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Model of multiphoton transitions in a current-biased Josephson junction
We present a simple model for multiphoton transitions between the quasi-bound
states of a current-driven Josephson junction. The transitions are induced by
applying an ac voltage with controllable frequency and amplitude across the
junction. The voltage induces transitions when the ac frequency equals n times
the splitting between the ground and first excited quasi-bound state of the
junction. We calculate the transition matrix elements as functions of the dc
bias current I, and the frequency and amplitude of the ac voltage, for
representative junction parameters. We also calculate the frequency-dependent
absorption coefficient by solving the relevant Bloch equations when the ac
amplitude is sufficiently small. In this regime, the absorption coefficient is
a sum of Lorentzian lines centered at the n-photon absorption frequency, of
strength proportional to the squared matrix elements. For fixed ac voltage
amplitude, the n-photon transition rate usually decreases with increasing n. We
also find a characteristic even-odd effect: The absorption coefficient
typically increases with I for n even but decreases for n odd. Our results
agree qualitatively with recent experiments.Comment: 15 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Model of the Longitudinal Spin Seebeck Coefficient of InSb in a Magnetic Field
We develop a simple theory for the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect in
n-doped InSb in an external magnetic field. We consider spin- electrons in
the conduction band of InSb with a temperature gradient parallel to the applied
magnetic field. In the absence of spin-orbit interactions, a Boltzmann equation
approach leads to a spin current parallel to the field and proportional to the
temperature gradient. The calculated longitudinal spin Seebeck coefficients
oscillates as a function of magnetic field B; the peak positions are
approximately periodic in 1/B. The oscillations arise when the Fermi energy
crosses the bottom of a Landau band.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Theory of plasmonic waves on a chain of metallic nanoparticles in a liquid crystalline host
A chain of metallic particles, of sufficiently small diameter and spacing,
allows linearly polarized plasmonic waves to propagate along the chain. In this
paper, we describes how these waves are altered when the liquid crystal host is
a nematic or a cholesteric liquid crystal (NLC or CLC) with or without an
applied magnetic field. We find that, in general, the liquid crystal host,
either NLC or CLC, alters the dispersion relations of the transverse () and
longitudinal () waves significantly from the dispersion relations for an
isotropic host. We show that by altering the director axis of the liquid
crystal relative to the long axis of the metallic chain, that the branch
can be split into two non-degenerate linearly polarized branches (NLC host) or
two non-degenerate elliptically polarized branches (CLC host). When an external
magnetic field is applied parallel to both the long axis of the metallic
particles and the director of the CLC host, we find that the dispersion
relations are odd in an exchange in sign for for the non-degenerate
elliptically polarized branches. That is, the application of an external
magnetic field leads to the realization of a one-way waveguide.Comment: 9 Pages, 3 Figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1210.150
Graphene with adatoms: tuning the magnetic moment with an applied voltage
We show that, in graphene with a small concentration of adatoms, the total
magnetic moment can be switched on and off by varying the Fermi energy
, either by applying a gate voltage or by suitable chemical doping. Our
calculation is carried out using a simple tight-binding model described
previously, combined with a mean-field treatment of the electron-electron
interaction on the adatom. The values of at which the moment is turned on
or off are controlled by the strength of the hopping between the graphene sheet
and the adatom, the on-site energy of the adatom, and the strength of the
electron-electron correlation energy U. Our result is in qualitatively
consistent with recent experiments by Nair {\it et al.} [Nat.\ Commun.\ {\bf
4}, 2010 (2013)].Comment: 4 Pages, 1 Figur
Numerical Study of Energy Loss by a Nanomechanical Oscillator Coupled to a Cooper Pair Box
We calculate the dynamics of a nanomechanical oscillator (NMO) coupled
capacitively to a Cooper pair box (CPB), by solving a stochastic Schrodinger
equation with two Lindblad operators. Both the NMO and the CPB are assumed
dissipative, and the coupling is treated within the rotating wave
approximation. We show numerically that, if the CPB decay time is smaller than
the NMO decay time, the coupled NMO will lose energy faster, and the coupled
CPB more slowly, than do the uncoupled NMO and CPB. The results show that the
efficiency of energy loss by an NMO can be substantially increased if the NMO
is coupled to a CPB.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
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