Coherent resonant transport through a mesoscopic system with quantum ac microwave field

The time-dependent transport through an ultrasmall quantum dot coupling to two electron reservoirs is investigated. The quantum dot is perturbed by a quantum microwave field (QMF) through gate. The tunneling current formulae are obtained by taking expectation values over coherent state (CS), and SU(1,1) CS. We derive the transport formulae at low temperature by employing the nonequilibrium Green function technique. The currents exhibit coherent behaviors which are strongly associated with the applied QMF. The time-dependent currents appear compound effects of resonant tunneling and time-oscillating evolution. The time-averaged current and differential conductance are calculated, which manifest photon-assisted behaviors. Numerical calculations reveal the similar properties as those in classical microwave field (CMF) perturbed system for the situations concerning CS and squeezed vacuum SU(1,1) CS. But for other squeezed SU(1,1) CS, the tunneling behavior is quite different from the system perturbed by a single CMF through gate. Due to the quantum signal perturbation, the measurable quantities fluctuate fiercely. Received 28 May 1998     

Electric field patterns in finite two-dimensional wire photonic lattices

Electric field patterns in finite two-dimensional wire photonics lattices are investigated by means of electromagnetic simulations. These studies reveal a strong analogy with the envelope wavefunction approach extensively used for semiconductor superlattices. Several propagating eigenmodes in the pass-band of the periodic structure as well as evanescent modes in the stop-bands are clearly identified. They are interpreted on the basis of the matching of the wavelength of electromagnetic field to the lattice dimensions with an envelope wavefunction resulting of a Fabry–Pérot effect in the cavity formed by the periodic structure. In terms of transmission coefficient, the calculated frequency dependence are in agreement with those measured in finite metallic rod arrays between 50 and 110 GHz.     

Effect of compensation doping on the electrical and optical properties of mid-infrared type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice photodetectors

This paper presents a theoretical study on the electrical and optical properties of mid-infrared type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices with different beryllium concentrations in the InAs layer of the active region. Dark current, resistance-area product, absorption coefficient and quantum efficiency characteristics are thoroughly examined. The superlattice is residually n-type and it becomes slightly p-type by varying beryllium-doping concentrations, which improves its electrical performances. The optical performances remain almost unaffected with relatively low p-doping levels and begin to deteriorate with increasing p-doping density. To make a compromise between the electrical and optical performances, the photodetector with a doping concentration of 3 × 1015 cm-3 in the active region is believed to have the best overall performances.     

Coupled polaritonic band gaps in the anisotropic piezoelectric superlattices

Anisotropic piezoelectric superlattices (APSs) with the periodic arrangement of polarized anisotropic piezoelectric domains in a certain direction are presented, in which the coupled polaritonic band gaps (CPBGs) can be obtained in the whole Brillouin Zone and the maximum relative bandwidth (band-gap sizes divided by their midgap frequencies) of $5.1\text{\%}$ can be achieved. The general characteristics of the APSs are similar to those of the phononic crystals composed of two types of materials, with the main difference being the formation mechanism of the CPBGs, which originate from the couplings between lattice vibrations along two different directions and electromagnetic waves rather than from the periodical modulation of density and elastic constants. In addition, there are no lattice mismatches because the APSs are made of the same material. Thus, the APSs can also be extended to the construction of novel acousto-optic devices.     

基于PVP和PbSe三维自组装超晶格复合体系的电双稳器件

采用旋涂工艺将PbSe三维自组装超晶格镶嵌在两层聚合物PVP中,制备了基于PVP和PbSe三维自组装超晶格复合体系的电双稳器件,器件结构为ITO/PVP/PbSe三维自组装超晶格/PVP/Al,研究了其电学性能和记忆效应。与参比器件ITO/PVP/Al相比,器件ITO/PVP/PbSe三维自组装超晶格/PVP/Al的电流-电压特性呈现出非常明显的电双稳特性和非易失记忆行为,在相同的电压下同时具有两种不同的导电状态：低电导的关态和高电导的开态。当PVP与PbSe超晶格的质量比为1：1时,器件性能最好,其最大电流开关比为7×10⁴,经过10⁴ s仍几乎无衰减。通过对电流-电压曲线拟合,利用不同的导电模型对器件的载流子传输机制进行了解释。结果表明,PbSe三维自组装超晶格作为电荷陷阱,可以俘获、储存及释放电荷,对器件的电双稳性能能起决定性作用。     

Effect of disorders on topological phases in one-dimensional optical superlattices

In a recent paper, Lang et al. proposed that edge states and topological phases can be observed in one-dimensional optical superlattices. They showed that the topological phases can be revealed by observing the density profile of a trapped fermion system, which displays plateaus with their positions. However, disorders are not considered in their model. To study the effect of disorders on the topological phases, we introduce random potentials to the model for optical superlattcies.Our calculations show that edge states are robust against the disorders. We find the edge states are very sensitive to the number of the sites in the optical superlattice and we propose a simple rule to describe the relationship between the edge states and the number of sites. The density plateaus are also robust against weak disorders provided that the average density is calculated over a long interval. The widths of the plateaus are proportional to the widths of the bulk energy gaps when there are disorders. The disorders can diminish the bulk energy gaps. So the widths of the plateaus decrease with the increase of disorders and the density plateaus disappear when disorders are too strong. The results in our paper can be used to guide the experimental detection of topological phases in one-dimensional systems.     

Coherent phonon dynamics in short-period InAs/GaSb superlattices

We have performed ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy studies on a series of InAs/GaSb-based short-period superlattice (SL) samples with periods ranging from 46 Å to 71 Å. We observe two types of oscillations in the differential reflectivity with fast (∼$\sim$1–2 ps) and slow (∼$\sim$24 ps) periods. The period of the fast oscillations changes with the SL period and can be explained as coherent acoustic phonons generated from carriers photoexcited within the SL. This mode provides an alternative method for determining the SL period. The period of the slow mode depends on the wavelength of the probe pulse and can be understood as a propagating coherent phonon wavepacket modulating the reflectivity of the probe pulse as it travels from the surface into the sample.     

Effects of hydrogen annealing on the room temperature ferromagnetism and optical properties of Cr-doped ZnO nanoparticles

We explore the effects of hydrogen annealing on the room temperature ferromagnetism and optical properties of Cr-doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by the sol-gel method. X-ray diffraction and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data show evidence that Cr has been incorporated into the wurtzite ZnO lattice as Cr²⁺ ions substituting for Zn²⁺ ions without any detectable secondary phase in as-synthesized Zn_0.97Cr_0.03O nanopowders. The room temperature magnetization measurements reveal a large enhancement of saturation magnetization M_s as well as an increase of coercivity of H₂-annealed Zn_0.97Cr_0.03O:H samples. It is found that the field-cooled magnetization curves as a function of temperature from 40 to 400 K can be well fitted by a combination of a standard Bloch spin-wave model and Curie–Weiss law. The values of the fitted parameters of the ferromagnetic exchange interaction constant a and the Curie constant C of H₂-annealed Zn_0.97Cr_0.03O:H nanoparticles are almost doubled upon H₂-annealing. Photoluminescence measurements show evidence that the shallow donor defect or/and defect complexes such as hydrogen occupying an oxygen vacancy H_o may play an important role in the origin of H₂-annealing induced enhancement of ferromagnetism in Cr-H codoped ZnO nanoparticles.     

Josephson effect through a ferromagnetic layer

We report transport measurements on Superconductor/Ferromagnet/Superconductor (S/F/S) junctions: Nb/Al/Gd/Al/Nb where gadolinium (Gd) is a weakly polarized ferromagnet. A sizeable critical current I _c is observed in the I(V) characteristics. This current can be modulated by a weak magnetic field, as expected for a Josephson current. With these experiments, we establish that superconducting coherent transport survives across a small ferromagnetic layer. The penetration depth of Cooper pairs in Gd has been measured. An extensive study of the Josephson critical current in temperature for different thicknesses of magnetic compounds is presented. A comparison of transport measurements with S/N/S junction is given through measurements made on Nb/Al/Y/Al/Nb, where yttrium (Y) is used as non magnetic rare earth metal. Received 20 September 2000 and Received in final form 22 February 2001