Radiation transport with anisotropic scattering

Reflection and transmission of radiation with anisotropic scattering in considered, using an invariant-imbedding formulation of the transport equation. Extensive numerical calculations show that the results of the transport approximation, in which the scattering kernel is represented by an isotropic part and a forward scattered component, are useful for an isotropic incident source but they are not satisfactory for a monodirectional source, especially in the case of reflection for large and small incident angles. A modified transport approximation is proposed in which singly-scattered radiation is taken into account exactly and higher-order scatterings are obtained from the transport approximation. The results derived from the modified transport approximation are in good agreement with other calculations for the cases considered.     

Effect of edge transport barrier on required toroidal field for ignition of elongated tokamak

The effect of an edge transport barrier on the toroidal field required for the ignition of an elongated tokamak is studied by modifying an analytic model which was calibrated against a transport code. It is found that the presence of the edge transport barrier will lead to a higher marginal toroidal field needed for ignition. This seemingly counter intuitive result is explained as being due to the equivalent effect of profile broadening by the edge transport barrier. This effect is further traced to its physical origin: in the case close to ignition, the fusion power input is predominantly concentrated in the center of plasma. It is demonstrated that if the fusion power input could be shifted from the center to the edge by a sufficient amount, then the presence of an edge transport barrier would lead to a reduction of the required toroidal field for ignition.     

Superdiffusion on a comb structure

We study specific properties of particles transport by exploring an exact solvable model, a so-called comb structure, where diffusive transport of particles leads to subdiffusion. A performance of the Lévy-like process enriches this transport phenomenon. It is shown that an inhomogeneous convection flow is a mechanism for the realization of the Lévy-like process. It leads to superdiffusion of particles on the comb structure. This superdiffusion is an enhanced one with an arbitrary large transport exponent, but all moments are finite. A frontier case of superdiffusion, where the transport exponent approaches infinity, is studied. The log-normal distribution with the exponentially fast superdiffusion is obtained for this case.     

Chaotic transport across two-dimensional jet streams

A dynamically consistent model of a jet stream modulated by Rossby waves is used to analyze the onset of chaotic transport of a passive tracer across the jet (cross-jet transport). For odd Rossby wavenumbers, a technique is developed to find a central invariant curve whose breakup signifies the onset of cross-jet transport. Amplitude and resonance mechanisms of breakup of this curve are investigated. For even-odd pairs of wavenumbers, an alternative technique is proposed for detecting cross-jet transport, based on an overlap of northern and southern stochastic layers. In this case, the Rossby-wave amplitudes required for global crossjet transport to occur are larger than those in the case of odd wavenumbers. The predicted results should be tested in laboratory experiments simulating jet streams modulated by Rossby waves.     

Collective Directional Transport in Symmetric Periodic Potentials by Breaking the Coupling Symmetry

Collective unidirectional motion of an asymmetrically coupled array of oscillators in symmetric periodic potentials is studied. A directed current is observed when the drift coupling is presented, while no external biased force is applied. Negative directed current is found when varying system parameters. An addition of a periodic rocking force may enhance the efficiency of directed transport. Resonant steps of the current are found and interpreted as the mode locking between the array and the ac force. Noise-assisted transport is observed, and an optimal noise intensity can give rise to a most efficient transport. The directed transport thus can be optimized and furthermore controlled by suitably adjusting the parameters of the system.     

Experimental investigation of dynamical coupling between turbulent transport and parallel flows in the JET plasma-boundary region

The dynamical coupling between turbulent transport and parallel flows has been investigated in the plasma boundary region of the Joint European Torus tokamak. Experimental results show that there is a dynamical relationship between transport and parallel flows. As the size of transport events increases, parallel flows also increase. These results show that turbulent transport can drive parallel flows in the plasma boundary of fusion plasmas. This new type of measurement is an important element to unravel the overall picture connecting radial transport and flows in fusion plasmas.     

共轭聚合物中链内无序效应对极化子输运的影响

基于扩展的Su-Schrieffer-Heeger紧束缚模型, 利用非绝热动力学方法研究了链内无序效应对共轭聚合物中极化子输运机制的影响. 研究发现, 极化子的输运由外加电场和链内无序效应共同作用的结果所决定. 在一般情况下, 链内无序效应不利于极化子的输运, 但随着电场强度的增大, 无序对极化子输运的影响减小. 关键词： 共轭聚合物 极化子输运 链内无序     

Charge and Heat Transport in Polycrystalline Metallic Nanostructures

Metals are typically good conductors in which the abilities to transport charge and to transport heat can be related through the Wiedemann-Franz law. Here we report on an abnormal charge and heat transport in polycrystalline metallic nanostructures in which the ability to transport charge is weakened more obviously than that to transport heat. We attribute it to the influence of the internal grain boundaries and have formulated a novel relation to predict the thermal conductivity. The Wiedemann-Franz law is then modified to account for the influence of the grain boundaries on the charge and heat transport with the predictions now agreeing well with the measured results.     

Moving frame transport and gauge transformations

An outline is given as to how gauge transformations in a frame fiber can be interpreted as defining various types of transport of a moving frame along a path. The cases of general linear, parallel, Lorentz, and other transport groups are examined in Minkowski space-time. A specific set of frame coordinates is introduced. A number of results are obtained including a generalization of Frenet-Serret transport, an extension of Fermi-Walker transport, a relation between frame spaces and certain types of Finsler space, and a derivation of a Kaluza-Klein type metric. Frame transport in general Riemannian space-time is also discussed.     

Origin of nonlinear transport across the magnetically induced superconductor-metal-insulator transition in two dimensions

We have studied the effect of perpendicular magnetic fields and temperatures on nonlinear electronic transport in amorphous Ta superconducting thin films. The films exhibit a magnetic field-induced metallic behavior intervening the superconductor-insulator transition in the zero temperature limit. We show that the phase-identifying nonlinear transport in the superconducting and metallic phases arises from an intrinsic origin, not from an electron heating effect. The nonlinear transport is found to accompany an extraordinarily long voltage response time.     

Transport of microscopic objects using asymmetric transverse optical gradient force

We report an efficient technique based on an optical tweezers setup for optically controlled transport of microscopic objects. The technique makes use of an elliptically profiled trap beam that has an asymmetric intensity distribution about the center of its long axis. Microscopic objects pulled into the trap from the side having the larger intensity gradient become accelerated along the major axis of the focus and are ejected from the lower-stiffness end. The speed of transport is determined by the laser-beam power and the degree of asymmetry in the intensity profile. The approach could be used to simultaneously trap and transport hundreds of particles, varying in sizes from sub-micrometer to a few micrometers. Further, transport of red blood cells using this method is demonstrated.     

A quantum photonic dissipative transport theory

In this paper, a quantum transport theory for describing photonic dissipative transport dynamics in nanophotonics is developed. The nanophotonic devices concerned in this paper consist of on-chip all-optical integrated circuits incorporating photonic bandgap waveguides and driven resonators embedded in nanostructured photonic crystals. The photonic transport through waveguides is entirely determined from the exact master equation of the driven resonators, which is obtained by explicitly eliminating all the degrees of freedom of the waveguides (treated as reservoirs). Back-reactions from the reservoirs are fully taken into account. The relation between the driven photonic dynamics and photocurrents is obtained explicitly. The non-Markovian memory structure and quantum decoherence dynamics in photonic transport can then be fully addressed. As an illustration, the theory is utilized to study the transport dynamics of a photonic transistor consisting of a nanocavity coupled to two waveguides in photonic crystals. The controllability of photonic transport through the external driven field is demonstrated.     

Quantum transport in coupled resonators enclosed synthetic magnetic flux

Quantum transport properties are instrumental to understanding quantum coherent transport processes. Potential applications of quantum transport are widespread, in areas ranging from quantum information science to quantum engineering, and not restricted to quantum state transfer, control and manipulation. Here, we study light transport in a ring array of coupled resonators enclosed synthetic magnetic flux. The ring configuration, with an arbitrary number of resonators embedded, forms a two-arm Aharonov–Bohm interferometer. The influence of magnetic flux on light transport is investigated. Tuning the magnetic flux can lead to resonant transmission, while half-integer magnetic flux quantum leads to completely destructive interference and transmission zeros in an interferometer with two equal arms.     

Model of Non-Laminar Low-Temperature Plasma Flow with Intensive Self-Mixing

A new model of turbulence is presented. It consists in treating the turbulence as an essentially self-mixing process. The mass, momentum and energy transport is assumed to proceed along interlacing curvilinear cones. A relevant mixing field is introduced. It consists in relating to each point of space an infinite set of instantaneous velocities momentums and energies. Into each transport equation a self-mixing term of the proper form is introduced. The closure procedures for modyfied transport equations are also discussed.     

On the mechanisms of transport losses in high-temperature superconductors

Monte Carlo simulations of a high-temperature superconductor carrying an alternating transport current have been performed. The influence of defect concentration and external magnetic field on the transport energy losses is investigated. We show that there are two components of the losses in a superconductor carrying an alternating transport current: a hysteresis component related to the superconductor remagnetization by the self-current field and a dynamic component related to the steady flow of vortices-antivortices and their annihilation in the superconductor.     

Nonlinear stationary waves with transport current in superconductors

The profile of a nonlinear stationary thermomagnetic wave in the resistive state of superconductors is studied at different transport currents. It is proved that the thermomagnetic wave has an oscillating profile at relatively high values of the transport current in the sample. A shock wave with a monotonic structure corresponds to comparatively weak transport currents. The wave propagation velocity and the wave front width in a superconductor are estimated.     

Harnessing symmetry to control quantum transport

Controlling transport in quantum systems holds the key to many promising quantum technologies. Here we review the power of symmetry as a resource to manipulate quantum transport and apply these ideas to engineer novel quantum devices. Using tools from open quantum systems and large deviation theory, we show that symmetry-mediated control of transport is enabled by a pair of twin dynamic phase transitions in current statistics, accompanied by a coexistence of different transport channels. By playing with the symmetry decomposition of the initial state, one can modulate the importance of the different transport channels and hence control the flowing current. Motivated by the problem of energy harvesting, we illustrate these ideas in open quantum networks, an analysis that leads to the design of a symmetry-controlled quantum thermal switch. We review an experimental setup recently proposed for symmetry-mediated quantum control in the lab based on a linear array of atom-doped optical cavities, and the possibility of using transport as a probe to uncover hidden symmetries, as recently demonstrated in molecular junctions, is also discussed. Other symmetry-mediated control mechanisms are also described. Overall, these results demonstrate the importance of symmetry not only as an organizing principle in physics but also as a tool to control quantum systems.     

Staircase in the electron mobility of a ZnO quantum dot assembly due to shell filling

Electron transport in an assembly of ZnO quantum dots has been studied using an electrochemically gated transistor. The electron mobility shows a stepwise increase as a function of the electron occupation per quantum dot. When the occupation number is below two, transport occurs by tunneling between the S orbitals. Transport becomes 3 times faster when the occupation number is between two and eight; tunneling now occurs between the P orbitals. Electron transport is thus critically determined by the quantum properties of the building blocks.     

X光辐射在泡沫介质中超声速传输研究进展

X光辐射输运过程通过光子的发射与吸收使能量在介质内进行再分配,而光子的辐射和吸收过程对从介质内出射的能谱产生十分显著的影响。辐射输运由积分-微分方程来描述,得到它的解极其困难,这是因为此方程依赖于局域和非局域的条件。当外加的非局域的X光辐射场作用在介质上一个强的X光辐射能流时,介质的局域温度和密度将影响X光的吸收和发射。本文将对辐射输运的方程和基本理论进行阐述,并对辐射超声速传输的实验结果进行评述。首先,介绍辐射在介质中的传输的理论基础以及简化分析模型;其次,对辐射在介质中扩散超声速输运进行解析分析,我们首次导出辐射的超声速传输条件下的辐射能流与物质能流之比与马赫数和光学厚度的定量关系;最后,介绍国外的主要实验结果,同时也给出我们近期的研究结果。我们的实验结果表明,不同能区的光子因辐射不透明度不同使得在介质中的传播时间不同,并且实验测出光学厚度。