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Haldane Sashes in Quantum Hall Spectra
We show that the low-temperature sash features in the lowest Landau-level
(LLL) tunneling density-of-states (TDOS) recently discovered by Dial and
Ashoori are intimately related to the discrete Haldane-pseudopotential
interaction energy scales that govern fractional quantum Hall physics. Our
analysis is based on expressions for the tunneling density-of-states which
become exact at filling factors close to and , where the sash
structure is most prominent. We comment on other aspects of LLL correlation
physics that can be revealed by accurate temperature-dependent tunneling data.Comment: Added referenc
A splitting theorem for good complexifications
The purpose of this paper is to produce restrictions on fundamental groups of
manifolds admitting good complexifications by proving the following
Cheeger-Gromoll type splitting theorem: Any closed manifold admitting a
good complexification has a finite-sheeted regular covering such that
admits a fiber bundle structure with base and fiber that
admits a good complexification and also has zero virtual first Betti number. We
give several applications to manifolds of dimension at most 5.Comment: 13 pgs no fig
Induced spin texture in semiconductor/topological insulator heterostructures
We show that a semiconductor thin film can acquire a non-trivial spin texture
due to the proximity effect induced by a topological insulator. The effect
stems from coupling to the topological surface states and is present even when
the insulator is doped. We propose a semiconductor/topological insulator
heterostructure as a device that allows measuring interface properties and
probing surface states in uncompensated samples. We also find that the
topological insulator surface modes can be significantly broadened and shifted
by the presence of metallic contacts.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, published versio
Influence of pure-dephasing by phonons on exciton-photon interfaces: Quantum microscopic theory
We have developed a full quantum microscopic theory to analyze the time
evolution of transversal and longitudinal components of an exciton-single
photon system coupled to bulk acoustic phonons. These components are subjected
to two decay processes. One is radiative relaxation and the other is
pure-dephasing due to exciton-phonon interaction. The former results in a decay
with an exponent linear to time, while the latter causes a faster initial decay
than the radiative decay. We analyzed the dependence of the components on the
duration of the input one-photon pulse, temperature, and radiative relaxation
rates. Such a quantitative analysis is important for the developments of
atom-photon interfaces which enable coherent transfer of quantum information
between photons and atomic systems. We found that, for a GaAs spherical quantum
dot in which the exciton interacts with bulk phonons, the maximal probability
of the excited state can be increased up to 75 %. This probability can be
considered as the efficiency for quantum information transfer from photon to
exciton.Comment: 9pages, 5figure
Dielectric function and plasmons in graphene
The electromagnetic response of graphene, expressed by the dielectric
function, and the spectrum of collective excitations are studied as a function
of wave vector and frequency. Our calculation is based on the full band
structure, calculated within the tight-binding approximation. As a result, we
find plasmons whose dispersion is similar to that obtained in the single-valley
approximation by Dirac fermions. In contrast to the latter, however, we find a
stronger damping of the plasmon modes due to inter-band absorption. Our
calculation also reveals effects due to deviations from the linear Dirac
spectrum as we increase the Fermi energy, indicating an anisotropic behavior
with respect to the wave vector of the external electromagnetic field
X-ray edge singularity of bilayer graphene
The X-ray edge singularity of bilayer graphene is studied by generalizing the
path integral approach based on local action which was employed for monolayer
graphene. In sharp contrast to the case of monolayer graphene, the bilayer
graphene is found to exhibit the edge singularity even at half-filling and its
characteristics are determined by interlayer coupling. At finite bias the
singular behaviors sensitively depend on the relative magnitude of fermi energy
and applied bias, which is due to the peculiar shape of energy band at finite
bias.Comment: RevTeX 4.1, 4 pages. No figur
Dissipative Effects on Quantum Sticking
Using variational mean-field theory, many-body dissipative effects on the
threshold law for quantum sticking and reflection of neutral and charged
particles are examined. For the case of an ohmic bosonic bath, we study the
effects of the infrared divergence on the probability of sticking and obtain a
non-perturbative expression for the sticking rate. We find that for weak
dissipative coupling , the low energy threshold laws for quantum
sticking are modified by an infrared singularity in the bath. The sticking
probability for a neutral particle with incident energy behaves
asymptotically as ; for a charged
particle, we obtain . Thus, "quantum
mirrors" --surfaces that become perfectly reflective to particles with incident
energies asymptotically approaching zero-- can also exist for charged
particles.Comment: 10 pages, 0 fig
Toward quantum simulations of biological information flow
Recent advances in the spectroscopy of biomolecules have highlighted the
possibility of quantum coherence playing an active role in biological energy
transport. The revelation that quantum coherence can survive in the hot and wet
environment of biology has generated a lively debate across both the physics
and biology communities. In particular, it remains unclear to what extent
non-trivial quantum effects are utilised in biology and what advantage, if any,
they afford. We propose an analogue quantum simulator, based on currently
available techniques in ultra-cold atom physics, to study a model of energy and
electron transport based on the Holstein Hamiltonian By simulating the salient
aspects of a biological system in a tunable laboratory setup, we hope to gain
insight into the validity of several theoretical models of biological quantum
transport in a variety of relevant parameter regimes.Comment: 8 Pages, 2 Figures, Non-technical contributing article for the
Interface Focus Theme Issue `Computability and the Turning centenary'.
Interface Focus
http://rsfs.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/03/22/rsfs.2011.0109.shor
Suppression of electron relaxation and dephasing rates in quantum dots caused by external magnetic fields
An external magnetic field has been applied in laterally coupled dots (QDs)
and we have studied the QD properties related to charge decoherence. The
significance of the applied magnetic field to the suppression of
electron-phonon relaxation and dephasing rates has been explored. The coupled
QDs have been studied by varing the magnetic field and the interdot distance as
other system parameters. Our numerical results show that the electron
scattering rates are strongly dependent on the applied external magnetic field
and the details of the double QD configuration.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figure
A spin-boson thermal rectifier
Rectification of heat transfer in nanodevices can be realized by combining
the system inherent anharmonicity with structural asymmetry. we analyze this
phenomenon within the simplest anharmonic system -a spin-boson nanojunction
model. We consider two variants of the model that yield, for the first time,
analytical solutions: a linear separable model in which the heat reservoirs
contribute additively, and a non-separable model suitable for a stronger
system-bath interaction. Both models show asymmetric (rectifying) heat
conduction when the couplings to the heat reservoirs are different.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, RevTeX
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