Nonreciprocity-Enabled Chiral Stability of Nonlinear Waves
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| author | Sun, Wen-Rong Maraver, Jesús Cuevas |
| author_facet | Sun, Wen-Rong Maraver, Jesús Cuevas |
| contents | The control of wave propagation, particularly the quest for unidirectional transport, plays an important role in photonics and metamaterial science. While nonreciprocity is known to enable unidirectional amplification and stabilize complex solitons, its fundamental impact on the intrinsic stability of the nonlinear waves remains an open frontier. By obtaining exact analytical solutions for a dissipative, nonreciprocal sine-Gordon model (that was proposed in [\emph{Nature} 627, 528-533, 2024] and captures all essential physics of active materials) and performing a comprehensive stability analysis, we discover a chiral stability criterion: waves propagating in one direction exhibit robust stability, while their mirror-image counterparts are intrinsically unstable. This direction-dependent stability is confirmed by full nonlinear simulations. Our findings identify the symmetry-breaking role of nonreciprocity in defining the stability of nonlinear waves, a key step toward controlling wave propagation in nonreciprocal media. |
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| spellingShingle | Nonreciprocity-Enabled Chiral Stability of Nonlinear Waves Sun, Wen-Rong Maraver, Jesús Cuevas Pattern Formation and Solitons The control of wave propagation, particularly the quest for unidirectional transport, plays an important role in photonics and metamaterial science. While nonreciprocity is known to enable unidirectional amplification and stabilize complex solitons, its fundamental impact on the intrinsic stability of the nonlinear waves remains an open frontier. By obtaining exact analytical solutions for a dissipative, nonreciprocal sine-Gordon model (that was proposed in [\emph{Nature} 627, 528-533, 2024] and captures all essential physics of active materials) and performing a comprehensive stability analysis, we discover a chiral stability criterion: waves propagating in one direction exhibit robust stability, while their mirror-image counterparts are intrinsically unstable. This direction-dependent stability is confirmed by full nonlinear simulations. Our findings identify the symmetry-breaking role of nonreciprocity in defining the stability of nonlinear waves, a key step toward controlling wave propagation in nonreciprocal media. |
| title | Nonreciprocity-Enabled Chiral Stability of Nonlinear Waves |
| topic | Pattern Formation and Solitons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08092 |