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By employing a local two-fluid theory, we investigate an obliquely propagating electromagnetic instability in the lower hybrid frequency range driven by cross-field current or relative drifts between electrons and ions. The theory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hantao Ji , Russell Kulsrud , William Fox , Masaaki Yamada

We show that the clogging susceptibility and flow of particles moving through a random obstacle array can be controlled with a transverse or longitudinal ac drive. The flow rate can vary over several orders of magnitude, and we find both an…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-08-15 C. Reichhardt , C. J. O. Reichhardt

A dc voltage induced by an external ac current is observed in system of asymmetric mesoscopic superconducting loops. The value and sign of this dc voltage, like the one of the persistent current, depend in a periodical way on a magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-24 S. V. Dubonos , V. I. Kuznetsov , I. N. Zhilyaev , A. V. Nikulov , A. A. Firsov

We predict hydrodynamic Turing instability of current-carrying Dirac electron fluids that drives spontaneous self-oscillatory transport. The instability arises near charge neutrality, where carrier kinetics make current dissipation strongly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Prayoga Liong , Aliaksandr Melnichenka , Anton Bukhtatyi , Albert Bilous , Leonid Levitov

The relation between the macroscopic quantum coherent nature of superfluids and the coherent properties of optical interference patterns will be utilized to examine the optical properties of superfluid hydrodynamics. A Bragg pattern imposed…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 James Lindesay

Photoresponsive surfactants provide a unique microfluidic driving mechanism. Since their molecular shapes change under illumination and thereby affect surface tension of fluid interfaces, Marangoni flow along the interface occurs. To…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-11-08 Josua Grawitter , Holger Stark

With artificially engineered systems, it is now possible to realize the coherent interaction rate, which can become comparable to the mode frequencies, a regime known as ultrastrong coupling (USC). We experimentally realize a…

The interaction of 'walking droplets' and capillary waves in a weakly subcritical Faraday wave experiment has been studied as a hydrodynamic analog to Bohmian quantum mechanics (see "Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs", J. Bush and A. Oza, Rep.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-02 Emily Dunn , Bavand Keshavarz , Earl Dowell

We study experimentally the onset of Faraday waves near the endwalls of rectangular vessel containing two stably-stratified fluid layers, subject to horizontal oscillations. These subharmonic waves (SWs) are excited, because the horizontal…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-01 Linfeng Piao , Anne Juel

We have performed small-angle light-scattering measurements of the static structure factor of a critical binary mixture undergoing diffusive partial remixing. An uncommon scattering geometry integrates the structure factor over the sample…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Pietro Cicuta , Alberto Vailati , Marzio Giglio

The response of an electron system to a DC measurement electric field has been investigated in the case when the system is driven out of the equilibrium by the magnetic ultra-high frequency field that leads to combined transitions. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. E. Patrakov , I. I. Lyapilin

The dynamical backaction from a periodically driven optical or microwave cavity can reduce the damping of a mechanical resonator, leading to parametric instability accompanied by self-sustained oscillations. Fundamentally, the driving…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-10 F. Sun , X. Dong , J. Zou , M. I. Dykman , H. B. Chan

Interfaces in phase-separated driven liquids are one example of how energy input at the single-particle level changes the long-length-scale material properties of nonequilibrium systems. Here, we measure interfacial fluctuations in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-27 Clara del Junco , Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

Within the one-dimensional tight-binding minibands and on-site Coloumbic interaction approximation, the absorption spectrum and coherent wavepacket time evolution in an optically excited semiconductor superlattice driven by dc-ac electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 W. Yan , F. Claro , Z. Y. Zeng , J. Q. Liang

Two-dimensional electron gas coupled to adjacent impurity sites in high-frequency out-of-plane ac control electric field is investigated. Modification of tunneling rates as a function of the field amplitude is calculated. Nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-09-16 Dmitry Solenov

We consider light-induced binding and motion of dielectric microparticles in an optical waveguide that gives rise to a back-action effect such as light transmission oscillating with time. Modeling the particles by dielectric slabs allows us…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-07 Almas F. Sadreev , E. Ya. Sherman

With the wave interferometric approach, we study how extrinsically multiple coherent waves excitation can dramatically alter the overall scattering states, resulting in tailoring the energy assignment among radiation and dissipation. To…

When applying an oscillatory electric potential to an electrolyte solution, it is commonly assumed that the choice of which electrode is grounded or powered does not matter because the time-average of the electric potential is zero. Recent…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-06-14 Aref Hashemi , Mehrdad Tahernia , William D. Ristenpart , Gregory H. Miller

We utilize a time-periodic ratchet-like potential modulation imposed onto a two-dimensional electron system inside a GaAs/Al$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$As heterostructure to evoke a net dc pumping current. The modulation is induced by two sets of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Mueller , A. Wuertz , A. Lorke , D. Reuter , A. D. Wieck

We study the oscillation spectrum and acoustic properties of a liquid drop in the phase-separated fluid when the interfacial dynamics of phase conversion can be described in terms of the kinetic growth coefficient. For a readily mobile…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 S. N. Burmistrov , T. Satoh