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We theoretically investigate laser induced quantum transport in a two-level quantum dot attached to electric contacts. Our approach, based on nonequilibrium Green function technique, allows to include thermal effects on the photon-induced…

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Nonlinear squeezing is a property of non-Gaussian states of light with an important application in continuous variable quantum computing. We study the generation of nonlinear squeezing in multimode systems produced by the photon-added…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-15 Vojtěch Kala , Denis Kopylov , Petr Marek , Polina Sharapova

We consider the problem of heat transport by vibrational modes (conduction) between Langevin thermostats connected by a central device. The latter is anharmonic and can be subject to large temperature differences and thus be out of…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-15 Keivan Esfarjani

The propagation of light in layered semiconductor media is described theoretically and simulated numerically within the framework of the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism as used for state-of-the-art nanodevice simulations,…

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A dynamical method for inelastic transport simulations in nanostructures is compared with a steady-state method based on non-equilibrium Green's functions. A simplified form of the dynamical method produces, in the steady state in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-19 Eunan J. McEniry , Thomas Frederiksen , Tchavdar N. Todorov , Daniel Dundas , Andrew P. Horsfield

We investigate the particle and heat transport in quantum junctions with the geometry of star graphs. The system is in a nonequilibrium steady state, characterized by the different temperatures and chemical potentials of the heat reservoirs…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-10-13 Mihail Mintchev , Luca Santoni , Paul Sorba

We use a semiclassical approach to study out of equilibrium dynamics and transport in quantum systems with massive quasiparticle excitations having internal quantum numbers. In the universal limit of low energy quasiparticles, the system is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-20 Márton Kormos , Catalin Pascu Moca , Gergely Zaránd

In this review we focus on electronic transport through semiconductor nanostructures which are driven by ac fields. Along the review we describe the available experimental information on different nanostructures, like resonant tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Gloria Platero , Ramon Aguado

We generalize the Landauer formula to describe the dissipative electron transport through a superconducting point contact. The finite-temperature, linear-in-bias, dissipative DC conductance is expressed in terms of the phase- and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-08-14 Sergey S. Pershoguba , Thomas Veness , Leonid I. Glazman

Quantum thermal transport and two-photon statistics serve as two representative nonequilibrium features in circuit quantum electrodynamics systems. Here, we investigate quantum heat flow and two-photon correlation function at steady-state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-07 Zhe-Huan Chen , Han-Xin Che , Zhe-Kai Chen , Chen Wang , Jie Ren

Information exchange between two distant parties, where information is shared without physically transporting it, is a crucial resource in future quantum networks. Doing so with high-dimensional states offers the promise of higher…

The invention of laser immediately enabled us to detect nonlinearities of photon interaction in matter, as manifested for example by Franken et al.'s detection of second harmonic generation and the excitation of the Brillouin forward…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-24 Kensuke Homma , Dieter Habs , Toshiki Tajima

We introduce a versatile platform for studying nonlinear out-of-equilibrium physics. The platform is based on a slow light setup where an optical waveguide is interfaced with cold atoms to realize the driven nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 Priyam Das , Changsuk Noh , Dimitris G. Angelakis

Quasi-classical theory of superconductivity provides a powerful and yet simple description of the superconductivity phenomenology. In particular, the Eilenberger and Usadel equations provide a neat simplification of the description of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-05-28 François Konschelle

The standard approach to non-equilibrium thermodynamics describes transport in terms of generalised forces and coupled currents, a typical example being the Fourier law that relates temperature gradient to the heat flux. Here we demonstrate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-20 Simone Borlenghi , Stefano Iubini , Stefano Lepri , Lars Bergqvist , Anna Delin , Jonas Frannson

We generalize a Landauer-type formula, using a real$\otimes$spin-space Green function technique, to treat spin-dependent transport in quantum-coherent conductors attached to two ferromagnetic contacts. The formalism is employed to study the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Branislav K. Nikolic , J. K. Freericks

Combating the effects of disorder on light transport in micro- and nano-integrated photonic devices is of major importance from both fundamental and applied viewpoints. In ordinary waveguides, imperfections and disorder cause unwanted…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-15 Stefano Longhi , Davide Gatti , Giuseppe Della Valle

In transport experiments the quantum nature of matter becomes directly evident when changes in conductance occur only in discrete steps, with a size determined solely by Planck's constant h. The observations of quantized steps in the…

The observation of quantum dot resonance fluorescence enabled a new solid-state approach to generating single photons with a bandwidth almost as narrow as the natural linewidth of a quantum dot transition. Here, we operate in the Heitler…

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