Publications

2024
  • Exact Fisher zeros and thermofield dynamics across a quantum critical point,
    Yang Liu, Songtai Lv, Yuchen Meng, Zefan Tan, Erhai Zhao, and Haiyuan Zou,
    Phys. Rev. Research 6, 043139 (2024).
  • From Complexification to Self-Similarity: New Aspects of Quantum Criticality,
    Yang Liu, Erhai Zhao, and Haiyuan Zou,
    Chinese Phys. Lett. 41 100501 (2024).
  • Pairing from repulsion in a two-dimensional Fermi gas with soft-core interactions,
    Ahmet Keles, Xiaopeng Li, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 109, 054519 (2024).
  • Chapter \(2\pi\): Spin and Quantum Information, Erhai Zhao,
    guest chapter in book The Wonder of Quantum Spin by Indu Satija, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198884859 (2024).
2023
  • Unravelling the edge spectra of non-Hermitian Chern insulators,
    James Bartlett, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 107, 035101 (2023).
2022
  • Dynamical signatures of point-gap Weyl semimetal,
    Haiping Hu, Erhai Zhao, W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. B. 106, 094305 (2022).
  • Rise and fall of plaquette order in the Shastry-Sutherland magnet revealed by pseudofermion functional renormalization group,
    Ahmet Keleş, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 105, L041115 (2022).
  • Learning a compass spin model with neural network quantum states,
    Eric Zou, Erik Long, Erhai Zhao,
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 34, 125802 (2022).
2021
  • Knots and Non-Hermitian Bloch Bands,
    Haiping Hu, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 010401 (2021).
  • Illuminating the bulk-boundary correspondence of a non-Hermitian stub lattice with Majorana stars,
    James Bartlett, Haiping Hu, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 104, 195131 (2021).
2020
  • Tuning the topology of p-wave superconductivity in an analytically solvable two-band model,
    Haiping Hu, Erhai Zhao, Indubala I. Satija,
    Phys. Rev. B 102, 235156 (2020).
  • Quench dynamics of Hopf insulators,
    Haiping Hu, Chao Yang, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 101, 155131 (2020).
  • Topological Invariants for Quantum Quench Dynamics from Unitary Evolution,
    Haiping Hu, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 160402 (2020).
  • f-wave superfluidity from repulsive interaction in Rydberg-dressed Fermi gas,
    Ahmet Keles, Erhai Zhao, Xiaopeng Li,
    Phys. Rev. A 101, 023624 (2020).
  • Dynamical Singularities of Floquet Higher-Order Topological Insulators,
    Haiping Hu, Biao Huang, Erhai Zhao, W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 057001 (2020).
2019
  • Chiral to helical Majorana fermion transition in a p-wave superconductor,
    Haiping Hu, Indubala I. Satija, Erhai Zhao,
    New J. Phys. 21, 123014 (2019).
  • Scrambling dynamics and many-body chaos in a random dipolar spin model,
    Ahmet Keles, Erhai Zhao, W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. A 99, 053620 (2019).
  • Exactly Solvable Points and Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases of Quantum Spins on a Zig-Zag Lattice,
    Haiyuan Zou, Erhai Zhao, Xi-Wen Guan, W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 180401 (2019).
2018
  • Topological circuits of inductors and capacitors,
    Erhai Zhao,
    Annals of Physics 399, 289-313 (2018).
  • Renormalization group analysis of dipolar Heisenberg model on square lattice,
    Ahmet Keles, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 97, 245105 (2018).
  • Absence of long-range order in a triangular spin system with dipolar interactions,
    Ahmet Keles, Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 187202 (2018).
  • Weyl nodes in periodic structures of superconductors and spin active materials,
    Ahmet Keles, Erhai Zhao,
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 376, 20150151 (2018).
2017
  • Frustrated Magnetism of Dipolar Molecules on a Square Optical Lattice: Prediction of a Quantum Paramagnetic Ground State,
    Haiyuan Zou, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 050401 (2017).
  • Effective theory of interacting fermions in shaken square optical lattices,
    Ahmet Keles, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu
    Phys. Rev. A 95, 063619 (2017).
2016
  • Cosine Edge Mode in a Periodically Driven Quantum System,
    Indubala I. Satija, Erhai Zhao
    Phys. Rev. B 94, 245128 (2016).
  • Competing many-body instabilities in two-dimensional dipolar Fermi gases,
    Ahmet Keles, Erhai Zhao
    Phys. Rev. A 94, 033616 (2016).
  • Anatomy of a periodically driven p-wave superconductor,
    Erhai Zhao
    Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung A, 71(10), 883 (2016).
  • A continuum of compass spin models on the honeycomb lattice,
    Haiyuan Zou, Bo Liu, Erhai Zhao, W. Vincent Liu
    New J. Phys. 18 053040 (2016).
2015
  • Spin-Orbital Exchange of Strongly Interacting Fermions in the p-Band of a Two-Dimensional Optical Lattice,
    Zhenyu Zhou, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 100406 (2015).
2014
  • Floquet edge states in a harmonically driven integer quantum Hall system,
    Zhenyu Zhou, Indubala I. Satija, and Erhai Zhao
    Phys. Rev. B 90, 205108 (2014).
  • SnTe field effect transistors and the anomalous electrical response of structural phase transition,
    Haitao Li, Hao Zhu, Hui Yuan, Lin You, Curt A. Richter, Joseph J. Kopanski, Erhai Zhao, and Qiliang Li
    Applied Physics Letters 105, 013503 (2014).
  • Counter-propagating edge modes and topological phases of a kicked quantum Hall system,
    Mahmoud Lababidi, Indubala I. Satija, and Erhai Zhao
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 026805 (2014).
2013
  • Topological Insulators with Ultracold Atoms,
    Indubala I. Satija and Erhai Zhao,
    Chapter 12, New Trends in Atomic and Molecular Physics, M. Mohan (eds), Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics Vol. 76, 201 (2013).
  • Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Nanowire High Performance Field-Effect Transistors,
    Hao Zhu, Curt A. Richter, Erhai Zhao, John E. Bonevich, William A. Kimes, Hyuk-Jae Jang, Hui Yuan, Haitao Li, Abbas Arab, Oleg Kirillov, James E. Maslar, Dimitris E. Ioannou, and Qiliang Li,
    Scientific Reports 3, 1757 (2013).
  • Quantum Phases of Quadrupolar Fermi Gases in Optical Lattices,
    S. G. Bhongale, L. Mathey, Erhai Zhao, S. F. Yelin, and Mikhail Lemeshko,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 155301 (2013).
  • Unconventional spin-density waves in dipolar Fermi gases,
    S. G. Bhongale, L. Mathey, Shan-Wen Tsai, Charles W. Clark, and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 043604 (2013).
  • Topological states in a ladder-like optical lattice containing ultracold atoms in higher orbital bands,
    Xiaopeng Li, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu,
    Nature Communications 4, 1523 (2013).
2012
  • Current-phase relation for Josephson effect through helical metal,
    Christopher T. Olund and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 86, 214515 (2012).
  • Nearly flat Andreev bound states in superconductor-topological insulator hybrid structures,
    Mahmoud Lababidi and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 86, 161108(R) (2012).
  • Bond Order Solid of Two-Dimensional Dipolar Fermions,
    S. G. Bhongale, L. Mathey, Shan-Wen Tsai, Charles W. Clark, and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 145301 (2012).
2011
  • Chern numbers hiding in time-of-flight images,
    Erhai Zhao, Noah Bray-Ali, Carl J. Williams, I. B. Spielman, and Indubala I. Satija,
    Phys. Rev. A 84, 063629 (2011).
  • Orbital order of spinless fermions near an optical Feshbach resonance,
    Philipp Hauke, Erhai Zhao, Krittika Goyal, Ivan H. Deutsch, W. Vincent Liu, and Maciej Lewenstein,
    Phys. Rev. A 84, 051603(R) (2011).
  • Effective action approach to the p-band Mott insulator and superfluid transition,
    Xiaopeng Li, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. A 83, 063626 (2011).
  • Microscopic simulation of superconductor/topological insulator proximity structures,
    Mahmoud Lababidi and Erhai Zhao,
    Phys. Rev. B 83, 184511 (2011).
2010
  • Mott scattering at the interface between a metal and a topological insulator,
    Erhai Zhao, Chun Zhang, and Mahmoud Lababidi,
    Phys. Rev. B 82, 205331 (2010).
  • Liquid crystal phases of ultracold dipolar fermions on a lattice,
    Chungwei Lin, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. B 81, 045115 (2010).
  • Topological Phases of Dipolar Particles in Elongated Wannier Orbitals,
    Kai Sun, Erhai Zhao, and W. Vincent Liu,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 165303 (2010).
  • An effective field theory for one-dimensional polarized Fermi gases,
    Erhai Zhao and W. Vincent Liu,
    J. Low Temp. Phys. 158, 36 (2010).
Previous papers (selected)
  • Analytic thermodynamics and thermometry of Gaudin-Yang Fermi gases,
    Erhai Zhao, Xi-Wen Guan, W. Vincent Liu, M. T. Batchelor, and Masaki Oshikawa,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 140404 (2009).
  • Theory of quasi-one dimensional imbalanced Fermi gases,
    Erhai Zhao and W. Vincent Liu, Phys. Rev. A 78, 063605 (2008).
  • Orbital order in Mott insulators of spinless p-band fermions,
    Erhai Zhao and W. Vincent Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 160403 (2008).
  • Theory of nonequilibrium spin transport and spin transfer torque in superconducting- ferromagnetic nanostructures,
    Erhai Zhao and J. A. Sauls, Phys. Rev. B 78, 174511 (2008).
  • Dynamics of spin transport in voltage-biased Josephson junctions,
    Erhai Zhao and J. A. Sauls, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 206601 (2007).
  • Temperature dependent Fermi arcs in the normal state of the underdoped cuprate superconductors,
    Arun Paramekanti and Erhai Zhao, Phys. Rev. B 75, 140507 (2007).
  • BCS-BEC crossover on the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice,
    Erhai Zhao and Arun Paramekanti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 230404 (2006).
  • Excitations in correlated superfluids near a continuous transition into a supersolid,
    Erhai Zhao and Arun Paramekanti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 105303 (2006).
  • Nonequilibrium superconductivity near spin active interfaces,
    Erhai Zhao, Tomas Lofwander, and J. A. Sauls, Phys. Rev. B 70, 134510 (2004).
  • Phase modulated thermal conductance of Josephson weak links,
    Erhai Zhao, Tomas Lofwander, and J. A. Sauls, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 077003 (2003).