The transport of excitation probabilities amongst weakly coupled subunits is investigated for a class of finite quantum systems. It is demonstrated that the dynamical behavior of the transported quantity depends on the considered length scale; e.g., the introduced distinction between diffusive and ballistic transport appears to be a scale-dependent concept, especially since a transition from di...

We describe a new technique, femtosecond transillumination optical coherence tomography, for time-gated imaging of objects embedded in scattering media. Time gating is performed with a fiber-optic interferometer with femtosecond pulses and coherent heterodyne detection to achieve a 130-dB dynamic range. A confocal imaging arrangement provides additional spatial discrimination against multiply s...

The electron transport properties of well-contacted individual single-walled carbon nanotubes are investigated in the ballistic regime. Phase coherent transport and electron interference manifest as conductance fluctuations as a function of Fermi energy. Resonance with standing waves in finite-length tubes and localized states due to imperfections are observed for various Fermi energies. Two un...

We study the (dual) folded spin-1/2 XXZ model in thermodynamic limit. focus, particular, on a class of local macrostates that includes Gibbs ensembles. develop Bethe Ansatz description and work out generalised hydrodynamics at leading order. Remarkably, ballistic scaling limit junction two results discontinuity profile essentially any observable.

Abstract. We use a fully self-consistent three-dimensional quantum mechanical transport formalism to examine the performance of InAs based quantum wire transistors both in the ballistic limit and with phonon scattering included. We present a method for the inclusion of polar optical phonon scattering as a real-space self-energy term. We find that the ballistic performance of the devices can be ...

High velocity penetration of a rigid conical impactor into a ductile target with air gaps between the plates is studied using the cylindrical cavity expansion approximation describing impactor±target interaction. It is showed that the latter model predicts improvement of the ballistic performance of the target with the increase of air gaps. It is found analytically that the ballistic limit velo...

We consider theoretically the spaser that is excited electrically via a nanowire with ballistic quantum conductance. We show that, in the extreme quantum regime, i.e., for a single conductance-quantum nanowire, the spaser with a core made of common plasmonic metals, such as silver and gold, is fundamentally possible. For ballistic nanowires with multiple-quanta or nonquantized conductance, the ...

The performance of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors is analyzed, using the nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism. The role of the inelastic electron-phonon interaction on the both on-current and gate delay time of these devices is studied. For the calculation of the gate delay time the quasi-static approximation is assumed. The results confirm experimental data of carbon nanotube tr...

Because of their superior ballistic and mechanical properties, lightweight materials like titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V and aluminum alloy AA5083-H116 have been frequently used for aerospace and military applications. Tests of ballistic limit velocity are limited by expensive nature of the experimental setup, and indeed, that can be resolved by adopting numerical simulations. Numerical study involvi...