Vector valley Hall edge solitons in superhoneycomb lattices
arXiv:2206.07982 · doi:10.1016/j.chaos.2022.112364
Abstract
Topological edge solitons that bifurcate and inherit topological protection from linear edge states and, therefore, demonstrate immunity to disorder and defects upon propagation, attract considerable attention in a rapidly growing field of topological photonics. Valley Hall systems are especially interesting from the point of view of realization of topological edge solitons because they do not require external or artificial magnetic fields or longitudinal modulations of the underlying potential for the emergence of the topological phases. Here we report on the diverse types of vector valley Hall edge solitons forming at the domain walls between superhoneycomb lattices, including bright-dipole, bright-tripole, dark-bright, and dark-dipole solitons. In contrast to conventional scalar topological solitons, such vector states can be constructed as envelope solitons on the edge states from different branches and with different Bloch momenta. Such vector solitons can be remarkably robust, they show stable long-distance propagation and can bypass sharp bends of the domain wall. The existence of the counter-propagating valley Hall edge solitons at the same domain wall allows us to study their structural robustness upon collisions that can be nearly elastic. Our results illustrate richness of soliton families in the valley Hall systems and open new prospects for the light field manipulation and design of the nonlinear topological functional devices.
arXiv comment11 pages, 12 figures. To appear in Chaos,Solitons and Fractals
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