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Light-matter interactions in conventional nanophotonic structures typically lack directionality. Furthermore, surface waves supported by conventional material substrates do not usually have a preferential direction of propagation, and their…

We demonstrate that the spin wave Cherenkov effect can be used to design the unidirectional spin wave emitter with tunable frequency and switchable direction of emission. In our numerical studies, we propose to use a pair of traveling…

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Over the years, the directional distribution functions of wind-generated wave field have been assumed to be unimodal. While details of various functional forms differ, these directional models suggest that waves of all spectral components…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2019-06-20 Paul A. Hwang , David W. Wang , W. Erick Rogers , Robert N. Swift , James Yungel , William B. Krabill

Waveguides are fundamental components in communication systems. However, they suffer from reflection and scattering losses at sharp routes or defects. The breakthrough in developing topological photonic crystals (PhCs) provides promising…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-01-03 Rui Zhou , Minglin L. N. Chen , Xingtong Shi , Yan Ren , Zihao Yu , Yu Tian , Y. Liu , Hai Lin

We consider the problem of unique identification of dielectric coefficients for gratings and sound speeds for wave guides from scattering data. We prove that the "propagating modes" given for all frequencies uniquely determine these…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-21 Gregory Eskin , James Ralston , Masahiro Yamamoto

Waveguide design is crucial in developing efficient light delivery systems, requiring meticulous material selection, precise manufacturing, and rigorous performance optimization, including dispersion engineering. Here, we introduce…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-10 Yuntian Wang , Yuhang Li , Tianyi Gan , Kun Liao , Mona Jarrahi , Aydogan Ozcan

Unidirectional nonreciprocal transport is at the heart of many fundamental problems and applications in both science and technology. Here we study the novel design of wave diode devices by engineering asymmetric shapes of nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-10 Nianbei Li , Jie Ren

Unidirectional reflectionless propagation (or transmission) is an interesting wave phenomenon observed in many $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric optical structures. Theoretical studies on unidirectional reflectionless transmission often use simple…

Optics · Physics 2019-11-13 Lijun Yuan , Ya Yan Lu

In this paper, we propose a method to generate Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) carrying vortex waves inside a metallic circular waveguide (CW). These waves feature ability to carry multiple orthogonal modes at the same frequency, by the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-30 Md Khadimul Islam , Arjuna Madanayake , Shubhendu Bhardwaj

We describe propagation of torsional elastic waves in cylindrical waveguide with wedge dislocation in the framework of geometric theory of defects. The defect changes the dispersion relation. For positive deficit angles, it increases the…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-02-17 M. O. Katanaev

Electromagnetic waves propagating, at finite speeds, in conventional wave-guiding structures are reflected by discontinuities and decay in lossy regions. In this Letter, we drastically modify this typical guided-wave behavior by combining…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-12 S. Ali Hassani Gangaraj , Francesco Monticone

We theoretically study unattenuated electromagnetic guided wave modes in centrosymmetric Weyl semimetal layered systems. By solving Maxwell's equations for the electromagnetic fields and using the appropriate boundary conditions, we derive…

Optics · Physics 2020-01-16 Klaus Halterman , Mohammad Alidoust

A material comprised of an array of subwavelength coaxial waveguides decomposes incident electromagnetic waves into spatially discrete wave components, propagates these components without frequency cut-off, and reassembles them on the far…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Kempa , X. Wang , Z. F. Ren , M. J. Naughton

In order to confine waves beyond the diffraction limit, advances in fabrication techniques have enabled subwavelength structuring of matter, achieving near-field control of light and other types of waves. The price is often expensive…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Emanuele Galiffi , Yao-Ting Wang , Zhen Lim , J. B. Pendry , Andrea Alù , Paloma A. Huidobro

Magnetic barriers in graphene are not easily tunable. However, introducing both electric and magnetic fields, provides tunable and far more controllable electronic states in graphene. Here we study such systems. A one-dimensional channel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-09 Yury P. Bliokh , Valentin Freilikher , Franco Nori

We consider the coupled electromagnetic waves propagating in a waveguide array, which consists of alternating waveguides of positive and negative refraction indexes. Due to zigzag configuration there are interactions between both nearest…

Optics · Physics 2013-05-01 Elena V. Kazantseva , Andrey I. Maimistov

In this paper we review basic properties of coupled periodic and aperiodic nanopillar waveguides. A coupled nanopillar waveguide consists of several rows of periodically or aperiodically placed dielectric rods (pillars). In such a…

The study of waveguide propagating modes is essential for achieving directional electronic transport in two-dimensional materials. Simultaneously, exploring potential gaps in these systems is crucial for developing devices akin to those…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-03 V. G. Ibarra-Sierra , E. J. Robles-Raygoza , J. C. Sandoval-Santana , R. Carrillo-Bastos

We demonstrate a single-mode phononic waveguide that enables robust propagation of mechanical waves. The waveguide is a highly-stressed silicon nitride membrane that supports the propagation of out-of-plane modes. In direct analogy to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-19 Erick Romero , Rachpon Kalra , Nicolas P. Mauranyapin , Christopher G. Baker , Chao Meng , Warwick P. Bowen

Dielectric waveguide (DWG) interconnects frequently utilize multimode waveguides due to their low dispersion in the fundamental mode. However, these links are more vulnerable to cross-modal coupling that significantly impacts their overall…