Nonlinear Topological Effects in Optical Coupled Hexagonal Lattice
Topological physics in optical lattices have attracted much attention in recent years. The nonlinear effects on such optical systems remain well-explored and a large amount of progress has been achieved. In this paper, under the mean-field approximation for a nonlinearly optical coupled boson–hexago...
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| description | Topological physics in optical lattices have attracted much attention in recent years. The nonlinear effects on such optical systems remain well-explored and a large amount of progress has been achieved. In this paper, under the mean-field approximation for a nonlinearly optical coupled boson–hexagonal lattice system, we calculate the nonlinear Dirac cone and discuss its dependence on the parameters of the system. Due to the special structure of the cone, the Berry phase (two-dimensional Zak phase) acquired around these Dirac cones is quantized, and the critical value can be modulated by interactions between different lattices sites. We numerically calculate the overall Aharonov-Bohm (AB) phase and find that it is also quantized, which provides a possible topological number by which we can characterize the quantum phases. Furthermore, we find that topological phase transition occurs when the band gap closes at the nonlinear Dirac points. This is different from linear systems, in which the transition happens when the band gap closes and reopens at the Dirac points. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52eaee0d818f41eb9808f30126e9fe2a2023-11-22T23:14:29ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002021-10-012311140410.3390/e23111404Nonlinear Topological Effects in Optical Coupled Hexagonal LatticeFude Li0Kang Xue1Xuexi Yi2Center for Quantum Sciences and School of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Renmin Street 5268, Changchun 130024, ChinaCenter for Quantum Sciences and School of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Renmin Street 5268, Changchun 130024, ChinaCenter for Quantum Sciences and School of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Renmin Street 5268, Changchun 130024, ChinaTopological physics in optical lattices have attracted much attention in recent years. The nonlinear effects on such optical systems remain well-explored and a large amount of progress has been achieved. In this paper, under the mean-field approximation for a nonlinearly optical coupled boson–hexagonal lattice system, we calculate the nonlinear Dirac cone and discuss its dependence on the parameters of the system. Due to the special structure of the cone, the Berry phase (two-dimensional Zak phase) acquired around these Dirac cones is quantized, and the critical value can be modulated by interactions between different lattices sites. We numerically calculate the overall Aharonov-Bohm (AB) phase and find that it is also quantized, which provides a possible topological number by which we can characterize the quantum phases. Furthermore, we find that topological phase transition occurs when the band gap closes at the nonlinear Dirac points. This is different from linear systems, in which the transition happens when the band gap closes and reopens at the Dirac points.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/11/1404nonlinear energy bandnonlinear Berry phasetopological phase transition |
| spellingShingle | Fude Li Kang Xue Xuexi Yi Nonlinear Topological Effects in Optical Coupled Hexagonal Lattice Entropy nonlinear energy band nonlinear Berry phase topological phase transition |
| title | Nonlinear Topological Effects in Optical Coupled Hexagonal Lattice |
| title_full | Nonlinear Topological Effects in Optical Coupled Hexagonal Lattice |
| title_fullStr | Nonlinear Topological Effects in Optical Coupled Hexagonal Lattice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nonlinear Topological Effects in Optical Coupled Hexagonal Lattice |
| title_short | Nonlinear Topological Effects in Optical Coupled Hexagonal Lattice |
| title_sort | nonlinear topological effects in optical coupled hexagonal lattice |
| topic | nonlinear energy band nonlinear Berry phase topological phase transition |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/11/1404 |
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