Nonlinear effects in electrohydrodynamic surface wave propagation

Asymmetric wave propagation in nonlinear systems.

A mechanism for asymmetric (nonreciprocal) wave transmission is presented. As a reference system, we consider a layered nonlinear, nonmirror-symmetric model described by the one-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation with spatially varying coefficients embedded in an otherwise linear lattice. We construct a class of exact extended solutions such that waves with the same frequency a...

Nonlinear Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Biological Materials

The n o n l i n e a r i t y p a r a m e t e r B / A h a s b e e n d e t e r m i n e d f o r t i s s u e mode l s ( a q u e o u s s o l u t i o n s o f b i o l o g i c a l m a c r o m o l e c u l e s ) a n d f o r e x c i s e d t i s s u e s f r o m measuremen t s o f t h e f u n d a m e n t a l p r e s s u r e a m p l i t u d e , a t t h e s o u r c e , and t h e s e c o n d ha rmon ic p r e s ...

Wave propagation in periodic nonlinear dielectric superlattices

Novel phenomena such as photo& band gaps and possible light localization occur when electromagnetic (EM) waves propagate in dielectric superlattices.1-6 In an approximation where only the scalar nature of the EM wave is taken into account, wave propagation in a periodic or disordered medium resembles the dynamics of an electron in a crystal lattice. As a result, photonic bands and gaps arise in...

Nonlinear wave propagation in free-electron lasers.

Surface Wave Propagation Effects Observed at the Saudi Seismic Network

Global surface wave arrival angles (also called polarization data) are extremely useful data to constrain the shortwavelength structure in global surface wave phase velocity maps. This paper investigates the feasibility of using such data on a more regional scale to validate regional models. We measure the arrival angles at the Saudi Arabian Seismic Network and compare them with predictions cal...