Tunnelling Studies of Two-Dimensional States in Semiconductors with Inverted Band Structure: Spin-orbit Splitting, Resonant Broadening

The results of tunnelling studies of the energy spectrum of two-dimensional (2D) states in a surface quantum well in a semiconductor with inverted band structure are presented. The energy dependence of quasimomentum of the 2D states over a wide energy range is obtained from the analysis of tunnelling conductivity oscillations in a quantizing magnetic field. The spin-orbit splitting of the energy spectrum of 2D states, due to inversion asymmetry of the surface quantum well, and the broadening of 2D states at the energies, when they are in resonance with the heavy hole valence band, are investigated in structures with different strength of the surface quantum well. A quantitative analysis is carried out within the framework of the Kane model of the energy spectrum. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the tunnelling spectroscopy data.Comment: 29 pages, RevTeX, submitted in Phys.Rev.B. Figures available on request from [email protected]

Oscillation Caused By Impulses

AbstractThe present paper is devoted to the investigation of the oscillation of a kind of very extensively studied second order nonlinear delay differential equations with impulses, some interesting results are obtained, which illustrate that impulses play a very important role in giving rise to the oscillations of equations

Phase description of oscillatory convection with a spatially translational mode

We formulate a theory for the phase description of oscillatory convection in a cylindrical Hele-Shaw cell that is laterally periodic. This system possesses spatial translational symmetry in the lateral direction owing to the cylindrical shape as well as temporal translational symmetry. Oscillatory convection in this system is described by a limit-torus solution that possesses two phase modes; one is a spatial phase and the other is a temporal phase. The spatial and temporal phases indicate the position and oscillation of the convection, respectively. The theory developed in this paper can be considered as a phase reduction method for limit-torus solutions in infinite-dimensional dynamical systems, namely, limit-torus solutions to partial differential equations representing oscillatory convection with a spatially translational mode. We derive the phase sensitivity functions for spatial and temporal phases; these functions quantify the phase responses of the oscillatory convection to weak perturbations applied at each spatial point. Using the phase sensitivity functions, we characterize the spatiotemporal phase responses of oscillatory convection to weak spatial stimuli and analyze the spatiotemporal phase synchronization between weakly coupled systems of oscillatory convection.Comment: 35 pages, 14 figures. Generalizes the phase description method developed in arXiv:1110.112

Oscillatory criteria for Third-Order difference equation with impulses

AbstractIn this paper, we investigate the oscillation of Third-order difference equation with impulses. Some sufficient conditions for the oscillatory behavior of the solutions of Third-order impulsive difference equations are obtained

Multi-physics phenomena influencing the performance of the car horn

Usually cars are equipped with disk horns. In these devices electromagnetic energy is converted into mechanical energy of two nuclei that vibrate and impact each other \u2013 the impacts excite the disk that radiates sound. This paper aims at understanding the results of acoustic tests carried out on horns with different excitation voltages and different mounting brackets. Since many non-linear phenomena are inherent in the vibrations of the nuclei, a detailed model of the electromechanical system is developed. Results show the dependence of operating frequency on the input voltage and the role played by the various mechanical and electrical parameters on the dynamics of the horn. Particular nonlinear effects, like sub-harmonic excitation, are presented and discussed. A general agreement between experimental results and numerical simulations is found

Spike-Train Responses of a Pair of Hodgkin-Huxley Neurons with Time-Delayed Couplings

Model calculations have been performed on the spike-train response of a pair of Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) neurons coupled by recurrent excitatory-excitatory couplings with time delay. The coupled, excitable HH neurons are assumed to receive the two kinds of spike-train inputs: the transient input consisting of $M$ impulses for the finite duration ($M$: integer) and the sequential input with the constant interspike interval (ISI). The distribution of the output ISI $T_{\rm o}$ shows a rich of variety depending on the coupling strength and the time delay. The comparison is made between the dependence of the output ISI for the transient inputs and that for the sequential inputs.Comment: 19 pages, 4 figure

Oscillation of forced impulsive differential equations with pp-Laplacian and nonlinearities given by Riemann-Stieltjes integrals

In this article, we study the oscillation of second order forced impulsive differential equation with $p$-Laplacian and nonlinearities given by Riemann-Stieltjes integrals of the form \begin{equation*} \left( p(t)\phi _{\gamma }\left( x^{\prime }(t)\right) \right) ^{\prime}+q_{0}\left( t\right) \phi _{\gamma }\left( x(t)\right)+\int_{0}^{b}q\left( t,s\right) \phi _{\alpha \left( s\right) }\left(x(t)\right) d\zeta \left(s\right) =e(t), t\neq \tau _{k}, \end{equation*} with impulsive conditions \begin{equation*} x\left( \tau _{k}^{+}\right) =\lambda _{k}~x\left( t_{k}\right), x^{\prime }\left( \tau _{k}^{+}\right) =\eta _{k}~x^{\prime }\left( \tau_{k}\right), \end{equation*} where \phi _{\gamma }\left( u\right) :=\left\vert u\right\vert ^{\gamma } \mbox{{\rm sgn}\,}u, $\gamma, b\in \left( 0,\infty \right),$ $\alpha \in C\left[ 0,b\right)$ is strictly increasing such that $0\leq \alpha \left( 0\right) <\gamma <\alpha \left( b-\right)$, and $\left\{ \tau_{k}\right\}_{k\in {\mathbb{N}}}$ is the the impulsive moments sequence. Using the Riccati transformation technique, we obtain sufficient conditions for this equation to be oscillatory