Demonstration of turnstiles as a chaotic ionization mechanism in Rydberg atoms

We present an experimental and theoretical study of the chaotic ionization of quasi-one-dimensional potassium Rydberg wave packets via a classical phase-space turnstile mechanism. Turnstiles form a general transport mechanism for numerous chaotic systems, and this study explicitly illuminates their relevance to atomic ionization. We create time-dependent Rydberg wave packets, subject them to alternating applied electric-field pulses, and measure the electron survival probability. Ionization depends not only on the initial electron energy, but also on the classical phase-space position of the electron with respect to the turnstile--that part of the electron packet inside the turnstile ionizes after the applied ionization sequence, while that part outside the turnstile does not. The survival data thus encode information on the shape and location of the turnstile, in good agreement with theoretical predictions.     

Quantized current of a hybrid single-electron transistor with superconducting leads and a normal-metal island

We discuss the operation of the superconductor–insulator–normal-metal–insulator–superconductor (SINIS) turnstile. This voltage-biased hybrid single-electron transistor (SET) provides current quantization even with only one radio-frequency (rf) control parameter, namely the gate voltage of the single island. We give an overview of the main error mechanisms of the turnstile and consider its feasibility as a quantum current standard. We also present experimental results of pumping with the SINIS structure which show decreased leakage current compared to earlier measurements with the opposite NISIN structure.     

Nonadiabatic charge pumping in a hybrid single-electron transistor

We study theoretically current quantization in the charge turnstile based on the superconductor-normal-metal single-electron transistor. The quantization accuracy is limited by either Andreev reflection or by Cooper-pair-electron cotunneling. The rates of these processes are calculated in the "above-the-threshold" regime when they compete directly with the lowest-order tunneling. By shaping the ac gate voltage drive it should be possible to achieve the metrological accuracy of 10;{-8}, while maintaining the quantized current on the level of 30 pA, just by one turnstile with realistic parameters using aluminum as a superconductor.     

紧凑型圆极化模式转换器

 提出了一种结构紧凑的、能将圆波导TM01模或同轴波导TEM模转换为圆极化TE₁₁模的高功率微波模式转换器。该转换器由前后2个十字转门波导结对接组成,前者首先把圆波导TM₀₁模转变为4个矩形波导中的TE₁₀模,4个矩形波导的长度不等;后者再把4个经过不同相位延迟的矩形波导TE₁₀模转变为圆波导中的圆极化TE₁₁模。对所设计的1.75 GHz模式转换器进行了仿真研究,在中心频率上,该模式转换器转换效率为99%,轴比为0.03 dB;在1.575~1.900 GHz的频率范围内,转换效率大于90%,轴比小于2.5 dB,对应带宽为18.6%。     

Quantized current in a quantum dot turnstile

We have performed RF experiments on a lateral quantum dot defined in the two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) of a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure. The small capacitance of the quantum dot gives rise to single-electron charging effects, which we employed to realize a quantum dot turnstile device. By modulating the tunnel barriers between the quantum dot and the 2DEG leads with two phase-shifted RF signals, we pass an integer number of electrons through the quantum dot per RF cycle. This is demonstrated by the observation of quantized current plateaus at multiples ofef in current-voltage characteristics, wheref is the frequency of the RF signals. When an asymmetry is induced by applying unequal RF voltages, our quantum dot turnstile operates as a single-electron pump producing a quantized current at zero bias voltage.     

A Lagrangian description of transport associated with a front-eddy interaction: Application to data from the North-Western Mediterranean Sea

We discuss the Lagrangian transport in a time-dependent oceanic system involving a Lagrangian barrier associated with a salinity front which interacts intermittently with a set of Lagrangian eddies — ‘leaky’ coherent structures that entrain and detrain fluid as they move. A theoretical framework, rooted in the dynamical systems theory, is developed in order to describe and analyse this situation. We show that such an analysis can be successfully applied to a realistic ocean model. Here, we use the output of the numerical ocean model DieCAST from Dietrich et al. (2004) [17] and Fernández et al. (2005) [18] studied earlier in Mancho et al. (2008) [15] where a Lagrangian barrier associated with the North Balearic Front in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea was identified. The numerical model provides an Eulerian view of the flow and we employ the dynamical systems approach to identify relevant hyperbolic trajectories and their stable and unstable manifolds. These manifolds are used to understand the Lagrangian geometry of the evolving front-eddy system. Transport in this system is effected by the turnstile mechanism whose spatio-temporal geometry reveals intermittent pathways along which transport occurs. Particular attention is paid to the ‘Lagrangian’ interactions between the front and the eddies, and to transport implications associated with the transition between the one-eddy and two-eddy situation. The analysis of this ‘Lagrangian’ transition is aided by a local kinematic model that provides insight into the nature of the change in hyperbolic trajectories and their stable and unstable manifolds associated with the ‘birth’ and ‘death’ of leaky Lagrangian eddies.     

Investigation of Euler spiral nanoantenna and its application in absorption enhancement of thin film solar cell

A theoretical study on nanoantenna and its application in enhancing the performance of the thin film solar cell (TFSC) is presented. In this work, a novel design of nanoantenna i.e. Euler spiral nanoantenna (ESNA) is introduced, which has evolved after bending the conventional dipole nanoantenna in the manner of Euler spiral. The bending is performed up to an optimum length so that the antenna can equally respond to the two orthogonally polarized waves. Then the proposed nanoantenna in turnstile manner is examined for the intended application of enhancing the absorption in TFSCs. The antenna is placed on the absorber layer (Si amorphous) of the TFSC with a coating of Zinc Oxide. The simulation results show that the proposed ESNA can significantly increase the absorption in the absorber layer of the TFSC. The performance in terms of absorption and quantum efficiency of the solar cell incorporated with ESNA has been studied. ESNA confines the electric field in a larger area which results in absorption increase. The simulation results show that proposed ESNA can enhance the absorption up to 97.6% in the absorber layer and the photocurrent is enhanced by a factor of 1.39. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on Euler spiral nanoantenna and so as in its application with solar cells.     

Macroscopic spin and charge transport theory

According to the general principle of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, we propose a set of macroscopic transport equations for the spin transport and the charge transport. In particular, the spin torque is introduced as a generalized `current density' to describe the phenomena associated with the spin non-conservation in a unified framework. The Einstein relations and the Onsager relations between different transport phenomena are established. Specifically, the spin transport properties of the isotropic non-magnetic and the isotropic magnetic two-dimensional electron gases are fully described by using this theory, in which only the macroscopic-spin-related transport phenomena allowed by the symmetry of the system are taken into account.     

Computational transport methodology based on decomposition of a problem domain into transport and diffusive subdomains

A large class of radiative transfer and particle transport problems contain highly diffusive regions. It is possible to reduce computational costs by solving a diffusion problem in diffusive subdomains instead of the transport equation. This enables one to decrease the dimensionality of the transport problem. In this paper we present a methodology for decomposition of a spatial domain of a transport problem into transport and diffusion subregions. We develop methods for solving one-group problems in 1D slab geometry. To identify and locate diffusive regions, we develop metrics for measuring transport effects that are based on the quasidiffusion (Eddington) factor. We present the results of test problems that demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed methodology.     

Transport Efficiency of Continuous-Time Quantum Walks on Graphs

Continuous-time quantum walk describes the propagation of a quantum particle (or an excitation) evolving continuously in time on a graph. As such, it provides a natural framework for modeling transport processes, e.g., in light-harvesting systems. In particular, the transport properties strongly depend on the initial state and specific features of the graph under investigation. In this paper, we address the role of graph topology, and investigate the transport properties of graphs with different regularity, symmetry, and connectivity. We neglect disorder and decoherence, and assume a single trap vertex that is accountable for the loss processes. In particular, for each graph, we analytically determine the subspace of states having maximum transport efficiency. Our results provide a set of benchmarks for environment-assisted quantum transport, and suggest that connectivity is a poor indicator for transport efficiency. Indeed, we observe some specific correlations between transport efficiency and connectivity for certain graphs, but, in general, they are uncorrelated.     

Charge and Heat Transport in Polycrystalline Metallic Nanostructures

Metals are typically good conductors in which the abilities to transport charge and to transport heat can be related through the Wiedemann-Franz law. Here we report on an abnormal charge and heat transport in polycrystalline metallic nanostructures in which the ability to transport charge is weakened more obviously than that to transport heat. We attribute it to the influence of the internal grain boundaries and have formulated a novel relation to predict the thermal conductivity. The Wiedemann-Franz law is then modified to account for the influence of the grain boundaries on the charge and heat transport with the predictions now agreeing well with the measured results.     

分数阶对数耦合系统在非周期外力作用下的定向输运现象

本文讨论了分数阶对数耦合系统在非周期外力作用情况下, 耦合粒子链的定向输运现象. 由于粒子在黏性介质中的运动具有“记忆性”, 所以本文通过将系统建模为分数阶对数耦合模型来研究各个系统参数对粒子链运动状态的影响. 数值仿真表明: 1)对于此类系统, 只有在存在外力作用的情况下粒子链才能够产生定向输运现象, 并且粒子链平均流速随着外力的增大而增大. 2)对于分数阶阶数较小的系统, 阻尼记忆性对粒子链的运动状态有显著的影响, 具体表现为: 粒子链的平均流速存在上界(这个上界非常小), 无论外力、耦合力以及噪声强度如何变化, 粒子链的平均流速都不会超过这个上界. 当系统的阻尼力很大且外力为零时, 粒子链不会产生定向输运现象. 3) 当系统的阶数与外力较大时, 虽然粒子链能够产生定向流, 但是此时系统对耦合力与噪声具有免疫性. 4) 耦合力与噪声强度对粒子链运动的影响只在外力较小的情况下有所表现. 在这种情况下, 当系统阶数充分大时, 粒子链的平均流速随着耦合力与噪声强度的变化而变化, 并且伴随着定向流的产生.     

On the derivation of vector radiative transfer equation for polarized radiative transport in graded index media

Light transport in graded index media follows a curved trajectory determined by Fermat's principle. Besides the effect of variation of the refractive index on the transport of radiative intensity, the curved ray trajectory will induce geometrical effects on the transport of polarization ellipse. This paper presents a complete derivation of vector radiative transfer equation for polarized radiation transport in absorption, emission and scattering graded index media. The derivation is based on the analysis of the conserved quantities for polarized light transport along curved trajectory and a novel approach. The obtained transfer equation can be considered as a generalization of the classic vector radiative transfer equation that is only valid for uniform refractive index media. Several variant forms of the transport equation are also presented, which include the form for Stokes parameters defined with a fixed reference and the Eulerian forms in the ray coordinate and in several common orthogonal coordinate systems.     

锡基钙钛矿太阳能电池载流子传输层的探讨

锡基钙钛矿太阳能电池可避免铅元素对环境带来的污染,近年来已成为光伏领域的研究热点.本文以SCAPS-1D太阳能电池数值模拟软件为平台,对不同电子传输层和不同空穴传输层的锡基钙钛矿太阳能电池器件的性能进行数值仿真对比,从理论上分析不同载流子传输层的锡基钙钛矿太阳能电池的性能差异.结果显示,载流子传输层与钙钛矿层的能带对齐对电池性能至关重要.电子传输层具有更高的导带或电子准费米能级以及空穴传输层具有更低的价带或空穴准费米能级时,对电池输出更大的开路电压有促进作用.另外,当电子传输层的导带高于钙钛矿层导带或钙钛矿层的价带高于空穴传输层的价带时,钙钛矿层与载流子传输层界面形成spike势垒,界面复合机制相对较弱,促使电池获得更佳的性能.当Cd0.5Zn0.5S和MASnBr3分别作为电子传输层和空穴传输层时,与其他材料相比,获得了更优的输出特性:开路电压Voc=0.94 V,短路电流密度Jsc=30.35 mA/cm^2,填充因子FF=76.65%,功率转换效率PCE=21.55%,可认为Cd0.5Zn0.5S和MASnBr3是设计锡基钙钛矿太阳能电池结构合适的载流子传输层材料.这些模拟结果有助于实验上设计并制备高性能的锡基钙钦矿太阳能电池.     

Collisionally induced transport in periodic potentials

We study the transport of ultracold atoms in a tight optical lattice. For identical fermions the system is insulating under an external force while for bosonic atoms it is conducting. This reflects the different collisional properties of the particles and reveals the role of interparticle collisions in establishing a macroscopic transport in a perfectly periodic potential. Also in the case of fermions we can induce a transport by creating a collisional regime through the addition of bosons. We investigate the transport as a function of the collisional rate and observe a transition from a regime in which the mobility increases with increasing collisional rate to one in which it decreases. We compare our data with a theoretical model for electron transport in solids introduced by Esaki and Tsu.     

管靶X射线辐射输运初步研究Ⅱ.实验测量与分析

从实验上研究了X射线在管靶中辐射输运情况.给出两种分解靶：源靶、输运靶.源靶可得到X射线输运的输入条件,输运靶是近似一维X射线输运管道,对其测量可得到输运的结果;给出两种分解靶由软X射线谱仪、平响应XRD和透射光栅谱仪(配X射线CCD)测量的结果,并对实验结果进行分析;最后对输运管道内的等离子体膨胀问题进行了讨论. 关键词：     

Nonlinear transport and heat dissipation in metallic carbon nanotubes

We show that the local temperature dependence of thermalized electron and phonon populations along metallic carbon nanotubes is the main reason behind the nonlinear transport characteristics in the high bias regime. Our model is based on the solution of the Boltzmann transport equation considering both optical and zone boundary phonon emission as well as absorption by charge carriers. It also assumes a local temperature along the nanotube, determined self-consistently with the heat transport equation. By using realistic transport parameters, our results not only reproduce experimental data for electronic transport but also provide a coherent interpretation of thermal breakdown under electric stress. In particular, electron and phonon thermalization prohibits ballistic transport in short nanotubes.     

Radiation transport with anisotropic scattering

Reflection and transmission of radiation with anisotropic scattering in considered, using an invariant-imbedding formulation of the transport equation. Extensive numerical calculations show that the results of the transport approximation, in which the scattering kernel is represented by an isotropic part and a forward scattered component, are useful for an isotropic incident source but they are not satisfactory for a monodirectional source, especially in the case of reflection for large and small incident angles. A modified transport approximation is proposed in which singly-scattered radiation is taken into account exactly and higher-order scatterings are obtained from the transport approximation. The results derived from the modified transport approximation are in good agreement with other calculations for the cases considered.     

Optimal block-tridiagonalization of matrices for coherent charge transport

Numerical quantum transport calculations are commonly based on a tight-binding formulation. A wide class of quantum transport algorithms require the tight-binding Hamiltonian to be in the form of a block-tridiagonal matrix. Here, we develop a matrix reordering algorithm based on graph partitioning techniques that yields the optimal block-tridiagonal form for quantum transport. The reordered Hamiltonian can lead to significant performance gains in transport calculations, and allows to apply conventional two-terminal algorithms to arbitrarily complex geometries, including multi-terminal structures. The block-tridiagonalization algorithm can thus be the foundation for a generic quantum transport code, applicable to arbitrary tight-binding systems. We demonstrate the power of this approach by applying the block-tridiagonalization algorithm together with the recursive Green’s function algorithm to various examples of mesoscopic transport in two-dimensional electron gases in semiconductors and graphene.