237 research outputs found
The long-term cyclotron dynamics of relativistic wave packets: spontaneous collapse and revival
In this work we study the effects of collapse and revival as well as {\it
Zitterbewegung} (ZB) phenomenon, for the relativistic electron wave packets,
which are a superposition of the states with quantum numbers sharply peaked
around some level of the order of few tens. The probability densities as
well as average velocities of the packet center and the average spin components
were calculated analytically and visualized. Our computations demonstrate that
due to dephasing of the states for times larger than the cyclotron period the
initial wave packet (which includes the states with the positive energy only)
loses the spatial localization so that the evolution can no longer be described
classically. However, at the half-revival time its reshaping takes
place firstly. The behavior of the wave packet containing the states of both
energy bands (with and ) is more complicated. At short times of
a few classical periods such packet splits into two parts which rotate with
cyclotron frequency in the opposite directions and meet each other every
one-half of the cyclotron period. At these moments their wave functions have
significant overlap that leads to ZB. At the time of fractional revival each of
two sub-packets is decomposed into few packets-fractions. However, at
each of the two sub-packets (with positive or negative energy) restores at
various points of the cyclotron orbit, that makes it impossible reshaping of
initial wave packet entirely unlike the wave packet which consists of states
with energies only. Obtained results can be useful for the description
of electromagnetic radiation and absorption in relativistic plasma on
astrophysics objects, where super high magnetic field has the value of the
order T, as well as for interpretation of experiments with trapped
ions
Harper-Hofstadter problem for 2D electron gas with -linear Rashba spin-orbit coupling
The Harper-Hofstadter problem for two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba
spin-orbit coupling subject to periodic potential and perpendicular magnetic
field is studied analytically and numerically. The butterfly-like energy
spectrum, spinor wave functions as well as the spin density and average spin
polarization are calculated for actual parameters of semiconductor structure.
Our calculations show that in two-dimensional electron gas subject to periodic
potential and uniform magnetic field the effects of energy spectrum splitting
caused by large spin-orbit Rashba coupling can be observed experimentally.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures. submitted to Europhys. Letter
Space-time evolution of Dirac wave packets
In this work we study the dynamics of free 3D relativistic Gaussian wave
packets with different spin polarization. We analyze the connection between the
symmetry of initial state and the dynamical characteristics of moving particle.
The corresponding solutions of Dirac equation having different types of
symmetry were evaluated analytically and numerically and after that the
electron probability densities, as well as, the spin densities were visualized.
The average values of velocity of the packet center and the average spin were
calculated analytically, and the parameters of transient Zitterbewegung in
different directions were obtained. These results can be useful for the
interpretation of future experiments with trapped ions.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
The analysis of the algorithms of the complex optimal estimates interpolation in tasks of satellite navigation
For the tasks of satellite navigation, we conduct the synthesis of the interpolation algorithms within the fixed interval and in the fixed point, when the complex processing of measurements of the range and Doppler frequency is implemented. The simulation results are provided
Quantum states and linear response in dc and electromagnetic fields for charge current and spin polarization of electrons at Bi/Si interface with giant spin-orbit coupling
An expansion of the nearly free-electron model constructed by Frantzeskakis,
Pons and Grioni [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 82}, 085440 (2010)] describing quantum
states at Bi/Si(111) interface with giant spin-orbit coupling is developed and
applied for the band structure and spin polarization calculation, as well as
for the linear response analysis for charge current and induced spin caused by
dc field and by electromagnetic radiation. It is found that the large
spin-orbit coupling in this system may allow resolving the spin-dependent
properties even at room temperature and at realistic collision rate. The
geometry of the atomic lattice combined with spin-orbit coupling leads to an
anisotropic response both for current and spin components related to the
orientation of the external field. The in-plane dc electric field produces only
the in-plane components of spin in the sample while both the in-plane and
out-of-plane spin components can be excited by normally propagating
electromagnetic wave with different polarizations.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figure
Multiferroic Coupling of Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Particles through Elastic Polymers
Multiferroics are materials that electrically polarize when subjected to a magnetic field and magnetize under the action of an electric field. In composites, the multiferroic effect is achieved by mixing of ferromagnetic (FM) and ferroelectric (FE) particles. The FM particles are prone to magnetostriction (field-induced deformation), whereas the FE particles display piezoelectricity (electrically polarize under mechanical stress). In solid composites, where the FM and FE grains are in tight contact, the combination of these effects directly leads to multiferroic behavior. In the present work, we considered the FM/FE composites with soft polymer bases, where the particles of alternative kinds are remote from one another. In these systems, the multiferroic coupling is different and more complicated in comparison with the solid ones as it is essentially mediated by an electromagnetically neutral matrix. When either of the fields, magnetic or electric, acts on the ‘akin’ particles (FM or FE) it causes their displacement and by that perturbs the particle elastic environments. The induced mechanical stresses spread over the matrix and inevitably affect the particles of an alternative kind. Therefore, magnetization causes an electric response (due to the piezoeffect in FE) whereas electric polarization might entail a magnetic response (due to the magnetostriction effect in FM). A numerical model accounting for the multiferroic behavior of a polymer composite of the above-described type is proposed and confirmed experimentally on a polymer-based dispersion of iron and lead zirconate micron-size particles. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Funding: The reported study was funded by the Russian Scientific Foundation according to research project No. 21-72-30032 (experimental investigation and analysis); authors Makarova L.A. and Isaev D.A. acknowledge the President of the Russian Federation Grant Number MK-716.2020.2 (simulation results). Authors Isaenko M.B. and Perov N.S. acknowledge partial support from Lomonosov Moscow State University Program of Development
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