A novel multibody rocking model is developed to investigate the dynamic response of two stacked rigid blocks placed on a linear base isolation device. The used realistic statue-pedestal system subject pulse-like ground motions. analysis shows that, in general, increases safety level system. However, for large period pulses or small size blocks, isolator can amplify motion, resulting lower minim...

This paper introduces a wideband adaptive isolator for UHF RFID reader with a minimum component count. The operation of the device is based on a reflection from a variable load, which is connected to a port of a hybrid coupler. The other ports are connected to the RX, TX and Antenna ports of the reader. The isolator provides an isolation of 50 dB from TX to RX at 800 MHz 1 GHz band, covering al...

We present an active, purely mechanical stress wave isolator that consists of short cylindrical particles arranged in a helical architecture. This phononic structure allows us to change inter-particle stiffness dynamically by controlling the contact angles of the cylinders. We use torsional travelling waves to control the contact angles, thereby imposing a desired spatio-temporal stiffness vari...

A new all-fiber-optic nonreciprocal device using two acousto-optic frequency shifters is proposed and demonstrated. When the device was operated as an optical isolator, an extinction ratio of 22 dB was obtained. The device's unique modulation capability is also described.

We present an electrodynamical model of a quantum plasmonic device--the magneto-optical (MO) spaser. It is shown that a spherical gain nanoparticle coated with a metallic MO shell can operate as a spaser amplifying circularly polarized surface plasmons. The MO spaser may be used in design of an optical isolator in plasmonic transmission lines as well as in spaser spectrometry of chiral molecules.