Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130628
Lihua Wang , Lexiang Zhao , Bingjun Ding
{"title":"Polyacene-based spintronic devices modulated by doping with two nitrogen or boron atoms and hydrogenation effects","authors":"Lihua Wang , Lexiang Zhao , Bingjun Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130628","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130628","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, a series of spintronic devices is designed on the basis of on a pristine (P)/two nitrogen (N) or boron (B) atoms-doped polyacene chain, which is linked to two ferromagnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) with symmetric single hydrogenation (H-ZGNRs-H) or asymmetric double-single hydrogenation (H2-ZGNRs-H). For H-4ZGNRs-H electrodes bridged by P/two N or B atoms-doped polyacene, a negligible/forward or reverse spin-filtering effect is generated under low bias voltages. However, for devices with P/two N or B atoms doped-polyacene sandwiched between H2–4ZGNRs-H and H-4ZGNRs-H, outstanding bichannel spin-filtering (100 %) and dual-orientation giant spin-rectifying (10<sup>4</sup> or 10<sup>‒4</sup>) behavior occur concurrently. In addition, the effect of molecular length, impurity position and types (an NN pair or a BB pair or a BN pair) on the spin transport properties of <em>n</em>-acene-based molecular devices are also investigated.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"551 ","pages":"Article 130628"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143929621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130623
Hongbin Zhang , Lei Qin , Bin Wang , Shang Wang
{"title":"All-optical logical gates AND, OR, NOT, XNOR and XOR based on metalenses at 1.55 µm","authors":"Hongbin Zhang , Lei Qin , Bin Wang , Shang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130623","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130623","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents a novel approach for high-speed optical logic gates based on metalenses. The logic gates consist of two or three phase-controllable metalenses, which can apply different phases to multiple incident light beams of the same initial phase, converging them to a common focal point. This generates interference, enabling logical operations. The advantages of this work include the flexible phase control capabilities of the metalenses, which break the stringent input-phase requirements typically associated with optical logic devices. Additionally, since light predominantly propagates through air, this enhances information transmission rates. The miniaturization of metalenses also offers a potential pathway for achieving efficient parallel computing. The achievable types of logic gates include AND, OR, NOT, XNOR, and XOR, with theoretical contrast ratio of 39.51 dB (OR), 19.21 dB (AND), 11.45 dB (NOT), 11.54 dB (XNOR), and 14.61 dB (XOR). Due to the identical structure, the bit rate for each logic gate stabilizes between 1.04 and 1.05 Tb/s at a 50 % duty cycle. The excellent performance and rapid transmission speeds validate the feasibility of implementing optical logic gates using metalenses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"551 ","pages":"Article 130623"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143922428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing thermoelectric performance of halide perovskite Ca3AsBr3 through strain engineering","authors":"Sumedha Yadav, Sangeeta, Kulwinder Kumar, Mukhtiyar Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130625","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130625","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We investigate structural, dynamical, elastic, electronic, and thermoelectric properties of cubic perovskite halide Ca<sub>3</sub>AsBr<sub>3</sub> under the effect of strain using first-principles calculations. It is found to have a direct bandgap of 2.425 eV that further reduces under compressive strain making it an ideal candidate for thermoelectric application. The material satisfies various stability criteria, e.g., dynamical, thermodynamical, and mechanical. The transport calculations show the highest Seebeck coefficient of value -458.227 μVK⁻¹ at 700 K for <em>n</em>-type Ca<sub>3</sub>AsBr<sub>3</sub> unstrained structure at carrier concentration 1 × 10<sup>21</sup> cm⁻³, which is further enhanced to -482.366 μVK⁻¹ for -2 % strain. The lattice thermal conductivity of the material is reduced from 1.243 Wm<sup>-1</sup>K<sup>-1</sup> to 0.627 Wm<sup>-1</sup>K<sup>-1</sup> at 700 K under 3 % strain. This low thermal conductivity, coupled with positive power factor values, results in increased peak thermoelectric figure of merit from 0.36 (unstrained) to 0.56 (+3 % strain) at 700 K for an <em>n</em>-type doping concentration of 1 × 10<sup>20</sup> cm⁻³.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"551 ","pages":"Article 130625"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143931358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130602
Susan Mathew Panakkal , Parameswaran R. , Vedan M.J.
{"title":"Invariants of flows in 4-d space time","authors":"Susan Mathew Panakkal , Parameswaran R. , Vedan M.J.","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130602","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130602","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Differential forms and Lie derivatives are widely used in the study of invariance of physical quantities. The vanishing of the Lie derivative of a quantity signifies its invariance as one moves along the curves that are integrals of the flow. In this paper, we consider incompressible flows and study their integral invariants. Techniques employed include the invariance of forms (both relative and absolute) in the Euclidean space-time framework. The study yields five categories of local invariants corresponding to five possible exterior forms in 4-D space-time. In the case of viscous flow, we develop methods to calculate the rate of change of circulation, helicity, parity, and vorticity flux. We arrive at a conclusion that the absolute integral invariance of the parity four form yields Ertel's potential vorticity theorem. An attempt is made to study the above invariants using the technique of geometric algebra also.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"552 ","pages":"Article 130602"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143942751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130583
Renxiang Shi
{"title":"Analysis of plankton-fish system with delay of fear effect","authors":"Renxiang Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130583","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130583","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We propose a three dimensional system including phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish, which describes the food chain between plankton and fish. We take Holling-II functional response to describe the predation ability of fish and zooplankton. For fear effect of predator exists in reality, so we introduce fear effect of fish into system, besides we think the influence of fear effect is not instantaneous, delay of fear effect has been included. We study the dynamics of plankton-fish system with delay of fear effect. First we study the positivity and boundedness of solution, which mean that all the species exist and their increase is limited by environment, then taking the delay of fear effect as parameter, we discuss Hopf bifurcation, estimate the length of delay to preserve the stability of limit cycle. At last, we give simulations about the influence of delay of fear effect on the dynamics of plankton-fish system and the sensitivity analysis of parameters on the density of plankton and fish without delay. Our results show that delay of fear effect can cause periodic oscillation and chaos for plankton-fish system, uptake rate of fish to zooplankton and death rate of fish have large impact on the density of plankton and fish.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"551 ","pages":"Article 130583"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143916672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optical torques in the folding Fabry–Perot cavity","authors":"Xingrui Peng , Denis Martynov , Zonghong Zhu , Teng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130600","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130600","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Folding the Fabry-Perot cavity allows gravitational wave detectors to enhance their effective arm lengths. However, a different number of mirrors and geometry of the folded cavity will complicate the dynamics of the mirrors under the exertion of radiation pressure forces and torques. This paper gives the framework for analysing the stability of folded cavities in the angular degrees of freedom. In particular, we analyse the optical torques and mirror dynamics of the trifold 12 km cavity, which can serve as a potential upgrade of aLIGO for the kilo-Hertz sensitivity boosting. We explore feasible geometric configurations supporting the target arm cavity power of 1.5 MW and the resulting coating thermal noise. Our analysis suggests that the cavity remains stable by replicating the current arm cavity geometry three times and increasing all mirror masses to 200 kg. It gives thermal noise, <span><math><mn>2.94</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>24</mn></mrow></msup><mspace></mspace><mo>/</mo><mspace></mspace><msqrt><mrow><mtext>Hz</mtext></mrow></msqrt></math></span> at 100 Hz, 8.5% higher than the aLIGO design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"550 ","pages":"Article 130600"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143903270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-05-02DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130579
Justo Pastor Lambare
{"title":"Comment on “Symmetric twin paradox for free-falling frames: Argument against the relativistic time dilation?”","authors":"Justo Pastor Lambare","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130579","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130579","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In a recent article in this journal, Václav Vavryčuk and Michal Křížek have argued the Lorentz transformation does not predict time dilation, therefore the theory of relativity must be incorrect. To prove their claim they concocted a configuration of the twin paradox where no age difference is involved between the siblings. We explain the problems with their argumentation that make their conclusions untenable.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"550 ","pages":"Article 130579"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143916228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-05-02DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130599
Caio C. Holanda Ribeiro , Vitoria A. de Souza , Vitorio A. De Lorenci
{"title":"Electric current quantum superpositions in superconducting circuits","authors":"Caio C. Holanda Ribeiro , Vitoria A. de Souza , Vitorio A. De Lorenci","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130599","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130599","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A possible route to test whether classical systems can acquire quantum features using superconducting circuits is here presented. It is shown that under general assumptions a classical test current pulse of fixed energy and adjustable length acquires quantum features after interacting with the quantum vacuum of the photon field. Further, it is shown that the mere existence of vacuum fluctuations can lead to the breakdown of energy and momentum conservation, and as the length of the pulse grows with respect to the characteristic size of the quantum system, the test pulse undergoes quantum-to-classical transition. This model differs from previous ones in its simplicity and points toward a new way of creating quantum superpositions of multiple states.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"550 ","pages":"Article 130599"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143903273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-05-02DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130601
Mandana Bidarvand, Artur Sowa
{"title":"Quantum information recast via multiresolution in L2(0,1]","authors":"Mandana Bidarvand, Artur Sowa","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130601","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130601","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We present a multiresolution approach to the theory of quantum information. This approach emerges from an effort to develop a systematic mathematical approach to the analysis of an infinite array of qubits, i.e., a structure that may be interpreted as a quantum metamaterial. Foundational to our approach are two mathematical constructions with classical roots: the Borel isomorphism and the Haar basis. Here, these constructions are intertwined to establish an identification between <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>]</mo></math></span> and the Hilbert space of an infinite array of qubits and to enable analysis of operators that act on arrays of qubits (either finite or infinite). The fusion of these two concepts empowers us to represent quantum operations and observables through geometric operators. As an unexpected upshot, we observe that the fundamental concept of calculus is inherent in an infinite array of qubits; indeed, the antiderivative arises as a natural and indispensable operator in this context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"551 ","pages":"Article 130601"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143916703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics Letters APub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130585
Qian Wang , Yan Fei Hu , De Hui Zhou , Zhi Wei Tan , Yu Tong Liu , Tian Yi Zhang , Yu Quan Yuan
{"title":"CaB11−: A unique four-ring conjugated dual aromatic system","authors":"Qian Wang , Yan Fei Hu , De Hui Zhou , Zhi Wei Tan , Yu Tong Liu , Tian Yi Zhang , Yu Quan Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130585","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130585","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>At the B3LYP/6–311G(d) level, we obtained the ground state structures of CaB<sub>n</sub><sup>0/−</sup> (<em>n</em> = 2–12). Observing the evolution characteristics of these structures, we found that the transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional structures occurs when the number of boron atoms equals 6 (for the neutral system) and 7 (for the anionic system). For the three-dimensional structure, the Ca atom is always positioned above the plane or quasi-plane formed by the boron atoms (at the vertex position), similar to an umbrella-like structure. In most cases, the neutral and anionic structures with the same number of boron atoms are consistent. The only exceptions are CaB<sub>6</sub><sup>−</sup> and CaB<sub>11</sub><sup>−</sup>, where the neutral structure is three-dimensional, but upon adding an electron, they transform into a two-dimensional planar structure. This peculiarity persists in the stability analysis, and according to the results, the CaB<sub>11</sub><sup>−</sup> structure with C<sub>2V</sub> symmetry is the most stable. A detailed analysis of the bonding situation in CaB<sub>11</sub><sup>−</sup> reveals that it is a planar structure with four conjugated rings, where adjacent atoms in each ring are connected by covalent bonds, B-B bonds are in the form of covalent single bonds, and Ca-B bonds are in the form of covalent half-bonds. The charge on the Ca atom unexpectedly transfers to the neighboring boron atoms; however, the valence electrons on Ca do not completely transfer, resulting in <em>a</em> + 2 charge, but rather retain some valence electrons, which interact with the valence electrons of the adjacent boron atoms to form half-bonds. The main interaction between Ca and B is still ionic bonding. All four rings are aromatic, with the central ring having the strongest aromaticity. The entire CaB<sub>11</sub><sup>−</sup> exhibits dual aromaticity of σ/π types.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"550 ","pages":"Article 130585"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143917778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}