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Frenkel Excitons in Random Systems With Correlated Gaussian Disorder
Optical absorption spectra of Frenkel excitons in random one-dimensional
systems are presented. Two models of inhomogeneous broadening, arising from a
Gaussian distribution of on-site energies, are considered. In one case the
on-site energies are uncorrelated variables whereas in the second model the
on-site energies are pairwise correlated (dimers). We observe a red shift and a
broadening of the absorption line on increasing the width of the Gaussian
distribution. In the two cases we find that the shift is the same, within our
numerical accuracy, whereas the broadening is larger when dimers are
introduced. The increase of the width of the Gaussian distribution leads to
larger differences between uncorrelated and correlated disordered models. We
suggest that this higher broadening is due to stronger scattering effects from
dimers.Comment: 9 pages, REVTeX 3.0, 3 ps figures. To appear in Physical Review
Adaptive Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources in Lossy Power Distribution Systems
This paper is concerned with the problem of coordinating a set of distributed
energy resources (DERs) in a lossy power distribution system to provide
frequency regulation services to a bulk power grid with the explicit
consideration of system losses. To this end, we formulate the problem as an
optimization problem, the objective of which is to minimize some cost function
subject to a set of constraints. The formulation requires knowledge of
incremental total system losses, which we approximate using the so-called loss
factors (LFs) that explicitly capture the impacts of both active and reactive
power injections on system losses. The LFs are estimated recursively using
power injection measurements; thus, they are adaptive to various phenomena that
impact the power system operation. Numerical simulation on a 33-bus
distribution test feeder validated the effectiveness of the proposed framework
Dissipation in Mesoscopic Superconductors with Ac Magnetic Fields
The response of mesoscopic superconductors to an ac magnetic field is
investigated both experimentally and with numerical simulations. We study small
square samples with dimensions of the order of the penetration depth. We obtain
the ac susceptibitity at microwave frequencies as a
function of the dc magnetic field . We find that the dissipation, given
by , has a non monotonous behavior in mesoscopic samples. In the
numerical simulations we obtain that the dissipation increases before the
penetration of vortices and then it decreases abruptly after vortices have
entered the sample. This is verified experimentally, where we find that
has strong oscillations as a function of in small squares of
Pb.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Fluorescence decay in aperiodic Frenkel lattices
We study motion and capture of excitons in self-similar linear systems in
which interstitial traps are arranged according to an aperiodic sequence,
focusing our attention on Fibonacci and Thue-Morse systems as canonical
examples. The decay of the fluorescence intensity following a broadband pulse
excitation is evaluated by solving the microscopic equations of motion of the
Frenkel exciton problem. We find that the average decay is exponential and
depends only on the concentration of traps and the trapping rate. In addition,
we observe small-amplitude oscillations coming from the coupling between the
low-lying mode and a few high-lying modes through the topology of the lattice.
These oscillations are characteristic of each particular arrangement of traps
and they are directly related to the Fourier transform of the underlying
lattice. Our predictions can be then used to determine experimentally the
ordering of traps.Comment: REVTeX 3.0 + 3PostScript Figures + epsf.sty (uuencoded). To appear in
Physical Review
Nonlinear AC resistivity in s-wave and d-wave disordered granular superconductors
We model s-wave and d-wave disordered granular superconductors with a
three-dimensional lattice of randomly distributed Josephson junctions with
finite self-inductance. The nonlinear ac resistivity of these systems was
calculated using Langevin dynamical equations. The current amplitude dependence
of the nonlinear resistivity at the peak position is found to be a power law
characterized by exponent . The later is not universal but depends on
the self-inductance and current regimes. In the weak current regime is
independent of the self-inductance and equal to 0.5 or both of s- and d-wave
materials. In the strong current regime this exponent depends on the screening.
We find for some interval of inductance which agrees with
the experimental finding for d-wave ceramic superconductors.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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