Quantum Physics Letters
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Quantum Physics Letters


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Volume 1, Issue 2


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59-68


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Article

Femtosecond response of quantum discrete breathers in SRR based metamaterials and the role of dielectric permittivity


Authors

B. Mandal Affiliation:
Faculty of Engg. & Technology, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur-713212, India; Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India
, S. Adhikari Affiliation:
Dumkal Institute of Engineering & Technology, W. B. University of Technology, Dumkal, India
, K. Choudhary Affiliation:
Dumkal Institute of Engineering & Technology, W. B. University of Technology, Dumkal, India; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
, A. Dey Affiliation:
Dumkal Institute of Engineering & Technology, W. B. University of Technology, Dumkal, India
, A. Biswas Affiliation:
Dumkal Institute of Engineering & Technology, W. B. University of Technology, Dumkal, India; Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India
, A. K. Bandyopadhyay Affiliation:
Dumkal Institute of Engineering & Technology, W. B. University of Technology, Dumkal, India
, A. K. Bhattacharjee* Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India
and D. Mandal Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India


Abstract

The quantum breathers (QB) state in terms of two-phonon bound state (TPBS) via detailed quantum calculations was already shown in ferroelectrics in a periodic boundary condition. In this work on metamaterials for application in antenna arrays as split-ring resonators (SRR), only the temporal variation of the number of quanta in a non-periodic boundary condition is detailed for a Klein-Gordon lattice. A generalized Hamiltonian containing dielectric permittivity is considered which was then quantized by bosonic operators to study the temporal evolution of quanta. Moreover, the time of redistribution of quanta that is proportional to QB's lifetime in femtosecond shows significant variation with different quanta at different values of dielectric permittivity, which has implications in the applications in relevant devices.


Keywords

Dielectric permittivity, Metamaterials, Quantum breathers, Femtosecond response


Citation

Mandal, B., Adhikari, S., Choudhary, K., Dey, A., Biswas, A., Bandyopadhyay, A. K., Bhattacharjee, A. K., & Mandal, D. (2012). Femtosecond response of quantum discrete breathers in SRR based metamaterials and the role of dielectric permittivity. Quantum Physics Letters, 1(2), 59–68.

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