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Here, we theoretically investigate the nonreciprocal response of an electrically biased graphene-coated dielectric fiber. By electrically biasing the graphene coating along the fiber axis, the dynamic conductivity of graphene exhibits a…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-22 Asma Fallah , Nader Engheta

This note analytically investigates non-reciprocal wave dispersion in locally resonant acoustic metamaterials. Dispersion relations associated with space-time varying modulations of inertial and stiffness parameters of the base material and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-01-11 M. A. Attarzadeh , H. Al Ba'ba'a , M. Nouh

Nonreciprocity, i.e. inequivalence in amplitudes and frequencies of spin waves propagating in opposite directions, is a key property underlying functionality in prospective magnonic devices. Here we demonstrate experimentally and…

Optical metasurfaces have great potential to form the platform for manipulation of surface waves. A plethora of advanced surface-wave phenomena utilizing negative refraction, self-collimation and channeling of 2D waves can be realized…

We present a mechanism to generate unidirectional pulse-shaped propagating waves, tamed to exponential growth and dispersion, in active systems with nonreciprocal and nonlinear couplings. In particular, when all bulk modes are exponentially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Sayan Jana , Bertin Many Manda , Vassos Achilleos , Dimitrios J. Frantzeskakis , Lea Sirota

For passive, lossless impenetrable metasurfaces, a design technique for arbitrary beam control of receiving, guiding, and launching is presented. Arbitrary control is enabled by a custom surface wave in an orthogonal polarization such that…

Optics · Physics 2018-02-01 Do-Hoon Kwon , Sergei A. Tretyakov

Nonreciprocal devices - in which light is transmitted with different efficiencies along opposite directions - are key technologies for modern photonic applications, yet their compact and miniaturized implementation remains an open…

Nonreciprocity is an important scientific concept related to the broken symmetry of light propagation through a system in forward and reverse directions. This effect lies in the origin of various applications including signal processing,…

In this paper, we introduce and study parallel-plate waveguides formed by two penetrable metasurfaces having arbitrary isotropic sheet impedances. We investigate guided modes of this structure and derive the corresponding dispersion…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 X. Ma , M. S. Mirmoosa , S. A. Tretyakov

Unidirectional nonreciprocal transport is at the heart of many fundamental problems and applications in both science and technology. Here we study the novel design of wave diode devices by engineering asymmetric shapes of nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-10 Nianbei Li , Jie Ren

Magnetosonic waves are intensively studied due to their importance in space plasmas and also in fusion plasmas where they are used in particle acceleration and heating experiments. In the present paper we investigate the magnetosonic waves…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. A. Boldyrev

Nonreciprocal radiation refers to electromagnetic wave radiation in which a structure provides different responses under the change of the direction of the incident field. Modern wireless telecommunication systems demand versatile…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-09-14 Sajjad Taravati , George V. Eleftheriades

Surface spin waves in thin Permalloy films are studied by means of propagative spin wave spectroscopy. We observe a systematic difference of up to several tens of MHz when comparing the frequencies of counter-propagating waves. This…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-03-18 O. Gladii , M. Haidar , Y. Henry , M. Kostylev , M. Bailleul

We give a general design method for finding the passive, reciprocal surface impedance tensor required to enact any wave transformation. We do this through characterising the surface in terms of a tensorial surface impedance, showing that a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 K. O. Arnold , C. Hooper , J. Smith , N. Clow , A. P. Hibbins , J. R. Sambles , S. A. R. Horsley

We theoretically propose the emergence of nonlinear nonreciprocal conductivity in centrosymmetric paramagnetic systems when a spatially gradient magnetic field is externally applied. The key essence lies in the appearance of magnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-25 Taisei Yamanaka , Yoshihiko Ihara , Satoru Hayami

It is a conventional wisdom that a left-hand microwave cannot efficiently excite the spin wave (SW) in ferromagnets, due to the constraint of angular momentum conservation. In this work, we show that the left-hand microwave can drive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Zhizhi Zhang , Zhenyu Wang , Huanhuan Yang , Z. -X. Li , Yunshan Cao , Peng Yan

The spin-dependent routing of surface plasmons on metal by use of mirror symmetric periodic metasurface is presented and analyzed. We incorporate the intrinsic transverse spin angular momentum of the plasmonic wave in order to efficiently…

Optics · Physics 2018-10-24 Matan Revah , Andre Yaroshevsky , Yuri Gorodetski

Nonlinear mechanical metamaterials can exhibit emergent transport phenomena that mimic topological protection without relying on linear band topology. Here, we realize a bifurcation-induced nonreciprocal lattice that supports robust…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-05 Brahim Lemkalli , Qingxiang Ji , Jingyi Zhang , Richard Craster , Johan Christensen , Muamer Kadic

In the presence of an external magnetic field, the surface plasmon polariton that exists at the metal-dielectric interface is believed to support a unidirectional frequency range near the surface plasmon frequency, where the surface plasmon…

We present a novel approach to achieve adaptable band structures and non-reciprocal wave propagation by exploring and exploiting the concept of metastable modular metastructures. Through studying the dynamics of wave propagation in a chain…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 Z. Wu , Y. Zheng , K. W. Wang