674 research outputs found
Flux switching in multipath cores
Flux switching in multipath ferrimagnetic core materials - computational analyses for unloaded core, loaded core, core-diode-transistor binary counter, and loaded three-leg cor
A mesoscopic ring as a XNOR gate: An exact result
We describe XNOR gate response in a mesoscopic ring threaded by a magnetic
flux . The ring is attached symmetrically to two semi-infinite
one-dimensional metallic electrodes and two gate voltages, viz, and
, are applied in one arm of the ring which are treated as the inputs of
the XNOR gate. The calculations are based on the tight-binding model and the
Green's function method, which numerically compute the conductance-energy and
current-voltage characteristics as functions of the ring-to-electrode coupling
strength, magnetic flux and gate voltages. Our theoretical study shows that,
for a particular value of () (, the elementary
flux-quantum), a high output current (1) (in the logical sense) appears if both
the two inputs to the gate are the same, while if one but not both inputs are
high (1), a low output current (0) results. It clearly exhibits the XNOR gate
behavior and this aspect may be utilized in designing an electronic logic gate.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Transport and optical response of molecular junctions driven by surface plasmon-polaritons
We consider a biased molecular junction subjected to external time-dependent
electromagnetic field. The field for two typical junction geometries (bowtie
antennas and metal nanospheres) is calculated within finite-difference
time-domain technique. Time-dependent transport and optical response of the
junctions is calculated within non-equilibrium Green's function approach
expressed in a form convenient for description of multi-level systems. We
present numerical results for a two-level (HOMO-LUMO) model, and discuss
influence of localized surface plasmon polariton modes on transport.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure
Random Walks on a Fluctuating Lattice: A Renormalization Group Approach Applied in One Dimension
We study the problem of a random walk on a lattice in which bonds connecting
nearest neighbor sites open and close randomly in time, a situation often
encountered in fluctuating media. We present a simple renormalization group
technique to solve for the effective diffusive behavior at long times. For
one-dimensional lattices we obtain better quantitative agreement with
simulation data than earlier effective medium results. Our technique works in
principle in any dimension, although the amount of computation required rises
with dimensionality of the lattice.Comment: PostScript file including 2 figures, total 15 pages, 8 other figures
obtainable by mail from D.L. Stei
Self-induced parametric amplification arising from nonlinear elastic coupling in a micromechanical resonating disk gyroscope
Parametric amplification, resulting from intentionally varying a parameter in a resonator at twice its resonant frequency, has been successfully employed to increase the sensitivity of many micro- and nano-scale sensors. Here, we introduce the concept of self-induced parametric amplification, which arises naturally from nonlinear elastic coupling between the degenerate vibration modes in a micromechanical disk-resonator, and is not externally applied. The device functions as a gyroscope wherein angular rotation is detected from Coriolis coupling of elastic vibration energy from a driven vibration mode into a second degenerate sensing mode. While nonlinear elasticity in silicon resonators is extremely weak, in this high quality-factor device, ppm-level nonlinear elastic effects result in an order-of-magnitude increase in the observed sensitivity to Coriolis force relative to linear theory. Perfect degeneracy of the primary and secondary vibration modes is achieved through electrostatic frequency tuning, which also enables the phase and frequency of the parametric coupling to be varied, and we show that the resulting phase and frequency dependence of the amplification follow the theory of parametric resonance. We expect that this phenomenon will be useful for both fundamental studies of dynamic systems with low dissipation and for increasing signal-to-noise ratio in practical applications such as gyroscopes
Vibrational Enhancement of the Effective Donor - Acceptor Coupling
The paper deals with a simple three sites model for charge transfer phenomena
in an one-dimensional donor (D) - bridge (B) - acceptor (A) system coupled with
vibrational dynamics of the B site. It is found that in a certain range of
parameters the vibrational coupling leads to an enhancement of the effective
donor - acceptor electronic coupling as a result of the formation of the
polaron on the B site. This enhancement of the charge transfer efficiency is
maximum at the resonance, where the effective energy of the fluctuating B site
coincides with the donor (acceptor) energy.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Derivation of exact master equation with stochastic description: Dissipative harmonic oscillator
A systematic procedure for deriving the master equation of a dissipative
system is reported in the framework of stochastic description. For the
Caldeira-Leggett model of the harmonic-oscillator bath, a detailed and
elementary derivation of the bath-induced stochastic field is presented. The
dynamics of the system is thereby fully described by a stochastic differential
equation and the desired master equation would be acquired with statistical
averaging. It is shown that the existence of a closed-form master equation
depends on the specificity of the system as well as the feature of the
dissipation characterized by the spectral density function. For a dissipative
harmonic oscillator it is observed that the correlation between the stochastic
field due to the bath and the system can be decoupled and the master equation
naturally comes out. Such an equation possesses the Lindblad form in which time
dependent coefficients are determined by a set of integral equations. It is
proved that the obtained master equation is equivalent to the well-known
Hu-Paz-Zhang equation based on the path integral technique. The procedure is
also used to obtain the master equation of a dissipative harmonic oscillator in
time-dependent fields.Comment: 24page
Ground state and dynamics of the biased dissipative two-state system: Beyond variational polaron theory
We propose a ground-state ansatz for the Ohmic spin-boson model that improves
upon the variational treatment of Silbey and Harris for biased systems in the
scaling limit. In particular, it correctly captures the smooth crossover
behaviour expected for the ground-state magnetisation when moving between the
delocalised and localised regimes of the model, a feature that the variational
treatment is unable to properly reproduce, while it also provides a lower
ground-state energy estimate in the crossover region. We further demonstrate
the validity of our intuitive ground-state by showing that it leads to
predictions in excellent agreement with those derived from a non-perturbative
Bethe-ansatz technique. Finally, recasting our ansatz in the form of a
generalised polaron transformation, we are able to explore the dissipative
two-state dynamics beyond weak system-environment coupling within an efficient
time-local master equation formalism.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, comments welcome. Published version, including
revised dynamics section and new discussion on the Toulouse poin
Electrical transport through single-molecule junctions: from molecular orbitals to conduction channels
We present an atomistic theory of electronic transport through single organic
molecules that reproduces the important features of the current-voltage
characteristics observed in recent experiments. We trace these features to
their origin in the electronic structure of the molecules and their local
atomic environment. We demonstrate how conduction channels arise from the
molecular orbitals and elucidate which specific properties of the individual
orbitals determine their contribution to the current.Comment: Revtex4, 4 pages, 4 figures. Version with color figures in
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