Non-Reciprocal Materials and Systems: An Engineering Approach to the Control of Light, Sound, and Heat discusses the related concept of bound states which help confine sound and electromagnetic waves and can also lead to the control of thermal energy. The requirements for the formation of such bound states, their relationship to physical and topological characteristics of materials, and the possible application to new devices is considered. The book takes a unique approach to energy transfer in and between materials systems - considering dimensional effects, supersonic, transonic and subsonic wave motion, as well as the coupling of waves.
This book is suitable for researchers in materials science, condensed matter physics, electrical, mechanical, and structural engineering, and technologists aiming for better control of non-electronic physical phenomena.
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Table of Contents
1. Nonreciprocity versus asymmetry2. Microscopic processes and related energy flow leading to
nonreciprocity
3. Energy propagation in media
4. The arguments for reciprocity in electrodynamics and
associated phenomena
5. Real-space and energy-space features of materials systems
6. Considerations of nonreciprocity in electrical and optical
systems
7. The manifestation of nonreciprocity, in dynamical systems
8. Exploring new avenues for the manifestation of reciprocal
phenomena
9. Applications of nonreciprocity to practical devices
