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We analyze wave propagation in coupled planar waveguides, pointing specific attention to modal cross-talk and out-of-plane scattering in quasi-planar photonics. An algorithm capable of accurate numerical computation of wave coupling in…

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Here, extending our previous work on this topic, we derive a dynamic closed-form dispersion relation for a rigorous analysis of guided wave propagation along coupled parallel linear arrays of plasmonic nanoparticles, operating as optical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Andrea Alu , Pavel A. Belov , Nader Engheta

This paper studies guided transverse scalar modes propagating through helically coiled waveguides. Modeling the modes as solutions of the Helmholtz equation within the three-dimensional (3D) waveguide geometry, a propagation ansatz…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-19 Jay Gopalakrishnan , Michael Neunteufel

The locomotion of flexible membrane-like organisms on top of curved surfaces appears in different contexts and scales. Still, such dynamics have not yet been quantitatively modeled and no realization of such motion in manmade systems has…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-02-27 Omri Y. Cohen , Yael Klein , Eran Sharon

Waveguide Meshes are efficient and versatile models of wave propagation along a multidimensional ideal medium. The choice of the mesh geometry affects both the computational cost and the accuracy of simulations. In this paper, we focus on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-21 Federico Fontana , Davide Rocchesso

We consider the localization of elastic waves in thin elastic structures with spatially varying curvature profiles, using a curved rod and a singly curved shell as concrete examples. Previous studies on related problems have broadly focused…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-03-06 Manu Mannattil , Christian D. Santangelo

We describe propagation of torsional elastic waves in cylindrical waveguide with wedge dislocation in the framework of geometric theory of defects. The defect changes the dispersion relation. For positive deficit angles, it increases the…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-02-17 M. O. Katanaev

In this article, we investigate the effects of the interplay between quadratic and cubic nonlinearities on the propagation of elastic waves in periodic waveguides. Through this framework, we unveil an array of wave control strategies that…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-05-31 Weijian Jiao , Stefano Gonella

We investigate the elastic wave propagation in various hyperelastic materials which subjected to simple-shear deformation. Two compressible types of three conventional hyperelastic models are considered. We found pure elastic wave modes can…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-04-13 Linli Chen , Zheng Chang , Taiyan Qin

The propagation of electromagnetic waves trapped within dielectric and magnetic layers is considered. The description within the three-dimensional theory is compared with the simplified analysis in two dimensions. Two distinct media…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 Tomasz Radozycki , Piotr Bargiela

Using the thin-layer approach, we derive the effective equation for the electromagnetic wave propagating along a space curve. We find intrinsic spin-orbit, extrinsic spin-orbit and extrinsic orbital angular momentum and intrinsic orbital…

Optics · Physics 2018-03-28 Meng-Yun Lai , Yong-Long Wang , Guo-Hua Liang , Fan Wang , Hong-Shi Zong

Electroelastic waves in piezoelectric media are widely used in sensing and filtering applications. Despite extensive research, computing the guided wave dispersion remains challenging. This paper presents semi-analytical approaches based on…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Daniel A. Kiefer , Georg Watzl , Katharina Burgholzer , Martin Ryzy , Clemens Grünsteidl

We study the polarization properties of elliptical femtosecond-laser-written waveguides arrays. A new analytical model is presented to explain the asymmetry of the spatial transverse profiles of linearly polarized modes in these waveguides.…

An incremental wave superimposed on a pre-deformed hyper-elastic material perceives an elastic media with the instantaneous modulus of the current material. This offers a new route with a broadband feature to control elastic waves by…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-09-12 Dengke Guo , Yi Chen , Zheng Chang , Gengkai Hu

We design a two-dimensional ultra-thin elastic metasurface consisting of steel cores coated with elliptical rubbers embedded in epoxy matrix, capable of manipulating bulk elastic wave modes for reflected waves. The energy exchanges between…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-06-27 Pai Peng , Cheng Feng , Kangcheng Zhou

Thin elastic films can spontaneously attach to liquid interfaces, offering a platform for tailoring their physical, chemical, and optical properties. Current understanding of the elastocapillarity of thin films is based primarily on studies…

We study long range propagation of electromagnetic waves in random waveguides with rectangular cross-section and perfectly conducting boundaries. The waveguide is filled with an isotropic linear dielectric material, with randomly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-10-21 Ricardo Alonso , Liliana Borcea

We present the geometric optics expansion for circularly polarized gravitational waves on a curved spacetime background, to subleading order. We call spin optics to the subleading order geometric optics expansion, which involves modifying…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-07 Pravin Kumar Dahal

We propose a novel type of planar-to-spatial deployable structures that we call elastic geodesic grids. Our approach aims at the approximation of freeform surfaces with spatial grids of bent lamellas which can be deployed from a planar…

Graphics · Computer Science 2020-07-02 Stefan Pillwein , Kurt Leimer , Michael Birsak , Przemyslaw Musialski

We experimentally achieve selective wave filtering and polarization control in a three-dimensional elastic frame embedding local resonators. By connecting multi-resonating elements to a frame structure, a complete low-frequency,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-06-19 Jacopo M. De Ponti , Emanuele Riva , Francesco Braghin , Raffaele Ardito