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PROFESSOR



EDUCATION
B.S., National Taiwan Normal University (1956)
M.S., National Tsing Hua University (1958)
Ph.D., The Ohio State University (1961)

Theoretical condensed-matter and optical physics


FOCUS

Nonequilibrium theory of quantum transport; physics of artificial atoms and molecules; electron-phonon interaction in semiconductor nanostructures; magnetic properties and critical behavior of magnetic films in the dimensionality cross-over region; quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and photonics materials.

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Nonequilibrium theory of quantum transport in nesoscopic structures; general theory of correlated electron transport in nanostructures; study of intersubband transition effects in photon-assisted tunneling
  • Physics of artificial atoms and molecules; effects of interface phonon modes on electronic, optical, and transport properties of polar crystals in reduced dimensionality
  • Surface magnetism and magnetic properties of magnetic films and heterostructures; study of critical behavior in the dimensionality cross-over region
  • Quantum optics and nonlinear optics; properties of photonics materials

PUBLICATIONS

  • C. Niu, T. H. Lin, and D. L. Lin. Equation of motion for nonequilibrium Green functions. J. Phys.: Condens. Mat. 11:1511 (1999).
  • Y. Jiang, C. Niu, and D. L. Lin. Resonance tunneling through quantum wells. Phys. Rev. B 59:9981 (1999).
  • T. A. Tigran and D. L. Lin. Nonlinear diffraction due to the transient polarization in a thin film of atomic gases. Euro. Phys. J. D 1:217 (1998).
  • C. Niu and D. L. Lin. Electron population inversion in photon-assisted tunneling through a quantum wire. Phys. Rev. B 56:R12752 (1997).
  • J. T. Ou, F. R. Wang, and D. L. Lin. Critical behavior of magnetic films on the Ising model. Phys. Rev. E 56:2805 (199
 



Fig. 1
The time-averaged electron occupation probabilities expressed as a function of the incident light frequency for applied voltage (A) V=0 (circles) and (B) V=5 (squares) in the unit ofthe original atomic-level spacing. Arrows indicate the anomalous resonance that is common in both cases.


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