DOI: 10.1121/10.0022535 ISSN: 2691-1191

Brillouin-zone definition in non-reciprocal Willis monatomic lattices

Hasan B. Al Ba'ba'a
  • General Medicine

Brillouin-zone (BZ) definition in a class of non-reciprocal Willis monatomic lattices (WMLs) is analytically quantified. It is shown that BZ boundaries only shift in response to non-reciprocity in one-dimensional WMLs, implying a constant BZ width, with asymmetric dispersion diagrams exhibiting unequal wavenumber ranges for forward and backward going waves. An extension to square WMLs is briefly discussed, analogously demonstrating the emergence of shifted and irregularly shaped BZs, which maintain constant areas regardless of non-reciprocity strength.

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