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Experimental Implementation of Wave Propagation in Disordered Time-Varying Media.

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Here, we study and implement the temporal analog in time disordered sytems. A spatially homogeneous medium is endowed with a time structure composed of randomly distributed temporal interfaces. This is… Click to show full abstract

Here, we study and implement the temporal analog in time disordered sytems. A spatially homogeneous medium is endowed with a time structure composed of randomly distributed temporal interfaces. This is achieved through electrostriction between water surface and an electrode. The wave field observed is the result of the interferences between reflected and refracted waves on the interfaces. Although no eigenmode can be associated with the wave field, several common features between space and time emerge. The waves grow exponentially depending on the disorder level in agreement with a 2D matrix evolution model such as in the spatial case. The relative position of the momentum gap appearing in the time modulated systems plays a central role in the wave field evolution. When tuning the excitation to compensate for the damping, transient waves, localized in time, appear on the liquid surface. They result from a particular history of the multiple interferences produced by a specific sequence of time boundaries.

Keywords: time; wave propagation; wave field; propagation disordered; implementation wave; experimental implementation

Journal Title: Physical review letters
Year Published: 2022

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