Topological States Enabled by Non-local Nonlinearity in Synthetic Dimensions
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02199v1
- Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:23:55 GMT
- Title: Topological States Enabled by Non-local Nonlinearity in Synthetic Dimensions
- Authors: Chong-Xiao Chen, Zheng-Wei Zhou, Han Pu, Xi-Wang Luo,
- Abstract summary: We consider a synthetic Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice with all-to-all nonlocal interactions.<n>We find that the distinctive nonlinearity maintains an effective chiral symmetry and leads to a quantized nonlinear winding and Berry phase.<n>Our results establish a rigorous framework and pave the way for exploring nonlinear topological phenomena.
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- Abstract: The interplay between topology and nonlinearity represents a central challenge in modern physics. Here, we investigate this interplay by considering a synthetic Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice with all-to-all nonlocal interactions. We find that the distinctive nonlinearity maintains an effective chiral symmetry and leads to a quantized nonlinear winding and Berry phase, as corroborated by the developed Bogoliubov nonlinear adiabatic theory. Increasing nonlinearity drives a sequence of topological transitions signaled by the appearance of characteristic swallowtail band structures at intermediate interaction strengths and band swapping in the strong nonlinear regime. The band swapping results in quantized fractional windings and double-period Bloch oscillations that are closely related to discrete time crystals. Remarkably, even starting from a topologically trivial linear system, nonlocal nonlinearity can induce an emergent topological phase with fractional windings. Experimentally, our model can be realized using photons in a degenerate optical cavity with Rydberg-mediated interactions. Our results establish a rigorous framework and pave the way for exploring nonlinear topological phenomena and their applications in synthetic quantum platforms.
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