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We study electron transfer between two separated nuclei using local control theory. By conditioning the algorithm in a symmetric system formed by two protons, one can favored slow transfer processes, where tunneling is the main mechanism,…

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Electron waiting times are an important concept in the analysis of quantum transport in nano-scale conductors. Here we show that the statistics of electron waiting times can be used to characterize Cooper pair splitters that create…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-13 Nicklas Walldorf , Ciprian Padurariu , Antti-Pekka Jauho , Christian Flindt

In this study a method for calculation of the electron-phonon scattering rate in semiconductor structures with one-dimensional electron gas is developed. The energy uncertainty of electrons is taken into account.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dmitry Pozdnyakov , Vadim Galenchik

Single-cycle optical pulses with a controlled electromagnetic waveform allow to steer the motion of low-energy electrons in atoms, molecules, nanostructures or condensed-matter on attosecond dimensions in time. However, high-energy…

Optics · Physics 2020-11-11 Yuya Morimoto , Peter Baum

A molecular wire containing an emitting molecular center is controllably suspended between the plasmonic electrodes of a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope. Passing current through this circuit generates an ultra narrow-line emission…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 Michael C. Chong , Gaël Reecht , Hervé Bulou , Alex Boeglin , Fabrice Scheurer , Fabrice Mathevet , Guillame Schull

A double quantum dot device is a tunable two-level system for electronic energy states. A dc electron current directly measures the rates for elastic and inelastic transitions between the two levels. For inelastic transitions energy is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Fujisawa , T. H. Oosterkamp , W. G. van der Wiel , B. W. Broer , R. Aguado , S. Tarucha , L. P. Kouwenhoven

An accelerator beam can generate low energy electrons in the beam-pipe, generally called electron cloud, that can produce instabilities in a positively charged beam. One method of measuring the electron cloud density is by coupling…

Two-particle scattering probabilities in tunneling scenarios with exchange interaction are analyzed with quasi-particle wave packets. Two initial one-particle wave packets (with opposite central momentums) are spatially localized at each…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 D. Marian , E. Colomés , X. Oriols

Electron pumps capable of delivering a current higher than 100pA with sufficient accuracy are likely to become the direct mise en pratique of the possible new quantum definition of the ampere. Furthermore, they are essential for closing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-05 X. Jehl , B. Voisin , T. Charron , P. Clapera , S. Ray , B. Roche , M. Sanquer , S. Djordjevic , L. Devoille , R. Wacquez , M. Vinet

The bubble structure generated by laser and plasma interactions changes in size depending on the local plasma density. The self injection electrons position with respect to wakefield can be controlled by tailoring the longitudinal plasma…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-09-02 Q. Yu , Y. J. Gu , X. F. Li , S. Huang , F. Zhang , Q. Kong , Y. Y. Ma , S. Kawata

The electron and phonon temperature distribution function are calculated in semiconductors. We solved the coupled one-dimensional heat-diffussion equations in the linear approximation in which the physical parameters on the sample are…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 G. Gonzalez de la Cruz , Yu. G. Gurevich

For the first time we calculate the electron transmission phase through a quantum point contact (QPC). The QPC is considered in the saddle point approximation in the single-electron picture. We show that when the electron energy is close to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-29 Bryce G. C. Lackenby , Oleg P. Sushkov

A dc electron gun, generating picosecond pulses with up to $8\times10^{6}$ electrons per pulse, was developed. Its applicability for future time-resolved-diffraction experiments on state- and conformer-selected laser-aligned or oriented…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-02-25 Nele L. M. Müller , Sebastian Trippel , Karol Długołecki , Jochen Küpper

The graphene-insulator-semiconductor-structured electron source has garnered significant attention due to its high electron emission efficiency and highly monochromatic electron emission. Graphene, with its c-axis orientation and…

We present the design and implementation of a highly compact femtosecond electron diffractometer working at electron energies up to 100 keV. We use a multi-body particle tracing code to simulate electron bunch propagation through the setup…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-30 Lutz Waldecker , Roman Bertoni , Ralph Ernstorfer

Scattering of a tightly focused electron beam by an atom forms one of the bases of modern electron microscopy. A fundamental symmetry breaking occurs when the target atom is displaced from the beam center. This displacement results in a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Yuya Morimoto , Peter Hommelhoff , Lars Bojer Madsen

A computational model for the simulation of a double band collector-generator experiment is applied to the situation where two electrochemical reactions occur concurrently. It is shown that chronoamperometric measurements can be used to…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2013-10-28 Edward O. Barnes , Grace E. M. Lewis , Sara E. C. Dale , Frank Marken , Richard G. Compton

A two-electron temperature plasma is produced by the method of diffusion of two different plasmas with distinct temperatures and densities. The method is simple and provides an adequate control over the plasma parameters. The study reveals…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 G. Sharma , K. Deka , R. Paul , S. Adhikari , R. Moulick , S. S. Kausik , B. K. Saikia

Transition-edge sensors (TESs) are capable of highly accurate single particle energy measurement. TESs have been used for a wide range of photon detection applications, particularly in astronomy, but very little consideration has been given…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-11 K. M. Patel , S. Withington , C. N. Thomas , A. G. Shard , D. J. Goldie