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A time-domain approach is proposed for the propagation of ultrashort electro- magnetic wave packets beyond the paraxial and the slowly-varying-envelope approximations. An analytical method based on perturbation theory is used to solve the…

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In conventional plasmonic media and plasmonic metamaterials, such as metallic wire mesh, longitudinal mode of electromagnetic wave manifests itself in frequency overlapping transverse modes, which impedes clear observation of…

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Unidirectional waves are the waves propagating only in one direction and prohibited in opposite direction. This kind of waves can be surface waves realized by topological edge state or bulk waves in the media with time reversal and space…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-02-22 Qingbo Li , Hui Ma , Rui-Xin Wu

We present full quantum mechanical calculations of the hybridized plasmon modes of two nanowires at small separation, providing real space visualization of the modes in the transition from the classical to the quantum tunneling regime. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-27 Kirsten Andersen , Kristian L. Jensen , N. Asger Mortensen , Kristian S. Thygesen

Using a recent continuum model of a single-crystal nanowire morphological evolution in the applied axial electric field, an axisymmetric evolution of a microscopically rough nanowire surface is computed. Morphological evolution results in a…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-21 Mikhail Khenner

Time-varying dielectric metasurfaces that support sharp optical resonances with nontrivial electromagnetic field distributions constitute a unique platform for realizing temporal interfaces for metasurface-guided waves (MGWs). Rapidly…

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We report the realization of a planar transverse domain wall (TDW) with arbitrary tilting angle in a magnetic biaxial nanowire under a transverse magnetic field (TMF) pulse with fixed strength and optimized orientation profile. We smooth…

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In order to ascertain conditions for surface-wave propagation guided by the planar interface of an isotropic dielectric material and a sculptured nematic thin film (SNTF) with periodic nonhomogeneity, we formulated a boundary-value problem,…

Optics · Physics 2009-05-08 Kartiek Agarwal , John A. Polo , Akhlesh Lakhtakia

The anisotropic spin splitting in unconventional magnets opens new opportunities for realizing spintronic functionalities without relying on net magnetization or relativistic spin-orbit coupling. Here, we propose a spin valve and a spin…

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We demonstrate that reflectionless propagation of electromagnetic waves between two different materials can be achieved by designing an intermediate temporal medium, which can work in an ultra-wide frequency band. Such a temporal medium is…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-17 Yi Zhang , Liang Peng , Zhengjie Huang , Lixin Ran , Dexin Ye

We consider a model for a one-dimensional quantum wire with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and repulsive interactions, proximity coupled to a conventional s-wave superconductor. Using a combination of Hartree-Fock and density matrix…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-30 Arbel Haim , Anna Keselman , Erez Berg , Yuval Oreg

Recent studies demonstrate that an individual magnetic domain wall (DW) can be trapped and reproducibly positioned within multiterminal (Ga,Mn)As microdevices. The electrical resistance obtained from such measurements is found to be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Hongxing Tang , Michael L. Roukes

In recent years a significant progress has been made in the development of magnet-less nonreciprocity using space-time modulation, both in electromagnetics and acoustics. This approach has so far resulted in a plethora of non-reciprocal…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-06-18 Yakir Hadad , Dimitrios Sounas

Time-varying metamaterials are artificial materials whose electromagnetic properties change over time. Similar to a spatial medium discontinuity, a sudden change in time of the metamaterial refractive index induces the generation of a…

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Transverse domain wall (TDW) dynamics in long and narrow spin valves with perpendicular current injection is theoretically investigated. We demonstrate that stable traveling-wave motion of TDWs with finite velocity survives for strong…

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A simple experiment is presented which indicates that electromagnetic fields propagate superluminally in the near-field next to an oscillating electric dipole source. A high frequency 437MHz, 2 watt sinusoidal electrical signal is…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 William D. Walker

When a plane wave is launched from a plane surface in a linear, homogenous, dielectric-magnetic, uniaxial medium, we show that its phase velocity and the energy-transport velocity vectors can be counterposed (i.e., lie on different sides of…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Lakhtakia , M. W. McCall

We show that polarization states of electromagnetic waves can be manipulated easily using a single thin uniaxial crystal plate. By performing a rotational transformation of the coordinates and controlling the thickness of the plate, we can…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-03 Xiaohu Wu , Ceji Fu

In this Letter, we theoretically demonstrate that a uniform static electric field distribution can be partially converted to radiation fields when a portion of the medium undergoes a temporal change of its permittivity. An in-depth…