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Spin relaxation in diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dots
Electron spin relaxation induced by phonon-mediated s-d exchange interaction
in a II-VI diluted magnetic semiconductor quantum dot is investigated
theoretically. The electron-acoustic phonon interaction due to piezoelectric
coupling and deformation potential is included. The resulting spin lifetime is
typically on the order of microseconds. The effectiveness of the
phonon-mediated spin-flip mechanism increases with increasing Mn concentration,
electron spin splitting, vertical confining strength and lateral diameter,
while it shows non-monotonic dependence on the magnetic field and temperature.
An interesting finding is that the spin relaxation in a small quantum dot is
suppressed for strong magnetic field and low Mn concentration at low
temperature.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev.
A Two-Step Etching Method to Fabricate Nanopores in Silicon
A cost effectively method to fabricate nanopores in silicon by only using the
conventional wet-etching technique is developed in this research. The main
concept of the proposed method is a two-step etching process, including a
premier double-sided wet etching and a succeeding track-etching. A special
fixture is designed to hold the pre-etched silicon wafer inside it such that
the track-etching can be effectively carried out. An electrochemical system is
employed to detect and record the ion diffusion current once the pre-etched
cavities are etched into a through nanopore. Experimental results indicate that
the proposed method can cost effectively fabricate nanopores in silicon.Comment: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association
(http://irevues.inist.fr/EDA-Publishing
Non-Markovian master equation for a damped oscillator with time-varying parameters
We derive an exact non-Markovian master equation that generalizes the
previous work [Hu, Paz and Zhang, Phys. Rev. D {\bf 45}, 2843 (1992)] to damped
harmonic oscillators with time-varying parameters. This is achieved by
exploiting the linearity of the system and operator solution in Heisenberg
picture. Our equation governs the non-Markovian quantum dynamics when the
system is modulated by external devices. As an application, we apply our
equation to parity kick decoupling problems. The time-dependent dissipative
coefficients in the master equation are shown to be modified drastically when
the system is driven by pulses. For coherence protection to be effective,
our numerical results indicate that kicking period should be shorter than
memory time of the bath. The effects of using soft pulses in an ohmic bath are
also discussed
Ultimate intrinsic-coercivity samarium-cobalt magnet: An Earth-based feasibility study for space-shuttle missions
Techniques for containerless melting and solidification of the samarium-cobalt alloy without excessive oxidation were developed. The rationale for extending these experiments in a weightless environment is also discussed. The effect of oxygen content from 0.15 to 0.63 weight percent and grain size in the range of 2 to 10 micrometers has been examined on arc-plasma-sprayed SmCo5 magnets. Contrary to expectations, the larger grain sizes tended to improve the coercivities. This was attributed to an increase in homogeneity resulting from higher temperature treatments used to produce larger grain size. No significant differences in coercivity were observed on the basis of oxygen content in the range examined. It is expected that more meaningful data on the relationship between oxygen content and coercivity will be seen when the oxygen content can be lowered to less than 0.1 weight percent
Global Entanglement for Multipartite Quantum States
Based on the residual entanglement [9] (Phys. Rev. A \textbf{71}, 044301
(2005)), we present the global entanglement for a multipartite quantum state.
The measure is shown to be also obtained by the bipartite partitions of the
multipartite state. The distinct characteristic of the global entanglement is
that it consists of the sum of different entanglement contributions. The
measure can provide sufficient and necessary condition of fully separability
for pure states and be conveniently extended to mixed states by minimizing the
convex hull. To test the sufficiency of the measure for mixed states, we
evaluate the global entanglement of bound entangled states. The properties of
the measure discussed finally show the global entanglement is an entanglement
monotone.Comment: 6 page
Basic physical and chemical processes in space radiation effects on polymers
The effects of space ionizing radiation on polymers is investigated in terms of operative physical and chemical processes. A useful model of charged particle impact with a polymer was designed. Principle paths of molecular relaxation were identified and energy handling processes were considered. The focus of the study was on energy absorption and the immediately following events. Further study of the radiation degradation of polymers is suggested
Effects of backing plates on the electron exposure of thin polymer films
The effects of backing plates on the radiation dose received by thin nylon films were calculated using recently developed multilayer electron transport codes. The film dose increased with increasing atomic number of the backing plate. The estimated dose could be off by a factor of 2 or more if the backing plate were ignored in the calculations
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