Comparison of several equivalent local potentials for microscopic nonlocal Nα potentials

The phase shifts obtained in the Perey-Saxon, Horiuchi and Peierls-Vinh Mau approximations for the microscopic nonlocal Nα interaction of Lassaut and Vinh Mau have been compared at 10 and 20 MeV to the exact results, without the customary approximation of Perey and Buck, which neglects part of the angular dependence of the nonlocality and is inadequate. We have also compared the equivalent local potentials with the corresponding local wave functions and damping factors to their exact wronskian counterparts and obtained the corresponding nonlocal wave functions as a product of the approximate local wave function and the damping factor in all cases. The results show that of all the approximations the Peierls-Vinh Mau approximation is the most accurate one for s-waves and that the Perey-Saxon approximation is inadequate for Nα scattering. The accuracy of all the approximations is dependent on the degree of repulsiveness of the effective nuclear force. For the exact wronskian equivalent local potential and damping factor however, we reproduce the exact nonlocal wave function to high accuracy in all cases, confirming the accuracy of our numerical methods. The implications for nuclear reactions where the off-shell behaviour of the Nα interaction is important are discussed.     

Propagation properties of spatial optical solitons in different nonlocal nonlinear media with arbitrary degrees of nonlocality

We address the physical features exhibited by spatial optical solitons propagating in nonlocal Kerr-type media with Gaussian-shaped response and exponential-decay response, respectively. An iteration algorithm based on the split-step Fourier method is developed to obtain the numerical solutions of the solitons for the nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equation with arbitrary degrees of nonlocality. Our numerical results show that the soliton properties in the normalized system are different with the change of the degree of nonlocality and with the different responses. The profiles undergo a gradual and continuous transition from a Gaussian-shaped function in the strongly nonlocal case to a hyperbolic secant function in the local case for the Gaussian-shaped response, but for the exponential-decay response, the soliton profile is not Gaussian-shaped even in the strongly nonlocal cases. For the same response function, the stronger the nonlocality is, the higher the critical powers for solitons are and the larger of the phase shifts of the solitons. For the same degrees of nonlocality, when the degrees of nonlocality is larger enough, both the critical power and the phase shift for the Gaussian-shaped response are larger than that for the exponential-decay response.     

Nonlocality in imaging

We show how an effective nonlocality in imaging can lead to the sampling of a spatial region which is not significantly illuminated by an imaging probe. The nonlocality is embodied in the effective nonlocal potential describing inelastic scattering which occurs when coupled channel Schr?dinger equations are reduced to a single integro-differential equation. The context in which this prediction will be illustrated is atomic resolution imaging based on energy-loss spectroscopy in scanning transmission electron microscopy.     

Nonlocal optical properties in AlGaAs/GaAs coupled quantum well nanostructures

Nonlocal intersubband optical absorption properties in AlGaAs/GaAs coupled quantum well (CQW) nanostructures are investigated for a p-polarized light in the case of taking spatial nonlocality of optical response into account. The numerical results show that the spatial nonlocality of optical response can lead optical spectrum lines to have a radiation shift due to the nonlocal effects, and the spatial nonlocality is associated closely with the coupling effects between the potential wells of the CQW system. The dependence of the radiation shift on structure parameters of the CQW is clarified. It is also demonstrated that the maximal radiation shift and the least optical absorbance can be obtained by optimizing structure parameters of the CQW. These results may be constructive in designing nanomaterials with various nonlocality and observing the spatial nonlocal effects in experiment.     

(1+2)维各向同性介质中的旋转椭圆空间光孤子

从(1+2)维非局域非线性薛定谔方程出发, 通过坐标变换得到了旋转坐标系下的非局域非线性薛定谔方程. 假设响应函数为高斯型, 用虚时间法数值求解了旋转坐标系下的非局域非线性薛定谔方程的静态孤子解, 迭代出了不同非局域程度条件下的静态椭圆孤子数值解. 最后采用分步傅里叶算法, 以迭代的孤子解作为初始输入波形, 模拟了在不同的非局域程度条件下, (1+2)维椭圆空间光孤子的旋转传输特性. 强非局域时, 椭圆光孤子的长轴方向和短轴方向波形都是高斯型, 其他的非局域程度下, 不是高斯型. 由此表明：(1+2)维椭圆光孤子对非局域程度依赖性很强. 旋转角速度和功率均与非局域程度以及孤子的椭圆度有关.     

不同非局域程度条件下空间光孤子的传输特性

光束在非局域非线性介质中传输由非局域非线性薛定谔方程描述.讨论了在不同非局域程度 条件下，空间光孤子的传输特性.提出了一个基于分步傅里叶算法数值求解孤子波形和分布 的迭代算法.假定介质的非线性响应函数为高斯型，得出了在不同非局域程度条件下空间光 孤子的数值解，并数值证明了它们的稳定性.结果表明，不论非局域程度如何，光束都能以 光孤子态在介质中稳定传输.光孤子的波形是从强非局域时的高斯型过渡到局域时的双曲正 割型，形成孤子的临界功率随非局域程度的减弱而减小，光孤子相位随距离线性增大，相位 的变化率随非局域程度的减弱而减小. 关键词： 非局域非线性薛定谔方程 空间光孤子 临界功率 相位     

Bound nonlocality and activation

We investigate nonlocality distillation using measures of nonlocality based on the Elitzur-Popescu-Rohrlich decomposition. For a certain number of copies of a given nonlocal box, we define two quantities of interest: (i) the nonlocal cost and (ii) the distillable nonlocality. We find that there exist boxes whose distillable nonlocality is strictly smaller than their nonlocal cost. Thus nonlocality displays a form of irreversibility which we term "bound nonlocality." Finally, we show that nonlocal distillability can be activated.     

Nichtlokale Potentiale im Einteilchen-Modell des Atomkerns

In the nonlocal part of the single particle potential of bound nucleons the Gaussian nonlocality, which was used in earlier papers, is replaced by a Yukawa- and an exponential potential. The nonlocal parameters are fitted to the nucleon scattering experiments and the results are used for a calculation of single particle levels of Pb²⁰⁹ and Pb²⁰⁷. The nonlocality required by the Pauli-exclusion-principle is compared with the phenomenological approach. It turns out that the form of this nonlocality is essentially given by the supposed nucleon-nucleon potential. The range of this potential is determined by the experimentally known energy-dependence of the single particle potential.     

(1+2)维空间光孤子在非局域克尔介质中的传输特性

 从非局域非线性薛定谔方程出发,采用分步傅里叶算法数值讨论了在一定的非局域程度条件下,（1+2）维空间光孤子的传输特性, 数值求解了光孤子各特性参量。假定非局域克尔介质的响应函数为高斯型,得出了在一定的非局域程度条件下空间光孤子的数值解,并数值证明了它们的稳定性。结果表明:（1+2）维光孤子对非局域程度依赖性很强。在一定的非局域程度下,光束能以光孤子态在非局域克尔介质中稳定传输。强非局域时,光孤子的波形是高斯型,其它的非局域程度下,不是高斯型。当非局域程度较弱时,不存在孤子解。     

Size-dependent effect on thermo-electro-mechanical responses of heated nano-sized piezoelectric plate

The booming development of nanotechnology motivates the widespread applications of piezoelectric nanomaterials (e.g. ZnO, ZnS, GaN) and their nanostructures (e.g. nanobelts, nanorings nanowires). It is noted that the coupled field analysis of nano-sized piezoelectric structure under non-uniform temperature in-service environment is of great importance for the fabrication and exploitation of nanoelectromechanical devices. In such situation, spatial size effect of heat conduction is necessary to be taken into account due to its important significance in characterizing the nonlocal feature of heat transport in nanosystems. In this study, thermal nonlocal effect is introduced into the thermo-electro-mechanical model based on nonlocal elasticity theory to further shed light on the size-dependent coupling behavior of thermal, electric, and elastic fields. The coupled field equations involving size-dependent parameters are derived. The solutions can be obtained using Laplace transformation methods. Parametric studies are conducted to evaluate the influences of thermal as well as elastic nonlocal parameters on the transient responses. The results indicate that the piezoelectric performance of the nanoplate is greatly improved in the presence of thermal nonlocal effect.     

Nonlocality in the Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction Due to Minimal-Relativity Factors: Effects on Two-Nucleon Observables and the Three-Nucleon Binding Energy

Minimal-relativity factors, when multiplied to a static local mesonexchange nucleon-nucleon potential, lead to a nonlocal potential. It is shown that the nonlocality can be represented by an analytically given nonlocality function, which has a width inversely proportional to the nucleon mass and which tends towards δ(r − r), the usual locality condition, in the limit of the nucleon mass going to infinity. Consequences of this particular type of non-locality for two-nucleon observables and for the three-nucleon binding energy are investigated along with a Malfliet-Tjjon-type potential. After readjusting the potential parameters of the nonlocal potential such that its two-nucleon properties are well matched to the ones of the static local potential the effect of the nonlocality on the three-nucleon binding energy essentially vanishes. Received October 9, 1995; revised December 30, 1995; accepted for publication March 12, 1996     

强非局域克尔介质中光束传输的变分问题

 在非局域克尔介质中,光束的演化规律服从非局域非线性薛定谔方程。用变分法对此问题进行了重新表述。在强非局域的情况下,通过对介质响应函数进行泰勒展开,可以解析地表示变分问题。束宽的演化规律也可以定性地从光束束宽变分势得出。运用瑞利-里兹方法求解其变分方程,分别求出光束在自散焦和自聚焦介质中的变分解。对于自聚焦介质,当输入功率为某一特定值时,可以得到空间孤子,其束宽在传输过程中保持不变。通过与其他方法得到的解比较表明,变分法是解析讨论光束在非局域非线性介质中演化规律的方法之一。     

Interaction trajectory of solitons in nonlinear media with an arbitrary degree of nonlocality

The interaction trajectory of solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media is investigated. A simple differential equation describing the interaction trajectories is derived based on the light ray equation. Numerical calculations are carried out to illustrate the interaction trajectories with different parameters. The results show that the degree of nonlocality greatly affects the interaction of solitons. For a strongly nonlocal case, the interaction trajectory can be described by a cosine function. Analytical expressions describing the trajectory and the oscillation period are obtained. For generally and weakly nonlocal cases, the interaction trajectories still oscillate periodically, however it is no longer sinusoidal and the oscillation period increases with the nonlocal degree decreasing. In addition, the trajectory of two solitons launched with a relative angle at the entrance plane is investigated. It is found that there exists a critical angle. When the initial relative angle is larger than the critical angle, the two solitons do not collide on propagation. The influence of the degree of nonlocality on the critical angle is also discussed.     

Proposed test of quantum nonlocality for continuous variables

We propose a test of nonlocality for continuous variables using a two-mode squeezed state as the source of nonlocal correlations and a measurement scheme based on conditional homodyne detection. Both the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt and the Clauser-Horne inequality are constructed from the conditional homodyne data and found to be violated for a squeezing parameter larger than r approximately 0.48.     

Nonlocality in Relativistic Dynamics

Recent experiments have renewed interest in nonlocal interpretations of quantum mechanics. The experimental observation of the violation of Bell's inequalities implies the existence of nonlocality. Bohm expressed the nonlocal connection between quantum particles through the wave function and the quantum potential. This paper shows that a similar connection exists in a relativistic dynamical theory known as parametrized relativistic quantum theory (PRQT). We present an introduction to PRQT, derive the quantum potential for a system of relativistic scalar particles, and discuss alternative interpretations of nonlocality.     

An energy-independent nonlocal potential model for bound and scattering states

The general expression of the nucleon-nucleus optical potential has been obtained using Watson's multiple scattering theory and Wolfenstein's parametrization of the nucleon-nucleon scattering amplitude. The resulting theoretical potential is nonlocal and consists of an energy-independent central volume plus surface real and imaginary potential and of a Thomas-like spin-orbit term. The analysis has been restricted to N = Z spherical nuclei, so that neither isospin-isospin nor spin-spin interactions have been included. The widely used Perey-Buck, Greenlees, and Watson expressions of the optical potential are easily obtained as particular cases. For practical purposes, the nonlocal potential has been parametrized in the Frahn-Lemmer form, using Woods-Saxon radial form factors, and the equivalent local potential (ELP) has been calculated by a Perey-Buck-like transformation.The ELP has a radial behavior very similar to the original nonlocal one, but the potential depths and radii are energy dependent. The six free parameters in the ELP have been adjusted to fit the available experimental data in the ?70 to + 150 MeV range of interest in nuclear reactions, namely, energies of single hole and single particle states, charge distributions, proton elastic scattering cross sections, and polarizations. The fitted potential depths show an energy dependence in remarkable agreement with the model predictions with a central nonlocality range β ? 1 F and a spin-orbit nonlocality range β₃ ? 0.8 F. The relative importance of surface and volume dependence in the real central potential in also discussed.     

Propagation of rotating parabolic cylindrical beams in nonlocal nonlinear medium

I introduce a class of rotating parabolic cylindrical beams in nonlocal nonlinear media. The rotating speed keeps fixed in the case of strong nonlocality and increases with the nonlocality being weak. For the strong nonlocal case, the analytical solutions of the modified Snyder Mitchell model agree well with the numerical simulations of the nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equation. By simulating the propagation of the rotating parabolic cylindrical beams in liquid crystal and nonlinear thermal media numerically, I demonstrate that there exists the rotating parabolic cylindrical cosine Gaussian quasi-soliton state.     

Gaussian solitons in nonlocal media: variational analysis

Exact solutions of Gaussian solitons in nonlinear media with a Gaussian nonlocal response are obtained. Using the variational approach, we obtain the approximate solutions of such solitons when the degree of the nonlocality is arbitrary. Specifically, we study the conditions for Gaussian solitons that propagate in weakly and highly nonlocal media. We also compare the variational result with the known exact solutions for weakly and highly nonlocal media.     

自散焦非局域非线性材料中的光学涡旋孤子

通过数值模拟的方法对非局域非线性自散焦材料中的光学 涡旋孤子的传输特性以及相互作用特性进行了研究. 研究表明, 拓扑荷|m|=1的非局域涡旋孤子是稳定的, 而拓扑荷|m|>1的非局域涡旋孤子均具有拓扑不稳定性. 在微扰存在的情况下以及在近距离相互作用的过程中, |m|>1的涡旋孤子会分裂成一系列的|m|=1的涡旋孤子. 非局域涡旋孤子与局域涡旋孤子具有相同的长距离相互作用模式, 即点涡旋相互作用模式. 但两者的短距离相互作用存在一些差别, 在相同的距离下, 两涡旋间的相互绕转的周期随着材料的非局域响应长度增大而增大. 关键词： 非局域非线性薛定谔方程 自散焦 涡旋孤子     

Dynamic dielectric response of a quantum wire superlattice in interaction with a nonlocal host medium

We study nonlocality effects of a bulk plasmalike dielectric medium on the plasmon spectrum of a one-dimensional (1D) quantum wire superlattice in interaction with the 3D nonlocal host bulk plasma, by carrying out a closed-form analytic determination of the inverse dielectric function κ for the joint nanostructure system within the random phase approximation (RPA), in which we treat nonlocality of the 1D superlattice in the RPA and that of the bulk medium in the hydrodynamic model. By examining the frequency poles of κ (i.e., the dispersions relations), we show analytically that coupled plasmon modes of the interacting 1D superlattice-3D nonlocal host are damped in high frequencies (damping is pronounced near resonance region) and that nonlocality of the host medium introduces nonlocal low frequency (real) modes into the spectrum, which have cutoff frequencies for finite wave vector values. In order to describe the impact of nonlocality effects more clearly, we also examine the spectrum numerically.