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We examine the collective behavior of two-dimensional nonlinear superconducting metamaterials using a non-contact spatially resolved imaging technique. The metamaterial is made up of sub-wavelength nonlinear oscillators in a strongly…

We have prepared meta-atoms based on radio frequency superconducting quantum interference devices (RF SQUIDs) and examined their tunability with dc magnetic field, rf current, and temperature. RF SQUIDs are superconducting split ring…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-12-24 M. Trepanier , Daimeng Zhang , Oleg Mukhanov , Steven M. Anlage

Mechanical metamaterials are architected manmade materials that allow for unique behaviors not observed in nature, making them promising candidates for a wide range of applications. Existing metamaterials lack tunability as their properties…

We propose a superconducting metamaterial design consisting of meta-atoms (MAs) which are each composed of a direct current (dc) superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and a superconducting rod. This design provides negative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-19 O. V. Shramkova , N. Lazarides , G. P. Tsironis , A. V. Ustinov

We propose a novel approach for efficient tuning of the transmission characteristics of metamaterials through a continuous adjustment of the lattice structure, and confirm it experimentally in the microwave range. The concept is rather…

Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) hosts a number of correlated states of matter that can be tuned by electrostatic doping. Superconductivity has drawn considerable attention and the mechanism behind it is a topic of active…

Using both multiple scattering theory and effective medium theory, we find that an acoustic metamaterial consisting of an array of spinning cylinders can possess a host of unusual properties including folded bulk and interface-state bands…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Degang Zhao , Yao-Ting Wang , Kin-Hung Fung , Zhao-Qing Zhang , C. T. Chan

Knitted fabrics are metamaterials with remarkable mechanical properties, such as extreme deformability and multiple history-dependent rest shapes. This letter shows that those properties may stem from a continuous set of metastable states…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-10-24 Jérôme Crassous , Samuel Poincloux , Audrey Steinberger

Emerging multiphysics metamaterials offer a distinct possibility for regulating complex physical processes. However, two severe constraints still lower their functionality and tunability. First, multiphysics functionality is fixed once…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-02-02 Min Lei , Liujun Xu , Jiping Huang

We present a monolithic mechanical metamaterial comprising a periodic arrangement of snapping units with tunable tensile behavior. Under tension, the metamaterial undergoes a large extension caused by sequential snap-through instabilities,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-12-20 Ahmad Rafsanjani , Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh , Damiano Pasini

The dynamic equations for the fluxes through the SQUIDs that form a two-dimensional metamamaterial on a Lieb lattice are derived, and then linearized around zero flux to obtain the linear frequency spectrum according to the standard…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-09-28 N. Lazarides , G. P. Tsironis

Semiconductivity and superconductivity are remarkable quantum phenomena that have immense impact on science and technology, and materials that can be tuned, usually by pressure or doping, to host both types of quantum states are of great…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-27 Chang Liu , Xianqi Song , Quan Li , Yanming Ma , Changfeng Chen

The ability to control Poisson's ratio of functional materials has been one of the main objectives of researchers attempting to develop structures efficient from the perspective of protective, biomedical and soundproofing devices. This task…

In this paper, we study transmission line resonances in high $T_C$ dc SQUIDs. These resonances are exhibited in the characteristics of SQUIDs which are fabricated on substrates with high dielectric constant, such as strontium titanate. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Urbasi Sinha , Aninda Sinha , Edward Tarte

Metamaterials, i.e., artificially structured ("synthetic") media comprising weakly coupled discrete elements, exhibit extraordinary properties and they hold a great promise for novel applications including super-resolution imaging,…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-10-22 N. Lazarides , G. P. Tsironis

We review progress in the development and applications of superconducting metamaterials. The review is organized in terms of several distinct advantages and unique properties brought to the metamaterials field by superconductivity. These…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-05-30 Philipp Jung , Alexey V. Ustinov , Steven M. Anlage

We have investigated modulation instability in metamaterials (MM) with both cubic and quintic nonlinearities, based on a model appropriate for pulse propagation in MMs with cubic-quintic nonlinearities and higher order dispersive effects.…

Optics · Physics 2012-12-20 Manirupa Saha , Amarendra K. Sarma

We study noise and noise energy of a high-T$_c$ dc SQUID fabricated on a high-$\epsilon_R$ substrate whose conduction properties are given by transmission line physics. We show that transmission line resonances greatly enhance the noise.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Urbasi Sinha , Aninda Sinha , Frank K. Wilhelm

A thin metamaterial slab comprising a dielectric spacer sandwiched between a metallic grating and a ground plane is shown to possess spatially coherent surface resonance states that span a large frequency range and can be tuned by…

Superconducting granular aluminum is attracting increasing interest due to its high kinetic inductance and low dissipation, favoring its use in kinetic inductance particle detectors, superconducting resonators or quantum bits. We perform…