Solitons in a photonic nonlinear quantum walk: lessons from the continuum

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01014v2
• Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:25:38 GMT
• Title: Solitons in a photonic nonlinear quantum walk: lessons from the continuum
• Authors: Andreu Angl\'es-Castillo, Armando P\'erez, Eugenio Rold\'an
• Abstract summary: We analyse a nonlinear QW model which can be experimentally implemented using the components of the electric field on an optical nonlinear Kerr medium. We have studied the stability of solitons when they are subject to an additional phase that simulates an external electric field, and also explored if they are formed in higher dimensional spaces.
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• Abstract: We analyse a nonlinear QW model which can be experimentally implemented using the components of the electric field on an optical nonlinear Kerr medium, which translates into a rotation in the coin operator, with an angle which depends (in a nonlinear fashion) on the state of the walker. This simple dependence makes it easy to consider the space-time continuum limit of the evolution equation, which takes the form of a nonlinear Dirac equation. The analysis of this continuum limit allows us, under some approximations, to gain some insight into the nature of soliton structures, which is illustrated by our numerical calculations. These solitons are stable structures whose trajectories can be modulated by choosing the appropriate initial conditions. We have also studied the stability of solitons when they are subject to an additional phase that simulates an external electric field, and also explored if they are formed in higher dimensional spaces.

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