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A thin current sheet (TCS), with the width of an order of thermal proton gyroradius, appears a fundamental physical object which plays an important role in structuring of major magnetospheric current systems (magnetotail, magnetodisk,…

A remarkable consequence of spontaneously breaking the time translational symmetry in a system, is the emergence of time crystals. In periodically driven systems, discrete time crystals (DTC) can be realized which have a periodicity that is…

We demonstrate that spatial solitons undergo two consecutive spontaneous symmetry breakings (SSBs), with the increase of the total power, in nonlinear photonic crystals (PhCs) built as arrays of alternating linear and nonlinear stripes, in…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-28 Yongyao Li , Boris A. Malomed , Mingneng Feng , Jianying Zhou

Topological phase transitions, characterized by the closing and reopening of band gaps and a concomitant change in topological invariants, have played a central role in topological physics. However, such transitions have so far been…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-19 Zebin Zhu , Bolun Huang , Siqi Xu , Jingming Chen , Yan Meng , Zhenxiao Zhu , Xiang Xi , Zhen Gao

The magnetic skyrmion is a nanoscale topological object characterized by the winding of the magnetic moments, appearing in magnetic materials with broken inversion symmetry. Because of its low current threshold for driving, the skyrmions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-30 Ryo Iguchi , Shinya Kasai , Kazushige Koshikawa , Norimichi Chinone , Shinsuke Suzuki , Ken-ichi Uchida

Dynamic and stable magnetic textures offer a powerful platform for controlling magnon states in the broader context of spin electronics. In this work, we uncover a novel class of dynamical, crystal-like localization patterns in real space,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-05 Adarsh Hullahalli , Christos Panagopoulos , Christina Psaroudaki

In analogy to spontaneous breaking of continuous space translation symmetry in the process of space crystal formation, it was proposed that spontaneous breaking of continuous time translation symmetry could lead to time crystal formation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-29 Andrzej Syrwid , Jakub Zakrzewski , Krzysztof Sacha

Spin torque nano oscillators (STNO) are nano-scale devices that can convert a direct current into short wave-length spin-wave excitations in a ferromagnetic layer. We show that arrays of STNO can be used to create directional spin-wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 Ferran Macià , Frank. C. Hoppensteadt , Andrew D. Kent

Equilibrium properties and localised magnon excitations are investigated in topologically distinct skyrmionic textures. The observed shape of the structures and their orientation on the lattice is explained based on their vorticities and…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-17 Levente Rózsa , Markus Weißenhofer , Ulrich Nowak

Magnetic multilayers are a promising platform for storage and logic devices based on skyrmion spin textures, due to the large materials phase space for tuning properties. Epitaxial superlattice structures of [Pt/Co/Cu]n thin films were…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-19 Jacob J. Repicky , Brad Goff , Shuyu Cheng , Roland K. Kawakami , Jay A. Gupta

Magnons - the quanta of spin waves - propagating in magnetic materials with wavelengths at the nanometer-scale and carrying information in the form of an angular momentum, can be used as data carriers in next-generation, nano-sized low-loss…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-07 A. V. Chumak , A. A. Serha , B. Hillebrands

Exact fractals of nonlinear waves that rely on strong dispersion and nonlinearity and arise spontaneously out of magnetic media were observed for the first time. The experiments make use of a microwave to excite a spin wave in a…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-09-12 Daniel Richardson , Boris Kalinikos , Lincoln D. Carr , Mingzhong Wu

A discrete time crystal (DTC) repeats itself with a rigid rhythm, mimicking a ticking clock set by the interplay between its internal structures and an external force. DTCs promise profound applications in precision time-keeping and other…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-07-22 Changyuan Lyu , Sayan Choudhury , Chenwei Lv , Yangqian Yan , Qi Zhou

Simulating real-time evolution in theories of fundamental interactions represents one of the central challenges in contemporary theoretical physics. Cold-atom platforms stand as promising candidates to realize quantum simulations of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-06-11 Federica Maria Surace , Alessio Lerose

Photonic time crystals (PTCs) are spatially uniform media with periodic modulation in time, enabling momentum bandgaps and the parametric amplification of light. While their potential in optical systems is very promising, practical…

In this work, we review the results of Refs [1]-[5] dedicated to the description of the early Universe cosmology induced by quantum and thermal effects in superstring theories. The present evolution of the Universe is described very…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-05 F. Bourliot , J. Estes , C. Kounnas , H. Partouche

The parametric excitation of spin waves by coherent surface acoustic waves is demonstrated experimentally in metallic magnetic thin film structures. The involved magnon modes are analyzed with micro-focused Brillouin light scattering…

Nonreciprocal nonequilibrium process are attracting growing interest in sociology, animal behaviour, chemistry, and nanotechnology, and may have played a role in the origin of life. It is less widely recognized, however, that in open…

Photonic time crystals (PTCs) are materials whose dielectric permittivity is periodically modulated in time, giving rise to bandgaps not in energy-as in conventional photonic crystals-but in momentum, known as k-gaps. These k-gaps enable…

Controlling magnon densities in magnetic materials enables driving spin transport in magnonic devices. We demonstrate the creation of large, out-of-equilibrium magnon densities in a thin-film magnetic insulator via microwave excitation of…