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Self-diffusion along the longitudinal coordinate in a channel of varying cross section is considered. The starting point is the two-dimensional Enskog-Boltzmann-Lorentz kinetic equation with appropriated boundary conditions. It is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-08 J. Javier Brey , M. I. García de Soria , P. Maynar

We consider a class of nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations which are Hamiltonian and are perturbations of linear dispersive equations. The unperturbed dynamical system has a bound state, a spatially localized and time periodic solution. We…

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A stochastic discrete drift-diffusion model is proposed to account for the effects of shot noise in weakly coupled, highly doped semiconductor superlattices. Their current-voltage characteristics consist of a number stable multistable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. L. Bonilla , O. Sanchez , J. Soler

We report on a computational approach based on the self-consistent solution of the steady-state Boltzmann transport equation coupled with the Poisson equation for the study of inhomogeneous transport in deep submicron semiconductor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 D. Csontos , S. E. Ulloa

Transport current distribution in the branches of a doubly connected superconductor in the form of a thin-film high-inductance circuit with two bridges of different width in the branches was measured. For the transport current lower than…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-02-11 A. V. Krevsun , L. V. Gnezdilova , V. P. Koverya , S. I. Bondarenko

In this work we put forward an exact one-particle framework to study nano-scale Josephson junctions out of equilibrium and propose a propagation scheme to calculate the time-dependent current in response to an external applied bias. Using a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Gianluca Stefanucci , Enrico Perfetto , Michele Cini

A semiclassical theory is developed for time-dependent current fluctuations in mesoscopic conductors. The theory is based on the Boltzmann-Langevin equation for a degenerate electron gas. The low-frequency shot-noise power is related to…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. J. M. de Jong , C. W. J. Beenakker

We present a novel scheme to stabilize high-frequency domain oscillations in semiconductor superlattices by a time-delayed feedback loop. Applying concepts from chaos control theory we propose to control the spatio-temporal dynamics of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Schlesner , A. Amann , N. B. Janson , W. Just , E. Schöll

Collective electron transport causes a weakly coupled semiconductor superlattice under dc voltage bias to be an excitable system with $2N+2$ degrees of freedom: electron densities and fields at $N$ superlattice periods plus the total…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-19 Emanuel Mompo , Miguel Ruiz Garcia , Manuel Carretero , Holger T. Grahn , Yaohui Zhang , Luis L. Bonilla

A model is presented for the solution of electrokinetic phenomena of colloidal suspensions in fluid mixtures. We solve the discrete Boltzmann equation with a BGK collision operator using the lattice Boltzmann method to simulate binary fluid…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-05-09 Nicolas Rivas , Stefan Frijters , Ignacio Pagonabarraga , Jens Harting

We investigate current fluctuations in non-degenerate semiconductors, on length scales intermediate between the elastic and inelastic mean free paths. We present an exact solution of the non-linear kinetic equations in the regime of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Schomerus , E. G. Mishchenko , C. W. J. Beenakker

We consider a stationary drift-diffusion system with ionic charge carriers and external generation of electron and hole charge carriers. This system arises, among other applications, in the context of semiconductor modeling for perovskite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Dilara Abdel , Alain Blaustein , Claire Chainais-Hillairet , Maxime Herda , Julien Moatti

The Boltzmann kinetic theory for a model of a confined quasi-two dimensional granular mixture derived previously [Garz\'o, Brito and Soto, Phys. Fluids \textbf{33}, 023310 (2021)] is considered further to analyze two different problems.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-03-07 Vicente Garzó , Ricardo Brito , Rodrigo Soto

We consider the motion of ballistic electrons in a miniband of a semiconductor superlattice (SSL) under the influence of an external, time-periodic electric field. We use the semi-classical balance-equation approach which incorporates…

The interplay between electronic interactions and disorder is neglected in the conventional Boltzmann theory of transport, yet can play an essential role in determining the resistivity of unconventional metals. When quasiparticles are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-01-10 Andrew Lucas , Sean A. Hartnoll

A self-consistent quantum-kinetic model is developed for studying strong-field nonlinear electron transport interacting with force-driven phonons within a quantum-wire system. For this model, phonons can be dragged into motion through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Xuejun Lu , Danhong Huang

The small dispersion limit of the focusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation with periodic initial conditions is studied analytically and numerically. First, through a comprehensive set of numerical simulations, it is demonstrated that…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2020-05-27 Gino Biondini , Jeffrey Oregero

Time periodic patterns in a semiconductor superlattice, relevant to microwave generation, are obtained upon numerical integration of a known set of drift-diffusion equations. The associated spatio-temporal transport mechanisms are uncovered…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-01 F. Terragni , L. L. Bonilla , J. M. Vega

This paper extends the semianalytical treatment of fast ion current density to take into account time dependence and velocity diffusion using solutions of Boltzmann equation with a complete Coulomb collision term (Goncharov et al. 2010…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-09-26 P. R. Goncharov , B. V. Kuteev , V. Yu. Sergeev , T. Ozaki , S. Sudo

In this paper we study the phenomenon of nonlinear supratransmission in a semi-infinite discrete chain of coupled oscillators described by modified sine-Gordon equations with constant external and internal damping, and subject to harmonic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-12-06 J. E. Macías-Díaz , A. Puri