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Xu-Dong Wang

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arXiv2023

Imaging Resonance Effects in C + H$_2$ Collisions using a Zeeman Decelerator

An intriguing phenomenon in molecular collisions is the occurrence of scattering resonances, which originate from bound and quasi-bound states supported by the interaction potential at low collision energies. The resonance effects in the scattering behaviour are extraordinarily sensitive to the interaction potential, and their observation provides one of the most stringent tests for theoretical models. We present high-resolution measurements of state-resolved angular scattering distributions for inelastic collisions between Zeeman-decelerated C($^3P_1$) atoms and $\textit{para}$-H$_2$ molecules at collision energies ranging from 77 cm$^{-1}$ down to 0.5 cm$^{-1}$. Rapid variations in the angular distributions were observed that can be attributed to the consecutive reduction of contributing partial waves and effects of scattering resonances. The measurements showed excellent agreement with distributions predicted by $\textit{ab initio}$ quantum scattering calculations. However, discrepancies were found at specific collision energies, which most likely originate from an incorrectly predicted quasi-bound state. These observations provide exciting prospects for further high-precision and low-energy investigations of scattering processes that involve paramagnetic species.

physics.atom-ph↗

arXiv2023

Multiscale simulations of growth-dominated Sb$_2$Te phase-change material for non-volatile photonic applications

Chalcogenide phase-change materials (PCMs) are widely applied in electronic and photonic applications, such as non-volatile memory and neuro-inspired computing. Doped Sb$_2$Te alloys are now gaining increasing attention for on-chip photonic applications, due to their growth-driven crystallization features. However, it remains unknown whether Sb$_2$Te also forms a metastable crystalline phase upon nanoseconds crystallization in devices, similar to the case of nucleation-driven Ge-Sb-Te alloys. Here, we carry out ab initio simulations to understand the changes in optical properties of amorphous Sb$_2$Te upon crystallization and post annealing. During the continuous transformation process, changes in the dielectric function are highly wavelength-dependent from the visible-light range towards the telecommunication band. Our finite-difference time-domain simulations based on the ab initio input reveal key differences in device output for color display and photonic memory applications upon tellurium ordering. Our work serves as an example of how multiscale simulations of materials can guide practical photonic phase-change applications.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗

arXiv2022

In situ characterization of vacancy ordering in Ge-Sb-Te phase-change memory alloys

Tailoring the degree of structural disorder in Ge-Sb-Te alloys is important for the development of non-volatile phase-change memory and neuro-inspired computing. Upon crystallization from the amorphous phase, these alloys form a cubic rocksalt-like structure with a high content of intrinsic vacancies. Further thermal annealing results in a gradual structural transition towards a layered structure and an insulator-to-metal transition. In this work, we elucidate the atomic-level details of the structural transition in crystalline GeSb2Te4 by in situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) experiments and ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations, providing a comprehensive real-time and real-space view of the vacancy ordering process. We also discuss the impact of vacancy ordering on altering the electronic and optical properties of GeSb2Te4, which is relevant to multilevel storage applications. The phase evolution paths in Ge-Sb-Te alloys are illustrated using a summary diagram, which serves as a guide for designing phase-change memory devices.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗

arXiv2022

Designing inorganic semiconductors with cold-rolling processability

While metals can be readily processed and reshaped by cold rolling, most bulk inorganic semiconductors are brittle materials that tend to fracture when plastically deformed. Manufacturing thin sheets and foils of inorganic semiconductors is therefore a bottleneck problem, severely restricting their use in flexible electronics applications. It was recently reported that a few single-crystalline two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) semiconductors, such as InSe, are deformable under compressive stress. Here we demonstrate that intralayer fracture toughness can be tailored via compositional design to make inorganic semiconductors processable by cold rolling. We report systematic ab initio calculations covering a range of van der Waals semiconductors homologous to InSe, leading to material-property maps that forecast trends in both the susceptibility to interlayer slip and the intralayer fracture toughness against cracking. GaSe has been predicted, and experimentally confirmed, to be practically amenable to being rolled to large (three quarters) thickness reduction and length extension by a factor of three. Our findings open a new realm of possibility for alloy selection and design towards processing-friendly group-III chalcogenides for flexible electronic and thermoelectric applications.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗

arXiv2021

High-resolution imaging of C + He collisions using Zeeman deceleration and VUV detection

High-resolution measurements of angular scattering distributions provide a sensitive test for theoretical descriptions of collision processes. Crossed beam experiments employing a decelerator and velocity map imaging have proven successful to probe collision cross sections with extraordinary resolution. However, a prerequisite to exploit these possibilities is the availability of a near-threshold state-selective ionization scheme to detect the collision products, which for many species is either absent or inefficient. We present the first implementation of recoil-free vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) based detection in scattering experiments involving a decelerator and velocity map imaging. This allowed for high-resolution measurements of state-resolved angular scattering distributions for inelastic collisions between Zeeman-decelerated carbon C($^3P_1$) atoms and helium atoms. We fully resolved diffraction oscillations in the angular distributions, which showed excellent agreement with the distributions predicted by quantum scattering calculations. Our approach offers exciting prospects to investigate a large range of scattering processes with unprecedented precision.

physics.atom-ph↗

arXiv2021

Laser ionization detection of O($^3P_j$) atoms in the VUV; application to photodissociation of O$_2$

Detection of nascent O($^3P_j$, $j=2,1,0$) atoms using one-photon resonant excitation to the $3s\,^3S^o_1$ state at $\sim 130$ nm followed by near-threshold ionization, i. e., 1 + 1' resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization (REMPI), has been investigated. The aim was to achieve low ion recoil, improved sensitivity, and reliable angular momentum polarization information, with an as simple as possible laser setup. An efficient 1 + 1' scheme has been found where the VUV light for the first step 1 is generated by difference frequency ($2ω_1 - ω_2$) VUV generation by four wave mixing in Kr gas, and the ionization step 1' uses 2$ω_2$ at 289 nm. The presented scheme induces 9 m/s recoil of the O$^+$ ion using a two-dye laser system, and zero recoil should be possible by generating 302 nm radiation with a third dye laser. While this approach is much more sensitive than a previous 1 + 1' scheme using 212.6 nm for the 1' step, we found that the relatively intense 289 nm radiation does not saturate the 1' step. In order to test the ability of this scheme to accurately determine branching ratios, fine structure yields, and angular distributions including polarization information, it has been applied to O$_2$ photodissociation around 130 nm with subsequent O($^3P_j$) fragment detection.

physics.atom-ph↗

arXiv2016

Wess-Zumino Model on Bosonic-Fermionic Noncommutative Superspace

In our previous paper we construct a renormalizable Wess-Zumino action on BFNC superspace at the second order approximation of noncommutative parameters. The action contains about 200 terms which are necessary for renormalization. By removing chiral covariant derivatives and chiral coordinates we found that the BFNC Wess-Zumino action can be transformed to a simpler form which have manifest 1/2 supersymmetry. Based on this discovery, we can extend the BFNC Wess-Zumino action to the all order of noncommutative parameters. At first we introduce global symmetries, then obtain divergent operators in the effective action by using dimensional analysis, the next step is to construct all possible BFNC parameters, at the end we combine the BFNC parameters with the divergent operators. We present the explicit action up to the fourth order of noncommutative parameters. Because the action contain all possible divergent operators, it is renormalizable to all order in perturbative theory.

hep-th↗

arXiv2016

Covariant Quantization of BFNC Super Yang-Mills Theories and Supergauge Invariance

To construct renormalizable gauge model in Bosonic-Fermionic noncommutative (BFNC) superspace, we replace the ordinary products of super Yang-Mills model by BFNC star products. To study the renormalization property of the deformed action, we obtain the one-loop 1PI effective action by using background field method at the first order of BFNC parameters. We also verify the BFNC supergauge invariance of the effective action. Because there are new terms in effective action, the deformed action is not renormalizable. This imply that additional terms should be added to the deformed action.

hep-th↗

arXiv2015

Coherent Resonances Observed in the Dissociative Electron Attachments to Carbon Monoxide

Succeeding our previous finding about coherent interference of the resonant states of CO^- formed by the low-energy electron attachment [Phys. Rev. A 88, 012708 (2013)], here we provide more evidences of the coherent interference, in particular, we find the state configuration change in the interference with the increase of electron attachment energy by measuring the completely backward distributions of the O^- fragment ion of the temporary CO^- in an energy range 11.3-12.6 eV. Therefore, different pure states, namely, coherent resonances, can be formed when the close-lying resonant states are coherently superposed by a broad-band electron pulse.

physics.atm-clus↗

arXiv2014

All-Loop Renormalizable Wess-Zumino Model on Bosonic-Fermionic Noncommutative Superspace

We generalize the ordinary Wess-Zumino model to the Bosonic-Fermionic noncommutative (BFNC) superspace and study its renormalization. In our previous work that can be regarded as the key foundation of the present paper, we have proved that the BFNC Wess-Zumino model with the real mass and interacting constant is one-loop renormalizable up to the second order of BFNC parameters. Based on the result obtained, in the present paper we modify the one-loop renormalizable BFNC Wess-Zumino model by generalizing the mass and interacting constant to complex numbers, introduce the U(1)_{R} R-symmetry and U(1)_Φ flavor symmetry in the modified model, analyze possible divergent operators in the effective action of the modified model by using the dimensional analysis method, and further give a new BFNC Wess-Zumino model that is renormalizable at all loops still up to the second order of BFNC parameters by imposing symmetries rather than doing a direct perturbative investigation.

hep-th↗

arXiv2014

One-Loop Renormalizable Wess-Zumino Model on Bosonic-Fermionic Noncommutative Superspace

We construct a deformed Wess-Zumino model on the noncommutative superspace where the Bosonic and Fermionic coordinates are no longer commutative with each other. Using the background field method, we calculate the primary one-loop effective action based on the deformed action. By comparing the two actions, we find that the deformed Wess-Zumino model is not renormalizable. To obtain a renormalizable model, we combine the primary one-loop effective action with the deformed action, and then calculate the secondary one-loop effective action based on the combined action. After repeating this process to the third time, we finally give the one-loop renormalizable action up to the second order of Bosonic-Fermionic noncommutative parameters by using our specific techniques of calculation.

hep-th↗

arXiv2011

Classical Mechanics on Noncommutative Space with Lie-algebraic Structure

We investigate the kinetics of a nonrelativistic particle interacting with a constant external force on a Lie-algebraic noncommutative space. The structure constants of a Lie algebra, also called noncommutative parameters, are constrained in general due to some algebraic properties, such as the antisymmetry and Jacobi identity. Through solving the constraint equations the structure constants satisfy, we obtain two new sorts of algebraic structures, each of which corresponds to one type of noncommutative spaces. Based on such types of noncommutative spaces as the starting point, we analyze the classical motion of the particle interacting with a constant external force by means of the Hamiltonian formalism on a Poisson manifold. Our results {\em not only} include that of a recent work as our special cases, {\em but also} provide new trajectories of motion governed mainly by marvelous extra forces. The extra forces with the unimaginable $t\dot{x}$-, $\dot{(xx)}$-, and $\ddot{(xx)}$-dependence besides with the usual $t$-, $x$-, and $\dot{x}$-dependence, originating from a variety of noncommutativity between different spatial coordinates and between spatial coordinates and momenta as well, deform greatly the particle's ordinary trajectories we are quite familiar with on the Euclidean (commutative) space.

math-ph↗