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ArticleNature communications2024

Nonlinear topological symmetry protection in a dissipative system.

Stéphane Coen, Bruno Garbin, Gang Xu, Liam Quinn, Nathan Goldman, Gian-Luca Oppo, Miro Erkintalo, Stuart G Murdoch, Julien Fatome

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors.

Stéphane CoenPhysics Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand. s.coen@auckland.ac.nz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-5906
Bruno GarbinPhysics Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
Gang XuPhysics Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3721-9597
Liam QuinnPhysics Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
Nathan GoldmanCenter for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 231, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium.
Gian-Luca OppoSUPA and Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, Scotland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-4309
Miro ErkintaloPhysics Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7753-7007
Stuart G MurdochPhysics Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9169-9472
Julien FatomePhysics Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.

Funding

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research) IRP WALL-INConseil régional de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (Regional Council of Burgundy) 2019-7-10614
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigate experimentally and theoretically a system ruled by an intricate interplay between topology, nonlinearity, and spontaneous symmetry breaking. The experiment is based on a two-mode coherently-driven optical resonator where photons interact through the Kerr nonlinearity. In presence of a phase defect, the modal structure acquires a synthetic Möbius topology enabling the realization of spontaneous symmetry breaking in inherently bias-free conditions without fine tuning of parameters. Rigorous statistical tests confirm the robustness of the underlying symmetry protection, which manifests itself by a periodic alternation of the modes reminiscent of period-doubling. This dynamic also confers long term stability to various localized structures including domain walls, solitons, and breathers. Our findings are supported by an effective Hamiltonian model and have relevance to other systems of interacting bosons and to the Floquet engineering of quantum matter. They could also be beneficial to the implementation of coherent Ising machines.

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PMCPMC10869785

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