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In this paper, we study wave transmission in a rotating fluid with multiple alternating convectively stable and unstable layers. We have discussed wave transmissions in two different circumstances: cases where the wave is propagative in…

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The optical reflection coefficient of a dielectric medium moving uniformly in the plane spanned by its surface is rigorously calculated using classical electrodynamics and special relativity, and expressed in the Fourier domain, as a…

We develop in this work a simple qualitative quantum electron transport model, in the strong light-matter coupling regime under dipole approximation, able to capture polaritonic signatures in the time-dependent electrical current. The…

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We develop simple density-matrix models to describe the role of coherence in resonant-tunneling (RT) transport of quantum-cascade lasers (QCLs). Specifically, we investigate the effects of coherent coupling between the lasing levels with…

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Subwavelength dielectric structures offer an attractive low loss alternative to plasmonic structures for the development of resonant optics functionality such as metamaterials. Nonspherical like rectangular structures are of most interest…

Optics · Physics 2013-12-03 Lujun Huang , Yiling Yu , Linyou Cao

Inspired by [25], this paper investigates subwavelength bandgaps in phononic crystals consisting of periodically arranged hard elastic materials embedded in a soft elastic background medium. Our contributions are threefold. First, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Yuanchun Ren , Bochao Chen , Yixian Gao , Peijun Li

Fractional photon-assisted tunneling is investigated both analytically and numerically for few interacting ultra-cold atoms in the double-wells of an optical superlattice. This can be realized experimentally by adding periodic shaking to an…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-03-18 Martin Esmann , Niklas Teichmann , Christoph Weiss

Reflection-refraction properties of photonic barriers, formed by dielectric gradient nanofilms, for inclined incidence of both S- and P-polarized electromagnetic (EM) waves are examined by means of exactly solvable models. We present…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Alexander Shvartsburg , Vladimir Kuzmiak , Guillaume Petite

We have developed a quantitative theory of resonant tunneling of magnetic flux between discrete macroscopically distinct quantum states in SQUID systems. The theory is based on the standard density-matrix approach. Its new elements include…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. V. Averin , Jonathan R. Friedman , J. E. Lukens

This paper revisited quantum tunneling dynamics through a square double-barrier potential. We emphasized the similarity of tunneling dynamics through double-barrier and that of optical Fabry--P$\acute{e}$rot (FP) interferometer. Based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-08 Zhi Xiao , Shi-sen Du , Chun-Xi Zhang

We predict theoretically and observe in experiment that the differential conductance of a superconducting SET transistor exhibits a peak which is a complete analogue in a macroscopic system of a standard resonant tunneling peak associated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. V. Averin , A. N. Korotkov , A. J. Manninen , J. P. Pekola

We propose a mechanism for optical energy squeezing and anomalous light tunneling through arbitrarily-shaped plasmonic ultranarrow channels and bends connecting two larger plasmonic metal-insulator-metal waveguides. It is shown how a proper…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrea Alu , Nader Engheta

We discuss propagation effects in realistic, transparent, metallo-dielectric photonic band gap structures in the context of negative refraction and super-resolution in the visible and near infrared ranges. In the resonance tunneling regime,…

We consider coherent radiative thermal conductance of a multilayer photonic crystal. The crystal consists of alternating layers of lossless dielectric slabs and vacuum, where heat is conducted only through photons. We show that such a…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Wah Tung Lau , Jung-Tsung Shen , Georgios Veronis , Paul Braun , Shanhui Fan

We study resonant tunneling through quantum-dot systems in the presence of strong Coulomb repulsion and coupling to the metallic leads. Motivated by recent experiments we concentrate on (i) a single dot with two energy levels and (ii) a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 T. Pohjola , J. König , M. M. Salomaa , J. Schmid , H. Schoeller , Gerd Schön

A theoretical study of the resonance optical response of assemblies of oriented short (as compared to an optical wavelength) linear Frenkel chains is carried out using a two-level model. We show that both transmittivity and reflectivity of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 E. Conejero Jarque , V. A. Malyshev

A theory for boson-assisted tunneling via randomly distributed resonant states in a layered metals is developed. As particular examples, we consider the electron-phonon interaction and the interaction between localized and conduction…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-03-22 D. B. Gutman , D. L. Maslov

We study quantum coherence of strongly interacting cold bosons in a double-well potential driven by a laser field. The system is initially in a Fock state and, for either with or without a static tilting field, evolves into the coherent…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-23 Hong-Xia Hao , Shiping Feng , Shi-Jie Yang

We present a novel theoretical approach for modeling the resonant properties of transmission through subwavelength apertures penetrating metal films. We show that cavity mode theory applies to an effective resonant cavity whose dimensions…

Optics · Physics 2013-10-23 Eli Lansey , Isroel M. Mandel , Jonah N. Gollub , David T. Crouse

Optical cavities are a cornerstone of photonics. They are indispensable in lasers, optical filters, optical combs and clocks, in quantum physics, and have enabled the detection of gravitational waves. Cavities transmit light only at…