AI Article Synopsis
- Researchers demonstrate that a continuous time crystal state can form in linear oscillators due to nonconservative coupling through optical radiation pressure forces.
- This finding explains the observed time crystal state in illuminated nanowire arrays, as reported in a recent study.
- The mechanism differs from nonlinear synchronization and has implications for various many-body systems in fields like chemistry, biology, and weather.
Article Abstract
We show that the continuous time crystal state can arise in an ensemble of linear oscillators from nonconservative coupling via optical radiation pressure forces. This new mechanism comprehensively explains observations of the time crystal state in an array of nanowires illuminated with light [T. Liu et al., Nat. Phys. 19, 986 (2023).NPAHAX1745-247310.1038/s41567-023-02023-5]. Being fundamentally different from regimes of nonlinear synchronization, it has relevance to a wide range of interacting many-body systems, including in the realms of chemistry, biology, weather, and nanoscale matter.
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