Observation of charge density wave solitons in overlapping tunnel junctions

We report on direct observation of microscopic solitons in single electronic processes of the coherent interlayer tunneling in charge density waves. Special nanoscale devices were fabricated from the chain compound using focused ion beams. The spectra were drastically refined by working at high (up to 27 T) magnetic fields. Internal quantum tunneling of electrons can go through solitons that are energetically more favorable quantum particles than electrons. In addition to the interband tunneling across the gap 2Delta, we observe a clear peak at the intermediate voltage approximately 2Delta/3, which we associate with the creation of microscopic solitons, the energy of which must be 2Delta/pi. These solitons might correspond to the long sought special quasiparticle--the spinon.     

Effect of viscosity on collective zener tunneling in charge density wave systems

Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter - The theory of Caldeira and Leggett on tunneling in the presence of viscous dissipation is extended and applied to the problem of collective Zener...     

Slow relaxation experiments in disordered charge and spin density waves: collective dynamics of randomly distributed solitons

We show that the dynamics of disordered charge density waves (CDWs) and spin density waves (SDWs) is a collective phenomenon. The very low temperature specific heat relaxation experiments are characterized by: (i) “interrupted” ageing (meaning that there is a maximal relaxation time); and (ii) a broad power-law spectrum of relaxation times which is the signature of a collective phenomenon. We propose a random energy model that can reproduce these two observations and from which it is possible to obtain an estimate of the glass cross-over temperature (typically T _g≃ 100-200 mK). The broad relaxation time spectrum can also be obtained from the solutions of two microscopic models involving randomly distributed solitons. The collective behavior is similar to domain growth dynamics in the presence of disorder and can be described by the dynamical renormalization group that was proposed recently for the one dimensional random field Ising model [D.S. Fisher, P. Le Doussal, C. Monthus, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3539 (1998)]. The typical relaxation time scales like ∼τexp(T _g/T). The glass cross-over temperature T_g related to correlations among solitons is equal to the average energy barrier and scales like T _g∼ 2xξΔ. x is the concentration of defects, ξ the correlation length of the CDW or SDW and Δ the charge or spin gap. Received 12 December 2001     

Combined effects of electric and magnetic fields on confined donor states in a diluted magnetic semiconductor parabolic quantum dot

A variational formalism for the calculation of the binding energies of hydrogenic donors in a parabolic diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dot is discussed. Results are obtained for Cd Mn Te/Cd Mn Te structures as a function of the dot radius in the presence of external magnetic and electric fields applied along the growth axis. The donor binding energies are computed for different field strengths and for different dot radii. While the variation of impurity binding energy with dot radii and electric field are as expected, the polarizability values enhance in a magnetic field. However, for certain values of dot radii and in intense magnetic fields the polarizability variation is anomalous. This variation of polarizability is different from non- magnetic quantum well structures. Spin polaronic shifts are estimated using a mean field theory. The results show that the spin polaronic shift increases with magnetic field and decreases as the electric field and dot radius increase.     

Orbital magnetic moment of a quantum well and a quantum dot in crossed magnetic and electric fields

A new physical effect, namely, oscillations of the orbital magnetic moment with a change in the electric field strength in two types of nanostructures, has been predicted. Explicit analytical expressions for the orbital magnetic moment of a quantum well and a quantum dot in crossed magnetic and electric fields have been derived. The oscillations of the orbital magnetic moment with a change in the electric and magnetic fields have been studied. The oscillation periods in both the electric and magnetic fields have been found and the limiting cases of the strong magnetic and quantum confinement effects have been considered.     

Impurity-related electronic properties in quantum dots under electric and magnetic fields

This paper presents a systematic study of the ground-state binding energies of a hydrogenic impurity in quantum dots subjected to external electric and magnetic fields.The quantum dot is modeled by superposing a lateral parabolic potential,a Gaussian potential and the energies are calculated via the finite-difference method within the effectivemass approximation.The variation of the binding energy with the lateral confinement,external field,position of the impurity,and quantum-size is studied in detail.All these factors lead to complicated binding energies of the donor,and the following results are found:(1) the binding energies of the donor increase with the increasing magnetic strength and lateral confinement,and reduce with the increasing electric strength and the dot size;(2) there is a maximum value of the binding energies as the impurity placed in different positions along the z direction;(3) the electric field destroys the symmetric behaviour of the donor binding energies as the position of the impurity.     

Ge/Si quantum dots in external electric and magnetic fields

Electric field-induced splitting of the lines of exciton optical transitions into two peaks is observed for Ge/Si structures with quantum dots (QDs). With increasing field, one of the peaks is displaced to higher optical transition energies (blue shift), whereas the other peack is shifted to lower energies (red shift). The results are explained in terms of the formation of electron-hole dipoles of two types differing in the direction of the dipole moment; these dipoles arise due to the localization of one electron at the apex of the Ge pyramid and of the other electron under the base of the pyramid. By using the tight-binding method, the principal values of the g factor for the hole states in Ge/Si quantum dots are determined. It is shown that the g factor is strongly anisotropic, with the anisotropy becoming smaller with decreasing QD size. The physical reason for the dependence of the g factor on quantum-dot size is the fact that the contributions from the states with different angular-momentum projections to the total wave function change with the QD size. Calculations show that, with decreasing QD size, the contribution from heavy-hole states with the angular-momentum projections ±3/2 decreases, while the contributions from light-hole states and from states of the spin-split-off band with the angular-momentum projections ±1/2 increase.     

Combined effects of magnetic and electric fields on the interband optical transitions in InAs/InP quantum wire

Combined effects of magnetic and electric fields on the confined exciton in an InAs_1−xP_x/InP (x=0.2) quantum well wire are investigated taking into account the geometrical confinement effect. Variational formulism, within the frame work of effective mass approximation, is applied to obtain the exciton binding energy. The second order harmonic generation and the optical gain are carried out using compact density method. The strain effects are included with the confinement potential in the Hamiltonian. The energy difference of the ground and the first excited state is found in the presence of magnetic and electric fields taking into the consideration of spatial confinement effect. The result shows that the optical properties are more influenced taking into account the effects of geometrical confinement, magnetic field and electric field. It is shown that the telecommunication wavelength can be achieved with the suitable doping barrier material with the wire material and the external perturbations.     

Quark pair creation in color electric fields and effects of magnetic fields

The time evolution of a system where a uniform and classical SU(3) color electric field and quantum fields of quarks interact with each other is studied focusing on non-perturbative pair creation and its back reaction. We characterize a color direction of an electric field in a gauge invariant way, and investigate its dependence. Momentum distributions of created quarks show plasma oscillation as well as quantum effects such as the Pauli blocking and interference. Pressure of the system is also calculated, and we show that pair creation moderates degree of anisotropy of pressure. Furthermore, enhancement of pair creation and induction of chiral charge under a color magnetic field which is parallel to an electric field are discussed.     

Donor-impurity related binding energy and photoinization cross-section in quantum dots: electric and magnetic fields and hydrostatic pressure effects

We have studied the behavior of the binding energy and photoionization cross-section of a donor-impurity in cylindrical-shape GaAs-Ga_0.7Al_0.3As quantum dots, under the effects of hydrostatic pressure and in-growth direction applied electric and magnetic fields. We have used the variational method under the effective mass and parabolic band approximations. Parallel and perpendicular polarizations of the incident radiation and several values of the quantum dot geometry have also been considered. Our results show that the photoionization cross-section growths as the hydrostatic pressure is increased. For parallel polarization of the incident radiation, the photoionization cross-section decreases when the impurity is shifted from the center of the dot. In the case of perpendicular polarization of the incident radiation, the photoionization cross-section increases when the impurity is shifted in the radial direction of the dot. For on-axis impurities the transitions between the ground state of the impurity and the ground state of the quantum dot are forbidden. In the low pressure regime (less than 13.5 kbar) the impurity binding energy growths linearly with pressure, and in the high pressure regime (higher than 13.5 kbar) the binding energy growths up to a maximum and then decreases. Additionally, we have found that the applied electric and magnetic fields may favor the increase or decrease in binding energy, depending on the impurity position.     

Low-lying collective modes in the charge density wave state inn-type inversion layers of semiconductors

Acoustic-phonon like low-energy long-wave length collective excitations are shown to exist in the charge density wave (CDW) ground state of a two-valley model forn-type inversion layers. The dispersion of the collective modes are obtained by calculating the two-particle Green's function within the random phase approximation, and the sound velocity is investigated as a function of interaction parameters and temperature. Physically the modes represent the phase oscillation of the CDW and the fluctuation of the population difference between two valleys; these two modes are coupled to each other.On leave of absence from the Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan     

The quantum nonthermal radiation and horizon surface gravity of an arbitrarily accelerating black hole with electric charge and magnetic charge

Using a new tortoise coordinate transformation,we discuss the quantum nonthermal radiation characteristics near an event horizon by studying the Hamilton-Jacobi equation of a scalar particle in curved space-time,and obtain the event horizon surface gravity and the Hawking temperature on that event horizon.The results show that there is a crossing of particle energy near the event horizon.We derive the maximum overlap of the positive and negative energy levels.It is also found that the Hawking temperature of a black hole depends not only on the time,but also on the angle.There is a problem of dimension in the usual tortoise coordinate,so the present results obtained by using a correct-dimension new tortoise coordinate transformation may be more reasonable.     

The second-harmonic generation in parabolic quantum dots in the presence of electric and magnetic fields

The second-harmonic generation (SHG) coefficient for parabolic quantum dots (QDs) subject to applied electric and magnetic fields is theoretically investigated, within the framework of the compact-density-matrix approach and an iterative method. Numerical results are presented for typical GaAs/AlGaAs parabolic QDs. These results show that the radius of QD and the magnitude of electric and magnetic fields have a great influence on the SHG coefficient. And the peak shifts to the aspect of high energy when considering the influence of electric and magnetic fields. Moreover, the SHG coefficient also depends sensitively on the relaxation rate of the spherical QD system.     

长直带电导体柱的电场及其电荷面密度

通过保角变换法及其变换关系,求解长直带电导体柱的电场分及电荷面密度,利用数学软件MATLAB对其场分布进行数值模拟,并绘制出电荷面密度的分布曲线.     

Magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole responses of elliptic quantum dots in magnetic fields

The magnetic dipole (M1) and electric quadupole (E2) responses of two-dimensional quantum dots with an elliptic shape are theoretically investigated as a function of the dot deformation and applied static magnetic field. Neglecting the electron-electron interaction we obtain analytical results which indicate the existence of four characteristic modes, with different B-dispersion of their energies and associated strengths. Interaction effects are numerically studied within the time-dependent local-spin-density and Hartree approximations, assessing the validity of the non-interacting picture. Received 29 November 2001 Published online 6 June 2002