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1999-08-27
Spontaneous emission of phonons by coupled quantum dots
We find an interference effect for electron-phonon interactions in coupled semiconductor quantum dots that can dominate the nonlinear transport properties even for temperatures close to zero. The intradot electron tunnel process leads to a `shake up' of the phonon system and is dominated by a double-slit-like interfere...
9908397v1
1999-08-28
Quantum Measurement Operations with Nanomagnets and SQUIDs
The low-energy behaviour of 2 coupled nanomagnets or 2 coupled SQUIDs, interacting with their environment, can be described by the model of a ``Pair or Interacting Spins Coupled to an Environmental Sea'' (PISCES). These physical systems can then be used for a measurement operation in which system, apparatus and environ...
9908424v1
1999-09-14
Selection Rule in Josephson Coupling between In and Sr2RuO4
We have studied the Josephson coupling between a conventional s-wave superconductor (In) and Sr2RuO4 and found that the coupling is allowed in the in-plane direction, but not along the c axis. This selection rule indicates that the symmetry of superconducting order parameter of Sr2RuO4 is either p- or alternatively, pu...
9909214v1
1999-09-14
Coupled phonon-ripplon modes in a single wire of electrons on the liquid-helium surface
The coupled phonon-ripplon modes of the quasi-one-dimensional electron chain on the liquid helium sutface are studied. It is shown that the electron-ripplon coupling leads to the splitting of the collective modes of the wire with the appearance of low-frequency modes and high-frequency optical modes starting from thres...
9909216v1
1999-09-28
Enhancement of Stochastic Resonance in distributed systems due to a selective coupling
Recent massive numerical simulations have shown that the response of a "stochastic resonator" is enhanced as a consequence of spatial coupling. Similar results have been analytically obtained in a reaction-diffusion model, using "nonequilibrium potential" techniques. We now consider a field-dependent diffusivity and sh...
9909397v1
1999-09-30
Enhancement of Josephson quasiparticle current in coupled superconducting single-electron transistors
The Josephson quasiparticle (JQP) cycle in a voltage-biased superconducting single-electron transistor (SSET) combines coherent Cooper pair tunneling with incoherent quasiparticle decay. We have measured the influence of current flow through an independently-biased SSET on the JQP cycle when the two SSET's have a stron...
9909442v1
1999-10-05
Vortices in magnetically coupled superconducting layered systems
Pancake vortices in stacks of thin superconducting films or layers are considered. It is stressed that in the absence of Josephson coupling topological restrictions upon possible configurations of vortices are removed and various examples of structures forbidden in bulk superconductors are given. In particular, it is s...
9910063v2
1999-10-21
Quasi-particle characteristics of the one-dimensional polaron
The main quasi-particle characteristics of the one-dimensional polaron are estimated within and beyond the most general Gaussian approximation at arbitrary electron-phonon coupling. We have derived explicitly the ground-state energy and the effective mass in the weak- and strong-coupling regimes. For arbitrary coupling...
9910327v1
1999-11-03
Non equilibrium mode coupling theory for supercooled liquids and glasses
A formally exact set of equations is derived for the description of nonequilibrium phenomena in classical liquids and glasses. With the help of a non equilibrium projection operator formalism, the correlation functions and fluctuation propagators are expressed in terms of memory functions and time dependent collective ...
9911025v1
1999-11-23
Phase transition in the transverse Ising model using the extended coupled-cluster method
The phase transition present in the linear-chain and square-lattice cases of the transverse Ising model is examined. The extended coupled cluster method (ECCM) can describe both sides of the phase transition with a unified approach. The correlation length and the excitation energy are determined. We demonstrate the abi...
9911365v1
1999-12-25
Phonon mediated hole pairing in the 1D Hubbard model near half-filling
The Hamiltonian describing a system of strongly correlated electrons coupled to dispersionless phonons was solved numerically for a ring of 8 atoms using the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method. It was found that electron correlation and electron-phonon coupling compete against each other, and strong ele...
9912449v2
2000-01-25
Duality relations for M coupled Potts models
We establish explicit duality transformations for systems of M q-state Potts models coupled through their local energy density, generalising known results for M=1,2,3. The M-dimensional space of coupling constants contains a selfdual sub-manifold of dimension D_M = [M/2]. For the case M=4, the variation of the effect...
0001367v2
2000-02-03
Magnetism and superconductivity in underscreened Kondo chains
We present a one dimensional model of electrons coupled to localized moments of spin $S\ge 1$ in which magnetism and superconductivity interplay in a nontrivial manner. This model has a non-Fermi liquid ground state of the chiral spin liquid type. A non-conventional odd-frequency pairing is shown to be the dominant ins...
0002061v1
2000-02-28
Electronic transport through a local state linearly coupled to phonon modes
A resolvent formalism is applied to the problem of inelastic scattering of an electron linearly coupled to a set of phonon modes. It is shown how the many phonon mode coupling and excitation can be reduced to a single phonon mode description, consistent with other approaches to the phenomenon of inelastic tunneling in ...
0002425v2
2000-03-10
Structures and propagation in globally coupled systems with time delays
We consider an ensemble of globally coupled phase oscillators whose interaction is transmitted at finite speed. This introduces time delays, which make the spatial coordinates relevant in spite of the infinite range of the interaction. We show that one-dimensional arrays synchronize in an asymptotic state where all the...
0003174v1
2000-03-23
Magnetic Properties of HTSC with a Weak Interlayer Coupling
Magnetic properties of layered high temperature superconductors with a weak interlayer coupling in the region of the critical fluctuations are investigated in the framework of the Ginzburg--Landau approach. The sample magnetization is calculated within a perturbative approach to the second order in the interlayer coupl...
0003376v4
2000-03-30
Observation of harmonic generation and nonlinear coupling in the collective dynamics of a Bose condensate
We report the observation of harmonic generation and strong nonlinear coupling of two collective modes of a condensed gas of rubidium atoms. Using a modified TOP trap we changed the trap anisotropy to a value where the frequency of the m=0 high-lying mode corresponds to twice the frequency of the m=0 low-lying mode, th...
0003495v1
2000-04-13
Oscillatory Exchange Coupling and Positive Magnetoresistance in Epitaxial Oxide Heterostructures
Oscillations in the exchange coupling between ferromagnetic $La_{2/3}Ba_{1/3}MnO_3$ layers with paramagnetic $LaNiO_3$ spacer layer thickness has been observed in epitaxial heterostructures of the two oxides. This behavior is explained within the RKKY model employing an {\it ab initio} calculated band structure of $LaN...
0004230v1
2000-05-08
Electronic states in correlated three-coupled chains
Three-coupled chains of quarter-filled Hubbard model with dimerization have been studied for periodic boundary conditions. By use of a renormalization group method, it is found that the interchain hopping is renormalized to zero leading to confinement when charge gap becomes larger than the effective interchain hopping...
0005138v1
2000-05-24
Effects of Boson Dispersion in Fermion-Boson Coupled Systems
We study the nonlinear feedback in a fermion-boson system using an extension of dynamical mean-field theory and the quantum Monte Carlo method. In the perturbative regimes (weak-coupling and atomic limits) the effective interaction among fermions increases as the width of the boson dispersion increases. In the strong c...
0005395v1
2000-07-17
Finite-wavevector phonon coupling to degenerate electronic states in LaSrCuO
We consider finite-k electron-phonon coupling appropriate for a superconductor with a very short coherence length and local intersite pairs. From group theoretical analyis we find that phonons with nonzero k can couple to degenerate electronic states in LaSrCuO and a Jahn-Teller-like distortion is found to be operati...
0007284v1
2000-08-03
Coherent population transfer in coupled semiconductor quantum dots
We propose a solid-state implementation of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in two coupled semiconductor quantum dots. Proper combination of two pulsed laser fields allows the coherent carrier transfer between the two nanostructures without suffering significant losses due to environment coupling. By use of a general...
0008058v1
2000-08-16
Flow equation analysis of the anisotropic Kondo model
We use the new method of infinitesimal unitary transformations to calculate zero temperature correlation functions in the strong-coupling phase of the anisotropic Kondo model. We find the dynamics on all energy scales including the crossover behaviour from weak to strong coupling. The integrable structure of the Hamilt...
0008242v1
2000-08-19
Phase synchronization and noise-induced resonance in systems of coupled oscillators
We study synchronization and noise-induced resonance phenomena in systems of globally coupled oscillators, each possessing finite inertia. The behavior of the order parameter, which measures collective synchronization of the system, is investigated as the noise level and the coupling strength are varied, and hysteretic...
0008288v1
2000-08-29
Effects of interladder couplings in the trellis lattice
Strongly correlated models on coupled ladders in the presence of frustration, in particular the trellis lattice, are studied by numerical techniques. For the undoped case, the possibility of incommensurate peaks in the magnetic structure factor at low temperatures is suggested. In the doped case, our main conclusion fo...
0008427v2
2000-09-14
Distance-depending electron-phonon interactions from one- and two-body electronic terms in a dimer
For a dimer with a non-degenerate orbital built from atomic wave functions of Gaussian shape we evaluate all the electron-phonon couplings derived from the one-body and two-body electronic interactions, considering both the adiabatic and extreme non-adiabatic limit. Not only the values of the coupling parameters in the...
0009215v1
2000-10-05
Thermodynamics of Crossover from Weak- to Strong-Coupling Superconductivity
In this paper we study an evolution of low-temperature thermodynamical quantities for an electron gas with a $ \delta $-function attraction as the system crosses over from weak-coupling (BCS-type) to strong-coupling (Bose-type) superconductivity in three and two dimensions.
0010085v2
2000-10-26
Upper critical dimension, dynamic exponent and scaling functions in the mode-coupling theory for the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation
We study the mode-coupling approximation for the KPZ equation in the strong coupling regime. By constructing an ansatz consistent with the asymptotic forms of the correlation and response functions we determine the upper critical dimension d_c=4, and the expansion z=2-(d-4)/4+O((4-d)^2) around d_c. We find the exact z=...
0010410v1
2000-11-09
Superposition of photon- and phonon- assisted tunneling in coupled quantum dots
We report on electron transport through an artificial molecule formed by two tunnel coupled quantum dots, which are laterally confined in a two-dimensional electron system of an Al$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$As/GaAs heterostructure. Coherent molecular states in the coupled dots are probed by photon-assisted tunneling (PAT). Above 10...
0011155v2
2000-11-12
Josephson Coupling through a Quantum Dot
We derive, via fourth order perturbation theory, an expression for the Josephson current through a gated interacting quantum dot. We analyze our expression for two different models of the superconductor-dot-superconductor (SDS) system. When the matrix elements connecting dot and leads are featureless constants, we comp...
0011201v1
2000-12-01
Is the quantum dot at large bias a weak-coupling problem?
We examine the two-lead Kondo model for a d.c. biased quantum dot in the Coulomb blockade regime. From perturbative calculations of the magnetic susceptibility, we show that the problem retains its strong-coupling nature, even at bias voltages larger than the equilibrium Kondo temperature. We give a speculative discuss...
0012005v3
2000-12-06
Raman Scattering from Magnetic Excitations in coupled Spin Ladders
We consider Raman scattering of coupled two leg spin ladders in the Fleury-Loudon regime. We derive the dependence of the intensity with polarization of the incoming light and temperature and discuss the effect of interaction of the elementary excitations on the shape of the spectrum. We show that Raman scattering spec...
0012069v1
2000-12-26
The polaron confined in one dimension
The ground-state energy, the effective mass and the number of virtual phonons of the optical large polaron confined strictly in one dimension have been estimated by using the generalized Gaussian approximation. The leading-order terms take care of all Gaussian fluctuations in the system and improve the conventional var...
0012467v1
2001-01-08
Magnetization in quasiperiodic magnetic multilayers with biquadratic exchange coupling
A theoretical study of the magnetization curves of quasiperiodic magnetic multilayers is presented. We consider structures composed by ferromagnetic films (Fe) with interfilm exchange coupling provided by intervening nonferromagnetic layers (Cr). The theory is based on a realistic phenomenological model, which includes...
0101099v1
2001-01-09
Effect of couplings weakening and reversing in ferromagnetic Ising systems - Rigorous inequalities
We consider Ising systems where all the many-spin couplings $J_A$ are positive. We show that the absolute value of all the many-spin correlations does not increase when the value of any of the couplings is reduced, taking any value in the interval $[-J_A,J_A]$. Results of this type are motivated by work in systems such...
0101110v1
2001-02-11
Antiferromagnetic Interlayer Coupling in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor EuS/PbS(001) Superlattices
Antiferromagnetic coupling between ferromagnetic layers has been observed for the first time in all-semiconductor superlattice structure EuS/PbS(001), by neutron scattering and magnetization measurements. Spin-dependent superlattice band structure effects are invoked to explain the possible origin and the strength of t...
0102194v2
2001-02-23
Heat Capacity of MgB_2: Evidence for Moderately Strong Coupling Behavior
We characterize the superconducting state of phase pure polycrystalline samples of the new layered superconductor MgB$_2$ by specific heat measurements in magnetic fields up to 9 T. The characteristic jump at the superconducting transition is observed and compared with the predictions of weak coupling BCS-theory and th...
0102432v2
2001-03-16
Renormalization Group study of the Sliding Luttinger liquids
We derive the RG-flow equations of the sliding Luttinger liquid perturbed by charge-density-wave (CDW) and superconducting (SC) operators. Using them we study the phase diagram of an array of XXZ spin chains coupled by Ising terms. In the weak coupling regime we find a new class of non-gaussian and unstable fixed point...
0103356v3
2001-04-02
Dielectric properties of correlated quantum plasmas
Results for the dynamic structure factor of a one-component plasma are presented for the situations of strong coupling and weak degeneracy and strong degeneracy and weak coupling. Possibilities to obtain rigorous results when both, coupling and degeneracy are large are discussed.
0104030v1
2001-04-23
High-Tc via electron polar coupling: relation to low-Tc superconductivity and to chiral symmetry in particle physics
Directional coupling of Thornber-Feynman polarization with the high-Tc ARPES distribution specifies the optimum flatband pseudogap \Delta and mobile localized quasiparticle. This coupling peaks by tuning the statistics and interaction energy to produce stable short-ranged directional pairing that reflects the lattice a...
0104443v1
2001-04-24
Anticorrelations, subbrownian stochastic drift, and 1/f-like spectra in stable financial systems
Statistic dynamics of financial systems is investigated, basing on a model of randomly coupled equation system driven by stochastic Langevin force. It is found that in stable regime the noise power spectrum of the system is of 1/f^alpha form, with the exponent alpha=3/2 in case of Hermitian coupling matrices, or slight...
0104456v1
2001-05-02
Collective dynamics of two-mode stochastic oscillators
We study a system of two-mode stochastic oscillators coupled through their collective output. As a function of a relevant parameter four qualitatively distinct regimes of collective behavior are observed. In an extended region of the parameter space the periodicity of the collective output is enhanced by the considered...
0105046v1
2001-06-05
Synchronization in the non-extensive Kuramoto model
We study the onset of synchronization in square lattices of limit cycle oscillators with long-range coupling by means of numerical simulations of the Kuramoto model. In this regime the critical coupling strength depends on the system size and interaction range reflecting the non extensive behavior of the system, but an...
0106093v1
2001-06-15
Real-Space Renormalization Group Study of Effects of Anisotropy on S=1 Random Antiferromagnetic Chain
We investigate S=1 antiferromagnetic quantum spin chain, whose exchange couplings are strongly disordered. By the real-space renomalization group method, introduced by Ma, Dasgupta, and Hu, the renormalization group flows are analyzed numerically in a plain of the anisotoropy of the exchange coupling vs. the staggered ...
0106289v2
2001-07-04
Electronic conduction in multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Role of intershell coupling and incommensurability
Geometry incommensurability between weakly coupled shells in multi-walled carbon nanotubes is shown to be the origin of unconventional electronic conduction mechanism, power-law scaling of the conductance, and remarkable magnetotransport and low temperature dependent conductivity when the dephasing mechanism is dominat...
0107084v1
2001-07-05
Scattering theory on graphs
We consider the scattering theory for the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Dc_x^2+V(x)$ on graphs made of one-dimensional wires connected to external leads. We derive two expressions for the scattering matrix on arbitrary graphs. One involves matrices that couple arcs (oriented bonds), the other involves matrices that couple ...
0107104v1
2001-07-18
Spin-orbit coupling effects on quantum transport in lateral semiconductor dots
The effects of interplay between spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman splitting on weak localisation and universal conductance fluctuations in lateral semiconductor quantum dots are analysed: All possible symmetry classes of corresponding random matrix theories are listed and crossovers between them achievable by sweeping ma...
0107385v1
2001-08-06
Superconducting Fluctuations in Granular Metals with a Large Coupling Between the Grains
We study the fluctuation conductivity of superconducting granular metals at low temperatures and strong magnetic field destroying the Cooper pairs. Explicit calculations are performed for larger values of the coupling between the grains than those considered in previous works. We show that in a broad region of the coup...
0108104v3
2001-08-07
Fictitious fluxes in doped antiferromagnets
In a tight binding model of charged spin-1/2 electrons on a square lattice, a fully polarized ferromagnetic spin configuration generates an apparent U(1) flux given by $2\pi$ times the skyrmion charge density of the ferromagnetic order parameter. We show here that for an antiferromagnet, there are two ``fictitious'' ma...
0108113v1
2001-08-15
Ground State Energy Fluctuations of a System Coupled to a Bath
It is often argued that a small non-degenerate quantum system coupled to a bath has a fixed energy in its ground state since a fluctuation in energy would require an energy supply from the bath. We consider a simple model of a harmonic oscillator (the system) coupled to a linear string and determine the mean squared en...
0108243v2
2001-08-23
Critical Behaviour of Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions to Magnetically Ordered States
We describe non-equilibrium phase transitions in arrays of dynamical systems with cubic nonlinearity driven by multiplicative Gaussian white noise. Depending on the sign of the spatial coupling we observe transitions to ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic ordered states. We discuss the phase diagram, the order of the tr...
0108379v1
2001-09-03
Coulomb drag shot noise in coupled Luttinger liquids
Coulomb drag shot noise has been studied theoretically for 1D interacting electron systems, which are realized e.g. in single-wall nanotubes. We show that under adiabatic coupling to external leads, the Coulomb drag shot noise of two coupled or crossed nanotubes contains surprising effects, in particular a complete loc...
0109022v2
2001-09-19
Dynamical mean-field theory for the normal phase of the attractive Hubbard model
We analyze the normal phase of the attractive Hubbard model within dynamical mean-field-theory. We present results for the pair-density, the spin-susceptibility, the specific heat, the momentum distribution, and for the quasiparticle weight. At weak coupling the low-temperature behavior of all quantities is consistent ...
0109343v1
2001-09-26
Coupling of thermal and mass diffusion in regular binary thermal lattice-gases
We have constructed a regular binary thermal lattice-gas in which the thermal diffusion and mass diffusion are coupled and form two nonpropagating diffusive modes. The power spectrum is shown to be similar in structure as for the one in real fluids, in which the central peak becomes a combination of coupled entropy and...
0109484v1
2001-10-25
Re-examination of orbital ordering in LaMnO$_3$: Electron-electron and electron-lattice interactions
The interactions between $e_g$ orbitals in neighboring sites are investigated in LaMnO$_3$ by taking into account virtual exchange of electrons and phonons. The spin and orbital ordering temperatures and the spin wave dispersion relation are calculated. We find that the orbital ordering is mainly caused by the electron...
0110534v1
2001-10-28
Polaron self-trapping in a honeycomb net
Small polaron behavior in a two dimensional honeycomb net is studied by applying the strong coupling perturbative method to the Holstein molecular crystal model. We find that small optical polarons can be mobile also if the electrons are strongly coupled to the lattice. Before the polarons localize and become very heav...
0110580v1
2001-11-09
Superconductor-Insulator Transition in a Capacitively Coupled Dissipative Environment
We present results on disordered amorphous films which are expected to undergo a field-tuned Superconductor-Insulator Transition.The addition of a parallel ground plane in proximity to the film changes the character of the transition.Although the screening effects expected from "dirty-boson" theories are not evident,th...
0111179v2
2001-11-18
Length scales coupling for nonlinear dynamical problems in magnetism
The dynamics of real magnets is often governed by several interacting processes taking place simultaneously at different length scales. For dynamical simulations the relevant length scales should be coupled, and the energy transfer accurately described. We show that in this case the micromagnetic theory is not always r...
0111324v1
2001-11-26
On-line learning and generalisation in coupled perceptrons
We study supervised learning and generalisation in coupled perceptrons trained on-line using two learning scenarios. In the first scenario the teacher and the student are independent networks and both are represented by an Ashkin-Teller perceptron. In the second scenario the student and the teacher are simple perceptro...
0111493v1
2001-11-26
Numerical Renormalization Group Study of the Anderson-Holstein Impurity Model
We present numerical renormalization group (NRG) calculations for a single-impurity Anderson model with a linear coupling to a local phonon mode. We calculate dynamical response functions, spectral densities, dynamic charge and spin susceptibilities. Being non-perturbative, the NRG is applicable for all parameter regim...
0111496v1
2001-12-12
Quantum Phase Transition in Coupled Spin Ladders
The ground state of an array of coupled, spin-half, antiferromagnetic ladders is studied using spin-wave theory, exact diagonalization (up to 36 sites) and quantum Monte Carlo techniques (up to 256 sites). Our results clearly indicate the occurrence of a zero-temperature phase transition between a N\'eel ordered and a ...
0112206v1
2002-01-16
Cooper Pair Box Coupled to a Current-Biased Josephson Junction
We study the dynamics of a quantum superconducting circuit which consists of a Josephson charge qubit, coupled capacitively to a current biased Josephson junction. Under certain conditions, the eigenstates of the qubit and the junction become entangled. We obtain the time evolution of these states in the limit of weak ...
0201284v1
2002-01-18
Coherent quantum oscillations in coupled traps with ultracold atoms
The dynamics of two traps with ultracold atoms and connected by Josephson type coupling, is shown to exhibit a transition from dispersive dynamics to localized coherent oscillations. This transition is controlled by coupling strength and energy offset between the traps. The dynamics is also shown to be exactly that of ...
0201335v1
2002-01-28
Synchronization in large populations of limit cycle oscillators with long-range interactions
We study the onset of synchronization in lattices of limit cycle oscillators with long-range coupling by means of numerical simulations. In this regime the critical coupling strength depends on the system size and interaction range reflecting the non extensive behavior of the system, but an adequate scaling removes the...
0201508v1
2002-02-11
Raman signatures of classical and quantum phases in coupled dots: A theoretical prediction
We study electron molecules in realistic vertically coupled quantum dots in a strong magnetic field. Computing the energy spectrum, pair correlation functions, and dynamical form factor as a function of inter-dot coupling via diagonalization of the many-body Hamiltonian, we identify structural transitions between diffe...
0202183v1
2002-02-26
Symmetry breaking in the Hubbard model at weak coupling
The phase diagram of the Hubbard model is studied at weak coupling in two and three spatial dimensions. It is shown that the Neel temperature and the order parameter in d=3 are smaller than the Hartree-Fock predictions by a factor of q=0.2599. For d=2 we show that the self-consistent (sc) perturbation series bears no r...
0202492v1
2002-04-24
Quantum feedback control of a solid-state qubit
We have studied theoretically the basic operation of a quantum feedback loop designed to maintain a desired phase of quantum coherent oscillations in a single solid-state qubit. The degree of oscillations synchronization with external harmonic signal is calculated as a function of feedback strength, taking into account...
0204516v1
2002-05-13
Effect of Subband Landau Level Coupling to the Linearly Dispersing Collective Mode in a Quantum Hall Ferromagnet
In a recent experiment (Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 87}, 036903 (2001)), Spielman et al observed a linearly dispersing collective mode in quantum Hall ferromagnet. While it qualitatively agrees with the Goldstone mode dispersion at small wave vector, the experimental mode velocity is slower than that calculated by previous t...
0205250v2
2002-05-15
Nonperturbative analysis of coupled quantum dots in a phonon bath
Transport through coupled quantum dots in a phonon bath is studied using the recently developed real-time renormalization-group method. Thereby, the problem can be treated beyond perturbation theory regarding the complete interaction. A reliable solution for the stationary tunnel current is obtained for the case of mod...
0205308v1
2002-05-23
Bistable Gradient Networks II: Storage Capacity and Behaviour Near Saturation
We examine numerically the storage capacity and the behaviour near saturation of an attractor neural network consisting of bistable elements with an adjustable coupling strength, the Bistable Gradient Network (BGN). For strong coupling, we find evidence of a first-order "memory blackout" phase transition as in the Hopf...
0205465v1
2002-06-05
Coherent coupling dynamics in a quantum dot microdisk laser
Luminescence intensity autocorrelation (LIA) is employed to investigate coupling dynamics between (In,Ga)As QDs and a high-Q (~7000) resonator with ultrafast time resolution (150 fs), below and above the lasing threshold at T = 5 K. For QDs resonant and non-resonant with the cavity we observe both a six-fold enhancemen...
0206065v1
2002-06-19
Magnetic-field dependence of energy levels in ultrasmall metal grains
We present a theory of mesoscopic fluctuations of g tensors and avoided crossing energies in a small metal grain. The model, based on random matrix theory, contains both the orbital and spin contributions to the g tensor. The two contributions can be experimentally separated for weak spin-orbit coupling while they merg...
0206377v1
2002-06-20
Spin switching in semiconductor quantum dots through spin-orbit coupling
The spin-orbit coupling influences the total spin of semiconductor quantum dots. We analyze the theoretical prediction for the combined effects of spin-orbit coupling, weak vertical magnetic fields and deformation of the dot. Our results allow the characterization of the quantum dots as spin switches, controllable with...
0206387v2
2002-06-24
Pattern Formation in Phase-Separating Gels with Spontaneous Shear
We study pattern formation in gels undergoing simultaneous phase separation and orientational ordering. A 2D numerical simulation is performed using a minimal model of nonlinear elasticity with density-anisotropy coupling. For strong positive coupling, the collapsed phase elongates along the phase boundary and buckles,...
0206419v1
2002-06-24
Quantum diffusion of dipole-oriented indirect excitons in coupled quantum wells
A model for diffusion of statistically-degenerate excitons in (coupled) quantum wells is proposed and analysed. Within a microscopic approach, we derive a quantum diffusion equation, calculate and estimate the self-diffusion coefficient for excitons in quantum wells and derive a modified Einstein relation adapted to st...
0206459v1
2002-06-30
Interference Effects between Three Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates
We study the interference effects between three weakly linked trapped Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) as a generalization of the two-component condensates. Three coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations (GPE) are used to describe the dynamics of the system. The nonsinusoidal oscillation is found as a generalization of the Jo...
0207018v1
2002-07-09
A vertical diatomic artificial molecule in the intermediate coupling regime in a parallel and perpendicular magnetic field
We present experimental results for the ground state electrochemical potentials of a few electron semiconductor artificial molecule made by vertically coupling two quantum dots, in the intermediate coupling regime, in perpendicular and parallel magnetic fields up to 5 T. We perform a quantitative analysis based on loca...
0207242v1
2002-07-16
Low temperature properties of a quantum particle coupled to dissipative environments
We study the dynamics of a quantum particle coupled to dissipative (ohmic) environments, such as an electron liquid. For some choices of couplings, the properties of the particle can be described in terms of an effective mass. A particular case is the three dimensional dirty electron liquid. In other environments, like...
0207381v1
2002-07-23
System size coherence resonance
We show the existence of a system size coherence resonance effect for an ensemble of globally coupled excitable systems. Namely, we demonstrate numerically that the regularity in the signal emitted by an ensemble of globally coupled Fitzhugh-Nagumo systems, under excitation by independent noise sources, is optimal for ...
0207553v1
2002-08-22
Electronic spin precession in semiconductor quantum dots with spin-orbit coupling
The electronic spin precession in semiconductor dots is strongly affected by the spin-orbit coupling. We present a theory of the electronic spin resonance at low magnetic fields that predicts a strong dependence on the dot occupation, the magnetic field and the spin-orbit coupling strength. Coulomb interaction effects ...
0208425v1
2002-08-28
Non-equilibrium Kondo effect in asymmetrically coupled quantum dot
The quantum dot asymmetrically coupled to the external leads has been analysed theoretically by means of the equation of motion (EOM) technique and the non-crossing approximation (NCA). The system has been described by the single impurity Anderson model. To calculate the conductance across the device the non-equilibriu...
0208560v1
2002-09-20
Non-universality in Ising models with four spin interaction
We consider two bidimensional classical Ising models, coupled by a weak interaction bilinear in the energy densities of the two systems; the model contains, as limiting cases, the Ashkin-Teller and the Eight-vertex models for certain values of their parameters. We write the energy-energy correlations and the specific h...
0209489v1
2002-09-25
Magnetic properties of Ni2.18Mn0.82Ga Heusler alloys with a coupled magnetostructural transition
Polycrystalline Ni2.18Mn0.82Ga Heusler alloys with a coupled magnetostructural transition are studied by differential scanning calorimetry, magnetic and resistivity measurements. Coupling of the magnetic and structural subsystems results in unusual magnetic features of the alloy. These uncommon magnetic properties of N...
0209574v1
2002-09-25
Condensation energy in strongly coupled superconductors
We consider the condensation energy in superconductors where the pairing is electronic in origin and is mediated by a collective bosonic mode. We use magnetically-mediated superconductivity as an example, and show that for large spin-fermion couplings, the physics is qualitatively different from the BCS theory as the...
0209600v1
2002-09-30
Phase diagrams of spin ladders with ferromagnetic legs
The low-temperature properties of the spin S=1/2 ladder with anisotropic ferromagnetic legs are studied using the continuum limit bosonization approach. The weak-coupling ground state phase diagram of the model is obtained for a wide range of coupling constants and several unconventional gapless ''spin-liquid'' phases ...
0209677v1
2002-10-28
Numerical Study of Excited States in the Shastry-Sutherland Model
We investigate excited states of the Shastry-Sutherland model using a kind of variational method. Starting from various trial states which include one or two triplet dimers, we numerically pursue the best evaluation of the energy for each set of quantum numbers. We present the energy difference as a function of either ...
0210602v1
2002-11-01
A novel approach to synchronization in coupled excitable systems
We consider networks of coupled stochastic oscillators. When coupled we find strong collective oscillations, while each unit remains stochastic. In the limit (N\to \infty) we derive a system of integro-delay equations and show analytically that the collective oscillations persist in a large region in parameter. For a r...
0211011v1
2002-11-05
Phonon dispersion and electron-phonon interaction for YBa_2Cu_3O_7 from first-principles calculations
We present a first principles investigation of the lattice dynamics and electron-phonon coupling of the high-T_c superconductor YBa_2Cu_3O_7 within the framework of density functional perturbation theory using a mixed-basis pseudopotential method. The calculated phonon dispersion curves are in excellent agreement with ...
0211084v1
2002-11-07
Comment on ``BCS to Bose-Einstein crossover phase diagram at zero temperature for a d_{x^2-y^2} order parameter superconductor: Dependence on the tight-binding structure''
The work by Soares et al. [Phys. Rev. B 65, 174506 (2002)] investigates the BCS-BE crossover for d-wave pairing in the 2-dimensional attractive Hubbard model. Contrary to their claims, we found that a non-pairing region does not exist in the density vs coupling phase diagram. The gap parameter at T=0, as obtained by so...
0211132v1
2002-11-14
Coupled three-state oscillators
We investigate globally coupled stochastic three-state oscillators, which we consider as general models of stochastic excitable systems. We compare two situations:in the first case the transitions between the three states of each unit 1->2->3->1 are determined by Poissonian waiting time distributions. In the second cas...
0211285v1
2002-11-15
Self-Similar Approximations for a Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensate
An approximate solution to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for Bose-Einstein condensate in a spherical harmonic trap is suggested, which is valid in the whole interval of the coupling parameter, correctly interpolating between weak-coupling and strong-coupling limits. This solution is shown to be more accurate than the o...
0211318v1
2002-11-25
Electrical Manipulation of Nanomagnets
We demonstrate a possibility to manipulate the magnetic coupling between two nanomagnets with a help of ac electric field. In the scheme suggested the magnetic coupling in question is mediated by a magnetic particle contacting with both of the nanomagnets through the tunnel barriers. The electric field providing a succ...
0211563v1
2002-11-27
Doped coupled frustrated spin-1/2 chains with four-spin exchange
The role of various magnetic inter-chain couplings is investigated by numerical methods in doped frustrated quantum spin chains. A non-magnetic dopant introduced in a gapped spin chain releases a free spin-1/2 soliton. The formation of a local magnetic moment is analyzed in term of soliton confinement. A four-spin coup...
0211634v3
2002-11-30
Quantum tunneling of two coupled single-molecular magnets
Two single-molecule magnets are coupled antiferromagnetically to form a supramolecule dimer. We study the coupling effect and tunneling process by means of the numerical exact diagonalization method, and apply them to the recently synthesized supramoleculer dimer [Mn4]2 The model parameters are calculated for the dimer...
0212002v1
2002-12-03
Thermal stability of coupled ferromagnetic and superparamagnetic particles
We consider a single-domain ferromagnetic particle with uniaxial anisotropy coupled to a single-domain soft ferromagnetic particle (superparamagnetic particle). The problem of thermally agitated magnetization reversal in this case can be reduced to the random magnetization dynamics of the first particle with an effecti...
0212041v1
2002-12-12
Endohedral Impurities in Carbon Nanotubes
A generalization of the Anderson model that includes pseudo-Jahn-Teller impurity coupling is proposed to describe distortions of an endohedral impurity in a carbon nanotube. Treating the distortion within mean-field theory, spontaneous axial symmetry breaking is found when the vibronic coupling strength g exceeds a cri...
0212269v1
2002-12-13
Quantum oscillations in two coupled charge qubits
Despite an apparent progress in implementing individual solid-state qubits, there have been no experimental reports so far on multi-bit gates required for building a real quantum computer. Here we report a new circuit comprising two coupled charge qubits. Using a pulse technique, we coherently mix quantum states and ob...
0212314v1
2003-01-09
Energy dependence of commensurate neutron scattering peak in doped two-leg ladder antiferromagnet Sr_{14-x}Ca_{x}Cu_{24}O_{41}
The dynamical spin response of doped two-leg ladder antiferromagnets is investigated based on the fermion-spin approach. Our calculations clearly demonstrate a crossover from the incommensurate antiferromagnetism in the weak interchain coupling regime to commensurate spin fluctuation in the strong interchain coupling r...
0301113v2
2003-01-28
Topological Atom Laser
We demonstrate how a topological atom laser can be realized by output coupling a trapped vortex state with a Raman scattering process. We find a linearized analytic solution from which a generalized resonance condition for Raman output coupling is developed. Using numerical simulations of a two component Gross-Pitaevsk...
0301554v1
2003-02-12
Phase transitions towards frequency entrainment in large oscillator lattices
We investigate phase transitions towards frequency entrainment in large, locally coupled networks of limit cycle oscillators. Specifically, we simulate two-dimensional lattices of pulse-coupled oscillators with random natural frequencies, resembling pacemaker cells in the heart. As coupling increases, the system seems ...
0302234v1