An Analytical Approach to Thermal and Electrical Transport in a Mesoscopic Conductor

In order to consider the thermal and electrical coherent transport in a mesoscopic conductor under the influence of electron-electron interaction, in this paper, we establish a method in terms of which one can analytically obtain the Hartree self-consistent potential instead of computing it by the numerical iterative procedure as usual, which is convenient for us to describe the thermal and electric current flow through a mesoscopic conductor. If we study the electron-electron interaction at the Hartree approximation level, the Hartree potential satisfies the Poisson equation and Schrodinger equation, so when we expand the action function S(x) by Planck constant h, the self-consistent potential and the wavefunction can be solved analytically order by order, and the thermal and electrical conductance can thus be obtained readily. However, we just show the quantum corrections up to the second order.     

An Analytical Approach on Mesoscopic Transport Involving with Electron-Electron Interaction

In this paper, we try to present a way in terms of which one can analytically obtain the Hartree self-consistent potential instead of computing it by the numerical iterative procedure as usual, which is convenient for us to describe the current flow through a mesoscopic conductor. In our treatment, we expand the action function S(x) by Planck constant ħ, then the self-consistent potential and the wavefunction can be solved analytically order by order starting from the Poisson equation and quantum Hamilton-Jacobian equation, the differential conductance and quantum capacitance can thus be obtained naturally. In our paper, we show the quantum corrections up to the second order, and the electron-electron interaction is considered only at the Hartree approximation level.     

Analytical solution of the Boltzmann--Poisson equation and its application to MIS tunneling junctions

In order to consider quantum transport under the influence of an electron--electron (e--e) interaction in a mesoscopic conductor, the Boltzmann equation and Poisson equation are investigated jointly. The analytical expressions of the distribution function for the Boltzmann equation and the self-consistent average potential concerned with e--e interaction are obtained, and the dielectric function appearing in the self-consistent average potential is naturally generalized beyond the Thomas--Fermi approximation. Then we apply these results to the tunneling junctions of a metal--insulator--semiconductor (MIS) in which the electrons are accumulated near the interface of the semiconductor, and we find that the e--e interaction plays an important role in the transport procedure of this system. The electronic density, electric current as well as screening Coulombic potential in this case are studied, and we reveal the time and position dependence of these physical quantities explicitly affected by the e--e interaction.     

Screening of persistent currents in mesoscopic metal rings

The effect of the Coulomb-interaction on persistent currents in disordered mesoscopic metal rings threaded by a magnetic flux φ is studied numerically. We use the simplest form of self-consistent Hartree theory, where the spatial variations of the self-consistent Hartree potential are ignored. In this approximation the self-consistent Hartree energies are simply obtained by diagonalizing the non-interacting system via the Lanczos method and then calculating the (disorderdependent) particle number on the ring self-consistently. In the diffusive regime we find that the variance of the total particle number is strongly reduced, in agreement with the prediction of the random-phase approximation. On the other hand, the variance of the number of energy levels in a small interval below the Fermi energy is not affected by the Coulomb interaction. We argue that this implies that the experimentally observed enhancement of the persistent current is due to long-range Coulomb interactions.     

Contact effect in the dynamic electron transport of a two-probe mesoscopic conductor

Based on the self-consistent electron dynamic transport theory for multi-probe mesoscopic systems, we calculate the distribution of internal potential, charge density, and ac conductance of a two-probe mesoscopic conductor with wide trapezoid reservoirs, and study the contact effect. The results show that including the contact effect can make a significant difference to the frequency-dependent electron transport properties. In the nonzero frequency case, the internal potential and the charge density are complex with extremely small imaginary parts. Importantly, the imaginary part of the charge density gives rise to a real ac conductance (admittance), which corresponds to the charge-relaxation resistance.     

Pattern formation and glassy phase in the phi4 theory with a screened electrostatic repulsion

We study analytically the structural properties of a system with a short-range attraction and a competing long-range screened repulsion. This model contains the essential features of the effective interaction potential among charged colloids in polymeric solutions and provides novel insights on the equilibrium phase diagram of these systems. Within the self-consistent Hartree approximation and by using a replica approach, we show that varying the parameters of the repulsive potential and the temperature yields a phase coexistence, a lamellar, and a glassy phase. Our results strongly suggest that the cluster phase observed in charged colloids might be the signature of an underlying equilibrium lamellar phase, hidden on experimental time scales.     

Bose–Einstein condensate wave function and nonlinear Schrödinger equation

The nonlinear Schrödinger equation for the ground-state wave function of an inhomogeneous boson system is derived in the self-consistent Hartree–Fock approximation without the use of the formalism of anomalous averages. The results obtained correspond to the Gross–Pitaevskii equation for the Bose–Einstein condensate wave function when using the delta-shaped boson interaction potential.     

Magnetic-field asymmetry of nonlinear transport in carbon nanotubes

We demonstrate that nonlinear electrical transport through a two-terminal nanoscale sample is not symmetric in the magnetic field B. More specifically, we have measured the lowest order B-asymmetric terms in single-walled carbon nanotubes. Theoretically, these terms can be used to infer both the strength of electron-electron interactions and the handedness of the nanotube. Consistent with theory, we find that at high temperatures the B-linear term is small and has a constant sign independent of Fermi energy, while at low temperatures it develops mesoscopic fluctuations. We also find surprising magnetoresistance at zero bias in the metallic regime.     

相对论速调管放大器中微波放大机制

解析地研究了电子束在相对论速调管放大器（ＲＫＡ）的调制腔和漂移管中的预群聚；第一次用粒子－波相互作用的场方法导出了在辐射腔中预群聚电子束产生辐射的自洽方程；并且计算了线性区的增益．     

原子核费密多体系统平均场近似的推广

本文应用先前得到的序参量——统计格林函数耦合方程组,对于原子核多费密子体系,系统地导出了它的平均场近似,Hartree-Fock近似和无规相位近似。并求出了相应近似下系统热力学势的明显表达式。本文的讨论也适用于处于平衡或非平衡定常态的其他多体系统。 关键词：     

On the thermodynamics of degenerate Bose gas with delta-shaped interaction potential

Within the self-consistent Hartree–Fock approximation, the equilibrium weakly nonideal Bose gas with a delta-shaped interaction potential in the presence of the Bose–Einstein condensate is considered without using quasi-averages. On this basis, using the virial theorem and diagram techniques of the perturbation theory for the equilibrium system in a macroscopic volume, the equation of state providing the isothermal compressibility finiteness, including the Bose–Einstein condensate domain of existence, is obtained.     

Detecting charge noise with a Josephson junction: a problem of thermal escape in presence of non-Gaussian fluctuations

Motivated by several experimental activities to detect charge noise produced by a mesoscopic conductor with a Josephson junction as on-chip detector, the switching rate out of its zero-voltage state is studied. This process is related to the problem of thermal escape in presence of non-Gaussian fluctuations. In the relevant case of weak higher than second order cumulants, an effective Fokker-Planck equation is derived, which is then used to obtain an explicit expression for the escape rate. Specific results for the rate asymmetry due to the third moment of current noise allow to analyze experimental data and to optimize detection circuits.     

Massively parallel ionization of extended atomic systems

Massively parallel ionization of many atoms in a cluster or biomolecule is identified as a new phenomenon of light-matter interaction which becomes feasible through short and intense FEL pulses. Almost simultaneously emitted from the illuminated target the photo-electrons can have such a high density that they interact substantially even after photoionization. This interaction results in a characteristic electron spectrum which can be interpreted as a convolution of a mean-field electron dynamics and binary electron-electron collisions. We demonstrate that this universal spectrum can be obtained analytically by summing synthetic two-body Coulomb collision events. Moreover, we propose an experiment with hydrogen clusters to observe massively parallel ionization.     

Self-consistent solution of Kohn-Sham equations for infinitely extended systems with inhomogeneous electron gas

The density functional approach in the Kohn-Sham approximation is widely used to study properties of many-electron systems. Due to the nonlinearity of the Kohn-Sham equations, the general self-consistence searching method involves iterations with alternate solving of the Poisson and Schrödinger equations. One of problems of such an approach is that the charge distribution renewed by means of the solution of the Schrödinger equation does not conform to boundary conditions of the Poisson equation for the Coulomb potential. The resulting instability or even divergence of iterations manifests itself most appreciably in the case of infinitely extended systems. The known attempts to deal with this problem are reduced in fact to abandoning the original iterative method and replacing it with some approximate calculation scheme, which is usually semi-empirical and does not permit to evaluate the extent of deviation from the exact solution. In this work, we realize the iterative scheme of solving the Kohn-Sham equations for extended systems with inhomogeneous electron gas, which is based on eliminating the long-range character of Coulomb interaction as the cause of tight coupling between charge distribution and boundary conditions. The suggested algorithm is employed to calculate energy the spectrum, self-consistent potential, and electrostatic capacitance of the semi-infinite degenerate electron gas bounded by an infinitely high barrier, as well as the work function and surface energy of simple metals in the model with homogeneous distribution of positive background. The difference between self-consistent Hartree solutions and those taking into account the exchange-correlation interaction is analyzed. The comparison with the results previously published in the literature is carried out. The case study of the metal-semiconductor tunnel contact shows this method as applied to an infinitely extended system where the steady-state current can flow.     

Continuous Variable Entanglement of Two Mesoscopic Josephson Junctions Induced by a Thermal Radiation Field

The continuous-variable （CV） entanglement between two mesoscopic Josephson junctions is studied and the time-dependent characteristic function in Wigner representation for the Josephson junction subsystem driven by a singlemode thermal field is analytically obtained. It is found that an initial lowest energy state of the junction subsystem can evolve into a two-mode entangled Gaussian state through the interaction with the thermal radiation field. Furthermore, we investigate the influence of the temperature on the entanglement of the junctions and find that the CV entanglement of the two junctions shows the critical behavior with respect to the temperature.     

A CDW Model for MX Complexes: Hartree-Fock Scheme of Ground State

We study the effects of screened Coulomb electron-electron interactions in halogen-bridged. mixed-valence transition metal linear chain complexes (MX chains) applying lattice model with a double-well potential to simulate CDW ground state. With the periodicity of MX chain, we construct a complete set of orthogonal and normalized wave functions in view of the second-neighbor approximation. Starting from the restricted Hartree-Fock scheme, we diagnolize the Fock matrix analytically and calculate the LCAO-MO-SCF solutions. Our theory shows the dependence of charge transfer on the strength and screened coefficient of electron-electron interaction.     

Coulomb-induced positive current-current correlations in normal conductors

In the white-noise limit current correlations measured at different contacts of a mesoscopic conductor are negative due to the antisymmetry of the wave function (Pauli principle). We show that current fluctuations at capacitive contacts induced via the long range Coulomb interaction due to charge fluctuations in the mesoscopic sample can be positively correlated. The positive correlations are a consequence of the extension of the wave functions into areas near both contacts. As an example we investigate in detail a quantum point contact in a high magnetic field under conditions in which transport is along an edge state.     

Spatially Homogeneous Modelling of a Stabilized XeCl* Laser Discharge

Recently an improved technique to create a stable and homogeneous discharge for pumping excimer laser plasmas has been proposed in [1]. This technique is based on the additional use of a stabilizing low-current preliminary discharge. For the study of such laser discharges a self-consistent spatially homogeneous model with the inclusion of the time-dependent Boltzmann equation for the electrons, of the rate equation system arising from the heavy particle and photon kinetics and of the electrical circuit equations has been employed. A brief presentation of important features of the comprehensive model is given. An iterative procedure to solve self-consistently the system of kinetic, rate and circuit equations has been generalized and applied to discharge conditions where a dominant electron-electron interaction occurs. Model calculations have been performed for typical XeCl* laser plasmas which operate according to the improved discharge technique. On this basis a detailed analysis of main features of this laser discharge is given and the impact of various parameters on significant characteristics of the discharge is calculated and discussed.     

相干输运中的接点问题

为了研究介观体系的相干输运中接点的重要作用,采用一简单的纳米单势垒“二维-一维-二维”(2D-1D-2D)模型,应用散射矩阵方法和托马斯-费米近似,计算了体系透射率和在直流电压下电势分布. 结果表明： 1)接点对其透射率有显著的影响; 2)电势降落表现的电导性质违背了与经典串联电路中等价的基尔霍夫定律. 因此介观体系中各器件与接点间是量子相干的,考虑接点问题有利于对介观体系相干输运更为深入的研究. 关键词： 相干输运 接点 介观体系     

Signature of the electron-electron interaction in the magnetic-field dependence of nonlinear I-V characteristics in mesoscopic systems

We show that the nonlinear I-V characteristics of mesoscopic samples with metallic conductivity should contain parts which are linear in the magnetic-field and quadratic in the electric field. These contributions to the current are entirely due to the electron-electron interaction and consequently they are proportional to the electron-electron interaction constant. We also note that both the amplitude and the sign of the nonlinear part of the current exhibit random oscillations as a function of temperature.