Water-Wave Vortices and Skyrmions
arXiv:2308.03520 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.054003
Abstract
Topological wave structures -- phase vortices, skyrmions, merons, etc. -- are attracting enormous attention in a variety of quantum and classical wave fields. Surprisingly, these structures have never been properly explored in the most obvious example of classical waves: water-surface (gravity-capillary) waves. Here we fill this gap and describe: (i) water-wave vortices of different orders carrying quantized angular momentum with orbital and spin contributions, (ii) skyrmion lattices formed by the instantaneous displacements of the water-surface particles in wave interference, (iii) meron (half-skyrmion) lattices formed by the spin density vectors, as well as (iv) spatiotemporal water-wave vortices and skyrmions. We show that all these topological entities can be readily generated in linear water-wave interference experiments. Our findings can find applications in microfluidics and show that water waves can be employed as an attainable playground for emulating universal topological wave phenomena.
arXiv comment7 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
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