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Spin-polarized quantum transport through a T-shape quantum dot-array: a model of spin splitter
We in this paper study theoretically the spin-polarized quantum transport
through a T-shape quantum dot-array by means of transfer-matrix method along
with the Green^{,}s function technique. Multi-magnetic fields are used to
produce the spin-polarized transmission probabilities and therefore the spin
currents, which are shown to be tunable in a wide range by adjusting the
energy, and the direction-angle of magnetic fields as well. Particularly the
opposite- spin- polarization currents separately flowing out to two electrodes
can be generated and thus the system acts as a spin splitter.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure
Quantum Phase Interference for Quantum Tunneling in Spin Systems
The point-particle-like Hamiltonian of a biaxial spin particle with external
magnetic field along the hard axis is obtained in terms of the potential field
description of spin systems with exact spin-coordinate correspondence. The
Zeeman energy term turns out to be an effective gauge potential which leads to
a nonintegrable pha se of the Euclidean Feynman propagator.
The phase interference between clockwise and anticlockwise under barrier
propagations is recognized explicitly as the Aharonov-Bohm effect. An
additional phase which is significant for quantum phase interference is
discovered with the quantum theory of spin systems besides the known phase
obtained with the semiclassical treatment of spin. We also show the energ y
dependence of the effect and obtain the tunneling splitting at excited states
with the help of periodic instantons.Comment: 19 pages, no figure, to appear in PR
Enhancement of Quantum Tunneling for Excited States in Ferromagnetic Particles
A formula suitable for a quantitative evaluation of the tunneling effect in a
ferromagnetic particle is derived with the help of the instanton method. The
tunneling between n-th degenerate states of neighboring wells is dominated by a
periodic pseudoparticle configuration. The low-lying level-splitting previously
obtained with the LSZ method in field theory in which the tunneling is viewed
as the transition of n bosons induced by the usual (vacuum) instanton is
recovered. The observation made with our new result is that the tunneling
effect increases at excited states. The results should be useful in analyzing
results of experimental tests of macroscopic quantum coherence in ferromagnetic
particles.Comment: 18 pages, LaTex, 1 figur
Halo assembly bias and its effects on galaxy clustering
The clustering of dark halos depends not only on their mass but also on their
assembly history, a dependence we term `assembly bias'. Using a galaxy
formation model grafted onto the Millennium Simulation of the LCDM cosmogony,
we study how assembly bias affects galaxy clustering. We compare the original
simulation to `shuffled' versions where the galaxy populations are randomly
swapped among halos of similar mass, thus isolating the effects of correlations
between assembly history and environment at fixed mass. Such correlations are
ignored in the halo occupation distribution models often used populate dark
matter simulations with galaxies, but they are significant in our more
realistic simulation. Assembly bias enhances 2-point correlations by 10% for
galaxies with M_bJ-5logh brighter than -17, but suppresses them by a similar
amount for galaxies brighter than -20. When such samples are split by colour,
assembly bias is 5% stronger for red galaxies and 5% weaker for blue ones. Halo
central galaxies are differently affected by assembly bias than are galaxies of
all types. It almost doubles the correlation amplitude for faint red central
galaxies. Shuffling galaxies among halos of fixed formation redshift or
concentration in addition to fixed mass produces biases which are not much
smaller than when mass alone is fixed. Assembly bias must reflect a correlation
of environment with aspects of halo assembly which are not encoded in either of
these parameters. It induces effects which could compromise precision
measurements of cosmological parameters from large galaxy surveys.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
Soliton solution of continuum magnetization-equation in conducting ferromagnet with a spin-polarized current
Exact soliton solutions of a modified Landau-Lifshitz equation for the
magnetization of conducting ferromagnet in the presence of a spin-polarized
current are obtained by means of inverse scattering transformation. From the
analytical solution effects of spin-current on the frequency, wave number, and
dispersion law of spin wave are investigated. The one-soliton solution
indicates obviously current-driven precession and periodic shape-variation as
well. The inelastic collision of solitons by which we mean the shape change
before and after collision appears due to the spin current. We, moreover, show
that complete inelastic collisions can be achieved by adjusting spectrum and
current parameters. This may lead to a potential technique for shape control of
spin wave.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figure
Long wavelength optical coherence tomography for painted objects
Optical Coherence Tomography has been successfully applied to the imaging of painted objects in recent years. However, a significant limitation is the low penetration depth of OCT in paint because of the high opacity of paint due to either scattering or absorption. It has been shown that the optimum spectral window for OCT imaging of paint layers is around 2.2μm in wavelength. In this paper, we demonstrate a 1950nm OCT for imaging painted objects using a superfluorescent fiber source at low power
Exotic quantum phase transitions in a Bose-Einstein condensate coupled to an optical cavity
A new extended Dicke model, which includes atom-atom interactions and a
driving classical laser field, is established for a Bose-Einstein condensate
inside an ultrahigh-finesse optical cavity. A feasible experimental setup with
a strong atom-field coupling is proposed, where most parameters are easily
controllable and thus the predicted second-order superradiant-normal phase
transition may be detected by measuring the ground-state atomic population.
More intriguingly, a novel second-order phase transition from the superradiant
phase to the \textquotedblleft Mott" phase is also revealed. In addition, a
rich and exotic phase diagram is presented.Comment: 4 pages; figures 1 and 3 are modified; topos are correcte
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