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Synchronization transmission describes the emergence of coherence between two uncoupled oscillators mediated by their mutual coupling to an intermediate one. In classical star networks, such mediated coupling gives rise to remote…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-04 Shuo Dai , Ran Qi

We propose a method for detecting the presence of synchronization of self-sustained oscillator by external driving with linearly varying frequency. The method is based on a continuous wavelet transform of the signals of self-sustained…

The notion of nonreciprocity, in essence when going forwards is different from going backwards, emerges in all branches of physics from cosmology to electromagnetism. Intriguingly, the breakdown of reciprocity is typically associated with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-27 C. A. Downing , T. J. Sturges

The techniques of cavity optomechanics have enabled significant achievements in precision sensing, including the detection of gravitational waves and the cooling of mechanical systems to their quantum ground state. Recently, the inherent…

Capillary waves are a classical free-surface phenomenon in fluid mechanics, yet their behavior in chiral fluids remains largely unexplored. We show that odd viscosity breaks the reciprocity of capillary waves. Using linear theory together…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-17 Holly du Plessis , Pedro Cosme , Hugo França , Maziyar Jalaal

Systems of mobile physical entities exchanging information with their neighborhood can be found in many different situations. The understanding of their emergent cooperative behaviour has become an important issue across disciplines,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-03-15 Demian Levis , Ignacio Pagonabarraga , Albert Diaz-Guilera

Synthetic magnetism has been recently realized using spatiotemporal modulation patterns, producing non-reciprocal steering of charge-neutral particles such as photons and phonons. Here, we design and experimentally demonstrate a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-10-03 Zhaoxian Chen , Zhengwei Li , Jingkai Weng , Bin Liang , Yanqing Lu , Jianchun Cheng , Andrea Alu

Acoustic and elastic metamaterials with time- and space-dependent material properties have received great attention recently as a means to break reciprocity for propagating mechanical waves, achieving greater directional control. One…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-10-06 Benjamin M. Goldsberry , Samuel P. Wallen , Michael R. Haberman

The concept of spin torque driven high frequency magnetization dynamics has opened up the field of spintronics to non-linear physics, potentially in complex networks of dynamical systems. In the scarce demonstrations of synchronized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-21 R. Lebrun , S. Tsunegi , P. Bortolotti , H. Kubota , A. S. Jenkins , M. Romera , K. Yakushiji , A. Fukushima , J. Grollier , S. Yuasa , V. Cros

Shared upstream dynamical processes are frequently the source of common inputs in various physical and biological systems. However, due to finite signal transmission speeds and differences in the distance to the source, time shifts between…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-03-10 Ehsan Bolhasani , Yousef Azizi , Alireza Valizadeh , Matjaz Perc

A method is proposed for detecting from univariate data the presence of synchronization of a self-sustained oscillator by external driving with varying frequency. The method is based on the analysis of difference between the oscillator…

Synchronization of coupled oscillators is a fundamental process in both natural and artificial networks. While much work has investigated the asymptotic stability of the synchronous solution, the fundamental question of the transient…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-10-22 Amirhossein Nazerian , Joseph D Hart , Matteo Lodi , Francesco Sorrentino

Synchronization is the process of achieving identical dynamics among coupled identical units. If the units are different from each other, their dynamics cannot become identical; yet, after transients, there may emerge a functional…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-09 Aditya Tandon , Malte Schröder , Manu Mannattil , Marc Timme , Sagar Chakraborty

We demonstrate that optomechanical non-reciprocity is equivalent to the anti-resonance, often discussed in the context of coupled driven harmonic oscillators. We show that that suitable phase-difference between the cavity driving fields…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-17 Chetan Waghela , Shubhrangshu Dasgupta

We show how to utilize magnetostriction to synchronize two mechanical vibration modes in a cavity magnomechanical system. The dispersive magnetostrictive interaction provides necessary nonlinearity required for achieving synchronization.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-06 Jiong Cheng , Wenlin Li , Jie Li

Poroelastic wave simulations are important for many applications relating fluid flow and wave characteristics in porous rock formations. Reciprocity is a key physical property of wave propagation in porous media that is important for such…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Morten Jakobsen , Jose Carcione

Reciprocity is a fundamental principle governing various physical systems, which ensures that the transfer function between any two points in space is identical, regardless of geometrical or material asymmetries. Breaking this transmission…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 Corentin Coulais , Dimitrios Sounas , Andrea Alù

We study the breaking of reciprocity in non-Hermitian coupled photonic waveguides by the simultaneous action of the nonlinear effect of saturable absorption, and the presence of exceptional points. The nonlinear response of such a system is…

Synchronization is a widespread phenomenon encountered in many natural and engineered systems with nonlinear classical dynamics. How synchronization concepts and mechanisms transfer to the quantum realm and whether features are universal or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-12 Florian Höhe , Lukas Danner , Ciprian Padurariu , Brecht I. C Donvil , Joachim Ankerhold , Björn Kubala

Phase, frequency, and time synchronization are crucial requirements for many applications, such as multi-static remote sensing and communication systems. Moreover, the synchronization solution becomes even more challenging when the nodes…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-23 Juan Merlano Duncan , Liz Martinez-Marrero , Jorge Querol , Sumit Kumar , Adriano Camps , Symeon Chatzinotas , Bjorn Ottersten