook result in one-dimensional topological insulators.

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