Nonlinear wave dynamics on a chip
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| author | Reeves, Matthew T. Wasserman, Walter W. Harrison, Raymond A. Marinkovic, Igor Luu, Nicole Sawadsky, Andreas Sfendla, Yasmine L. Harris, Glen I. Bowen, Warwick P. Baker, Christopher G. |
| author_facet | Reeves, Matthew T. Wasserman, Walter W. Harrison, Raymond A. Marinkovic, Igor Luu, Nicole Sawadsky, Andreas Sfendla, Yasmine L. Harris, Glen I. Bowen, Warwick P. Baker, Christopher G. |
| contents | Shallow water waves are a striking example of nonlinear hydrodynamics, giving rise to phenomena such as tsunamis and undular waves. These dynamics are typically studied in hundreds-of-meter-long wave flumes. Here, we demonstrate a chip-scale, quantum-enabled wave flume. The wave flume exploits nanometer-thick superfluid helium films and optomechanical interactions to achieve nonlinearities surpassing those of extreme terrestrial flows. Measurements reveal wave steepening, shock fronts, and soliton fission -- nonlinear behaviors long predicted in superfluid helium but never previously directly observed. Our approach enables lithography-defined wave flume geometries, optomechanical control of hydrodynamic properties, and orders of magnitude faster measurements than terrestrial flumes. Together, this opens a new frontier in hydrodynamics, combining quantum fluids and nanophotonics to explore complex wave dynamics at microscale. |
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| spellingShingle | Nonlinear wave dynamics on a chip Reeves, Matthew T. Wasserman, Walter W. Harrison, Raymond A. Marinkovic, Igor Luu, Nicole Sawadsky, Andreas Sfendla, Yasmine L. Harris, Glen I. Bowen, Warwick P. Baker, Christopher G. Fluid Dynamics Optics Quantum Physics Shallow water waves are a striking example of nonlinear hydrodynamics, giving rise to phenomena such as tsunamis and undular waves. These dynamics are typically studied in hundreds-of-meter-long wave flumes. Here, we demonstrate a chip-scale, quantum-enabled wave flume. The wave flume exploits nanometer-thick superfluid helium films and optomechanical interactions to achieve nonlinearities surpassing those of extreme terrestrial flows. Measurements reveal wave steepening, shock fronts, and soliton fission -- nonlinear behaviors long predicted in superfluid helium but never previously directly observed. Our approach enables lithography-defined wave flume geometries, optomechanical control of hydrodynamic properties, and orders of magnitude faster measurements than terrestrial flumes. Together, this opens a new frontier in hydrodynamics, combining quantum fluids and nanophotonics to explore complex wave dynamics at microscale. |
| title | Nonlinear wave dynamics on a chip |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics Optics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13001 |