Tunable parametric vibrations in fluid ferroelectric fibres
Abstract
Freely suspended ferroelectric-nematic fibres combine 1D fluidity with macroscopic spontaneous polarisation. Under alternating electric fields, we observe a sequence of dynamical states, from subthreshold pulsations to polarity-dependent axial flow, and sustained transverse oscillations. We show that the oscillatory state arises from a parametric instability of a liquid string whose effective tension is dominated by the electrical polarisation-field coupling contribution. A Floquet model incorporating finite-time polarisation switching captures the observed resonance tongues, modal selection, and square-wave response. These results establish ferroelectric-nematic fibres as electrically programmable fluid resonators coupling polar order and interfacial flow with nonlinear vibration.
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BibTeX
@misc{dieterjarosik2026tunable,
title = {{Tunable parametric vibrations in fluid ferroelectric fibres}},
author = {Alexander Dieter-Jarosik and Hajnalka Nádasi and Rachel Tuffin and Melanie Klasen-Memmer and Alexey Eremin},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.21582},
eprint = {2609.21582},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.21582},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Tunable parametric vibrations in fluid ferroelectric fibres
AU - Alexander Dieter-Jarosik
AU - Hajnalka Nádasi
AU - Rachel Tuffin
AU - Melanie Klasen-Memmer
AU - Alexey Eremin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/18
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.21582
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.21582
AB - Freely suspended ferroelectric-nematic fibres combine 1D fluidity with macroscopic spontaneous polarisation. Under alternating electric fields, we observe a sequence of dynamical states, from subthreshold pulsations to polarity-dependent axial flow, and sustained transverse oscillations. We show that the oscillatory state arises from a parametric instability of a liquid string whose effective tension is dominated by the electrical polarisation-field coupling contribution. A Floquet model incorporating finite-time polarisation switching captures the observed resonance tongues, modal selection, and square-wave response. These results establish ferroelectric-nematic fibres as electrically programmable fluid resonators coupling polar order and interfacial flow with nonlinear vibration.
ER -