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Quantum fluctuations are ubiquitous in physics. Ranging from conventional examples like the harmonic oscillator to intricate theories on the origin of the universe, they alter virtually all aspects of matter -- including superconductivity,…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-04 Juba Bouaziz , Julen Ibañez-Azpiroz , Filipe S. M. Guimarães , Samir Lounis

We investigate quantum effects in the mechanical properties of elastic beams on the nanoscale. Transverse quantum and thermal fluctuations and the nonlinear excitation energies are calculated for beams compressed in longitudinal direction.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Werner , W. Zwerger

Zero resistance, diamagnetism (Meissner effect) and the energy gap in the excitation spectrum are the fundamental attributes of superconductivity. In nanoparticles with characteristic size 10 nm superconductivity is suppressed by the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-06-26 Terhi T. Hongisto , K. Yu. Arutyunov

We study resonant response of an underdamped nanomechanical resonator with fluctuating frequency. The fluctuations are due to diffusion of molecules or microparticles along the resonator. They lead to broadening and change of shape of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 J. Atalaya , A. Isacsson , M. I. Dykman

The smaller the system, typically - the higher is the impact of fluctuations. In narrow superconducting wires sufficiently close to the critical temperature Tc thermal fluctuations are responsible for the experimentally observable finite…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-05-25 K. Yu. Arutyunov , T. T. Hongisto , J. S. Lehtinen , L. I. Leino , A. L. Vasiliev

Nonlinear damping, the change in damping rate with the amplitude of oscillations plays an important role in many electrical, mechanical and even biological oscillators. In novel technologies such as carbon nanotubes, graphene membranes or…

As a fundamental measure of stability in nonequilibrium thermodynamics, fluctuations provide critical insight into the performance and reliability of heat engines. In this work, we establish universal fluctuation-dissipation bounds that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-13 Ousi Pan , Zhiqiang Fan , Shunjie Zhang , Jie Li , Jincan Chen , Shanhe Su

The exploration of the rich dynamics of electrons is a frontier in fundamental nano-physics. The dynamical behavior of electrons is dominated by random and chaotic thermal motion with ultrafast ($\approx$ ps) and nanoscale scatterings. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Ruijie Qian , S. T. Chui , Zhenghua An , y Hongtao Xu , Zhifang Lin , Zian Ji , Wei Lu

Fluctuation theorems are a generalization of thermodynamics on small scales and provide the tools to characterize the fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities in non-equilibrium nanoscale systems. They are particularly important for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-04-03 Jan Gieseler , Romain Quidant , Christoph Dellago , Lukas Novotny

Fluctuation-induced forces, primarily represented by quantum and critical Casimir effects, play a pivotal role at the nanoscale. This review explores the theoretical and experimental landscapes of these forces, offering a comprehensive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 Roberto Passante , Lucia Rizzuto , Peter Schall , Emanuele Marino

Vacuum quantum fluctuations are an inescapable and fundamental feature of modern physics. By integrating cavity-enhanced or surface-modified vacuum quantum fluctuations with low-dimensional materials, a new paradigm-vacuumronics-emerges,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Qing-Dong Jiang

Progressive reduction of the effective diameter of a nanowire is applied to trace evolution of the shape of superconducting transition $R(T)$ in quasi-one-dimensional aluminum structures. In nanowires with effective diameter $\leq$ 15 nm…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Zgirski , K. -P. Riikonen , V. Touboltsev , K. Yu. Arutyunov

Quantum fluctuations impose fundamental limits on measurement and space-time probing. Although using optimised probe fields can allow to push sensitivity in a position measurement beyond the "standard quantum limit", quantum fluctuations of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 Marc-Thierry Jaekel , Serge Reynaud

We study the effects of the electromagnetic subvacuum fluctuations on the dynamics of a nonrelativistic charged particle in a wavepacket. The influence from the quantum field is expected to give an additional effect to the velocity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Tai-Hung Wu , Jen-Tsung Hsiang , Da-Shin Lee

Mechanical resonators based on low-dimensional materials provide a unique platform for exploring a broad range of physical phenomena. The mechanical vibrational states are indeed extremely sensitive to charges, spins, photons, and adsorbed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 I. Tsioutsios , A. Tavernarakis , J. Osmond , P. Verlot , A. Bachtold

In this work, we give a consistent review of recent analytical results of reference character related to the fluctuation-electromagnetic interactions in the systems particle-vacuum, particle-surface, particle-particle, and surface-surface.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-07 G. V. Dedkov , A. A. Kyasov

The frequency-dependent impedance is a fundamental property of electrical components. We show that it can be determined from the equilibrium dynamical fluctuations of the electrode charge in constant-potential molecular simulations,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 Giovanni Pireddu , Benjamin Rotenberg

Measurement and fluctuations are closely related to each other in quantum mechanics. This fact is explicitly demonstrated in the case of a quantum non-demolition photodetector which is composed of a double quantum-wire electron…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Akira Shimizu

We study the spectral effect of the fluctuations of the vibration frequency. Such fluctuations play a major role in nanomechanical and other mesoscopic vibrational systems. We find that, for periodically driven systems, the interplay of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Yaxing Zhang , J. Moser , A. Bachtold , M. I. Dykman

One of the most intriguing manifestations of quantum zero-point fluctuations are the van der Waals and Casimir forces, often associated with vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. Here we study generalized fluctuation potentials…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-01 Ephraim Shahmoon , Ulf Leonhardt
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