The following working groups are involved in the Nonlinear Physics research focus:
| Ultrafast Solid-State Quantum Optics and Nanophotonics | AG Bratschitsch |
| Nonlinear Magnetic Dynamics | AG Demokritov |
| Nonlinear Photonics | AG Cornelia Denz |
| Optical Technologies | AG Fallnich |
| Nonlinear Geodynamics | AG Hansen |
| Nonlinear Transport and Pattern Formation | AG Kuhn |
| Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics | AG Linz |
| Self-Organization and Complexity | AG Thiele |
| Theoy of Active Soft Matter | AG Wittkowski |