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We investigate symmetry restoration and spatially localized dynamics in a non-Hermitian optical trimer composed of three lossy waveguides with complex-valued couplings. Extending our previous analysis of the system's global bifurcation…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-29 Johanne Hizanidis , Konstantinos G. Makris

Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a fundamental concept in many areas of physics, ranging from cosmology and particle physics to condensed matter. A prime example is the breaking of spatial translation symmetry, which underlies the formation…

In the context of non-Hermitian photonics, we consider a nonlinear optical trimer with three lossy waveguides with complex couplings. This non-Hermitian trimer exhibits stable stationary and oscillatory regimes in a wide range of values of…

Optics · Physics 2024-08-20 Johanne Hizanidis , Konstantinos G. Makris

We investigate the dynamical effects of a magnetic flux quench in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model in a one-dimensional ring geometry. We show that, even when the system is initially in the half-filled insulating state, the flux quench…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-09-23 Lorenzo Rossi , Fabrizio Dolcini

We report here the experimental observation of a dynamical quantum phase transition in a strongly interacting open photonic system. The system studied, comprising a Jaynes-Cummings dimer realized on a superconducting circuit platform,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-07 James Raftery , Darius Sadri , Sebastian Schmidt , Hakan E. Türeci , Andrew A. Houck

We investigate the dynamics of quantum scrambling, characterized by the out-of-time ordered correlators (OTOCs), in a non-Hermitian quantum kicked rotor subjected to quasi-periodical modulation in kicking potential. Quasi-periodic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-23 Liang Huo , Han Ke , Wen-Lei Zhao

We introduce an inhomogeneously-nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger lattice, featuring a defocusing segment, a focusing segment and a transitional interface between the two. We illustrate that such inhomogeneous settings present vastly different…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Debra L. Machacek , Elizabeth A. Foreman , Q. E. Hoq , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. Saxena , D. J. Frantzeskakis , A. R. Bishop

Topological defects in active polar fluids exhibit complex dynamics driven by internally generated stresses, reflecting the deep interplay between topology, flow, and non-equilibrium hydrodynamics. Feedback control offers a powerful means…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-07-28 Abhinav Singh , Petros Koumoutsakos

A complete set of Feynman rules is derived, which permits a perturbative description of the nonequilibrium dynamics of a symmetry-breaking phase transition in $\lambda\phi^4$ theory in an expanding universe. In contrast to a naive expansion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Ian D. Lawrie

We study a two-dimensional, off-lattice particle model introduced to describe absorbing phase transitions in driven non-Brownian suspensions. We numerically explore the $(\phi,\epsilon)$ phase diagram, where $\phi$ is the packing fraction…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-17 Leonardo Galliano , Ludovic Berthier

We study the phase transition in a system composed of dimers interacting with each other via a nearest-neighbor (NN) exchange $J$ and competing interactions taken from a truncated dipolar coupling. Each dimer occupies a link between two…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-09-06 Danh-Tai Hoang , Hung T. Diep

Collections of interacting, self-propelled particles have been extensively studied as minimal models of many living and synthetic systems from bird flocks to active colloids. However, the influence of active rotations in the absence of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-11-23 Benjamin C. van Zuiden , Jayson Paulose , William T. M. Irvine , Denis Bartolo , Vincenzo Vitelli

Many processes in chemistry, physics, and biology involve rare events in which the system escapes from a metastable state by surmounting an activation barrier. Examples range from chemical reactions, protein folding, and nucleation events…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 Niels Zijlstra , Daniel Nettels , Rohit Satija , Dmitrii E. Makarov , Benjamin Schuler

A main objective of topological photonics is the design of disorder-resilient optical devices. Many prospective applications would benefit from nonlinear effects, which not only are naturally present in real systems but also are needed for…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-04 E. Cancellieri , H. Schomerus

Spontaneous symmetry breaking and formation of self-organized structures in nonlinear systems are intriguing and important phenomena in nature. Advancing such research to new nonlinear optical regimes is of much interest for both…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-19 Zeyun Shi , Weibin Li , Guoxiang Huang

We propose a mechanism to induce negative AC permittivity in the vicinity of a ferroelectric phase transition involved with spontaneous symmetry breaking. This mechanism makes use of responses at low frequency, yielding a high gain and a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-11 Seung Ki Baek , Hye Jin Park , Beom Jun Kim

We investigate the out-of-equilibrium evolution of a classical background field and its quantum fluctuations in the scalar O(N) model with spontaneous symmetry breaking. We consider the 2-loop 2PI effective action in the Hartree…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefan Michalski

We simulate the dissipative dynamics of a mesoscopic system of long-range interacting particles which can be mapped into non-Hermitian spin models with a $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry. We find rich $\mathcal{PT}$-phase diagrams with…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-08-31 José A. S. Lourenço , Gerard Higgins , Chi Zhang , Markus Hennrich , Tommaso Macrì

This work introduces a novel nonlinear optimal filtering method, termed the Ensemble Schr{\"o}dinger Bridge nonlinear filter. The proposed filter combines the standard prediction step with a diffusion-generative-modeling-based analysis…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Hui Sun

Rotating the clamped ends of a buckled elastica induces a snap-through instability. Predicting the limit point and determining the equilibria at the start and end of the snap are routine computations in the quasi-static setting. The…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-29 Chiraprabha Bhattacharyya , Ramsharan Rangarajan