Nonlinear wave phenomena

The group investigates nonlinear wave phenomena in condensed matter systems such as Josephson junctions and magnets.

Cooperation

• Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
• Departamento de Física Aplicada I de la Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Graduate topics

• Fluxon dynamics in spatially inhomogeneous long Josephson junctions.
• Influence of the thermal noise and time periodic perturbation on the fluxon diffusion in Josephson junction arrays.
• Plane wave transmission through quasi-one-dimensional Josephson junction arrays.

Selected scientific publications

• S. Flach, O. Yevtushenko, and Y. Zolotaryuk, “Directed current due to broken timespace symmetry”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 2358-2361
• Y. Zolotaryuk, S. Flach and V. Fleurov, “Discrete breathers in classical spin lattices ”, Phys. Rev. B. 63 (2001) 214422
• M. Salerno and Y. Zolotaryuk, “Soliton ratchets induced by ac forces with harmonic mixing”, Phys. Rev. E 65 (2002) 056603.
• S. Denisov, Y. Zolotaryuk, S. Flach, and O. Yevtushenko, “ Vortex and Translational Currents due to Broken Time-Space Symmetries”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 224102(4).
• I. O. Starodub and Y. Zolotaryuk, “Radiation emission due to fluxon scattering on an inhomogeneity in a large two-dimensional Josephson junction”, Phys. Rev. B 90 (2014) 224509.
• Y. Zolotaryuk and I. O. Starodub, “Fluxon mobility in an array of asymmetric superconducting quantum interference devices”, Phys. Rev. E 91 (2015) 013202
• J. F. R. Archilla, Y. Zolotaryuk, Y. A. Kosevich, and Y. Doi, "Nonlinear waves in a model for silicate layers", CHAOS 28 (2018) 083119
• D. Bukatova and Y. Zolotaryuk, ''Flat and almost flat bands in the quasi-one-dimensional Josephson junction array'', J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 34 (2022) 175402