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Chaos in resonant-tunneling superlattices
Spatio-temporal chaos is predicted to occur in n-doped semiconductor
superlattices with sequential resonant tunneling as their main charge transport
mechanism. Under dc voltage bias, undamped time-dependent oscillations of the
current (due to the motion and recycling of electric field domain walls) have
been observed in recent experiments. Chaos is the result of forcing this
natural oscillation by means of an appropriate external microwave signal.Comment: 3 pages, LaTex, RevTex, 3 uuencoded figures (1.2M) are available upon
request from [email protected], to appear in Phys.Rev.
Chaotic dynamics of electric-field domains in periodically driven superlattices
Self-sustained time-dependent current oscillations under dc voltage bias have
been observed in recent experiments on n-doped semiconductor superlattices with
sequential resonant tunneling. The current oscillations are caused by the
motion and recycling of the domain wall separating low- and high-electric-
field regions of the superlattice, as the analysis of a discrete drift model
shows and experimental evidence supports. Numerical simulation shows that
different nonlinear dynamical regimes of the domain wall appear when an
external microwave signal is superimposed on the dc bias and its driving
frequency and driving amplitude vary. On the frequency - amplitude parameter
plane, there are regions of entrainment and quasiperiodicity forming Arnol'd
tongues. Chaos is demonstrated to appear at the boundaries of the tongues and
in the regions where they overlap. Coexistence of up to four electric-field
domains randomly nucleated in space is detected under ac+dc driving.Comment: 9 pages, LaTex, RevTex. 12 uuencoded figures (1.8M) should be
requested by e-mail from the autho
Symmetric hyperbolic systems for Bianchi equations
We obtain a family of first-order symmetric hyperbolic systems for the
Bianchi equations. They have only physical characteristics: the light cone and
timelike hypersurfaces. In the proof of the hyperbolicity, new positivity
properties of the Bel tensor are used.Comment: latex, 7 pages, accepted for publication in Class. Quantum Gra
Effects of noise on hysteresis and resonance width in graphene and nanotubes resonators
We investigate the role that noise plays in the hysteretic dynamics of a
suspended nanotube or a graphene sheet subject to an oscillating force. We find
that not only the size but also the position of the hysteresis region in these
systems can be controlled by noise. We also find that nano-resonators act as
noise rectifiers: by increasing the noise in the setup, the resonance width of
the characteristic peak in these systems is reduced and, as a result, the
quality factor is increased.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures. Sent to PRB (in revision
Current-voltage characteristic and stability in resonant-tunneling n-doped semiconductor superlattices
We review the occurrence of electric-field domains in doped superlattices
within a discrete drift model. A complete analysis of the construction and
stability of stationary field profiles having two domains is carried out. As a
consequence, we can provide a simple analytical estimation for the doping
density above which stable stable domains occur. This bound may be useful for
the design of superlattices exhibiting self-sustained current oscillations.
Furthermore we explain why stable domains occur in superlattices in contrast to
the usual Gunn diode.Comment: Tex file and 3 postscript figure
Efecto de la fuente y el nivel de fibra en pienso de pollitas durante la fase de recría sobre la productividad en puesta.
La fibra dietética es un componente importante de las dietas de las aves. La inclusión en el pienso de ciertos tipos de fibra en cantidad adecuada mejora la adaptación del tracto gastrointestinal (TGI) a los actuales sistemas de producción y de alimentación, reduciendo los trastornos digestivos y mejorando la productividad global (Jiménez-Moreno et al., 2009; Mateos et al., 2002). La fibra dietética puede aumentar el tiempo de retención de la digesta en la parte proximal del TGI y tiene un marcado efecto sobre la anatomía y el desarrollo y funcionamiento del mismo (Mateos et al., 2012), con aumento del tamaño de la molleja (Hetland et al., 2005) y de la longitud de diversos órganos digestivos (Van der Klis y Van Voorst, 1993; Iji et al., 2001). Es una práctica común en la industria suministrar piensos fibrosos durante la última fase de recría a fin de mejorar la capacidad de ingesta de las pollitas y mejorar la productividad de las aves en el inicio de puesta. Sin embargo, la información existente sobre el beneficio de esta práctica es muy limitada. La hipótesis de este estudio fue que cambios en el desarrollo del TGI durante la fase de recría debido a la inclusión de diversas fuentes de fibra en el pienso podrían mejorar los parámetros productivos durante la puesta, especialmente durante el inicio de la misma
Quasiperiodic time dependent current in driven superlattices: distorted Poincare maps and strange attractors
Intriguing routes to chaos have been experimentally observed in semiconductor
superlattices driven by an ac field. In this work, a theoretical model of time
dependent transport in ac driven superlattices is numerically solved. In
agreement with experiments, distorted Poincare maps in the quasiperiodic regime
are found. They indicate the appearance of very complex attractors and routes
to chaos as the amplitude of the AC signal increases. Distorted maps are caused
by the discrete well-to-well jump motion of a domain wall during spiky
high-frequency self-sustained oscillations of the current.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Dynamical Processing of Geophysical Signatures based on SPOT-5 Remote Sensing Imagery
An intelligent post-processing computational paradigm based on the use of dynamical filtering techniques modified to enhance the quality of reconstruction of geophysical signatures based on Spot-5 imagery is proposed. As a matter of particular study, a robust algorithm is reported for the analysis of the dynamic behavior of geophysical indexes extracted from the real-world remotely sensed scenes. The simulation results verify the efficiency of the approach as required for decision support in resources management
Electrically tunable GHz oscillations in doped GaAs-AlAs superlattices
Tunable oscillatory modes of electric-field domains in doped semiconductor
superlattices are reported. The experimental investigations demonstrate the
realization of tunable, GHz frequencies in GaAs-AlAs superlattices covering the
temperature region from 5 to 300 K. The orgin of the tunable oscillatory modes
is determined using an analytical and a numerical modeling of the dynamics of
domain formation. Three different oscillatory modes are found. Their presence
depends on the actual shape of the drift velocity curve, the doping density,
the boundary condition, and the length of the superlattice. For most bias
regions, the self-sustained oscillations are due to the formation, motion, and
recycling of the domain boundary inside the superlattice. For some biases, the
strengths of the low and high field domain change periodically in time with the
domain boundary being pinned within a few quantum wells. The dependency of the
frequency on the coupling leads to the prediction of a new type of tunable GHz
oscillator based on semiconductor superlattices.Comment: Tex file (20 pages) and 16 postscript figure
Discrete models of dislocations and their motion in cubic crystals
A discrete model describing defects in crystal lattices and having the
standard linear anisotropic elasticity as its continuum limit is proposed. The
main ingredients entering the model are the elastic stiffness constants of the
material and a dimensionless periodic function that restores the translation
invariance of the crystal and influences the Peierls stress. Explicit
expressions are given for crystals with cubic symmetry: sc, fcc and bcc.
Numerical simulations of this model with conservative or damped dynamics
illustrate static and moving edge and screw dislocations and describe their
cores and profiles. Dislocation loops and dipoles are also numerically
observed. Cracks can be created and propagated by applying a sufficient load to
a dipole formed by two edge dislocations.Comment: 23 pages, 15 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
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