Singlet–triplet oscillations and far-infrared spectrum of four-minima quantum-dot molecule

We study ground states and far-infrared spectra (FIR) of two electrons in four-minima quantum-dot molecule in magnetic field by exact diagonalization. Ground states consist of altering singlet and triplet states, whose frequency, as a function of magnetic field, increases with increasing dot–dot separation. When the Zeeman energy is included, only the two first singlet states remain as ground states. In the FIR spectra, we observe discontinuities due to crossing ground states. Non-circular symmetry induces anticrossings, and also an additional mode above ω₊ in the spin-triplet spectrum. In particular, we conclude that electron–electron interactions cause only minor changes to the FIR spectra and deviations from the Kohn modes result from the low-symmetry confinement potential.     

Strengthened Hyper-Raman Lines with the Coherent Superposition State

High-order harmonic generations from a one-dimensional Coulomb potential atom are calculated with the initial state prepared as a coherent superposition between its ground and first excited states. When the energy difference of the two states is small, we can choose proper laser pulse such that the first excited state can be excited only to other bound states instead of being ionized. We show that only the hyper-Raman lines are observable instead of the harmonics. The energy difference of the ground and the first excited state can be deduced from the highest peak of the hyper-Raman lines. We further show that the similar results can be obtained by using a combination of two laser pulses with different frequencies interacting with the atom initially at the ground state.     

On the possibility of electric transport mediated by long living intrinsic localized solectron modes

We consider a polaron Hamiltonian in which not only the lattice and the electron-lattice interactions, but also the electron hopping term is affected by anharmonicity. We find that the one-electron ground states of this system are localized in a wide range of the parameter space. Furthermore, low energy excited states, generated either by additional momenta in the lattice sites or by appropriate initial electron conditions, lead to states constituted by a localized electron density and an associated lattice distortion, which move together through the system, at subsonic or supersonic velocities. Thus we investigate here the localized states above the ground state which correspond to moving electrons. We show that besides the stationary localized electron states (proper polaron states) there exist moving localized solectron states which can be easily excited. The evolution of these localized states suggests their potential as new carriers for fast electric charge transport.     

Nature of ground state incongruence in two-dimensional spin glasses

We rigorously rule out the appearance of multiple domain walls between ground states in 2D Edwards-Anderson Ising spin glasses (with periodic boundary conditions and, e.g., Gaussian couplings). This supports the conjecture that there is only a single pair of ground states in these models.     

Analysis of ground states of fcc thin film of binary alloy under confinement

In this paper, we have investigated the ground states of a few-layered fcc thin film of binary alloy with two surfaces in the (001) direction under symmetric surface confinement. The phase diagram of the ground states is given according to the energy analysis of binary alloy thin film composed of six atomic layers in the (001) direction. Surface confinement field (SC field) is introduced as a term to describe the confinement on the two surfaces in the (001) direction. Using Monte Carlo simulation, we have found that there are 17 different ground states occurring when both SC field and chemical potential vary from - ∞ to + ∞. Antiphase boundary(APB) was found in 12 of the 17 ground states, and only nine configurations with different symmetry were found among the 17 ground states. Received 6 November 2001 and Received in final form 25 January 2002     

Transfer and storage of vortex states in light and matter waves

We theoretically explore the transfer of vortex states between atomic Bose-Einstein condensates and optical pulses using ultraslow and stopped light techniques. We find shining a coupling laser on a rotating two-component ground state condensate with a vortex lattice generates a probe laser field with optical vortices. We also find that optical vortex states can be robustly stored in the atomic superfluids for times, in Rb-87 condensates, limited only by the ground state coherence time.     

Product Vacua with Boundary States and the Classification of Gapped Phases

We address the question of the classification of gapped ground states in one dimension that cannot be distinguished by a local order parameter. We introduce a family of quantum spin systems on the one-dimensional chain that have a unique gapped ground state in the thermodynamic limit that is a simple product state, but which on the left and right half-infinite chains have additional zero energy edge states. The models, which we call Product Vacua with Boundary States, form phases that depend only on two integers corresponding to the number of edge states at each boundary. They can serve as representatives of equivalence classes of such gapped ground states phases and we show how the AKLT model and its SO(2J + 1)-invariant generalizations fit into this classification.     

Degeneracy of the ground states at half-filling and the existence of the η-pairing off-diagonal long-range order in the negative-U Hubbard models

Since C.N. Yang proposed the concept of the η-pairing off-diagonal long-range order (ODLRO), its existence in the negative-U Hubbard models has been discussed by many authors. Recently, Shen and Qiu showed explicitly that the η-pairing ODLRO exists in some ground states of the negative-U Hubbard models defined on a certain type of bipartite lattices. In this article, we shall show that these states are, in fact, the only ground states which have η-pairing ODLRO. Finally, we shall briefly discuss the experimental implication of our results.     

A self-organizing network in the weak-coupling limit

We prove the existence of spatially localized ground states of the diffusive Haken model. This model describes a self-organizing network whose elements are arranged on a d-dimensional lattice with short-range diffusive coupling. The network evolves according to a competitive gradient dynamics in which the effects of diffusion are counteracted by a localizing potential that incorporates an additional global coupling term. In the absence of diffusive coupling, the ground states of the system are strictly localized, i.e. only one lattice site is excited. For sufficiently small non-zero diffusive coupling , it is shown analytically that localized ground states persist in the network with the excitations exponentially decaying in space. Numerical results establish that localization occurs for arbitrary values of in one dimension but vanishes beyond a critical coupling _c(d), when d> 1. The one-dimensional localized states are interpreted in terms of instanton solutions of a continuum version of the model.     

Breaking of periodicity at positive temperatures

We discuss a classical lattice gas model without periodic or quasiperiodic ground states. The only ground state configurations of our model are nonperiodic Thue-Morse sequences. We show that low temperature phases of such models can be ordered. In fact, we prove the existence of an ordered (nonmixing) low temperature translation invariant equilibrium state which has nonperiodic Gibbs states in its extremal decomposition.     

Critical Points Inside the Gaps of Ground State Laminations for Some Models in Statistical Mechanics

We consider models of interacting particles situated in the points of a discrete set Λ. The state of each particle is determined by a real variable. The particles are interacting with each other and we are interested in ground states and other critical points of the energy (metastable states). Under the assumption that the set Λ and the interaction are symmetric under the action of a group G—which satisfies some mild assumptions—, that the interaction is ferromagnetic, as well as periodic under addition of integers, and that it decays with the distance fast enough, it was shown in a previous paper that there are many ground states that satisfy an order property called self-conforming or Birkhoff. Under some slightly stronger assumptions all ground states satisfy this order property. Under the assumption that the interaction decays fast enough with the distance, we show that either the ground states form a one dimensional family or that there are other Birkhoff critical points which are not ground states, but lying inside the gaps left by ground states. This alternative happens if and only if a Peierls–Nabarro barrier vanishes. The main tool we use is a renormalized energy. In the particular case that the set Λ is a one dimensional lattice and that the interaction is just nearest neighbor, our result establishes Mather’s criterion for the existence of invariant circles in twist mappings in terms of the vanishing of the Peierls–Nabarro barrier. The work of RdlL was supported by NSF grants. The work of EV was supported by GNAMPA and MIUR Variational Methods and Nonlinear Differential Equations.     

Classical Lattice-Gas Models of Quasicrystals

One of the fundamental problems of quasicrystals is to understand their occurrence in microscopic models of interacting particles. We review here recent attempts to construct stable quasicrystalline phases. In particular, we compare two recently constructed classical lattice-gas models with translation-invariant interactions and without periodic ground-state configurations. The models are based on nonperiodic tilings of the plane by square-like tiles. In the first model, all interactions can be minimized simultaneously. The second model is frustrated; its nonperiodic ground state can arise only by the minimization of the energy of competing interactions. We put forward some hypotheses concerning stabilities of nonperiodic ground states. In particular, we introduce two criteria, the so-called strict boundary conditions, and prove their equivalence to the zero-temperature stability of ground states against small perturbations of potentials of interacting particles. We discuss the relevance of these conditions for the low-temperature stability, i.e., for the existence of thermodynamically stable nonperiodic equilibrium states.     

探测功率展宽效应引起的电磁诱导透明向电磁诱导吸收的转化

本文对准型四能级系统中探测功率展宽效应引起的非线性效应进行了理论研究。准型四能级系统包括三个基态精细结构能级和一个激发态能级,除光学耦合场和探测场分别激励一个基态精细结构能级和激发态能级之间的跃迁外,附加了一个射频驱动场作用于其中一个基态精细结构能级和另一个新的基态精细结构能级之间,并通过与耦合场驱动共同能级建立量子相关性。研究结果表明,在射频驱动场的辅助激励下,探测功率展宽效应不仅可以使EIT的线宽增宽,还能引起吸收曲线中的类色散特性,使EIT最终变化为EIA。     

Giant resonances on excited states

We derive modified RPA equations for small vibrations about excited states. The temperature dependence of collective excitations is examined. The formalism is applied to the ground state and the first excited state of ⁹⁰Zr in order to confirm a hypothesis which states that not only the ground state but every excited state of a nucleus has a giant resonance built upon it.     

Mixed spin ladders with exotic ground states

We study the “mixed spin” isotropic ladder system having S=1 spins on one leg and S=1/2 spins on the other, with general-type exchange interactions between spins on neighboring rungs. A set of model Hamiltonians with exact ground states in the form of a certain matrix product wave function is obtained. We show that sufficiently strong frustration can lead to exotic singlet ground states with infinite (exponential) degeneracy. We also list a couple of rather simple models with nontrivial ground states, including a model with only bilinear exchange. Received: 2 December 1997 / Accepted: 28 January 1998     

Robustness of wave functions of interacting many bosons in a leaky Box

We study the robustness, against the leakage of bosons, of wave functions of interacting many bosons confined in a finite box by deriving and analyzing a general equation of motion for the reduced density operator. We identify a robust wave function that remains a pure state, whereas other wave functions, such as the Bogoliubov's ground state and the ground state with a fixed number of bosons, evolve into mixed states. Although these states all have the off-diagonal long-range order, and the same energy, we argue that only the robust state is realized as a macroscopic quantum state.     

Investigation of the electronic structure of Be2+He and Be+He,and static dipole polarisabilities of the helium atom

The potential energy and spectroscopic constants of the ground and many excited states of the Be⁺He van der Waals system have been investigated using a one-electron pseudo-potential approach, which is used to replace the effect of the Be²⁺ core and the electron-He interactions by effective potentials. Furthermore, the core–core interactions are incorporated. This permits the reduction of the number of active electrons of the Be⁺He van der Waals system to only one electron. Therefore, the potential energy of the ground state as well as the excited states is performed at the SCF level and considering the spin–orbit interaction. The core–core interaction for Be²⁺He ground state is included using accurate CCSD (T) calculations. Then, the spectroscopic properties of the Be⁺He electronic states are extracted and compared with the previous theoretical and experimental studies. This comparison has shown a very good agreement for the ground and the first excited states. Moreover, the transition dipole moment has been determined for a large and dense grid of internuclear distances including the spin orbit effect. In addition, a vibrational spacing analysis for the Be²⁺He and Be⁺He ground states is performed to extract the He atomic polarisability.     

Low-temperature expansion for lattice systems with many ground states

Low-temperature expansion for systems with many ground states is discussed. It is pointed out that, in general, different ground states may yield different formal perturbation expansions, and that the right expansion of the free energy is provided by ground states called here dominant.Supported in part by Grant AFOR-78-3522.     

Non-abelian spin-singlet quantum Hall states: wave functions and quasihole state counting

We investigate a class of non-abelian spin-singlet (NASS) quantum Hall phases, proposed previously. The trial ground and quasihole excited states are exact eigenstates of certain (k+1)-body interaction Hamiltonians. The k=1 cases are the familiar Halperin abelian spin-singlet states. We present closed-form expressions for the many-body wave functions of the ground states, which for k>1 were previously defined only in terms of correlators in specific conformal field theories. The states contain clusters of k electrons, each cluster having either all spins up, or all spins down. The ground states are non-degenerate, while the quasihole excitations over these states show characteristic degeneracies, which give rise to non-abelian braid statistics. Using conformal field theory methods, we derive counting rules that determine the degeneracies in a spherical geometry. The results are checked against explicit numerical diagonalization studies for small numbers of particles on the sphere.     

Experimental studies of Os(-): observation of a bound-bound electric dipole transition in an atomic negative ion

The first experimental studies of Os(-) reveal the presence of two very strong resonances. One state is a narrow shape resonance lying only 3.52(12) meV above the ground state detachment threshold, while the other is bound by 11.48(12) meV. Convincing evidence that these states have odd parity is presented, making Os(-) the only known atomic negative ion with bound states of opposite parity. Additionally, the binding energies for the Os(-) ground state ((4)F(e)(9/2)) and first excited state ((4)F(e)(7/2)) are measured to be 1.077 80(12) eV and 0.553(3) eV, respectively.