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Nonlinear wave dynamics on a chip
DOI:10.1126/science.ady3042.png)
Abstract
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The nonlinear behavior of water waves, such as solitons, rogue waves, and tsunamis, can be modeled to some extent in large pool facilities, with flumes extending hundreds of meters. At a vastly smaller scale, Reeves et al. report an on-chip approach that uses a thin film of superfluid helium confined to a lithographically defined silicon surface onto which flumes can be patterned. The on-chip approach enables lithographically defined geometries and dispersion, optomechanical control of fluid properties, and measurement speeds six orders of magnitude faster than conventional flumes, providing access to exotic hydrodynamic regimes otherwise inaccessible in a laboratory environment. —Ian S. Osborne

