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This paper is a computational bifurcation analysis of a non-linear partial differential equation (PDE) characterizing equilibrium configurations in Micro electromechanical Systems (MEMS). MEMS are engineering systems that utilize…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-01-24 Charles Naudet , Alan E. Lindsay

Topologically ordered phase has emerged as one of most exciting concepts that not only broadens our understanding of phases of matter, but also has been found to have potential application in fault-tolerant quantum computation. The direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-01 Zhihuang Luo , Chao Lei , Jun Li , Xinfang Nie , Zhaokai Li , Xinhua Peng , Jiangfeng Du

Time-variant systems have recently garnered considerable attention due to their unique potentials in manipulating electromagnetic waves. Here, a novel class of topological spacetime crystals is introduced, with a traveling-wave modulation…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-24 João C. Serra , Mário G. Silveirinha

Dynamical system properties give rise to effects in Statistical Mechanics. Topological index changes can be the basis for phase transitions. The Euler characteristic is a versatile topological invariant that can be evaluated for model…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ajay Patwardhan

Studies of periodically driven one-dimensional many-body systems have advanced our understanding of complex systems and stimulated promising developments in quantum simulation. It is hence of interest to go one step further, by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Raditya Weda Bomantara , Sen Mu , Jiangbin Gong

We study periodic solutions of a one-degree of freedom micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) with a parallel-plate capacitor under $T$--periodic electrostatic forcing. We obtain analytical results concerning the existence of $T-$ periodic…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-12-01 Shirali Kadyrov , Ardak Kashkynbayev , Piotr Skrzypacz , Konstantinos Kaloudis , Anastasios Bountis

A non-Hermitian generalization of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model driven by a periodic external potential is investigated, and its topological features are explored. We find that the bi-orthonormal geometric phase acts as a topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Vivek M. Vyas , Dibyendu Roy

A semilinear parabolic equation with constraint modeling the dynamics of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is studied. In contrast to the commonly used MEMS model, the well-known pull-in phenomenon occurring above a critical potential…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-13 Philippe Laurencot , Christoph Walker

The integration of topological concepts into electronic energy band theory has been a transformative development in condensed matter physics. Since then, this paradigm has broadened its reach, extending to a variety of physical systems,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-28 Bao Chen , Kaiyun Pang , Ru Zheng , Feng Liu

The magnetization evolution of the free layer in an orthogonal spin-torque device is studied based on a macrospin model. The trajectory of magnetization vector under various conditions has shown rich nonlinear properties. The phase diagram…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-05 Yuan Hui , Zheng Yang , Hao Yu

Boltzmann's principle S(E,N,V...)=ln W(E,N,V...) allows the interpretation of Statistical Mechanics of a closed system as Pseudo-Riemannian geometry in the space of the conserved parameters E,N,V... (the conserved mechanical parameters in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. H. E. Gross

Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) normally have fixed or moving structures with cross-sections of the order of microns ($\mu m$) and lengths of the order of tens or hundreds of microns. These structures are often plates or array of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Majumdar , S. Mukhopadhyay

Recently, topolectrical circuits (TECs) boom in studying the topological states of matter. The resemblance between circuit Laplacians and tight-binding models in condensed matter physics allows for the exploration of exotic topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-24 Huanhuan Yang , Lingling Song , Yunshan Cao , Peng Yan

Motivated by the dynamics of micro-scale oscillators with thermo-optical feedback, a simplified third order model, capturing the key features of these oscillators is developed, where each oscillator consists of a displacement variable…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-26 Richard H. Rand , Alan T. Zehnder , B. Shayak , Aditya Bhaskar

Symmetry-protected topological phases of matter, characterized by non-trivial band topology, are spectrally gapped and show non-trivial boundary phenomena. Here, we show that scattering states when interjected by an array of periodically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Rahul Singh , Ritajit Kundu , Arijit Kundu , Adhip Agarwala

An idealized electrostatically actuated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) involving an elastic plate with a heterogeneous dielectric material is considered. Starting from the electrostatic and mechanical energies, the governing evolution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-06 Philippe Laurencot , Christoph Walker

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that require contact of moving parts to implement complex functions exhibit limits to their performance and reliability. Here, we advance our particle tracking method to measure MEMS motion in operando…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-11-21 Craig R. Copeland , Craig D. McGray , Jon Geist , Samuel M. Stavis

We investigate the emergence of charge waves and their temporal dynamics in one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) topological chains. Contrary to the conventional view that charge oscillations are suppressed in gapped topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Tomasz Kwapinski , Marcin Kurzyna , Luis E. F. Foa Torres

We characterize the dynamical states of a piezoelectric microelectromechanical system (MEMS) using several numerical quantifers including the maximal Lyapunov exponent, the Poincare Surface of Section and a chaos detection method called the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-12-19 M. V. Tchakui , P. Woafo , Ch. Skokos

We study the extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model with both the nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor hopping strengths being cyclically modulated and find the family of the model system exhibiting topologically nontrivial phases, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-13 Linhu Li , Zhihao Xu , Shu Chen