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Optical nonreciprocity is the phenomenon where light behaves differently when traveling in the forward direction compared to the backward direction. This nonreciprocal behavior is typically achieved in systems that exhibit electromagnetic…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-19 Dheeraj Pratap

Nonreciprocal devices are a key element for signal routing and noise isolation. Rapid development of quantum technologies has boosted the demand for a new generation of miniaturized and low-loss nonreciprocal components. Here we use a pair…

We investigate the dissipative dynamics of linear and nonlinear waves in harmonic traps by means of engineered complex non-Hermitian potentials. By combining an analytical mapping between real and complex Schr\"odinger equations with direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Mario Salerno

We investigate elastic-wave propagation in a spatially-dispersive multilayered, totally passive metamaterial system. At oblique incidence a longitudinal (acoustic) wave can convert to transverse in the solid material comprising the layers,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-05-23 D. Psiachos , M. M. Sigalas

When a signal is emitted from a source, recorded by an array of transducers, time reversed and re-emitted into the medium, it will refocus approximately on the source location. We analyze the refocusing resolution in a high frequency,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 George Papanicolaou , Leonid Ryzhik , Knut Solna

Materials and devices subject to spatiotemporal modulation of their effective properties have a demonstrated ability to support nonreciprocal transmission of waves. Most notably, spatiotemporally modulated systems can restrict wave…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Jiuda Wu , Behrooz Yousefzadeh

Wavefield focusing is often achieved by Time-Reversal Mirrors, where wavefields emitted by a source located at the focal point are evaluated at a closed boundary and sent back, after Time-Reversal, into the medium from that boundary.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-09-12 Giovanni Angelo Meles , Joost van der Neut , Koen W. A. van Dongen , Kees Wapenaar

The paper introduces a novel topological method for prediction and modeling for a nonlinear time--series that exhibit recurring patterns. According to the model, global manifold of the reconstructed state--space can be approximated by a few…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-11-21 Sajini Anand P S , Prabhakar G Vaidya

We analyze the time reversal of waves in a turbulent medium using the parabolic Markovian model. We prove that the time reversal resolution can be a nonlinear function of the wavelength and independent of the aperture. We establish a…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-11 Albert Fannjiang , Knut Solna

Time-reversal symmetry is important to optics. In linear optics, a time-reversed process to laser emission enables total absorption of coherent light fields into an optical cavity of loss by time-reversing the original gain medium. In…

Optics · Physics 2013-01-15 Yuanlin Zheng , Huaijin Ren , Wenjie Wan , Xianfeng Chen

Lossless linear wave propagation is symmetric in time, a principle which can be used to create time reversed waves. Such waves are special 'pre-scattered' spatiotemporal fields, which propagate through a complex medium as if observing a…

As a model of coupled nano-electromechanical resonantors we study two nonlinear driven oscillators with an arbitrary coupling strength between them. Analytical expressions are derived for the oscillation amplitudes as a function of the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-28 L. Chotorlishvili , A. Ugulava , G. Mchedlishvili , A. Komnik , S. Wimberger , J. Berakdar

We study the interaction of highly nonlinear solitary waves in granular crystals, with an adjacent linear elastic medium. We investigate the effects of interface dynamics on the reflection of incident waves and on the formation of primary…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-20 Jinkyu Yang , Claudio Silvestro , Devvrath Khatri , Luigi De Nardo , Chiara Daraio

We report on observation of the time reversal symmetry breaking in unpolarized neutrons scattering experiment. Neutron transmittivity through the system consisting of two magnetic mirrors placed in an external magnetic field is measured.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-26 D. A. Tatarskiy , A. V. Petrenko , S. N. Vdovichev , O. G. Udalov , Yu. V. Nikitenko , A. A. Fraerman

Acoustic and elastic metamaterials with time- and space-dependent material properties have received great attention recently as a means to break reciprocity for propagating mechanical waves, achieving greater directional control. One…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-10-06 Benjamin M. Goldsberry , Samuel P. Wallen , Michael R. Haberman

In this work, we propose a time-varying wave-shape extraction algorithm based on a modified version of the adaptive non-harmonic model for non-stationary signals. The model codifies the time-varying wave-shape information in the relative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-28 Joaquin Ruiz , Gastón Schlotthauer , Leandro Vignolo , Marcelo A. Colominas

Many records in environmental sciences exhibit asymmetric trajectories and there is a need for simple and tractable models which can reproduce such features. In this paper we explore an approach based on applying both a time change and a…

Methodology · Statistics 2015-10-09 Pierre Ailliot , Bernard Delyon , Valérie Monbet , Marc Prevosto

A mechanism for asymmetric (nonreciprocal) wave transmission is presented. As a reference system, we consider a layered nonlinear, non mirror-symmetric model described by the one-dimensional Discrete Nonlinear Schreodinger equation with…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2012-04-12 Stefano Lepri , Giulio Casati

A finite element method simulation of a carbon fibre reinforced polymer block is used to analyse the nonlinearities arising from a contacting delamination gap inside the material. The ultrasonic signal is amplified and nonlinearities are…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-02-24 Martin Lints , Andrus Salupere , Serge Dos Santos

A novel method to solve inverse problems for the wave equation is introduced. The method is a combination of the boundary control method and an iterative time reversal scheme, leading to adaptive imaging of coefficient functions of the wave…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Kenrick Bingham , Yaroslav Kurylev , Matti Lassas , Samuli Siltanen