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Driven quantum transport on the nanoscale
We explore the prospects to control by use of time-dependent fields quantum
transport phenomena in nanoscale systems. In particular, we study for driven
conductors the electron current and its noise properties. We review recent
corresponding theoretical descriptions which are based on Floquet theory.
Alternative approaches, as well as various limiting approximation schemes are
investigated and compared. The general theory is subsequently applied to
different representative nanoscale devices, like the non-adiabatic pumps,
molecular gates, molecular quantum ratchets, and molecular transistors.
Potential applications range from molecular wires under the influence of strong
laser fields to microwave-irradiated quantum dots.Comment: 82 pages, 19 figures, elsart.cls, solved LaTeX/hyperref problem
Single-mode propagation of light in one-dimensional all-dielectric light-guiding systems
Numerical results are presented for single-mode guidance, which is based on
photonic band gap (PBG) effect, in one-dimensional planar all-dielectric
light-guiding systems. In such systems there may be two kinds of light-speed
point (the intersection of a mode-dispersion curve and the light line of
guiding region ambient medium): one is the intrinsic light-speed point that is
independent of the guiding region width, and the other is the movable
light-speed point that varies with the guiding region width. It is found that
the intrinsic light-speed point plays an important role to form the single-mode
regime by destroying the coexistence of the lowest guided TM and TE modes that
are born with a degeneration point. A sufficient and necessary condition for
intrinsic light-speed points is given. The transverse resonance condition is
derived in the Maxwell optics frame, and it is shown that there is a
significant revision to the traditional one in the ray optics model. A
mode-lost phenomenon is exposed and this phenomenon suggests a way of how to
identify PBG-guided fundamental modes. Quasi-cutoff-free index-guided modes in
the PBG guiding structures, which appear when the higher-index layers are
adjacent to the guiding region and the guiding region width is small, are
exposed and analyzed as well.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, 32 reference
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