Resonant transmission of fermionic carriers: Comparison between solid-state physics and quantum optics approaches

Physics 673 : Nonlinear and Quantum Optics

Quantum Optics and Heavy Ion Physics

I shall try to say a few words about two particular ways in which my own work has a certain relation to your work with heavy ions. My title is therefore quantum optics and heavy ion physics. Some of this work deals with a form of nuclear scattering theory. The approach I shall talk about is really a nuclear diffraction theory [1]. It grows directly out of the ancient Fraunhofer form of optical ...

Iii. Solid State Physics

The well known phenomenological theory of F. and H. London leads to rather severe restrictions for the electronic wave functions which might possibly account for the phenomenon of superconductivity. Yet all attempts to construct such wave functions according to the principle of quantum mechanics have been so far unsuccessful. This failure seems to stem from the use of one-electron functions for...

Iii. Solid State Physics

The application of symmetry considerations to the theory of superconductivity has been considered further. The problem consists of extending the methods recently advanced (1) so as to include the interaction of the electrons with the lattice vibrations. (See Quarterly Progress Report, April 15, 1951.) It now appears that the difficulties which have been blocking progress are not of a formal mat...

Solid State Physics

By definition, solid state is that particular aggregation form of matter characterized by strong interaction forces between constituent particles (atoms, ions, or molecules). As a result, a solid state material has an independent geometric form (in contrast to liquids, which take the form of the container) and an invariant volume (in contrast to gases/vapors) in given temperature and pressure c...