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Ground-State Decay Rate for the Zener Breakdown in Band and Mott Insulators
Non-linear transport of electrons in strong electric fields, as typified by
dielectric breakdown, is re-formulated in terms of the ground-state decay rate
originally studied by Schwinger in non-linear QED. We discuss the effect of
electron interaction on Zener tunneling by comparing the dielectric breakdown
of the band insulator and the Mott insulator, where the latter is studied by
the time-dependent density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG). The relation
with the Berry's phase theory of polarization is also established.Comment: 5 pages 2 figures, revised text, version to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Thermoelastic Damping in Micro- and Nano-Mechanical Systems
The importance of thermoelastic damping as a fundamental dissipation
mechanism for small-scale mechanical resonators is evaluated in light of recent
efforts to design high-Q micrometer- and nanometer-scale electro-mechanical
systems (MEMS and NEMS). The equations of linear thermoelasticity are used to
give a simple derivation for thermoelastic damping of small flexural vibrations
in thin beams. It is shown that Zener's well-known approximation by a
Lorentzian with a single thermal relaxation time slightly deviates from the
exact expression.Comment: 10 pages. Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Electronic Phase Separation in Manganite/Insulator Interfaces
By using a realist microscopic model, we study the electric and magnetic
properties of the interface between a half metallic manganite and an insulator.
We find that the lack of carriers at the interface debilitates the double
exchange mechanism, weakening the ferromagnetic coupling between the Mn ions.
In this situation the ferromagnetic order of the Mn spins near the interface is
unstable against antiferromagnetic CE correlations, and a separation between
ferromagnetic/metallic and antiferromagnetic/insulator phases at the interfaces
can occur. We obtain that the insertion of extra layers of undoped manganite at
the interface introduces extra carriers which reinforce the double exchange
mechanism and suppress antiferromagnetic instabilities.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures include
A new Bloch period for interacting cold atoms in 1D optical lattices
The paper studies Bloch oscillations of ultracold atoms in optical lattice in
the presence of atom-atom interaction. A new, interaction-induced Bloch period
is identified. The analytical results are corroborated by realistic numerical
calculations.Comment: revtex4, 4 pages, 4 figures, gzipped tar fil
Sensitive measurement of forces at micron scale using Bloch oscillations of ultracold atoms
We show that Bloch oscillations of ultracold fermionic atoms in the periodic
potential of an optical lattice can be used for a sensitive measurement of
forces at the micrometer length scale, e.g. in the vicinity of dielectric
surface. In particular, the proposed approach allows to perform a local and
direct measurement of the Casimir-Polder force which is, for realistic
experimental parameters, as large as 10^-4 gravity
Effect of magnetic state on the transition in iron: First-principle calculations of the Bain transformation path
Energetics of the fcc () - bcc () lattice transformation by
the Bain tetragonal deformation is calculated for both magnetically ordered and
paramagnetic (disordered local moment) states of iron. The first-principle
computational results manifest a relevance of the magnetic order in a scenario
of the - transition and reveal a special role of the Curie
temperature of -Fe, , where a character of the transformation is
changed. At a cooling down to the temperatures one can expect that
the transformation is developed as a lattice instability whereas for
it follows a standard mechanism of creation and growth of an embryo of the new
phase. It explains a closeness of to the temperature of start of the
martensitic transformation, .Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted in Phys. Rev. Letter
Observation of dynamical instability for a Bose-Einstein condensate in a moving 1D optical lattice
We have experimentally studied the unstable dynamics of a harmonically
trapped Bose-Einstein condensate loaded into a 1D moving optical lattice. The
lifetime of the condensate in such a potential exhibits a dramatic dependence
on the quasimomentum state. This is unambiguously attributed to the onset of
dynamical instability, after a comparison with the predictions of the
Gross-Pitaevskii theory. Deeply in the unstable region we observe the rapid
appearance of complex structures in the atomic density profile, as a
consequence of the condensate phase uniformity breakdown
Phase Diagram of Half Doped Manganites
An analysis of the properties of half-doped manganites is presented. We build
up the phase diagram of the system combining a realistic calculation of the
electronic properties and a mean field treatment of the temperature effects.
The electronic structure of the manganites are described with a double exchange
model with cooperative Jahn-Teller phonons and antiferromagnetic coupling
between the core spins. At zero temperature a variety of electronic phases
as ferromagnetic (FM) charge ordered (CO) orbital ordered (OO), CE-CO-OO and FM
metallic, are obtained. By raising the temperature the CE-CO-OO phase becomes
paramagnetic (PM), but depending on the electron-phonon coupling and the
exchange coupling the transition can be direct or trough intermediate states: a
FM disorder metallic, a PM-CO-OO or a FM-CO-OO. We also discus the nature of
the high temperature PM phase in the regime of finite electron phonon coupling.
In this regime half of the oxygen octahedra surrounding the ions are
distorted. In the weak coupling regime the octahedra are slightly deformed and
only trap a small amount of electronic charge, rendering the system metallic
consequentially. However in the strong coupling regime the octahedra are
strongly distorted, the charge is fully localized in polarons and the system is
insulator.Comment: 10 pagses, 9 figures include
Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in Single Molecular Magnets Coupled to Ferromagnetic Reservoirs
The role of spin polarized reservoirs in quantum tunneling of magnetization
and relaxation processes in a single molecular magnet (SMM) is investigated
theoretically. The SMM is exchange-coupled to the reservoirs and also subjected
to a magnetic field varying in time, which enables the quantum tunneling of
magnetization (QTM). The spin relaxation times are calculated from the Fermi
golden rule. The exchange interaction with tunneling electrons is shown to
affect the spin reversal due to QTM. Furthermore, it is shown that the
switching is associated with transfer of a certain charge between the leads.Comment: 5 pages, 3 EPS figures, final version as publishe
Disorder-Induced First Order Transition and Curie Temperature Lowering in Ferromagnatic Manganites
We study the effect that size disorder in the cations surrounding manganese
ions has on the magnetic properties of manganites. This disorder is mimic with
a proper distribution of spatially disordered Manganese energies. Both, the
Curie temperature and the order of the transition are strongly affected by
disorder. For moderate disorder the Curie temperature decreases linearly with
the the variance of the distribution of the manganese site energies, and for a
disorder comparable to that present in real materials the transition becomes
first order. Our results provide a theoretical framework to understand disorder
effects on the magnetic behavior of manganites.Comment: 4 pages, three figures include
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