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We introduce a model combining Kerr nonlinearity with a periodically changing sign ("nonlinearity management") and a Bragg grating (BG). The main result, obtained by means of systematic simulations, is presented in the form of a soliton's…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-07 Javid Atai , Boris A. Malomed

We introduce a two-dimensional (2D) discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equation with self-attractive cubic nonlinearity in a rotating reference frame. The model applies to a Bose-Einstein condensate stirred by a rotating strong…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Cuevas , B. A. Malomed , P. G. Kevrekidis

The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model describes the dynamics of spinless fermions in a one-dimensional lattice, with sublattices $A$ and $B$, and governed by staggered hopping potentials $v$ and $w$ representing the intracell and intercell…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-13 Dyn Paulo C. Dasallas , Eduardo C. Cuansing

The existence and stability of stable bright solitons in one-dimensional (1D) media with a spatially periodical modulated Kerr nonlinearity are demonstrated by means of the linear-stability analysis and in direct numerical simulations. The…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-09-24 Liangwei Zeng , Jianhua Zeng

We study the existence of edge modes in gapped Moir\'e superlattices in graphene monolayer ribbons. We find that the superlattice bands acquire finite Chern numbers, which lead to a Valley Hall Effect. The presence of dispersive edge modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Rory Brown , Niels R. Walet , Francisco Guinea

We report the first observation of lasing in topological edge states in a 1D Su-Schrieffer-Heeger active array of resonators. We show that in the presence of chiral-time ($\mathcal{CT}$) symmetry, this non-Hermitian topological structure…

Helical Majorana edge states at the 2D boundaries of 3D topological superconductors can be gapped by a surface Zeeman field. Here we study the effect nested defects imprinted on the Zeeman field can have on the edge states. We demonstrate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-08 James de Lisle , Giandomenico Palumbo , Adil. A. Gangat , Jiannis K. Pachos

Topological boundary states localize at interfaces whenever the interface implies a change of the associated topological invariant encoded in the geometric phase. The generically present dynamic phase, however, which is energy and time…

We present a class of mechanical lattices based on elliptical gears with quasiperiodic modulation and geometric nonlinearity, capable of exhibiting topologically protected modes and amplitude-driven transitions. Starting from a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Shuaifeng Li , Di Zhou , Feng Li , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Jinkyu Yang

A remarkable feature of the trimer Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH3) model is that it supports localized edge states. Although Zak's phase remains quantized for the case of a mirror-symmetric chain, it is known that it fails to take integer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-23 Adamantios Anastasiadis , Georgios Styliaris , Rajesh Chaunsali , Georgios Theocharis , Fotios K. Diakonos

We investigate topological edge states in one-dimensional off-diagonal mosaic lattices, where nearest-neighbor hopping amplitudes are modulated periodically with period $\kappa>1$. Analytically, we demonstrate that discrete edge states…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-17 Ba Phi Nguyen , Kihong Kim

In the experiments on stress-induced phase transitions in SMA strips, several interesting instability phenomena have been observed, including a necking-type instability, a shear-type instability and an orientation instability. By using the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-10-15 Hui-Hui Dai , Zongxi Cai

We examine the coupling process between the surface modes of a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice both in the linear and the nonlinear regimes. We first develop a coupled-mode theory formalism for the modes of a finite lattice with zero boundary…

Optics · Physics 2021-12-08 Nikolaos K. Efremidis

We study a one-dimensional plasmonic system with non-trivial topology: a chain of metallic nanoparticles with alternating spacing, which is the plasmonic analogue to the Su-Schreiffer-Heeger model. We extend previous efforts by including…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-30 Simon R. Pocock , Paloma A. Huidobro , Vincenzo Giannini

We address edge states and rich localization regimes available in the one-dimensional (1D) dynamically modulated superlattices, both theoretically and numerically. In contrast to conventional lattices with straight waveguides, the…

We study the excitations of dark solitons in a nonlinear optical fiber with the second- and fourth-order dispersion, and find the emergence of striped dark solitons (SDSs) and some multi-dark-soliton bound states. The SDSs can exhibit…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-03-08 Peng Gao , Li-Zheng Lv , Xin Li

We address soliton formation at the edge of chirped optical lattices imprinted in Kerr-type nonlinear media. We find families of power thresholdless surface waves that do not exist at other types of lattice interfaces. Such solitons form…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Victor A. Vysloukh , Lluis Torner

Nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, complemented by a confining potential, possesses a discrete set of stationary solutions. These are called coherent modes, since the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation describes coherent states. Such modes are…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 V. I. Yukalov , E. P. Yukalova

In the framework of a one-dimensional model with a tightly localized self-attractive nonlinearity, we study the formation and transfer (dragging) of a trapped mode by "nonlinear tweezers", as well as the scattering of coherent linear wave…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-03 Kai Li , P. G. Kevrekidis , Boris A. Malomed , D. J. Frantzeskakis

We study coupled unstaggered-staggered soliton pairs emergent from a system of two coupled discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equations with the self-attractive on-site self-phase-modulation nonlinearity, coupled by the repulsive…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-07-11 Robert A. Van Gorder , Andrew L. Krause , Boris A. Malomed , D. J. Kaup