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Superlattices are artificial periodic nanostructures which can control the flow of electrons. Their operation typically relies on the periodic modulation of the electric potential in the direction of electron wave propagation. Here we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-26 Hugen Yan , Xuesong Li , Bhupesh Chandra , George Tulevski , Yanqing Wu , Marcus Freitag , Wenjuan Zhu , Phaedon Avouris , Fengnian Xia

Undoped and strongly photoexcited semiconductor superlattices with field-dependent recombination behave as excitable or oscillatory media with spatially discrete nonlinear convection and diffusion. Infinitely long, dc-current-biased…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 J. I. Arana , L. L. Bonilla , H. T. Grahn

The spectrum of spinless, non-interacting electrons on a linear chain that is buckled in a non- uniform manner giving it a flavor of a topologically disordered lattice, is investigated within a tight binding formalism. We have addressed two…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-06-07 Amrita Mukherjee , Atanu Nandy , Arunava Chakrabarti

Within the one-dimensional tight-binding minibands and on-site Coloumbic interaction approximation, the absorption spectrum and coherent wavepacket time evolution in an optically excited semiconductor superlattice driven by dc-ac electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 W. Yan , F. Claro , Z. Y. Zeng , J. Q. Liang

We present exact results for the transmission coefficient of a linear lattice at one or more sites of which we attach a Fibonacci quasiperiodic chain. Two cases have been discussed, viz, when a single quasiperiodic chain is coupled to a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Arunava Chakrabarti

We consider the motion of ballistic electrons in a miniband of a semiconductor superlattice (SSL) under the influence of an external, time-periodic electric field. We use the semi-classical balance-equation approach which incorporates…

Studying wave propagation in nonlinear discrete systems is essential for understanding energy transfer in lattices. While linear systems prohibit wave propagation within the natural band gap, nonlinear systems exhibit {supratransmission},…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-09-18 R. Kusdiantara , M. Wijaya , M. F. Adhari , H. Susanto

Linear and nonlinear mechanisms for conical wave propagation in two-dimensional lattices are explored in the realm of phononic crystals. As a prototypical example, a statically compressed granular lattice of spherical particles arranged in…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-02-17 C. Chong , P. G. Kevrekidis , M. J. Ablowitz , Yi-Ping Ma

Much having learned about Floquet dynamics of pseudospin-$1/2$ system namely, graphene, we here address the stroboscopic properties of a periodically kicked {three-band fermionic system such as $\alpha$-T$_3$ lattice. This particular model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-30 Lakpa Tamang , Tanay Nag , Tutul Biswas

Finite strips, composed of a periodic stacking of infinite quasiperiodic Fibonacci chains, have been investigated in terms of their electronic properties. The system is described by a tight binding Hamiltonian. The eigenvalue spectrum of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-05-29 Amrita Mukherjee , Atanu Nandy , Arunava Chakrabarti

We investigate the dynamic properties of elastic lattices defined by tessellations of a curved hyperbolic space. The lattices are obtained by projecting nodes of a regular hyperbolic tessellation onto a flat disk and then connecting those…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-02-08 Nicholas H. Patino , Curtis Rasmussen , Massimo Ruzzene

Dynamic Mode III interfacial fracture in a dissimilar square-cell lattice, composed of two contrasting mass-spring lattice half-planes joined at an interface, is considered. The fracture, driven by a remotely applied load, is assumed to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-12-13 A. Piccolroaz , N. Gorbushin , G. S. Mishuris , M. J. Nieves

The application of quasiperiodic AlGaAs superlattices as a nonlinear element of the FitzHugh-Nagumo neuromorphic network is proposed and theoretically investigated on the example of Fibonacci and figurate superlattices. The sequences of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-13 K. V. Malyshev

Semiconductor superlattice multipliers have emerged as a nonlinear medium capable to generate radiation in a wide frequency range. This property facilitates the potential of sources suitable for sensing and spectroscopy applications. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-06 Yuliia Shevchenko , Apostolos Apostolakis , Mauro F. Pereira

We study the effects of dissipation on electron transport in a semiconductor superlattice with an applied bias voltage and a magnetic field that is tilted relative to the superlattice axis.In previous work, we showed that although the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-03-13 A. G. Balanov , D. Fowler , A. Patanè , L. Eaves , T. M. Fromhold

We consider a model of an electron in a crystal moving under the influence of an external electric field: Schroedinger's equation in one spatial dimension with a potential which is the sum of a periodic function $V$ and a smooth function…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-08-23 Alexander B. Watson , Michael I. Weinstein

We present mathematical theory for understanding the transmission spectra of heterogeneous materials formed by generalised Fibonacci tilings. Our results, firstly, characterise super band gaps, which are spectral gaps that exist for any…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Bryn Davies , Lorenzo Morini

We study the motion of electrons in a single miniband of a semiconductor superlattice driven by THz electric field polarized along the growth direction. We work in the semiclassical balance-equation model, including different elastic and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kirill N. Alekseev , Ethan H. Cannon , Jonathan C. McKinney , Feodor V. Kusmartsev , David K. Campbell

Weakly coupled semiconductor superlattices under dc voltage bias are excitable systems with many degrees of freedom that may exhibit spontaneous chaos at room temperature and act as fast physical random number generator devices.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-27 E. Mompó , M. Carretero , L. L. Bonilla

Influence of the weak electric field on the electronic structure of the Fibonacci superlattice is considered. The electric field produces a nonlinear dynamics of the energy spectrum of the aperiodic superlattice. Mechanism of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-16 Maciej Woloszyn , Bartlomiej J. Spisak