Observation of edge solitons in photonic graphene

Zhaoyang Zhang; Rong Wang; Yiqi Zhang; Yaroslav V. Kartashov; Feng Li; Hua Zhong; Hua Guan; Kelin Gao; Fuli Li; Yanpeng Zhang; Min Xiao

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15635-9

Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Observation of edge solitons in photonic graphene

Zhaoyang Zhang,
Rong Wang,
Yiqi Zhang,
Yaroslav V. Kartashov,
Feng Li,
Hua Zhong,
Hua Guan,
Kelin Gao,
Fuli Li,
Yanpeng Zhang,
Min Xiao

Affiliations

Zhaoyang Zhang: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Rong Wang: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Yiqi Zhang: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Yaroslav V. Kartashov: Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Feng Li: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Hua Zhong: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Hua Guan: Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kelin Gao: Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fuli Li: Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Yanpeng Zhang: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Min Xiao: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15635-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Edge states are excitations existing at the boundary of truncated periodic materials with specific spectral degeneracies, and their properties are enriched when materials possess a nonlinear response. Here, the authors provide experimental evidence of edge soliton formation in a nonlinear photonic graphene lattice induced in an atomic vapour cell.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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