Observing polarization patterns in the collective motion of nanomechanical arrays.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, nanomechanics has evolved into a mature field, and it has now reached a stage which enables the fabrication and study of ever more elaborate devices. This has led to the emergence of arrays of coupled nanomechanical resonators as a promising field of research serving as model systems to study collective dynamical phenomena such as synchronization or topological transport. From a general point of view, the arrays investigated so far can be effectively treated as scalar fields on a lattice. Moving to a scenario where the vector character of the fields becomes important would unlock a whole host of conceptually interesting additional phenomena, including the physics of polarization patterns in wave fields and their associated topology. Here we introduce a new platform, a two-

SUBMITTER: Doster J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9072344 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature