Effect of pressure and temperature on spin-dependent tunneling in InAs/GaAs heterostructure with Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction

Using the transfer matrix, spin-dependent electron tunneling was studied in InAs/GaAs double barrier symmetrical heterostructure. The effect of Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction in this system was analysed as a function of pressure and temperature. Both pressure and temperature influences the polarization efficiency, barrier transparency and dwell time of electrons. The increasing pressure increases polarization efficiency, tunneling life time and dwell time of electrons, where as the increasing temperature decreases the same parameters. The results might be helpful for the fabrication of spin-devices.     

Femtosecond shaping of transverse and longitudinal light polarization

Femtosecond laser pulse shaping techniques have been restricted to propagating transverse electromagnetic waves. We present a scheme for pulse shaping of optical near fields based on the excitation of longitudinal electromagnetic fields with polarization-shaped light pulses. By solving Maxwell's equations for a model nanostructure, i.e., a scanning tunneling microscope tip, with help from the boundary-element method, we demonstrate that the electric field vector oscillates in a complex yet controllable fashion in three dimensions. Many applications are envisioned because literally another dimension in the optimal control of light-matter interaction is accessible.     

Ultra-fast saturable absorber through spatial self-trapping and filtering in Ti:PPLN film waveguides

Numerical and experimental investigations on ultra-fast all-optical saturable absorber on picosecond optical pulses at 1547 nm using spatial self-trapped propagation in a quadratic nonlinear film waveguide combined with spatial filtering are reported. The influences of phase-mismatch, pulse intensity and spatial filtering on the temporal reshaping mechanism are discussed to derive the optimum parameters. PACS 42.65.Ky, 42.65.Re, 42.65.Wi     

The polaron state of a crystal

The quantum mechanics of an electron-nuclear system with strong electron-phonon coupling is considered. First, a two-site model is treated in the adiabatic approximation. As the coupling constant increases, electron transfer undergoes qualitative changes; more specifically, a potential barrier forms in the adiabatic potential, the electron transfer becomes associated with the tunneling of nuclei through the barrier, and the level splitting in the system falls off exponentially. The properties of a similar crystal model are discussed. It is shown that electron transfer in a crystal in the case of strong coupling is likewise associated with the tunneling of nuclei through barriers in the deformation space. Strong coupling modifies the electron-electron interaction terms. The Hamiltonian (exchange) terms, which are not associated with electron transfer, are only weakly modified. At the same time, the terms involving transfer (the band terms) undergo exponential reduction and vanish in the limit as M → ∞ (M is the ion mass) and the carriers become small polarons. This reduction provides a basis for the natural mechanism of enhancement of the isotope effect.     

Enhancement of efficiency in photo-excitation to the triplet state by laser-pulse reshaping

An optical system is proposed to enhance efficiency in photo-excitation to the triplet state by reshaping an original laser pulse into a train of pulses. This optical system can be used to improve the attainable nuclear spin polarization in dynamic nuclear polarization experiments using photo-excited triplet electron spins.     

Spin-filter device based on the Rashba effect using a nonmagnetic resonant tunneling diode

We propose an electronic spin-filter device that uses a nonmagnetic triple barrier resonant tunneling diode (TB-RTD). This device combines the spin-split resonant tunneling levels induced by the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and the spin blockade phenomena between two regions separated by the middle barrier in the TB-RTD. Detailed calculations using the InAlAs/InGaAs material system reveal that a splitting of a peak should be observed in the I-V curve of this device as a result of the spin-filtering effect. The filtering efficiency exceeds 99.9% at the peak positions in the I-V curve.     

Spectrum reshaping of amplified pulse in silicon nanowaveguide

A device consisting of a cascaded semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and silicon on insulator (SOI) optical waveguide is presented to amplify and reshape the frequency spectrum of optical pulses in the picoseconds time duration. Numerical simulations show that the output spectrum of the amplified pulse by SOA can be effectively reshaped by utilizing the SOI waveguide. The length of the SOI waveguide may be judiciously adjusted to significantly reduce the frequency chirp of the output pulse from the SOA resulting in reshaping of the output spectrum. We find that the property of pulse spectrum is sensitive to the input pulse power and its temporal width.     

A superresolution optical disk with a combination of optical path filtering and saturable absorption techniques

Calculations have been done for the modulation transfer function of a superresolution optical disk with a combination of optical path filtering and saturable absorption techniques. The results reveal that optical path filtering alone can only equalize, to a certain degree, the spatial frequency response of the opticaldisk system, but it can not attain any response beyond the cutoff frequency. With an additional saturable absorption layer in-between the substrate and the information layer, it is found that the optical response both under and beyond the cutoff frequency can be greatly improved.     

Reconfigurable generation of high-repetition-rate optical pulse sequences based on time-domain phase-only filtering

We propose and demonstrate a fiber-based phase-only filtering technique for programmable optical pulse shaping, in which the filtering operation is implemented in the time domain by means of an electro-optical (EO) phase modulator. The technique has been applied for generating customized ultrahigh-repetition-rate optical pulse sequences (>40 GHz) from single input pulses by driving the EO phase modulator with a periodic electronic waveform (RF tone). The generated output pulses are replicas of the input pulse and both the repetition rate and the envelope profile of the generated sequences can be controlled and tuned electronically using this approach.     

Optical Bloch oscillation and resonant Zener tunneling in one-dimensional quasi-period structures containing single negative materials

We studied the optical Bloch oscillation and resonant Zener tunneling in macroscopic quasi-period structures of alternatively stratified single negative and dielectric slabs. By a decrease in the thicknesses of the dielectric slabs, the electronic potential of crystals subjected to external dc electric fields is mimicked and the optical Wannier-Stark ladder (WSL) is realized. Both scattering states and the time-resolved transmission of a short pulse are provided to show the existence of the optical analogue of electronic Bloch oscillation. At a critical gradient, the resonant photon Zener tunneling is demonstrated both from the amplitude and the time delay in the transmitted signal of a short pulse.     

光纤脉冲堆积器的模拟分析

介绍了用于惯性约束核聚变(ICF)前端系统的光纤脉冲堆积器的基本原理.该堆积器对种子脉冲分束、延时、调幅、合束,最后整形出任意形状的脉冲.通过数值模拟分析了种子脉冲形状、脉冲之间的时延和相位差以及光学滤波对脉冲堆积波形的影响.结果表明,增大脉冲的上升沿和下降沿,控制相邻脉冲之间的相位差在π/2,并对输出脉冲进行光学滤波后能够获得上升沿小于100 ps、脉冲顶部起伏小于5%、时间准确度为100 ps的整形脉冲. 国家863高技术计划资助项目     

Numerical study of metastability due to tunneling: The quantum string method

We generalize the string method, originally designed for the study of thermally activated rare events, to the calculation of quantum tunneling rates. This generalization is based on the formal analogy between quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics in the path-integral formalism. The quantum string method first locates the minimal action path (MAP), which is a smooth curve connecting two minima of the imaginary-time action in the space of imaginary-time trajectories. From the MAP, the saddle point of the action (called “the bounce”) associated with the exponential factor for barrier tunneling probability is obtained and the pre-exponential factor (the ratio of determinants) for the tunneling rate evaluated using stochastic simulation. The quantum string method is implemented to calculate the bounce and rate of tunneling for the Mueller potential in two dimensions. The quantum problem is much more difficult than the thermally activated barrier crossing problem for the same potential. The model calculations show the string method to be an efficient numerical tool for the study of barrier tunneling in higher dimension, from the determination of the saddle point to the computation of the pre-exponential factor.     

H andH NMR Relaxation in Hydrogen-Bonded Solids Due to a Complex Motion: Classical Jumps over a Barrier and Incoherent Tunneling

Equations for the temperature dependence of proton and deuteron spin–lattice relaxation rates and second moments due to a complex motion consisting of classical jumps over a potential barrier and quantum mechanical tunneling through the barrier have been derived. Asymmetric double and triple potential wells are considered. These equations have been employed to analyze proton spin–lattice relaxation data for solid naphthazarin in the laboratory and rotating frames as a function of temperature. It is shown that tunneling plays an important role in the proton transfer dynamics of this compound.     

磁光光纤中光脉冲的非线性传播特性研究

根据光纤中磁光效应与非线性效应的微扰理论,推导了磁光光纤中光脉冲的非线性耦合模方程,比较了修正的分步傅里叶算法中磁光效应的时域和频域处理方案,表明了在步长足够小的情况下,两种方案的结果一致.分析了磁光效应、光纤非线性以及色散对光脉冲传输特性的影响,通过改变磁光耦合强度,不但可以灵活控制脉冲形状,还可以改变非线性引起的频率啁啾大小,有助于实现基于光脉冲展宽的动态整形功能.本文给出的理论分析方法,有助于开发可用于光纤通信、光纤传感等领域的基于非线性磁光光纤的新型磁光信息处理器件.     

基于非线性光纤环形镜的少模脉冲幅度调制再生器

随着网络带宽需求的快速增加,波分复用系统的容量已接近非线性香农极限.为了适应未来网络的发展,空分复用技术引起了越来越多的关注.本文首次提出基于少模非线性光纤环形镜(FM-NOLM)的脉冲幅度调制(PAM)全光再生器,描述了其工作原理和具体设计过程.采用COMSOL软件对组成FM-NOLM的硫化物高非线性光纤进行了模式特性仿真.以LP01,LP11,LP21三个光纤模式为例,确定了再生器的参数,计算出每个模式的功率转移函数曲线.仿真分析了该少模PAM-4全光再生器的噪声抑制(NRR)性能,并与单模情形进行了比较.研究表明,1)对于每个空间模式的PAM信号,所有再生电平具有一致的功率转移性能;2)当输入信噪比(SNR)约大于20 dB时,三种模式的噪声抑制比均可超过3 dB,并随着输入信噪比线性增加,其斜率约为1.2;3)在相同输入SNR条件下,三种模式的噪声抑制比相差不大,不超过1.1 dB.为了说明再生器的再生性能,当输入SNR为25 dB时,我们还给出了再生前后PAM-4信号的功率分布直方图.与现有的再生方案相比,本文方案的均匀多电平再生转移性能,使其更适合高频谱效率的长距空分复用系统和任意电平数的PAM信号再生.此外,该方案也能够扩展到波长域,有效提高光通信系统的传输容量.     

Interference and dispersion effects on tunneling time

We study the interplay between pulse width, interference and tunneling for a wave packet incident upon a barrier and, within the context of tunneling time, we offer a complementary insight into the origin of the Hartman effect. We find that interference together with momentum spread lower (increase) the transmission (reflection) tunneling time thereby `breaking the symmetry between transmission and reflection times'. But, within the limits of our method, we are unable to confirm that negative tunneling time can be obtained.     

用多项式近似逆滤波函数实现场曲修正

根据光电成像系统传递函数,确定逆滤波函数对获得图像进行反降质恢复.将连续逆滤波函数按泰勒级数展开,用多项式近似表示.对逆滤波函数的多项式作反傅里叶变换,得到图像恢复在空间域中的近似运算表达,即图像信号及其各阶导数的线性组合,而不是复杂的反卷积操作.该方法特别适合空间移变系统的图像恢复.详细分析了这种方法的原理,推导了运算公式,并给出了对场曲图像处理的结果.     

X射线成像积分滤波模型与实验

X射线数字化成像系统的不足主要表现在成像末端耦合约束、微焦点约束瓶颈以及单光子成像缺陷与量子噪声约束等方面,利用传统的数字图像处理手段很难实现有效的图像滤波,而复杂的滤波算法进一步限制了其工程使用效果。为了提高X射线成像系统的光学传递能力与系统抗噪声能力,本文首先以热激发X辐射源与X射线像增强器为例,从系统层面探索成像遇到的诸多技术瓶颈,并在此基础上提出了一种针对X射线成像的积分滤波方法。然后,将空间频率固定的铅制光栅作为被测目标,通过改变中继光学耦合系统的物像关系使得像方空间频率在一定区间内连续改变,进而通过大量的实验数据实现在不同积分时间条件下的光学传递函数精确拟合。接着,分别从光学传递函数积分效果与归一化后的基频传递特性的角度验证了该滤波方法可以有效压制热触发源引入的量子噪声,避免图像产生单光子成像缺陷。实验数据表明:该方法可以提升系统成像的光学传递能力。最后,通过帧叠加与积分滤波的对比效果验证了该滤波方法的优越性。     

Tunneling time in space fractional quantum mechanics

We calculate the time taken by a wave packet to travel through a classically forbidden region of space in space fractional quantum mechanics. We obtain the close form expression of tunneling time from a rectangular barrier by stationary phase method. We show that tunneling time depends upon the width b of the barrier for $b\to \infty$ and therefore Hartman effect doesn't exist in space fractional quantum mechanics. Interestingly we found that the tunneling time monotonically reduces with increasing b. The tunneling time is smaller in space fractional quantum mechanics as compared to the case of standard quantum mechanics. We recover the Hartman effect of standard quantum mechanics as a special case of space fractional quantum mechanics.