Features of Magneto-Intersubband Oscillations in HgTe Quantum Wells

JETP Letters - Magneto-intersubband oscillations (MISOs) in single quantum wells of the gapless semiconductor HgTe have been studied experimentally. It has been shown that, in contrast to MISOs in...     

Anisotropic Interface Roughness Scattering in a Lateral Superlattice

A novel interface roughness due to the perturbation of the periodic interface structure is studied theoretically for a lateral superlattice realized by an interface corrugated quantum well. It is found by numerical simulation that the correlation function for interface roughness can be well modeled by a sinusoidal function with an exponential decay in the direction of corrugation. Such a feature makes the correlation function far from a Gaussian function which is extensively used as a theoretical approximation of the correlation function for interface roughness. With such a correlation function, the influence of interface roughness scattering on electronic transport in the lateral superlattice is investigated.Consequently, it gives rise to a high anisotropy of electronic transport both in the absence and presence of a magnetic field, by which the relevant experiments can be well explained.     

Anisotropic Interface Roughness Scattering in a Lateral Superlattice

A novel interface roughness due to the perturbation of the periodic interface structure is studied theoretically for a lateral superlattice realized by an interface corrugated quantum well. It is found by numerical simulation that the correlation function for interface roughness can be well modeled by a sinusoidal function with an exponential decay in the direction of corrugation. Such a feature makes the correlation function far from a Gaussian function which is extensively used as a theoretical approximation of the correlation function for interface roughness. With such a correlation function, the influence of interface roughness scattering on electronic transport in the lateral superlattice is investigated. Consequently, it gives rise to a high anisotropy of electronic transport both in the absence and presence of a magnetic field, by which the relevant experiments can be well explained.     

Amplitude Oscillations of a Monochromatic Wave in a One-Dimensional Plasma

The amplitude oscillations of a monochromatic wave propagating in a one-dimensional Vlasov plasma are studied numerically. The results for the nonlinear evolution of the wave show very good qualitative agreement with the theory.     

Supersolid Phase in One-Dimensional Hard-Core Boson Hubbard Model with a Superlattice Potential

The ground state of the one-dimensional hard-core boson Hubbard model with a superlattice potential is studied by quantum Monte Carlo methods. We demonstrate that besides the CDW phase and the Mott insulator phase, the supersolid phase emerges due to the presence of the superlattice potential, which reflects the competition with the hopping term. We also study the densities of sublattices and have a clear idea about the distribution of the bosons on the lattice.     

Supersolid Phase in One-Dimensional Hard-Core Boson Hubbard Model with a Superlattice Potential

The ground state of the one-dimensional hard-core boson Hubbard model with a superlattice potential is studied by quantum Monte Carlo methods. We demonstrate that besides the CDW phase and the Mott insulator phase, the supersolid phase emerges due to the presence of the superlattice potential, which reflects the competition with the hopping term. We also study the densities of sublattices and have a clear idea about the distribution of the bosons on the lattice.     

Microwave-Induced Magneto-Intersubband Scattering in a Square Lattice of Antidots

JETP Letters - The effect of microwave radiation on low-temperature electron magnetotransport in a square antidot lattice with a period of d ≈ 0.8 µm based on a GaAs quantum well with...     

Reduction of Fringe Noise in Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy Using a One-Dimensional Focal Plane Array

In wavelength modulation spectroscopy using diode lasers, detection limit of molecular absorption is often imposed by spurious fringe noises that arise from slight reflections among optical components. In an attempt to reduce this fringe effect, we propose and demonstrate the use of a one-dimensional focal plane array. With the help of a multiplexer, a single lock-in amplifier is employed to obtain multiple-channel signals from wavelength-modulated output of an array detector. It is found that the intensity change of the molecular absorption signal is nearly proportional to the transversal beam intensity distribution, whereas that of fringe noise is much less conspicuous. These features, as well as the phase difference among the channels, contribute to separate the signal and fringe noise components from the multiplexed spectra, leading to the overall improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio.     

Zener Tunneling between the Landau Levels in a Two-Dimensional Electron System with One-Dimensional Periodic Modulation

Nonlinear magnetotransport in a two-dimensional electron gas in one-dimensional lateral lattices fabricated from a selectively doped GaAs/AlAs heterostructure is investigated. One-dimensional potential modulation is imposed on the two-dimensional electron gas by means of a set of metal strips formed on the planar surface of Hall bars. The dependences of the differential resistance r_xx on the magnetic field B < 0.5 T are studied at a temperature T = 1.6 K in lattices with a period of a ≈ 200nm. It is shown that periodic oscillations in r_xx(1/B) occur in such lattices under the action of a current-induced Hall field due to Zener tunneling between Landau levels. Interference is found between Zener oscillations and commensurability oscillations of r_xx in two-dimensional electron systems with one-dimensional periodic modulation. The experimental results are qualitatively explained by the role of Landau bands in nonlinear transport at large filling factors.     

Relaxation Oscillations of Zeeman and Dipole Magnetizations of a Paramagnet under Conditions of a Deep Low-Frequency Modulation

The relaxation oscillations of Zeeman and dipole magnetizations in the spin system of a solid paramagnet are theoretically analyzed in conditions of intermediate saturation of magnetic resonance and deep low-frequency modulation of the external magnetic field. Features of the lock-in detection signals in the relaxation oscillations regime are considered. Authors' address: Michael D. Zviadadze, E. Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Tamarashvili 6, 380077 Tbilisi, Georgia     

双层耦合Lengel-Epstein模型中的超点阵斑图

用双层耦合的Lengel-Epstein模型, 研究了两个子系统的图灵模对斑图的影响,发现其波数比在斑图的形成和选择过程中起着重要作用.当波数比为1时,双层系统未能发生耦合,只能出现条纹和六边形斑图;当波数比处于1-√17 的范围时,两子系统发生耦合,图灵模之间发生共振相互作用,得到种类丰富的超点阵斑图,包括暗点、点-棒和复杂超六边、Ⅰ-型和Ⅱ-型白眼、类蜂窝和环状超六边等斑图;当波数比大于√17 , 系统选择的斑图类型不再变化,均为环状超六边斑图.数值模拟得到的条纹、六边形、超六边点阵、Ⅱ-型白眼斑图和类蜂窝斑图均已在介质阻挡放电系统实验中观察到. 另外,还得到了超点阵斑图的波数随两个扩散系数乘积D_uD_v的变化曲线,发现其随的D_uD_v增大而减小. 关键词： 耦合系统 超点阵 波数比 数值模拟     

Superlattice Turing structures in a photosensitive reaction-diffusion system

Families of complex superlattice structures, consisting of combinations of basic hexagonal or square patterns, are found in a photosensitive reaction-diffusion system. The structures are induced by simple illumination patterns whose wavelengths are appropriately related to that of the system's intrinsic Turing pattern. Computer simulations agree with the structures and their stability. The technique offers a general approach to generating superlattices for use in information storage and other applications.     

Specific Heat of a Two-Layer Magnetic Superlattice

The specific heats of both a two-layer ferromagnetic superlattice and a two-layer ferrimagnetic one are studied. It is found that the spin quantum numbers, the interlayer and intralayer exchange couplings, the anisotropy, the applied magnetic field, and the temperature all affect the specific heat of these superlattices. For both the ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic superlattices, the specific heat decreases with increasing the spin quantum number, the absolute value of interlayer exchange coupling, intralayer exchange coupling, and anisotropy, while it increases with increasing temperature at low temperatures. When an applied magnetic field is enhanced, the specific heat decreases in the twolayer ferromagnetic superlattice, while it is almost unchanged in the two-layer ferrimagnetic superlattice at low field range at low temperatures.     

Specific Heat of a Two-Layer Magnetic Superlattice

The specific heats of both a two-layer ferromagnetic superlattice and atwo-layer ferrimagnetic one are studied. It is found that the spin quantumnumbers, the interlayer and intralayer exchange couplings, the anisotropy,the applied magnetic field, and the temperature all affect the specificheat of these superlattices. For both the ferromagnetic and ferrimagneticsuperlattices, the specific heat decreases with increasing the spin quantumnumber, the absolute value of interlayer exchange coupling, intralayerexchange coupling, and anisotropy, while it increases with increasingtemperature at low temperatures. When an applied magnetic field is enhanced, the specific heat decreases in the two-layer ferromagnetic superlattice, while it is almost unchanged in the two-layer ferrimagnetic superlattice at low field range at low temperatures.     

Crystallization in a One-Dimensional Periodic Landscape

Journal of Statistical Physics - We consider the crystallization problem for a finite one-dimensional collection of identical hard spheres in a periodic energy landscape. This issue arises in...     

Mirnov Oscillations in a Small Tokamak

The confinement, the stability conditions, and the main characteristics of the detected Mirnov oscillations in the small tokamak TBR-1 are presented. The discharges investigated can be characterized, in terms of MHD activity, in two distinct regimes as the safety factor at the limiter ql is changed from 4 to 7.     

Extension Theory for Magnon of a Ferromagnetic Superlattice

We prove that the extension theory for lattice Green's functions can be used to study Heisenberg ferromagnetic systems. As an example, the magnon spectrum of a ferromagnetic superlat tice is calculated by the extension theory for lattice Green's functions cooperated with the transfer matrix technique. The spectrum of magnetic excitation near the surface of a ferromagnetic superlattice is also presented.     

Superlattice formation in a binary mixture of block copolymer micelles

A binary solution mixture of distinct block copolymer micelles is found to adopt a superlattice. The larger micelles, formed from polystyrene-polyisoprene diblocks, have a nominal radius of 29 nm; the smaller micelles, formed from polystyrene-polydimethylsiloxane diblocks, have a nominal radius of 16 nm. The superlattice unit cell dimension is 156 nm and is assigned to space group Fm3c; it corresponds to the AB13 structure. As these diblocks are uncharged, the driving force for superlattice formation is primarily free volume entropy, as in sterically stabilized colloidal hard spheres.     

Biased Diffusion in a One-Dimensional Adsorbed Monolayer

We study the dynamics of a probe particle, which performs biased diffusive motion in a one-dimensional adsorbed monolayer composed of mobile hard-core particles undergoing continuous exchanges with a vapor phase. In terms of a mean-field-type approach, based on the decoupling of the third-order correlation functions into the product of pairwise correlations, we determine analytically the density profiles of the monolayer particles, as seen from the stationary moving probe, and calculate the terminal velocity V _pr, mobility _pr and the self-diffusion coefficient D _pr of the probe. Our analytical results are confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations.