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We show that, taking a two-dimensional photonic-crystal slab system as an example, surprisingly high quality factors (Q) over 10^5 are achievable, even in the absence of a rigorous photonic-band-gap. We find that the density of in-plane…
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In non-Hermitian crystals showing the non-Hermitian skin effect, ordinary Bloch band theory and Bloch topological invariants fail to correctly predict energy spectra, topological boundary states, and symmetry breaking phase transitions in…
We outline a numerical procedure to incorporate the crystal symmetries in the Helmholtz Fermi-surface harmonics basis set, which are the solutions of the Helmholtz equation defined on the Fermi surface. This improvement allows for an…
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This paper proposes a new method, in the frequency domain, to define absorbing boundary conditions for general two-dimensional problems. The main feature of the method is that it can obtain boundary conditions from the discretized equations…
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In addition to topological lattice defects such as dislocations and disclinations, crystals are also accompanied by unavoidable ordinary defects, devoid of any non-trivial geometry or topology, among which vacancies, Schottky defects,…
In many situations with finite element discretizations it is desirable or necessary to impose boundary or interface conditions not as essential conditions -- i.e. through the finite element space -- but through the variational formulation.…
We propose a Bernoulli phase-fitted (BPF) finite difference method for the Helmholtz equation on the interval $(0, L)$ with impedance boundary conditions. The scheme is derived from a complexified Scharfetter--Gummel discretization of the…
In the research of the topological band phases, the conventional wisdom is to start from the crystalline translational symmetry systems. Nevertheless, the translational symmetry is not always a necessary condition for the energy bands. Here…
Two-dimensional ternary locally resonant phononic crystals used to consist of cylindrical scatterers with uniform coatings in their exterior. An alternative coating scheme with a comblike profile is proposed and investigated in this letter.…
The (Isogeometric) Finite Cell Method - in which a domain is immersed in a structured background mesh - suffers from conditioning problems when cells with small volume fractions occur. In this contribution, we establish a rigorous scaling…
Sorting and assigning phonon branches (e.g., longitudinal acoustic) of phonon modes is important for characterizing the phonon bands of a crystal and the determination of phonon properties such as the Gr\"uneisan parameter and group…