Microscopic mechanism of plasmon-mediated photocatalytic H2 splitting on Ag–Au alloy chain

Alloy nanostructures supporting localized surface plasmon resonances has been widely used as efficient photocatalysts, but the microscopic mechanism of alloy compositions enhancing the catalytic efficiency is still unclear. By using time-dependent density functional theory(TDDFT), we analyze the real-time reaction processes of plasmon-mediated H₂ splitting on linear Ag–Au alloy chains when exposed to femtosecond laser pulses. It is found that H₂ splitting rate depends on th...     

周期条状结构中长程表面等离子激元噪声特性分析(英文)

基于表面等离子激元自发辐射放大噪声系数理论,研究了长程表面等离子激元噪声系数变化规律,设计了嵌有金属条的长程表面等离子结构.数值模拟得到表面等离子及周期条状长程表面等离子的噪声系数变化规律.给出入射波长从0.5μm到1.75μm,每隔0.25μm的噪声特性,发现随着波长的增加噪声系数趋近于常数.仿真结果表明:表面等离子及长程表面等离子自发辐射放大的噪声系数随着增益介质增大而明显增强;周期条状长程表面等离子结构中,随着金属膜厚度以及金属条高度及个数增加导致噪声系数增加,其中金属膜厚度对于其作用较明显.     

Quantum state measurement in double quantum dots with a radio-frequency quantum point contact

We study the dynamics of two electron spins in coupled quantum dots （CQDs） monitored by a quantum point contact （QPC） detector. Their quantum state can be measured by embedding the QPC in an LC circuit. We derive the Bloch-type rate equations of the reduced density matrix for CQDs. Special attention is paid to the numerical results for the weak measurement condintion under a strong Coulomb interaction. It is shown that the evolution of QPC current always follows that of electron occupation in the right dot. In addition, we find that the output voltage of the circuit can reflect the evolution of QPC current when the circuit and QPC are approximately equal in frequency. In particular, the wave shape of the output voltage can be improved by adjusting the circuit resonance frequency and bandwidth.     

Hybrid double-dot qubit measurement with a quantum point contact

We present the measurement of a hybrid double-dot qubit using a quantum point contact （QPC）. To study the dy- namics, we derive the rate equations of the entire system. Numerical results show that QPC current can directly reflect the evolution of the qubit. By adjusting Coulomb interaction, energy mismatch, and QPC tunneling rate, the efficiency and dephasing time can be improved. In addition, the initial state with a hybrid triplet state is superior to that with the purely triplet states on the efficiency. Moreover, the decoherence time is estimated on the magnitude of a microsecond, long enough to implement quantum operations.