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We compare the long-time error bounds and spatial resolution of finite difference methods with different spatial discretizations for the Dirac equation with small electromagnetic potentials characterized by $\varepsilon \in (0, 1]$ a…

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This technical note describes the physical model, numerical implementation, and validation of multilevel atomic media for lasers and saturable absorbers in Meep: a free/open-source finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) software package for…

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are regarded as a possible materials platform for quantum information science and related device applications. In TMD monolayers, the dephasing time and inhomogeneity are crucial parameters for any…

In this paper, we discuss the steady and time-dependent nonlinear convection-diffusion (advection-diffusion) equations with the Dirichlet boundary condition. For the steady nonlinear equation, we use an iteration method to reformulate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Qiwei Feng , Catalin Trenchea

We carry out the homogenization of time-harmonic Maxwell's equations in a periodic, layered structure made of two-dimensional (2D) metallic sheets immersed in a heterogeneous and in principle anisotropic dielectric medium. In this setting,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Matthias Maier , Dionisios Margetis , Antoine Mellet

In this study, we investigate the feasibility of designing reconfigurable transmitting metasurfaces through the use of Drude-like scatterers with purely electric response. Theoretical and numerical analyses are provided to demonstrate that…

In this work, a two-dimensional time-fractional subdiffusion model is developed to investigate the underlying transport phenomena evolving in a binary medium comprised of two sub-domains occupied by homogeneous material. We utilise an…

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We propose an extensive discussion on the homogenization and scattering analysis of second-order nonlinear metasurfaces. Our developments are based on the generalized sheet transition conditions (GSTCs) which are used to model the…

This paper describes a model for nonlinear acoustic wave propagation through absorbing and weakly dispersive media, and its numerical solution by means of finite differences in time domain method (FDTD). The attenuation is based on multiple…

Active metasurfaces, compact platforms for nanoscale light manipulation, are transforming technologies like holography, quantum cryptography, and optical computing. Despite their versatility, tunability in metasurfaces has mainly relied on…

We examine the distinct discrete time crystals (DTCs) that emerge in the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model, subjected to spatially nonuniform periodic driving. Intriguingly, we demonstrate that by appropriately tailoring the drive protocol,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Shashank Mishra , Sayan Choudhury

Spacetime Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods are used to solve hyperbolic PDEs describing wavelike physical phenomena. When the PDEs are nonlinear, the speed of propagation of the phenomena, called the wavespeed, at any point in the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2008-04-08 Shripad Thite

The paper presents the general concept of spacetime processing metasurfaces, synthesized by generalized sheet transition conditions (GSTCs). It is shown that such metasurfaces can perform multiple simultaneous spatio-temporal processing…

Optics · Physics 2016-02-16 Nima Chamanara , Yousef Vahabzadeh , Karim Achouri , Christophe Caloz

We consider the three-dimensional time-harmonic electromagnetic (EM) wave scattering transmission problem involving heterogeneous scatterers. The fields are approximated using the local multiple traces formulation (MTF), originally…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Paul Escapil-Inchauspé , Carlos Jerez-Hanckes

Recent advancement in digital coding metasurfaces incorporating spatial and temporal modulation has enabled simultaneous control of electromagnetic (EM) waves in both space and frequency domains by manipulating incident EM waves in a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-05-08 Shaghayegh Vosoughitabar , Chung-Tse Michael Wu

Topological photonics has recently emerged as a very general framework for the design of unidirectional edge waveguides immune to back-scattering and deformations, as well as other platforms that feature extreme nonreciprocal wave…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-01 João C. Serra , Mário G. Silveirinha

We show that the spatial coherence of thermal radiation can be manipulated in time-modulated photonic systems supporting surface polaritons. We develop a fluctuational electrodynamics formalism for such systems to calculate the…

Optics · Physics 2023-03-01 Renwen Yu , Shanhui Fan

The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method has been successfully applied to obtain energies and wave functions for two electrons in a quantum dot modeled by a three dimensional harmonic potential. The FDTD method uses the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-06-12 I Wayan Sudiarta , Lily Maysari Angraini

Natural cellular materials, such as honeycombs, woods, foams, trabecular bones, plant parenchyma, and sponges, may benefit from the disorderliness within their internal microstructures to achieve damage tolerant behaviours. Inspired by…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-07-21 Akash Singh Bhuwal , Yong Pang , Ian Ashcroft , Wei Sun , Tao Liu