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1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, New York 12308, USAalbabaah@union.edu.
Abstract:
Brillouin-zone (BZ) definition in a class of non-reciprocal Willis monatomic lattices (WMLs) is analytically quantified. It is shown that BZ boundaries only shift in response to non-reciprocity in one-dimensional WMLs, implying a constant BZ width, with asymmetric dispersion diagrams exhibiting unequal wavenumber ranges for forward and backward going waves. An extension to square WMLs is briefly discussed, analogously demonstrating the emergence of shifted and irregularly shaped BZs, which maintain constant areas regardless of non-reciprocity strength.
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