Colloquium: Quantum and classical discrete time crystals

MP Zaletel, M Lukin, C Monroe, C Nayak, F Wilczek… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
The spontaneous breaking of time-translation symmetry has led to the discovery of a new
phase of matter: the discrete time crystal. Discrete time crystals exhibit rigid subharmonic …

Anisotropic quasi-one-dimensional layered transition-metal trichalcogenides: synthesis, properties and applications

A Patra, CS Rout - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The strong in-plane anisotropy and quasi-1D electronic structures of transition-metal
trichalcogenides (MX3; M= group IV or V transition metal; X= S, Se, or Te) have pronounced …

Charge-density-wave transport in quasi-one-dimensional conductors. II. ac-dc interference phenomena

RE Thorne, WG Lyons, JW Lyding, JR Tucker… - Physical Review B, 1987 - APS
We present a detailed experimental study of ac-dc interference phenomena in charge-
density-wave (CDW) transport. Harmonic and subharmonic ''steps''of constant CDW current …

ac-dc interference, complete mode locking, and origin of coherent oscillations in sliding charge-density-wave systems

RE Thorne, JS Hubacek, WG Lyons, JW Lyding… - Physical Review B, 1988 - APS
We present the results of a detailed experimental study of ac-dc interference phenomena in
charge-density-wave (CDW) transport. The dc IV characteristic of high-quality NbSe 3 …

Nanowires and Nanoribbons of Charge-Density-Wave Conductor NbSe3

YS Hor, ZL Xiao, U Welp, Y Ito, JF Mitchell, RE Cook… - Nano …, 2005 - ACS Publications
We report synthesis of nanowires and nanoribbons of the charge-density-wave conductor
NbSe3 through direct reaction of Nb and Se powders. The transverse dimension of the …

Theory of charge-density-wave dynamics

JR Tucker, WG Lyons, G Gammie - Physical Review B, 1988 - APS
A theoretical model is developed to describe the polarization and depinning of charge-
density waves (CDW's) in the inorganic linear-chain compounds which exhibit Fröhlich …

Devil's staircase and the absence of chaos in the dc-and ac-driven overdamped Frenkel-Kontorova model

I Sokolović, P Mali, J Odavić, S Radošević… - Physical Review E, 2017 - APS
The devil's staircase structure arising from the complete mode locking of an entirely
nonchaotic system, the overdamped dc+ ac driven Frenkel-Kontorova model with …

Quantum fluidic charge density wave transport

JH Miller, MY Suárez-Villagrán - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We discuss charge density wave transport as the periodic flow of a quantum fluid of electron–
phonon correlates, viewed as quantum solitons, within the condensate. Pair creation of …

Origin of the charge density wave state in

Y Li, M Liu, J Li, J Wang, J Lai, D He, R Qiu, Y Sun… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Recently, a first-order phase transition associated with charge density wave (CDW) has
been observed at low temperatures in intermetallic compound BaFe 2 Al 9. However, this …

Amplitude and frequency dependence of the Shapiro steps in the DC-and AC-driven overdamped Frenkel-Kontorova model

B Hu, J Tekić - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2007 - APS
The amplitude and frequency dependence of dynamical mode locking phenomena in the dc-
and ac-driven overdamped Frenkel-Kontorova model is studied by molecular-dynamics …