Stabilization of a Rydberg atom and competition between the Λ and V transition channels

The photoionization and stabilization of a Rydberg atom in a strong laser field are investigated theoretically. The role of Raman-type transitions between neighboring Rydberg levels via the continuum (Λ transitions) and via lower-energy resonant Rydberg levels (V transitions) is analyzed. The conditions under which this phenomenon can be observed experimentally are determined. The characteristics of stabilization due to V-type transitions are described. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 114, 821–836 (September 1998)     

High transparency of a two-photon scattering channel in triple-barrier structures

An analytical solution of the Schrödinger equation with open boundary conditions in all scattering channels has been found for asymmetric triple-barrier resonance-tunneling structures with thin high barriers. This solution describes resonance transitions between three quantum levels in a high rf electric field. It is found that, under certain conditions, most electrons incident on the upper resonance level can emit two photons and leave a structure through the lower level without intermediate interaction with phonons. The structure appears to be almost absolutely transparent in a wide range of the rf field amplitude. This behavior fundamentally distinguishes the multiphoton scattering process from previously considered single-photon scattering processes and the quantum efficiency of such transitions can be twice as high as the maximum quantum efficiency of the transitions between neighboring levels and can reach a value of 160% in the limiting case.     

Theoretical estimates of optimal parameters for quantum cascade lasers

The quantum cascade (QC) laser is a new light source which is based on one type of carrier (electrons) making transitions between energy levels created by quantum confinement. In this paper, focusing on the working conditions which a QC laser should satisfy, we have discussed the subband lifespans in QC laser active regions. The results show that the population inversion condition can be achieved by resonant tunneling associated with an optical phonon, and this population inversion can be facilitated by the short escaping time of electrons from one active region to the neighboring active region. Our calculations also show that the lifespans of levels 3 and 2 are dominated by the phonon scattering time, and the escaping time from one active region to the next active region is determined by the thickness of exit barrier and the proper design of the miniband between the active regions.     

Properties of octupole-vibrational bands in the 160Dy nucleus

The mixing of octupole-vibrational bands in the ¹⁶⁰Dy nucleus is analyzed within a phenomenological model that involves Coriolis coupling. The energies of levels in the bands, the reduced probabilities for E1 transitions from the octupole-vibrational bands to the ground-state and γ bands, and the ratios of the reduced probabilities for these transitions to the neighboring levels of the ground-state band are calculated. Satisfactory agreement with available experimental data is reached.     

Quantum nonlinear resonance in a strong electromagnetic field

The motion of a one-dimensional quantum weakly anharmonic system under the influence of harmonic external field is treated in the range where the transition frequency between the neighboring levels is close to the frequency of the harmonic field (quantum nonlinear resonance). The case of the strong external field, in which the Rabi frequency for the transitions is large in comparison with the field frequency, is studied. The expression for compact wavepackets of quasienergy states that change their content and width periodically (and, possibly, strongly), is obtained.     

Intensities of helium Stark lines in the region of levels anticrossing between n = 6 and n = 7

Studies of intensities of Stark lines of atomic He have been performed. The applied fields were high enough that shifts of the upper levels of the observed transitions became larger than the separation distance between levels with different principal quantum numbers. Overlapping of structures belonging to neighboring principal quantum numbers leads to levels anticrossing effects, what is reflected in variation of intensities of the observed spectral lines. Using the density matrix theory, calculations of the line intensities have been performed. By matching the superpositions of the excited states in the theoretical calculations we can follow the results of observation. Computer simulations have been performed for the observed levels anticrossing region between n = 6 and n = 7 in the second triplet series (2³P–n³Q, Q = S, P, D, ...).     

Implementation of a quantum adiabatic algorithm for factorization on two qudits

Implementation of an adiabatic quantum algorithm for factorization on two qudits with the number of levels d ₁ and d ₂ is considered. A method is proposed for obtaining a time-dependent effective Hamiltonian by means of a sequence of rotation operators that are selective with respect to the transitions between neighboring levels of a qudit. A sequence of RF magnetic field pulses is obtained, and a factorization of the numbers 35, 21, and 15 is numerically simulated on two quadrupole nuclei with spins 3/2 (d ₁ = 4) and 1 (d ₂ = 3).     

Two-stage spin-flop transitions in the S = 1/2 antiferromagnetic spin chain BaCu(2)Si(2)O(7)

Two-stage spin-flop transitions are observed in the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet BaCu(2)Si(2)O(7). A magnetic field applied along the easy axis induces a spin-flop transition at 2.0 T followed by a second transition at 4.9 T. The magnetic susceptibility indicates the presence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) antisymmetric interactions between the intrachain neighboring spins. We discuss a possible mechanism whereby the geometrical competition between DM and interchain interactions, as discussed for the two-dimensional antiferromagnet La(2)CuO(4), causes the two-stage spin-flop transitions.     

Some realistic calculations on the migration process of hydrogen isotopes in bcc metals

By adopting the empirical interaction potential between hydrogen and metal atoms determined in our previous paper, calculations have been performed of the 2T configuration, in which two neighboring tetrahedral (T) sites are equally shared by a hydrogen (H) atom. The tunneling matrix element J and the activation energy are estimated by calculating the excitation energy of the H atom for the 2T state and the energy difference between the 2T and 1T state, respectively.From these calculations, it is suggested that H atoms in V and Fe migrate between the ground states of neighboring T sites by adiabatic transitions, whereas in the lower temperature region in Ta by non-adiabatic tunneling process.     

Recent progress on spectral data for X-ray lasers at the NationalBureau of Standards

The Atomic Spectroscopy Group at the National Bureau of Standards is using low-inductance sparks, laser-produced plasmas, and tokamaks to observe spectra that are important for the development of X-ray lasers. Attention is given to recent results on Ne-like ions and ions in neighboring isoelectronic sequences, Ni-like ions and ions in neighboring isoelectronic sequences, and the spectra of rare-gas ions. In addition to contributing to a knowledge of the energy levels and transitions of possible lasing media, the data provide reference lines for wavelength calibration of X-ray laser experiments and reference data for testing theoretical methods used for predicting the properties of lasing ions     

Terahertz injection electroluminescence in multiperiod quantum-cascade AlGaAs/GaAs structures

Terahertz electroluminescence in the range ≈1.5 THz was observed in a quantum-cascade GaAs/AlGaAs structure containing 40 periods of tunnel-coupled wells. The luminescence is caused by the spatially indirect optical electron transitions between the ground states of neighboring quantum wells.     

Collective electronically excited states of a uniform chain of atoms

Electronically excited states of finite uniform chains of atoms were considered taking into account the influence of the continuous energy spectrum. Traditional quantum-chemical methods for calculating two-electron transitions between neighboring chain atoms were combined with the asymptotic theory of interactions between excited atoms and neutral particles and the mathematical apparatus of the theory of multiple scattering for taking into account intercenter transitions in an ensemble of interacting centers. Recurrence equations for describing energy zones containing symmetrical and antisymmetric excited state levels of chains with an arbitrary length were obtained. Depending on system parameters, different modes of the distribution of the electron density of collective excited states were possible. At a certain ratio between level shifts and exchange integral values, excited states with a uniform electron density distribution over all chain nodes could form for certain solutions. This was a fortuitous circumstance caused by the influence of the continuous spectrum. Such states appeared at small principal quantum number n values, they were similar to one-electron excitations of the type of Frenkel excitons, when an electron was localized near its Coulomb center. These conditions were rapidly disturbed as n increased, and one-electron excitations of a linear molecule were formed in the system (that is, limiting excitations of the type of Wannier-Mott excitons did not form).     

石墨烯基磁量子环的低态能谱对磁场的依赖关系

我们采用狄拉克-韦尔 (Dirac-Weyl) 模型, 计算出二维石墨烯基磁量子环和磁量子点分别在垂直非均匀磁场下的低态能谱, 并讨论包括两组旋量分量的低态能谱跟磁场的依赖关系。从直接对角计算法所获得的数值结果表明, 在非均匀磁场下, 磁量子点和磁量子环的能谱中的最低朗道能级(N-=0)皆为高度简并, 且数值恒等为零。在其邻近较高的朗道能级, 磁量子环出现了由磁场诱导的轨道角动量间的跃迁, 而磁量子点则没有。最后本文指出, 除了最低朗道能级(N-=0)外, 两组旋量分量的能谱完全一样, 只是其朗道能级所标记的两组量子数不同而已。     

Luminescence and Energy Transfer in Frozen Solutions of Uranyl Sulfate in Selective Excitation

Luminescence spectra of vitrified solutions of uranyl sulfate in a concentrated sulfuric acid are investigated in the range 4.2–80 K in selective laser excitation. It is shown that the luminescence spectra are a superposition of two components — the component that is related to the resonance excitation of uranyl complexes and the component that is caused by the luminescence of uranyl complexes sensitized by the transfer of electron-excitation energy from the resonance-excited centers. The nonselective character is established for the spectral migration of electron-excitation energy with participation of the bending vibrations of the uranyl complex that ensure direct vibrational transitions between neighboring electronic energy levels. The temperature evolution of the luminescence spectra can be described within the framework of the model of configuration coordinates with allowance for only the linear terms of vibronic interaction.     

106Ag高自旋态结构

利用能量为60MeV的¹¹B束流, 通过¹⁰⁰Mo(¹¹B,5n)¹⁰⁶Ag熔合蒸发反应布居¹⁰⁶Ag的高自旋态, 用15台带BGO反康的HPGe探测器进行在束γ谱学测量. 通过γ-γ符合矩阵开窗分析和DCO比值分析, 建立了¹⁰⁶Ag新的能级纲图, 增加了26条新的γ跃迁和10条新能级. 通过与其相邻同位素奇奇核的系统比较, 对¹⁰⁶Ag的4条转动带的组态及结构性质进行了初步讨论.     

Order-disorder-order phase transitions between metastable modifications of biperiodic stripe domain structures

Magnetooptic methods were used to observe the existence of magnetic-field-induced order-disorder-order phase transitions between metastable modifications of biperiodic stripe domain structures in magneto-uniaxial iron garnet films having a low positive anisotropy constant. It is shown that the loss of long-range order in the system in a certain range of variation of the field is caused by the loss of correlation between the quasi-harmonic surface distortions of the profile of neighboring domain walls.     

Chemomechanical Coupling of Molecular Motors: Thermodynamics, Network Representations, and Balance Conditions

Molecular motors are considered that convert the chemical energy released from the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into mechanical work. Such a motor represents a small system that is coupled to a heat reservoir, a work reservoir, and particle reservoirs for ATP, adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and inorganic phosphate (P). The discrete state space of the motor is defined in terms of the chemical composition of its catalytic domains. Each motor state represents an ensemble of molecular conformations that are thermally equilibrated. The motor states together with the possible transitions between neighboring states define a network representation of the motor. The motor dynamics is described by a continuous-time Markov process (or master equation) on this network. The consistency between thermodynamics and network dynamics implies (i) local and nonlocal balance conditions for the transition rates of the motor and (ii) an underlying landscape of internal energies for the motor states. The local balance conditions can be interpreted in terms of constrained equilibria between neighboring motor states; the nonlocal balance conditions pinpoint chemical and/or mechanical nonequilibrium.     

Transitions between wells and escape by diffusion in a one-dimensional potential landscape

The time-dependence of the occupation probabilities of neighboring wells due to diffusion in one dimension is formulated in terms of a set of generalized rate equations describing transitions between neighboring wells and escape across a final barrier. The equations contain rate coefficients, memory coefficients, and a long-time coefficient characterizing the amplitude of long-time decay. On a more microscopic level the stochastic process is described by a Smoluchowski equation for the one-dimensional probability distribution. A numerical procedure is presented which allows calculation of the transport coefficients in the set of generalized rate equations on the basis of the Smoluchowski equation.     

A scheme of cascade laser on impurity states in selectively doped superlattices

A scheme for cascade laser based on optical transitions between resonant states of shallow impurities in selectively doped superlattices is discussed. The inverse population mechanism is provided by the possibility of varying the lifetimes of the working states on the basis of hybridization of subbands with spatially separated wave functions. The conditions in which the ground state of an impurity in one of the quantum wells is close to the bottom of the subband in the neighboring well are analyzed.     

Calculation of collisional and radiative transition probabilities between excited argon levels

Average radiative transition probabilities for argon atoms have been calculated for transitions between 24 levels in two groups characterized by the atomic core terms ²P_1/2 and ²P_3/2 by using the method of Bates and Damgaard. The results are compared with data in the NBS tables (Wiese et al.) and with those of Katsonis and Drawin. We find satisfactory agreement for the order of magnitude, even for transitions between lower lying levels. Parameters, which appear in Drawin's semiempirical cross-section expressions for electronic excitation of optically allowed and parity-forbidden transitions, are determined with the multipole expansion method proposed by Sobel'man for transitions between the specified levels. Most of these are easily obtained, but the method must be improved for transitions between levels having the same azimuthal quantum number because the summation over the constituent terms does not converge.