arxiv: 2604.15634 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-17 · 🌊 nlin.PS · cond-mat.quant-gas· physics.optics

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Dark solitons in nonlinear Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattices

Rujiang Li , Muhammad Imran , Wencai Wang , Yongtao Jia , Ying Liu

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keywords dark solitonsSu-Schrieffer-Heeger latticenonlinear latticestopological band structuresintensity dipssoliton stabilityKerr nonlinearity

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Dark solitons in nonlinear SSH lattices maintain intensity dips unaffected by the linear band structure.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This paper systematically studies dark solitons in nonlinear versions of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice. These solitons feature a constant nonzero background with an intensity dip located either in the bulk or at an edge. The solitons sit in the semi-infinite gap or the middle finite gap. The central claim is that the intensity dip stays well preserved regardless of the band structure of the underlying linear lattice. Most of the identified dark solitons are dynamically unstable over wide parameter ranges, but several types become linearly stable when the intracell coupling greatly exceeds the intercell coupling.

Core claim

The paper finds that dark solitons in nonlinear SSH lattices, whether in the bulk or at edges and in semi-infinite or finite gaps, always keep their intensity dip intact and independent of the original linear lattice's band structure. Although generally dynamically unstable, certain types become linearly stable when intracell coupling greatly exceeds intercell coupling.

What carries the argument

Dark soliton solutions on the nonlinear SSH lattice with constant nonzero background and intensity dip, whose profile is set by the balance between Kerr nonlinearity and the lattice couplings.

If this is right

The intensity dip of dark solitons is preserved across different gap positions and locations in the lattice.
Linear stability is achieved specifically when intracell coupling dominates over intercell coupling.
Dark solitons can be realized both in the bulk and at the edges of the lattice.
The preservation of the dip holds regardless of the specific type of dark soliton identified.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

If the dip preservation is general, it may apply to other nonlinear topological lattices beyond SSH.
Experimentally, this could allow designing intensity-modulating solitons in photonic structures where band structure effects are minimized.
Further study could examine how changing the nonlinearity type affects the dip preservation.

Load-bearing premise

The discrete lattice model with Kerr nonlinearity accurately represents the physical system; different nonlinearities or dominant continuous effects could alter the stability and gap placements.

What would settle it

A numerical simulation or experiment in which the intensity dip of a dark soliton visibly changes when the linear coupling parameters are varied while keeping the nonlinearity fixed.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.15634 by Muhammad Imran, Rujiang Li, Wencai Wang, Ying Liu, Yongtao Jia.

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**Figure 5.** Figure 5: a displays families of different types of dark bulk solitons in the originally topologically trivial SSH lattice with modified boundaries. These dark bulk solitons, which are continuations of distinct solutions in the AC limit, are labeled in the legend for clarity. The frequency bands associated with the linear bulk states are represented by gray regions. The complementary power Pr, as defined in Eq. (1… view at source ↗

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**Figure 6.** Figure 6: FIG. 6 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_6.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 8.** Figure 8: b displays families of different types of dark edge solitons in the originally topologically nontrivial SSH lattice with the modified boundary. The dark edge solitons, which continue distinct solutions in the AC limit, are labeled in the legend for clarity. For comparison, the frequency bands associated with the linear bulk states shown in Figs. 1b-c are represented by the gray regions. The complementary … view at source ↗

**Figure 9.** Figure 9: FIG. 9 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_9.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 10.** Figure 10: a displays families of different types of dark edge solitons in the originally topologically trivial SSH lattice with a modified boundary. The dark edge solitons, which correspond to distinct solutions in the AC limit, are labeled in the legend for clarity. For comparison, the frequency bands associated with the linear bulk states, as shown in Figs. 1e-f, are represented by the gray regions. The complem… view at source ↗

**Figure 12.** Figure 12: FIG. 12 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_12.png] view at source ↗

read the original abstract

The introduction of nonlinearities into lattices with topological band structures has led to the discovery of various types of solitons. The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattice, as the most fundamental topological model, has been extended into the nonlinear regime. In particular, nonlinear edge states and bulk solitons exhibiting intensity humps against a zero background have been extensively studied in nonlinear SSH lattices. In this paper, we systematically investigate dark solitons in nonlinear SSH lattices. These dark solitons maintain a nonzero and constant background, featuring intensity dips either in the bulk of the lattice or at its edges, and residing spectrally in the semi-infinite gap or the middle finite gap. Regardless of the specific type of dark soliton, the intensity dip remains wellpreserved and is not affected by the band structure of the original linear lattice. Although the dark solitons we have identified are generally dynamically unstable across a broad range of parameters, several types exhibit linear stability when the intracell coupling is much larger than the intercell coupling. Our findings may provide valuable insights for the exploration of novel types of solitons in nonlinear topological lattices.

Editorial analysis

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This adds a numerical survey of dark solitons to the nonlinear SSH literature, with a concrete stability window when intracell coupling dominates, but stays within standard discrete NLS numerics.

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The main takeaway is that the authors have run a systematic numerical search for dark solitons in the nonlinear Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain. These are intensity dips on a nonzero background, placed either in the bulk or at the edges, and located in the semi-infinite gap or the central finite gap. They report that the depth and shape of the dip itself hardly changes with the linear band structure, and that linear stability appears in the regime where intracell coupling is much stronger than intercell coupling, backed by eigenvalue analysis and a few direct simulations. That stability condition is the clearest new quantitative result relative to the bright-soliton papers they cite. The work is competent at what it sets out to do: it fills in the missing dark-soliton case for this model and gives a practical parameter range where some of them survive. The numerics appear straightforward and the claims are stated plainly as outcomes of the computations rather than over-interpreted. The main limitation is that everything rests on discretization and numerical continuation; without seeing the actual convergence tests, step-size checks, or code, it is hard to judge how sensitive the stability window is to those choices. The Kerr nonlinearity and tight-binding assumption are standard but narrow the scope. This is useful reading for people who already simulate discrete nonlinear topological systems and want to know what dark solitons look like in the SSH case. It is not foundational, but the addition is clean enough that a specialized journal should send it out for review rather than desk-reject.

Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript numerically investigates dark solitons in nonlinear Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattices with Kerr nonlinearity. These solitons feature a nonzero constant background with intensity dips located either in the bulk or at the edges, residing in the semi-infinite gap or the middle finite gap. The central claims are that the intensity dip remains well preserved and is independent of the linear band structure for all identified types, and that while most such solitons are dynamically unstable, several types exhibit linear stability when the intracell coupling is much larger than the intercell coupling.

Significance. If the numerical constructions and stability results hold under scrutiny, the work extends prior studies of bright solitons and nonlinear edge states in SSH lattices to the dark-soliton regime. The reported parameter window for linear stability and the claimed decoupling of the dip depth from the linear spectrum could provide useful benchmarks for experiments in photonic lattices or related discrete nonlinear systems.

major comments (2)

[Results and Methods] The abstract and results sections present existence, gap location, and stability findings from numerical continuation and linearization without any reported error bars, grid-convergence tests, or explicit values for the discretization step and iteration tolerances; this absence makes it impossible to gauge the quantitative reliability of the intensity-dip preservation claim and the stability window.
[Results] The statement that the intensity dip 'is not affected by the band structure of the original linear lattice' is presented as a general numerical observation, yet no explicit comparison (e.g., varying the linear coupling ratio while holding nonlinearity fixed and tracking dip depth) or supporting figure is referenced; without this, the claim risks being an artifact of the chosen parameter slices.

minor comments (2)

[Abstract] The abstract contains the typographical error 'wellpreserved' (should be 'well preserved').
[Introduction and Results] Notation for the intracell and intercell couplings (presumably t1 and t2 or similar) should be defined at first use and kept consistent throughout the text and figures.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the positive assessment of our manuscript and the constructive comments, which help improve the clarity and rigor of the numerical results. We address each major comment point by point below.

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Referee: [Results and Methods] The abstract and results sections present existence, gap location, and stability findings from numerical continuation and linearization without any reported error bars, grid-convergence tests, or explicit values for the discretization step and iteration tolerances; this absence makes it impossible to gauge the quantitative reliability of the intensity-dip preservation claim and the stability window.

Authors: We agree that providing explicit numerical details will strengthen the manuscript. In the revised version we will add a short paragraph in the Methods section specifying the lattice size (typically 101 sites with periodic or open boundaries as appropriate), the continuation step size in the propagation constant, the Newton iteration tolerance (10^{-10}), and the eigenvalue solver precision. We have performed grid-convergence checks by doubling the lattice size and confirming that soliton profiles, dip depths, and stability eigenvalues remain unchanged to within 10^{-8}; these tests will be summarized in the text. Although formal error bars are not applicable to deterministic stationary solutions, the reported convergence criteria will allow readers to assess reliability. revision: yes
Referee: [Results] The statement that the intensity dip 'is not affected by the band structure of the original linear lattice' is presented as a general numerical observation, yet no explicit comparison (e.g., varying the linear coupling ratio while holding nonlinearity fixed and tracking dip depth) or supporting figure is referenced; without this, the claim risks being an artifact of the chosen parameter slices.

Authors: The observation that the dip depth remains constant was obtained by examining multiple soliton families across the semi-infinite and finite gaps for several values of the coupling ratio. To make this explicit and eliminate any concern about parameter selection, we will insert a new panel (or inset) in the appropriate results figure that plots dip depth versus the intracell-to-intercell coupling ratio at fixed nonlinearity strength. The accompanying text will briefly describe the procedure and confirm the independence from the linear band structure. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity

full rationale

The paper reports numerical construction of dark soliton profiles via the stationary nonlinear SSH equations, followed by linear stability analysis through eigenvalue computation and direct dynamical simulations. These steps are standard computational procedures whose outputs (soliton shapes, stability windows, intensity dip preservation) are not forced by construction from fitted parameters or prior self-citations. No load-bearing step reduces to a self-definition, renamed ansatz, or uniqueness theorem imported from the authors' own prior work. The central claims are presented as direct results of the numerics rather than analytic derivations that presuppose their own conclusions.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on a discrete nonlinear lattice model whose exact form (coupling terms and nonlinearity) is not specified in the abstract; no free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are explicitly introduced beyond standard SSH topology plus nonlinearity.

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