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The development of fault-tolerant quantum computers based on superconducting circuits faces critical challenges in qubit coherence, connectivity, and scalability. This review establishes metamaterials, artificial structures with on-demand…

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Our theoretical examination of second and third harmonic generation from metal-based nanostructures predicts that nonlocal and quantum tunneling phenomena can significantly exceed expectations based solely on local, classical…

In this paper, we have built a numerical p-n Si/GaAs heterojunction model using a quantum-mechanical tunneling theory with various quantum tunneling interfacial materials including two-dimensional semiconductors such as hexagonal boron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-26 Md Nazmul Hasan , Chenxi Li , Junyu Lai , Jung-Hun Seo

In this work, we study the electrodynamics of metamaterials that consist of resonant non-magnetic inclusions embedded in an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) host medium. It is shown that the inclusions can be designed in such a way that both the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 Mario Silveirinha , Nader Engheta

Resonant tunneling through identical potential barriers is a textbook problem in quantum mechanics. Its solution yields total transparency (100% tunneling) at discrete energies. This dramatic phenomenon results from coherent interference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Daniel Rohrlich , Oren Zarchin , Moty Heiblum , Diana Mahalu , Vladimir Umansky

We demonstrate a new class of "coherent" metamaterials, where a regular ensemble of meta-molecules shows a collective, i.e. coherent, narrow band resonant response, while disordering the ensemble leads to broadening and eventually…

Reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves by artificial periodic composites (metamaterials) can be accurately modeled by an effective medium theory only if the boundary of the medium is explicitly taken into account and the two…

Optics · Physics 2013-09-24 Vadim A. Markel , Igor Tsukerman

We apply homogenization theory to calculate the effective electric conductivity and Hall coefficient tensor of passive three-dimensionally periodic metamaterials subject to a weak external static homogeneous magnetic field. We not only…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Christian Kern , Graeme W Milton , Muamer Kadic , Martin Wegener

Process of quantum tunneling of particles in various physical systems can be effectively controlled even by a weak and slow varying in time electromagnetic signal if to adapt specially its shape to a particular system. During an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-05 B. I. Ivlev

Metamaterials offer unprecedented flexibility for manipulating the optical properties of matter, including the ability to access negative index, ultra-high index and chiral optical properties. Recently, metamaterials with near-zero…

Electron transmission through semiconductor superlattices is studied with transfer matrix method and resonance theory. The formation of electron band-pass transmission is ascribed to the coupling of different modes in those semiconductor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Xiaoguang Luo , Jian Shi , Yaoming Zhang , Ziang Niu , Dongpeng Miao , Huiru Mi , Wei Huang

Searching for natural materials exhibiting larger electron-electron interactions constitutes a traditional approach to high temperature superconductivity research. Very recently we pointed out that the newly developed field of…

Optics · Physics 2018-06-11 Igor I. Smolyaninov , Vera N. Smolyaninova

Recently, different experiments on the transport through atomic-sized contacts made of ferromagnetic materials have produced contradictory results. In particular, several groups have reported the observation of half-integer conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-24 M. Häfner , J. K. Viljas , D. Frustaglia , F. Pauly , M. Dreher , P. Nielaba , J. C. Cuevas

Metamaterials are engineered materials composed of small electrical circuits producing novel interactions with electromagnetic waves. Recently, a new class of metamaterials has been created to mimic the behavior of media displaying…

Experiments on hybrid superconducting normal-metal structures have revealed that even in the absence of tunnel junctions the onset of superconductivity can lead to a decrease in the electrical conductance by an amount many orders of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Seviour , C. J. Lambert , M. Leadbeater

We study the transport properties of disordered electron systems that contain perfectly conducting channels. Two quantum network models that belong to different universality classes, unitary and symplectic, are simulated numerically. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-10 Koji Kobayashi , Kosuke Hirose , Hideaki Obuse , Tomi Ohtsuki , Keith Slevin

We consider the effect of electron correlations on tunneling from a 2D electron layer in a magnetic field parallel to the layer. A tunneling electron can exchange its momentum with other electrons, which leads to an exponential increase of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. I. Dykman , T. Sharpee , P. M. Platzman

The tunneling conductance spectra of a normal-metal/insulator/quasi-one-dimensional superconductor is calculated by using the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk formulation. The pairing symmetry of the superconductor is assumed to be $p$, $d$, and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Stefanakis

Many properties of photonic structures rely on band topology characterized by the integer invariants that can change during the topological transitions and give rise to the disorder-robust topological edge, corner, or interface states.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Leon Shaposhnikov , Denis Sakhno , Daniel A. Bobylev , Maxim A. Gorlach

Non-reciprocal systems have been shown to exhibit various interesting wave phenomena, such as the non-Hermitian skin effect, which causes accumulation of modes at boundaries. Recent research on discrete systems showed that this effect can…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-07-24 Felix Langfeldt , Joe Tan , Sayan Jana , Lea Sirota