Related Experiment Video
Updated: Mar 3, 2026

Rapid Repetition Rate Fluctuation Measurement of Soliton Crystals in a Microresonator
Published on: December 15, 2021
Quantized soliton pumping governed by high-dimensional Chern invariants
Fengxiao Di1, Weixuan Zhang, Hao Yuan1
1Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurements of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
Abstract:
Non-linear topological pumping-a quantized transport phenomenon of solitary waves in parametrically driven systems-represents a critical interface bridging topological physics and non-linear dynamics. While the first Chern number-governed soliton transport has been extensively studied, the fundamental interplay between high-dimensional band topology and soliton pumping remains unexplored. Here, we establish a theoretical framework and experimental demonstration of soliton topological pumping simultaneously governed by first and second Chern numbers in orthogonal dimensions. Through the modulation of non-linear strength, the system exhibits phase transitions spanning integer-quantized soliton pumping, fractional-quantized soliton pumping and soliton trapping states. Furthermore, by engineering linear band structures, we demonstrate anisotropic soliton pumping where quantized transport manifests integer and fractional characteristics along orthogonal spatial axes. Experimentally, we implement non-linear time-modulated topolectrical circuits whose dynamical equations maintain precise isomorphism with theoretical lattice models, enabling the direct observation of integer, fractional and integer/fractional soliton pumping. Our work establishes a scalable experimental platform for investigating advanced non-linear topological phases, which may be broadly applied to systems at the interface between topological matter and non-linear wave physics.
Related Concept Videos
Dimensionless Groups in Fluid Mechanics
Entropy and Solvation
Differential Form of Maxwell's Equations
Poisson's And Laplace's Equation
Motion Of A Charged Particle In A Magnetic Field
Electric Field of a Non Uniformly Charged Sphere
Consider a non-uniformly charged sphere, for which the density of charge depends only on the distance from a point in space and not on the direction. Such a sphere has a spherically symmetrical charge distribution. Here, the electric...

