Unidirectional edge modes in time-modulated metamaterials

Publication date 18 May 2022

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to PDEs (35C20) Asymptotic distributions of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P20) Wave scattering in solid mechanics (74J20)

Abstract: We prove the possibility of achieving unidirectional edge modes in time-modulated supercell structures. Such finite structures consist of two trimers repeated periodically. Because of their symmetry, they admit degenerate edge eigenspaces. When the trimers are time-modulated with two opposite orientations, the degenerate eigenspace splits into two one-dimensional eigenspaces described by an analytical formula, each corresponds to a mode which is localized at one edge of the structure. Our results on the localization and stability of these edge modes with respect to fluctuations in the time-modulation amplitude are illustrated by several numerical simulations.

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