Experimental observation of symmetry-breaking nonlinear modes in an active ring

Sergej O. Demokritov (), Alexander A. Serga, Vladislav E. Demidov, Burkard Hillebrands, Michail P. Kostylev and Boris A. Kalinikos
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Sergej O. Demokritov: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Alexander A. Serga: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Vladislav E. Demidov: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Burkard Hillebrands: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Michail P. Kostylev: St Petersburg Electrotechnical University
Boris A. Kalinikos: St Petersburg Electrotechnical University

Nature, 2003, vol. 426, issue 6963, 159-162

Abstract: Abstract Solitons are large-amplitude, spatially confined wave packets in nonlinear media. They occur in a wide range of physical systems, such as water surfaces, optical fibres, plasmas, Bose–Einstein condensates and magnetically ordered media1,2. A distinguishing feature of soliton behaviour that is common to all systems, is that they propagate without a change in shape owing to the stabilizing effect of the particular nonlinearity involved1,3. When the propagation path is closed, modes consisting of one or several solitons may rotate around the ring, the topology of which imposes additional constraints on their allowed frequencies and phases4,5. Here we measure the mode spectrum of spin-wave solitons in a nonlinear active ring constructed from a magnetic ferrite film. Several unusual symmetry-breaking soliton-like modes are found, such as ‘Möbius’ solitons, which break the fundamental symmetry of 2π-periodicity in the phase change acquired per loop: a Möbius soliton needs to travel twice around the ring to meet the initial phase condition.

Date: 2003
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