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Solid-state or crystal acceleration has for long been regarded as an attractive frontier in advanced particle acceleration. However, experimental investigations of solid-state acceleration mechanisms which offer $\rm TVm^{-1}$ acceleration…

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Nanoscale single-electron pumps can be used to generate accurate currents, and can potentially serve to realize a new standard of electrical current based on elementary charge. Here, we use a silicon-based quantum dot with tunable tunnel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-26 A. Rossi , T. Tanttu , K. Y. Tan , I. Iisakka , R. Zhao , K. W. Chan , G. C. Tettamanzi , S. Rogge , A. S. Dzurak , M. Möttönen

The progress of charge manipulation in semiconductor-based nanoscale devices opened up a novel route to realise a flying qubit with a single electron. In the present review, we introduce the concept of these electron flying qubits, discuss…

We numerically investigate classical and quantum transport through a soft-wall cavity with mixed dynamics. Remarkable differences to hard-wall quantum dots are found which are, in part, related to the influence of the hierarchical structure…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bernhard Weingartner , Stefan Rotter , Joachim Burgdoerfer

We present systematic measurements of the quality factors of surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators on ST-X quartz in the gigahertz range at a temperature of $10 \, \textrm{mK}$. We demonstrate a internal quality factor $Q_\mathrm{i}$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-16 R. Manenti , M. J. Peterer , A. Nersisyan , E. B. Magnusson , A. Patterson , P. J. Leek

Elastic waves propagating in piezoelectric materials are accompanied by a time-varying electric potential, which is of critical importance for acousto-electronic applications. The spatial mapping of such a potential at microwave frequencies…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-25 Lu Zheng , Di Wu , Xiaoyu Wu , Keji Lai

We review experiments on single electron transport through single quantum dots in the presence of a microwave signal. In the case of a small dot with well-resolved discrete energy states, the applied high-frequency signal allows for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. G. van der Wiel , T. H. Oosterkamp , S. De Franceschi , C. J. P. M. Harmans , L. P. Kouwenhoven

Acoustic Power Transfer is a relatively new technology. It is a modern type of a wireless interface, where data signals and supply voltages are transmitted, with the use of mechanical waves, through a medium. The simplest application of…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Ippokratis Kochliaridis , Michail E. Kiziroglou

We simulate and experimentally demonstrate the existence of an orientation of quartz which minimizes diffraction losses in surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators at ultra-low temperatures. The orientation is optimized for applications to…

The quantized surface acoustic wave (SAW) in the piezoelectric medium has recently been studied, and is used to control electric dipoles of quantum systems via the electric field produced through piezoelectric effect. However, it is not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Yu-Yuan Chen , Jia-Heng Wang , Lu Ning Song , Yu-xi Liu

The absorption of surface acoustic waves (SAW's) by an array of quantum dots in which the mean level spacing Delta is larger than the sound frequency omega, the temperature T, and the phase breaking rate tau^{-1}_phi is considered. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Andreas Knaebchen , Ora Entin-Wohlman , Yuri Galperin , Yehoshua Levinson

Focusing microcavities for surface acoustic waves (SAWs) produce highly localized strain and piezoelectric fields that can dynamically control excitations in nanostructures. Focusing transducers (FIDTs) that generate SAW beams which match…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Madeleine E. Msall , Paulo V. Santos

Electron-acoustic waves occur in space and laboratory plasmas where two distinct electron populations exist, namely cool and hot electrons. The observations revealed that the hot electron distribution often has a long-tailed suprathermal…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-24 Ashkbiz Danehkar

The quantum excitations of macroscopic surface acoustic waves (SAWs) have been tailored to control, communicate and transduce stationary and flying quantum states. However, the limited lifetime of this hybrid quantum systems remains…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 Wenbing Jiang , Junfeng Chen , Xiaoyu Liu , Zhengqi Niu , Kuang Liu , Wei Peng , Zhen Wang , Zhi-Rong Lin

We study the acousto-electric (AE) effect generated by surface acoustic waves (SAW) in a high mobility 2D electron gas (2DEG) with isotropic and especially small-angle impurity scattering. In both cases the acousto-electric effect exhibits…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John P. Robinson , Vladimir I. Fal'ko

We have proposed and demonstrated an effective scheme to steer both the electronic and molecular motions of hydrogen molecule and its isotopes. Our scheme lies in the idea of sub-cycle waveform shaping (SWS) with synthesizing coherent IR…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-01-03 Pengfei Lan , Eiji J. Takahashi , Katsumi Midorikawa

The simulation of charge transport in ultra-scaled electronic devices requires the knowledge of the atomic configuration and the associated potential. Such "atomistic" device simulation is most commonly handled using a tight-binding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 Maarten L. Van de Put , Massimo V. Fischetti , William G. Vandenberghe

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) have proven outstanding performance in the detection of small masses down to single proton sensitivity. To obtain a high enough throughput for the application in practical mass spectrometry, NEMS…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-03-14 Hendrik Kähler , Robert Winkler , Holger Arthaber , Harald Plank , Silvan Schmid

Progress toward the realization of quantum computers requires persistent advances in their constituent building blocks - qubits. Novel qubit platforms that simultaneously embody long coherence, fast operation, and large scalability offer…

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices are key components of classical communication systems and recently studied for quantum information processing. We here propose and study a hybrid quantum system composed of skyrmion qubit and a SAW…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 Yu-Yuan Chen , Zhihui Peng , Yu-xi Liu