Time Crystal — Periodic Phase-Oscillating Lattice
A time crystal is a phase of matter whose structure repeats in time as well as in space, oscillating forever at a period different from (often double) the frequency driving it. This scene models a cubic node lattice where each node's radial displacement responds at half the driving frequency (period doubling), a discrete-time-crystal signature, while connecting bonds glow according to each node's local phase.
- Cubic lattice of instanced icosahedron nodes, adjustable grid size
- Subharmonic response: nodes breathe at omega/2 while driven at omega
- Nearest-neighbor bonds rendered as additive color-shifting line segments
- Node color and bond glow interpolate between two colors with oscillation phase