Study on bandgap and directional wave propagation of a two-dimensional lattice with nested core

This paper proposed a two-dimensional lattice structure with a nested core. The bandgap distribution and the anisotropy of phase velocity and group velocity were studied based on Bloch’s theorem and finite element method. The effects of eccentric ratio (e) and rotation angle (θ) of dual-phase structure on the bandgap distribution were investigated, and the anisotropy was studied via phase velocity and group velocity. The structure of (e) = 0.3 displayed the maximum total bandgap width. With (θ) increasing, the total bandgap widths of structures of different (e) all increased apparently and the low-frequency bandgap properties were improved. The phase velocity and group velocity of (e) = 0 displayed strong anisotropy, and the anisotropy was tuned by tuning (θ). Furthermore, the group velocity of the eighth mode displayed high directional wave propagation. For practical application, a single-phase structure was proposed and analyzed. Through additive manufacturing technology, the single-phase structure was prepared and tested by a low amplitude test setup. The experimental results displayed a good agreement with numerical results which demonstrated high directional propagation. This finding may pave the way for the practical application of the proposed lattice metamaterial in terms of wave filtering.

Well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for system of oscillators on 2D–lattice in weighted $l^2$-spaces

We consider an infinite system of ordinary differential equations that describes the dynamics of an infinite system of linearly coupled nonlinear oscillators on a two dimensional integer-valued lattice. It is assumed that each oscillator interacts linearly with its four nearest neighbors and the oscillators are at the rest at infinity. We study the initial value problem (the Cauchy problem) for such system. This system naturally can be considered as an operator-differential equation in the Hilbert, or even Banach, spaces of sequences. We note that $l^2$ is the simplest choice of such spaces. With this choice of the configuration space, the phase space is $l^2\times l^2$, and the equation can be written in the Hamiltonian form with the Hamiltonian $H$. Recall that from a physical point of view the Hamiltonian represents the full energy of the system, i.e., the sum of kinetic and potential energy. Note that the Hamiltonian $H$ is a conserved quantity, i.e., for any solution of equation the Hamiltonian is constant. For this space, there are some results on the global solvability of the corresponding Cauchy problem. In the present paper, results on the $l^2$-well-posedness are extended to weighted $l^2$-spaces $l^2_\Theta$. We suppose that the weight $\Theta$ satisfies some regularity assumption. Under some assumptions for nonlinearity and coefficients of the equation, we prove that every solution of the Cauchy problem from $C^2\left((-T, T); l^2)$ belongs to $C^2\left((-T, T); l^2_\Theta\right)$. And we obtain the results on existence of a unique global solutions of the Cauchy problem for system of oscillators on a two-dimensional lattice in a wide class of weighted $l^2$-spaces. These results can be applied to discrete sine-Gordon type equations and discrete Klein-Gordon type equations on a two-dimensional lattice. In particular, the Cauchy problems for these equations are globally well-posed in every weighted $l^2$-space with a regular weight.

Variance of Voltages in a Lattice Coulomb Gas

We study the behavior of the variance of the difference of energies for putting an additional electric unit charge at two different locations in the two-dimensional lattice Coulomb gas in the high-temperature regime. For this, we exploit the duality between this model and a discrete Gaussian model. Our estimates follow from a spontaneous symmetry breaking in the latter model.

Interaction of Self-Sustained Pulses in Tunnel-Diode Oscillator Lattices

A one-dimensional lattice in tunnel-diode (TD) oscillators supports self-sustained solitary pulses resulting from the balance between gain and attenuation. By applying the reduction theory to the device’s model equation, it is found that two relatively distant pulses moving in the lattice are mutually affected by a repulsive interaction. This property can be efficiently utilized in equalizing pulse positions to achieve jitter elimination. In particular, when two pulses rotate in a small, closed lattice, they separate evenly at the asymptotic limit. As a result, the lattice loop can provide an efficient platform to obtain low-phase-noise multiphase oscillatory signals. In this work, the interaction between two self-sustained pulses in a TD-oscillator lattice is examined, and the properties of interpulse interaction are validated by conducting several measurements using a test breadboarded lattice.