Vector kink-dark complex solitons in a three-component Bose–Einstein condensate

We investigate kink-dark complex solitons(KDCSs) in a three-component Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC) with repulsive interactions and pair-transition(PT) effects. Soliton profiles critically depend on the phase differences between dark solitons excitation elements. We report a type of kink-dark soliton profile which shows a droplet-bubble-droplet with a density dip, in sharp contrast to previously studied bubble-droplets. The interaction between two KDCSs is further investigated. It demonstrates some striking particle transition behaviours during their collision processes, while soliton profiles survive after the collision. Additionally, we exhibit the state transition dynamics between a kink soliton and a dark soliton. These results suggest that PT effects can induce more abundant complex solitons dynamics in multi-component BEC.     

Nonadiabatic effects on population transfer of two Bose－Einstein condensates induced by atomic interaction

We investigate the stimulated Raman adiabatic passage for Bose－Einstein condensate (BEC) states which are trapped in different potential wells or two ground states of BEC in the same trap. We consider that lasers are nearly resonant with the atomic transitions. The difference of population transfer processes between BEC atoms and usual atoms is that the atomic interaction of the BEC atoms can cause some nonadiabatic effects, which may degrade the process. But with suitable detunings of laser pulses, the effects can be remedied to some extent according to different atomic interactions.     

Nonadiabatic effects on population transfer of two Bose-Einstein condensates induced by atomic interaction

We investigate the stimulated Raman adiabatic passage for Bose-Einstein condensate (BEG) states which are trapped in different potential wells or two ground states of BEG in the same trap. We consider that lasers are nearly resonant with the atomic transitions. The difference of population transfer processes between BEG atoms and usual atoms is that the atomic interaction of the BEG atoms can cause some nonadiabatic effects, which may degrade the process. But with suitable detunings of laser pulses, the effects can be remedied to some extent according to different atomic interactions.     

Coupling between Collective Excitations of a Bose--Einstein Condensate and Modulated Interactions

We investigate collective excitations of a Bose Einstein repulsive interactions, and analytically demonstrate that condensate in the presence of temporal modulation of the modulated interaction can drive the condensate to oscillate with the external modulation frequency, and that the interaction couples with the eigen modes of the condensate collective excitations, which was previously considered to be independent of interaction. When the external modulation frequency approaches or is far away from the eigen frequency of the density monopole mode, the condensate shows resonant or beating behaviour.     

Electron correlation in fast ion-impact single ionization of helium atoms

A four-body distorted-wave approximation is applied for theoretical analysis of the fully differential cross sections(FDCS)for proton-impact single ionization of helium atoms in their ground states.The nine-dimensional integrals for the partial amplitudes are analytically reduced to closed-form expressions or some one-dimensional integrals which can be easily calculated numerically.Calculations are performed in the scattering and perpendicular planes.The influence of the target static electron correlations on the process is investigated using a number of different bound-state wave functions for the ground state of the helium targets.An illustrative computation is performed for 75-ke V proton–helium collisions and the obtained results are compared with experimental data and other theoretical predictions.Although for small momentum transfers,the comparison shows a reasonable agreement with experiments in the scattering and perpendicular planes,some significant discrepancies are still present at large momentum transfers in these planes.However,our results are compatible and for some cases,better than those of the other sophisticated calculations.     

Computational studies on the interactions of nanomaterials with proteins and their impacts

The intensive concern over the biosafety of nanomaterials demands the systematic study of the mechanisms underlying their biological effects. Many of the effects of nanomaterials can be attributed to their interactions with proteins and their impacts on protein function. On the other hand, nanomaterials show potential for a variety of biomedical applications,many of which also involve direct interactions with proteins. In this paper, we review some recent computational studies on this subject, especially those investigating the interactions of carbon and gold nanomaterials. Beside hydrophobic andπ-stacking interactions, the mode of interaction of carbon nanomaterials can also be regulated by their functional groups.The coatings of gold nanomaterials similarly adjust their mode of interaction, in addition to coordination interactions with the sulfur groups of cysteine residues and the imidazole groups of histidine residues. Nanomaterials can interact with multiple proteins and their impacts on protein activity are attributed to a wide spectrum of mechanisms. These findings on the mechanisms of nanomaterial–protein interactions can further guide the design and development of nanomaterials to realize their application in disease diagnosis and treatment.     

Effects of in-plane stiffness and charge transfer on thermal expansion of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide

The temperature dependence of lattice constants is studied by using first-principles calculations to determine the effects of in-plane stiffness and charge transfer on the thermal expansions of monolayer semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides.Unlike the corresponding bulk material,our simulations show that monolayer MX₂（M = Mo and W;X = S,Se,and Te） exhibits a negative thermal expansion at low temperatures,induced by the bending modes.The transition from contraction to expansion at higher temperatures is observed.Interestingly,the thermal expansion can be tailored regularly by alteration of the M or X atom.Detailed analysis shows that the positive thermal expansion coefficient is determined mainly by the in-plane stiffness,which can be expressed by a simple relationship.Essentially the regularity of this change can be attributed to the difference in charge transfer between the different elements.These findings should be applicable to other two-dimensional systems.     

Folded Localized Excitations of the （2＋1）-Dimensional Broer-Kaup Equation

Considering that the multi-valued (folded) localized excitations may appear in many (2 1)-dimensional soliton equations because some arbitrary functions can be included in the exact solutions, we use some special types of muliti-valued functions to construct folded solitrary waves and foldons in the (2 1)-dimensional Broer-Kaup equation.These folded excitations are invesigated both analytically and graphically in an alternative way.     

Interactions between Components of Various Vector Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates

We investigate the interactions between components of various vector solitons in Bos-Einstein condensates by means of the least action principle, and derive the effective potentials for different vector solitons, which indicate that the interactions are of short range, and may be repulsive or attractive decided by the different intra- and inter-species interactions in such a system. In the case of attraction, the two solitons will oscillate about and pass through each other around the equilibrium state. The comparison of analytical results with mumertical simulation is presented.     

Solitary Excitations of Dipolar Bosons in Optical Lattice under Magnetic Fields

We obtain the multisolitary solutions of the extended Bose-Hubbard model which describes dipolar Bose- Einstein condensates in optical lattices under time-dependent magnetic fields, and indicate that the nonlinearity is due to both on-site short-range interactions and also （long-range） dipole-dipole interactions which can act between neighboring sites. The discrete breathers as nonlinear excitations are always oscillatory in time and can also be spatially localized, while the oscillatory frequencies are determined by an external field. We show that these excitations will be observable and discuss how the parameters can be tuned in future experiments.     

Evolution of domain structure in Fe_3GeTe_2

Two-dimensional(2D)magnets provide an ideal platform to explore new physical phenomena in fundamental magnetism and to realize the miniaturization of magnetic devices.The study on its domain structure evolution with thickness is of great significance for better understanding the 2D magnetism.Here,we investigate the magnetization reversal and domain structure evolution in 2D ferromagnet Fe₃GeTe₂(FGT)with a thickness range of 11.2-112 nm.Three types of domain structures and their corresponding hysteresis loops can be obtained.The magnetic domain varies from a circular domain via a dendritic domain to a labyrinthian domain with increasing FGT thickness,which is accompanied by a transition from squared to slanted hysteresis loops with reduced coercive fields.These features can be ascribed to the total energy changes from exchange interaction-dominated to dipolar interaction-dominated with increasing FGT thickness.Our finding not only enriches the fundamental magnetism,but also paves a way towards spintronics based on 2D magnet.     

Shape-changed propagations and interactions for the (3+1)-dimensional generalized Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation in fluids

In this article, we consider the(3+1)-dimensional generalized Kadomtsev–Petviashvili(GKP)equation in fluids. We show that a variety of nonlinear localized waves can be produced by the breath wave of the GKP model, such as the(oscillating-) W-and M-shaped waves, rational W-shaped waves, multi-peak solitary waves,(quasi-) Bell-shaped and W-shaped waves and(quasi-) periodic waves. Based on the characteristic line analysis and nonlinear superposition principle, we give the transition conditions analytically. We find the interesting dynamic behavior of the converted nonlinear waves, which is known as the time-varying feature. We further offer explanations for such phenomenon. We then discuss the classification of the converted solutions. We finally investigate the interactions of the converted waves including the semi-elastic collision, perfectly elastic collision, inelastic collision and one-off collision. And the mechanisms of the collisions are analyzed in detail. The results could enrich the dynamic features of the high-dimensional nonlinear waves in fluids.     

Erasable Ferroelectric Domain Wall Diodes

The unipolar diode-like domain wall currents in LiNbO3 single-crystal nanodevices are not only attractive in terms of their applications in nonvolatile ferroelectric domain wall memory,but also useful in half-wave and full-wave rectifier systems,as well as detector,power protection,and steady voltage circuits.Unlike traditional diodes,where the rectification functionality arises from the contact between n-type and p-type conductors,which are unchanged after off-line production,ferroelectric domain wall diodes can be reversibly created,erased,positioned,and shaped,using electric fields.We demonstrate such functionality using ferroelectric mesa-like cells,formed at the surface of an insulating X-cut LiNbO₃ single crystal.Under the application of an in-plane electric field above a coercive field along the polar Z axis,the domain within the cell is reversed to be antiparallel to the unswitched bottom domain via the formation of a conducting domain wall.The wall current was rectified using two interfacial volatile domains in contact with two side Pt electrodes.Unlike the nonvolatile inner domain wall,the interfacial domain walls disappear to turn off the wall current path after the removal of the applied electric field,or under a negative applied voltage,due to the built-in interfacial imprint fields.These novel devices have the potential to facilitate the random definition of diode-like elements in modern large-scale integrated circuits.     

Solitons in nonlinear systems and eigen-states in quantum wells

We study the relations between solitons of nonlinear Schro¨dinger equation and eigen-states of linear Schro¨dinger equation with some quantum wells. Many different non-degenerated solitons are re-derived from the eigen-states in the quantum wells. We show that the vector solitons for the coupled system with attractive interactions correspond to the identical eigen-states with the ones of the coupled systems with repulsive interactions. Although their energy eigenvalues seem to be different, they can be reduced to identical ones in the same quantum wells. The non-degenerated solitons for multi-component systems can be used to construct much abundant degenerated solitons in more components coupled cases.Meanwhile, we demonstrate that soliton solutions in nonlinear systems can also be used to solve the eigen-problems of quantum wells. As an example, we present the eigenvalue and eigen-state in a complicated quantum well for which the Hamiltonian belongs to the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian having parity–time symmetry. We further present the ground state and the first exited state in an asymmetric quantum double-well from asymmetric solitons. Based on these results, we expect that many nonlinear physical systems can be used to observe the quantum states evolution of quantum wells, such as a water wave tank, nonlinear fiber, Bose–Einstein condensate, and even plasma, although some of them are classical physical systems. These relations provide another way to understand the stability of solitons in nonlinear Schro¨dinger equation described systems, in contrast to the balance between dispersion and nonlinearity.     

Directional Plasmon Filtering in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Embedded in High-Index Crystallographic Planes

We study theoretically the plasmon excitations in a two-dimensional electron gas （2DEG） with spin-orbit interactions （SOIs） embedded in a （11n） crystallographic plane. We demonstrate that the energy spectra and dielectric functions between the 2DEGs embedded in different crystallographic planes can be related by a unitary transformation. Using the unitary transformation, we find that the anisotropy of plasmon excitations and the directional plasmon filtering （DPF） can be tuned by changing the strengths of SOIs in the high-index planes. There are two advantageous directions [110] and [nn2] for plasmon propagation. Moreover, the anisotropy and the DPF can be smeared out by tuning the strength ratio α/β between the Rashba SOI and the Dresselhaus SOI.     

Dynamic dc voltage band in vertical transport of superlattices

By the numerical method, we show a transition process from static to dynamic electric-field domain formation in semiconductor superlattices. During this transition, there can be noticed a sawtooth-like zone in which static and dynamic electric-field domain zones appear alternatively with increasing voltage. Therefore, a dynamic dc voltage band emerges from each sawtooth-like branch of the current－voltage characteristic. These results are qualitatively in agreement with experiment.     

A modified explanation of cold nuclear matter effects on J/ψ production in p+A collisions

A modified explanation of the cold nuclear matter(CNM) effects on J/ψ production in p+A collisions is presented in this paper.The advantage of the modified explanation is that all the CNM effects implemented in this model have clear physical origins and are mostly centered on the idea of multiple parton scattering.With the CNM effects presented in this paper, we calculated the nuclear modification factor Rp A in J/ψ production under different collision energies.The results are compared with the corresponding experiment data and the factors calculated with classic nuclear effects.The factors calculated with CNM effects presented in this paper can accurately reproduce almost all existing J/ψ measurements in p-A collisions, which is much better than results obtained with the factors calculated with classic nuclear effects.The new model is therefore a more suitable approach to explain CNM effects in the hardproduction of quarkonium.     

Chiral plasmonics and enhanced chiral light-matter interactions

Chirality, which describes the broken mirror symmetry in geometric structures, exists macroscopically in our daily life as well as microscopically down to molecular levels. Correspondingly, chiral molecules interact differently with circularly polarized light exhibiting opposite handedness(left-handed and right-handed). However, the interaction between chiral molecules and chiral light is very weak. In contrast, artificial chiral plasmonic structures can generate "super-chiral" plasmonic near-field, leading to enhanced chiral light-matter(or chiroptical) interactions. The "super-chiral" near-field presents different amplitude and phase under opposite handedness incidence, which can be utilized to engineer linear and nonlinear chiroptical interactions. Specifically,in the interaction between quantum emitters and chiral plasmonic structures, the chiral hot spots can favour the emission with a specific handedness. This article reviews the state-of-the-art research on the design, fabrication and chiroptical response of different chiral plasmonic nanostructures or metasurfaces. This review also discusses enhanced chiral light-matter interactions that are essential for applications like chirality sensing, chiral selective light emitting and harvesting. In the final part, the review ends with a perspective on future directions of chiral plasmonics.     

Benchmark solutions for MHD solver development

A benchmark solution is of great importance in validating algorithms and codes for magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) flows.Hunt and Shercliff’s solutions are usually employed as benchmarks for MHD flows in a duct with insulated walls or with thin conductive walls,in which wall effects on MHD are represented by the wall conductance ratio.With wall thickness resolved,it is stressed that the solution of Sloan and Smith’s and the solution of Butler’s can be used to check the error of the thin wall approximation condition used for Hunt’s solutions.It is noted that Tao and Ni’s solutions can be used as a benchmark for MHD flows in a duct with wall symmetrical or unsymmetrical,thick or thin.When the walls are symmetrical,Tao and Ni’s solutions are reduced to Sloan and Smith’s solution and Butler’s solution,respectively.     

Centrality and energy dependence of rapidity correlation patterns in relativistic heavy ion collisions

The centrality and energy dependence of rapidity correlation patterns are studied in Au+Au collisions by using AMPT with string melting, RQMD and UrQMD models. The behaviors of the short-range correlation (SRC) and the long-range correlation (LRC) are presented clearly by two spatial-position dependent correlation patterns. For centrality dependence, UrQMD and RQMD give similar results as those in AMPT, i.e., in most central collisions, the correlation structure is flatter and the correlation range is larger, which indicates a long range rapidity correlation. A long range rapidity correlation showing up in RQMD and UrQMD implies that parton interaction is not the only source of long range rapidity correlations. For energy dependence, AMPT with string melting and RQMD show quite different results. The correlation patterns in RQMD at low collision energies and those in AMPT at high collision energies have similar structures, i.e. a convex curve, while the correlation patterns in RQMD at high collision energies and those in AMPT at low collision energies show flat structures, having no position dependence. Long range rapidity correlation presents itself at high energy and disappears at low energy in RQMD, which also indicates that long range rapidity correlations may come from some trivial effects, rather than the parton interactions.