Exact dynamic localization in curved AlGaAs optical waveguide arrays

R Iyer, JS Aitchison, J Wan, MM Dignam… - Optics express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We present experimental observations of exact dynamic localization of an optical beam in a
periodically curved AlGaAs waveguide array. The dynamic localization of the beam is …

From Bloch oscillations to a steady-state current in strongly biased mesoscopic devices

JMA Pinho, JPS Pires, SM João, B Amorim… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
It has long been known that quantum particles moving in a periodic lattice and subject to a
constant force field undergo an oscillatory motion that is referred to as Bloch oscillations …

Three-dimensional non-Abelian Bloch oscillations and higher-order topological states

N Pan, T Chen, T Ji, X Tong, X Zhang - Communications Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Recently, higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) have been introduced, and were
shown to host topological corner states under the theoretical framework of Benalcazar …

Bloch oscillations in optical and Zeeman lattices in the presence of spin-orbit coupling

YV Kartashov, VV Konotop, DA Zezyulin, L Torner - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We address Bloch oscillations of a spin-orbit coupled atom in periodic potentials of two
types: optical and Zeeman lattices. We show that in optical lattices the spin-orbit coupling …

Localization-to-delocalization transition of light in frequency-tuned photonic moiré lattices

J Zeng, Y Hu, X Zhang, S Fu, H Yin, Z Li, Z Chen - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate in a numerical manner the intriguing localization-to-delocalization transition
of light in frequency-tuned photonic moiré lattices, both in the zero-order and the higher …

The polarizability model for ferroelectricity in perovskite oxides

A Bussmann-Holder - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
This article reviews the polarizability model and its applications to ferroelectric perovskite
oxides. The motivation for the introduction of the model is discussed and nonlinear oxygen …

Controlled generation and steering of spatial gap solitons

D Neshev, AA Sukhorukov, B Hanna, W Krolikowski… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
We demonstrate the first fully controlled generation of immobile and slow spatial gap
solitons in nonlinear periodic systems with band-gap spectra, and observe the key features …

Self-trapping of light in a two-dimensional photonic lattice

ZH Musslimani, J Yang - JOSA B, 2004 - opg.optica.org
We study wave propagation in a two-dimensional photonic lattice with focusing Kerr
nonlinearity, and report on the existence of various nonlinear localized structures in the form …

Optical analogue of relativistic Dirac solitons in binary waveguide arrays

TX Tran, S Longhi, F Biancalana - Annals of Physics, 2014 - Elsevier
We study analytically and numerically an optical analogue of Dirac solitons in binary
waveguide arrays in the presence of Kerr nonlinearity. Pseudo-relativistic soliton solutions of …

Discrete breathers in fermi–pasta–ulam lattices

S Flach, A Gorbach - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We study the properties of spatially localized and time-periodic excitations—discrete
breathers—in Fermi–Pasta–Ulam (FPU) chains. We provide a detailed analysis of their …