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We numerically demonstrate a practical means of systematically controlling topological transport on the surface of a three dimensional topological insulator, by introducing strong disorder in a layer of depth $d$ extending inward from the…

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We experimentally observe a coexisting pair of topological anomalous Floquet interface states in a (1+1)-dimensional Discrete Photon Walk. We explicitly verify the robustness of these states against local static perturbations respecting…

Optics · Physics 2020-11-18 Arstan Bisianov , Andre Muniz , Ulf Peschel , Oleg Egorov

The thermal interface conductance between Al and Si was simulated by a non-equilibrium molecular dynamics method. In the simulations, the coupling between electrons and phonons in Al are considered by using a stochastic force. The results…

Recent experimental and computational studies of vibrated thin layers of identical spheres have shown transitions to ordered phases similar to those seen in equilibrium systems. Motivated by these results, we carry out simulations of hard…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-01-07 Alexander E. Lobkovsky , Francisco Vega Reyes , J. S. Urbach

We investigate the plasmonic response of single- and bilayer semi-Dirac materials under the influence of a tunable parameter $\delta$ that governs topological transitions via Dirac cone generation/merging and incorporating band inversion…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-21 Debasmita Giri , John Schliemann , Rafael Molina , Alexander Lopez

We present an orthotropic elastic analysis of frictional granular layers under gravity by studying their stress response to a localized overload at the layer surface for several substrate tilt angles. The distance to the unjamming…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-04 A. P. F. Atman , P. Claudin , G. Combe , R. Mari

Tuning the interaction between the bulk and edge states of topological materials is a powerful tool for manipulating edge transport behavior, opening up exciting opportunities for novel electronic and spintronic applications. This approach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-20 Yuefeng Yin , Chutian Wang , Michael S. Fuhrer , Nikhil V. Medhekar

We experimentally investigate the fluidization of a granular material subject to mechanical vibrations by monitoring the angular velocity of a vane suspended in the medium and driven by an external motor. On increasing the frequency we…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-03-30 A. Gnoli , L. de Arcangelis , F. Giacco , E. Lippiello , M. Pica Ciamarra , A. Puglisi , A. Sarracino

We propose to use spatial control of the Zeeman energy shifts in an ultracold atomic gas to engineer an interface between topologically distinct regions. This provides an experimentally accessible means for studying the interface physics of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-05-26 Magnus O. Borgh , Justin Lovegrove , Janne Ruostekoski

The surface of a topological insulator hosts Dirac electronic states with the spin-momentum locking, which constrains spin orientation perpendicular to electron momentum. As a result, collective plasma excitations in the interacting Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Dmitry K. Efimkin , Mehdi Kargarian

In equilibrium the interface potential that describes the interaction between two AB interfaces in a binary blend of A and B homopolymers is attractive at all distances, resulting in coarsening of the blend morphology even in the absence of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-06-18 Louis Pigard , Marcus Müller

We consider a system of coupled oscillators with finite inertia and time-delayed interaction, and investigate the interplay between inertia and delay both analytically and numerically. The phase velocity of the system is examined; revealed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Hong , Gun Sang Jeon , M. Y. Choi

We study synchronization of $N$ oscillators indirectly coupled through a medium which is inhomogeneous and has its own dynamics. The system is formalized in terms of a multilayer network, where the top layer is made of disconnected…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-04-24 Lucia Valentina Gambuzza , Mattia Frasca , Jesus Gomez-Gardeñes

The oscillatory force F_b^ac on the bottom of a rigid, vertically vibrated, grain filled column, reveals rich granular dynamics, even when the peak acceleration of the vibrations is signicantly less than the gravitational acceleration at…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Paul Umbanhowar , Martin van Hecke

We report on a non trivial dynamics of the interface between shear bands following a start-up of flow in a semi-dilute wormlike micellar system investigated using a combination of mechanical and optical measurements. During the building of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-04-03 S. Lerouge , M. A. Fardin , M. Argentina , G. Gregoire , O. Cardoso

We present a scalable method for producing monodisperse micro-scale emulsions in a rectangular container holding two stably stratified layers of immiscible liquids by applying horizontal vibration. This setup enables the excitation of a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-04-15 Linfeng Piao , Anne Juel

We show how to engineer a chiral spectral flow of interface states in a gapless system. Although the bulk bands touch -- thus making the topological indices of the bands ill-defined -- this spectral flow has a topological origin that makes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 Lavi K. Upreti , P. Delplace

Numerous experimental and theoretical studies have established that intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) in isolated molecules has a heirarchical tier structure. The tier structure implies strong correlations between the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 Srihari Keshavamurthy , Nicholas R. Cerruti , Steven Tomsovic

We propose a sharp-interface model for a hyperelastic material consisting of two phases. In this model, phase interfaces are treated in the deformed configuration, resulting in a fully Eulerian interfacial energy. In order to penalize large…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-16 Katharina Brazda , Martin Kružík , Fabian Rupp , Ulisse Stefanelli

Topological effects continue to fascinate physicists since more than three decades. One of their main applications are high-precision measurements of the resistivity. We propose to make also use of the spatially separated edge states. It is…

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