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We introduce a one dimensional non-Hermitian four band tight binding lattice system. We find stable topological edge states protected by particle-hole and parity-time symmetries. We show that topological phase appears in the system. We…

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Topological edge states typically arise at the boundaries of topologically nontrivial structures or at interfaces between regions with differing topological invariants. When topological systems are extended into the nonlinear regime, linear…

We address the formation of \{chi}(2) topological edge solitons emerging in topologically nontrivial phase in Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) waveguide arrays. We consider edge solitons, whose fundamental frequency (FF) component belongs to the…

Optics · Physics 2022-11-11 Yaroslav V. Kartashov

Solitons in the fractional space, supported by lattice potentials, have recently attracted much interest. We consider the limit of deep one- and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) lattices in this system, featuring finite bandgaps separated by…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-10 Xiuye Liu , Boris A. Malomed , Jianhua Zeng

We here introduce the concept of fragile topological dislocation modes, which are localized only in a fraction of a topological phase, while otherwise leak into the bulk continuum. We show that such dislocation modes are hosted in an…

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Wave scattering structures with amplification and dissipation can be modelled by non-Hermitian systems, opening new ways to control waves at small length scales. In this work, we study the phenomenon of topologically protected edge states…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-11 Habib Ammari , Erik Orvehed Hiltunen

One dimensional laser-written modulated photonic lattices are known to be particularly suitable for diffraction management purposes. Here, we address the connection between discrete non-diffracting states and topological properties in such…

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We address the impact of asymmetric nonlocal diffusion nonlinearity on the properties of gap solitons supported by photorefractive crystal with an imprinted optical lattice. We reveal how the asymmetric nonlocal response alters the domains…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Zhiyong Xu , Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Lluis Torner

The existence of thresholdless vortex solitons trapped at the core of disclination lattices that realize higher-order topological insulators is reported. The study demonstrates the interplay between nonlinearity and higher-order topology in…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-09-27 Changming Huang , Ce Shang , Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Fangwei Ye

One-dimensional superlattices with modulated coupling constants show rich topological properties and tunable edge states. Beyond the dimeric case, probing the topological properties of superlattices is a challenge. Here we suggest a rather…

Optics · Physics 2020-12-15 Stefano Longhi

A characteristic feature of topological systems is the presence of robust gapless edge states. In this work the effect of time-dependent perturbations on the edge states is considered. Specifically we consider perturbations that can be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-01-16 P. D. Sacramento

Existence of nontrivial topological phases in a tight binding Haldane-like model on the depleted Lieb lattice is reported. This two-band model is formulated by considering the nearest-neighbor, next-nearest-neighbor and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-18 Arghya Sil , Asim Kumar Ghosh

The modulational instability and discrete matter wave solitons in dipolar BEC, loaded into a deep optical lattice, are investigated analytically and numerically. The process of modulational instability of nonlinear plane matter waves in a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-05-28 S. Rojas-Rojas , R. A. Vicencio , M. I. Molina , F. Kh. Abdullaev

We have investigated mixed-gap vector solitons involving incoherently coupled fundamental and dipole components in a parity-time (PT) symmetric lattice with saturable nonlinearity. For the focusing case, vector solitons emerge from the…

Optics · Physics 2017-02-22 Lei Li , Xiaoguang Yu , Xing Zhu , Baiyuan Yang , Qianglin Hu , Xiaobing Luo

The recent realization of topological phases in insulators and superconductors has advanced the quest for robust quantum technologies. The prospects to implement the underlying topological features controllably has given incentive to…

Optics · Physics 2015-04-06 C. Poli , M. Bellec , U. Kuhl , F. Mortessagne , H. Schomerus

We analyze the existence, bifurcations, and shape transformations of one-dimensional gap solitons (GSs) in the first finite bandgap induced by a periodic potential built into materials with local self-focusing and nonlocal self-defocusing…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-28 Kuan-Hsien Kuo , YuanYao Lin , Ray-Kuang Lee , Boris A. Malomed

The ability to control the laser modes within a subwavelength resonator is of key relevance in modern optoelectronics. This work deals with the theoretical research on optical properties of a PT--symmetric nano--scaled dimer formed by two…

Optics · Physics 2021-04-07 Mauro Cuevas , Mojtaba Karimi , Carlos J Zapata-Ropdriguez

Dipole and quadrupole solitons in a two-dimensional optically induced defocus- ing photonic lattice are theoretically predicted and experimentally observed. It is shown that in-phase nearest-neighbor dipole and out-of-phase…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Susanto , K. Law , P. G. Kevrekidis , L. Tang , C. Lou , X. Wang , Z. Chen

Competing nonlinearities, such as the cubic (Kerr) and quintic nonlinear terms whose strengths are of opposite signs (the coefficients in front of the nonlinearities), exist in various physical media (in particular, in optical and…

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