Frequency combs induced by phase turbulence.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 2020
Historique:
received: 09 11 2019
accepted: 18 03 2020
entrez: 20 6 2020
pubmed: 20 6 2020
medline: 20 6 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Wave instability-the process that gives rise to turbulence in hydrodynamics

Identifiants

pubmed: 32555484
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2386-6
pii: 10.1038/s41586-020-2386-6
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

360-364

Subventions

Organisme : Austrian Science Fund FWF
ID : P 28914
Pays : Austria

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Auteurs

Marco Piccardo (M)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. piccardo@g.harvard.edu.
Center for Nano Science and Technology, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milan, Italy. piccardo@g.harvard.edu.

Benedikt Schwarz (B)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria.

Dmitry Kazakov (D)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Maximilian Beiser (M)

Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria.

Nikola Opačak (N)

Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria.

Yongrui Wang (Y)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.

Shantanu Jha (S)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

Johannes Hillbrand (J)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Institute of Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria.

Michele Tamagnone (M)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Wei Ting Chen (WT)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Alexander Y Zhu (AY)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Lorenzo L Columbo (LL)

Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-IFN, Bari, Italy.

Alexey Belyanin (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.

Federico Capasso (F)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. capasso@seas.harvard.edu.

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