Solitons in a nonlinear model of spin transport in helical molecules

We study an effective integrable nonlinear model describing an electron moving along the axis of a deformable helical molecule. The helical conformation of dipoles in the molecular backbone induces an unconventional Rashba-like interaction that couples the electron spin with its linear momentum. In...

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Autores: Albares Vicente, Paz, Díaz García, Elena, Cerveró Santiago, José María, Domínguez-Adame Acosta, Francisco, Díez Fernández, Enrique, García Estévez, Pilar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/11984
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/11984
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Electron transmission
Dna
Equation
Bacteriorhodopsin
Dynamics
Charge
Physics
Fluids & plasmas
Mathematical
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:We study an effective integrable nonlinear model describing an electron moving along the axis of a deformable helical molecule. The helical conformation of dipoles in the molecular backbone induces an unconventional Rashba-like interaction that couples the electron spin with its linear momentum. In addition, a focusing nonlinearity arises from the electron-lattice interaction, enabling the formation of a variety of stable solitons such as bright solitons, breathers, and rogue waves. A thorough study of the soliton solutions for both focusing and defocusing nonlinear interaction is presented and discussed.