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We study the properties of linear and nonlinear waveguides induced by optical vortex solitons in both self-defocusing and self-focusing nonlinear media, for the case of a saturable nonlinear response. We demonstrate that the vortex-induced…

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The propagation of Dyakonov surface waves guided by the planar interface of (i) an isotropic dielectric material and (ii) a homogenized uniaxial dielectric composite material comprising both passive and active component materials was…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-25 Tom G. Mackay , Akhlesh Lakhtakia

In this paper, we present numerical and experimental evidence of directional wave behavior, i.e. beaming and diffraction, along high-order rotational symmetries of quasicrystalline elastic metamaterial plates. These structures are obtained…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-01-31 Danilo Beli , Matheus Inguaggiato Nora Rosa , Carlos De Marqui , Massimo Ruzzene

This work investigates wave propagation in undulated square structural lattices. The undulated pattern is obtained by imposing an initial curvature to the lattice's elements. The study considers both periodic undulated structures, in which…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-12-02 Giuseppe Trainiti , Julian J. Rimoli , Massimo Ruzzene

We study the nonlinear wave dynamics of one-dimensional chains of polycatenated rings. These interlocked structures support amplitude-dependent nonlinear wave propagation driven by tensile activation and internal structural flexibility,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-25 Xiaoxiao Xiong , Reo Yanagi , Tingtao Zhou , Chiara Daraio

When propagating through periodically structured media, i. e. photonic crystals, optical waves will be modulated with the periodicity. As a result, the dispersion of waves will no longer behave as in a free space, and so called frequency…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Chao-Hsien Kuo , Zhen Ye

Single-mode high-index-contrast waveguides have been ubiquitously exploited in optical, microwave, and phononic structures for achieving enhanced wave-matter interactions. Although micro-scale optomechanical and electro-optical devices have…

Optics · Physics 2021-01-05 Na Zhu , Xufeng Zhang , Xu Han , Chang-Ling Zou , Hong X. Tang

Structured waves are ubiquitous for all areas of wave physics, both classical and quantum, where the wavefields are inhomogeneous and cannot be approximated by a single plane wave. Even the interference of two plane waves, or a single…

Relativistic massless charged particles in a two-dimensional conductor can be guided by a one-dimensional electrostatic potential, in an analogous manner to light guided by an optical fiber. We use a carbon nanotube to generate such a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-27 Austin Cheng , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Philip Kim , Jean-Damien Pillet

We study the frequency non-reciprocity of the spin waves in symmetric CoFeB/Ru/CoFeB synthetic antiferromagnets stacks set in the scissors state by in-plane applied fields. Using a combination of Brillouin Light Scattering and propagating…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-23 F. Millo , J. -P. Adam , C. Chappert , J. -V. Kim , A. Mouhoub , A. Solignac , T. Devolder

In this paper, we introduce and study parallel-plate waveguides formed by two penetrable metasurfaces having arbitrary isotropic sheet impedances. We investigate guided modes of this structure and derive the corresponding dispersion…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 X. Ma , M. S. Mirmoosa , S. A. Tretyakov

Coupled electromagnetic waves propagating in a waveguide array are discussed. This waveguide array can be considered as one dimensional photon crystal composed from the unit cell containing three different waveguides, namely, two positive…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-20 Andrei Maimistov

We predict unidirectional magnetoresistance effects arising in a bilayer composed of a nonmagnetic metal and a ferromagnetic insulator, whereby both longitudinal and transverse resistances vary when the direction of the applied electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-10 M. Mehraeen , Pengtao Shen , Steven S. -L. Zhang

Guided wireless technology is an innovative approach that combines the strengths of guided waves and wireless communication. In traditional wireless systems, signals propagate through the air, where they are vulnerable to interference,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Mohamed Akrout , Amine Mezghani , Faouzi Bellili , Robert W. Heath

A scheme to reduce translational noninvariant quasi-one-dimensional wave guides into singly or multiply connected one-dimensional (1D) lines is proposed. It is meant to simplify the analysis of wave guides, with the low-energy properties of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Khee-Kyun Voo

When a plane wave is launched from a plane surface in a linear, homogenous, dielectric-magnetic, uniaxial medium, we show that its phase velocity and the energy-transport velocity vectors can be counterposed (i.e., lie on different sides of…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Lakhtakia , M. W. McCall

We present a method for efficient spin wave guiding within the magnonic nanostructures. Our technique is based on the anomalous refraction in the metamaterial flat slab. The gradual change of the material parameters (saturation…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 S Mieszczak , O. Busel , P. Gruszecki , A. N. Kuchko , J. W. Kłos , M. Krawczyk

Multimode optical fibers has emerged as the platform that will bridge the gap between nonlinear optics in bulk media and in single-mode fibers. However, the understanding of the transition between these two research fields still remains…

Optics · Physics 2021-01-20 Bertrand Kibler , Pierre Béjot

This paper presents theoretical results indicating that newly discovered nondiffracting beams we call X waves, can propagate in a confined space (wave guide) with specific quantized temporal frequencies. These results could have…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-yu Lu

Small amplitude inhomogeneous plane waves propagating in any direction in a homogeneously deformed Hadamard material are considered. Conditions for circular polarization are established. The analysis relies on the use of complex vectors (or…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-05-29 Michel Destrade , Michael Hayes