323 research outputs found
Mechanical properties of Pt monatomic chains
The mechanical properties of platinum monatomic chains were investigated by
simultaneous measurement of an effective stiffness and the conductance using
our newly developed mechanically controllable break junction (MCBJ) technique
with a tuning fork as a force sensor. When stretching a monatomic contact
(two-atom chain), the stiffness and conductance increases at the early stage of
stretching and then decreases just before breaking, which is attributed to a
transition of the chain configuration and bond weakening. A statistical
analysis was made to investigate the mechanical properties of monatomic chains.
The average stiffness shows minima at the peak positions of the
length-histogram. From this result we conclude that the peaks in the
length-histogram are a measure of the number of atoms in the chains, and that
the chains break from a strained state. Additionally, we find that the smaller
the initial stiffness of the chain is, the longer the chain becomes. This shows
that softer chains can be stretched longer.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Modelling of Natural Gas Pipe Flow with Rapid Transients-case Study of Effect of Ambient Model
AbstractThe paper presents a study of gas pipeline to soil heat transfer. The effect of simplifications of the heat transfer model is investigated. Studied are steady, one dimensional unsteady and two dimensional unsteady models of the pipe wall and soil. Flow conditions at the pipeline inlet are varied. The effects of rapid changes in gas mass flow rate and temperature at the pipeline inlet are studied. The case presented is representative for export natural gas pipelines, containing offshore and buried sections along the route. Results are compared to experimental data from an existing export natural gas pipeline
An experimental proposal to study collapse of the wave function in travelling-wave parametric amplifiers
The read-out of a microwave qubit state occurs using an amplification chain
that enlarges the quantum state to a signal detectable with a classical
measurement apparatus. However, at what point in this process did we really
`measure' the quantum state? In order to investigate whether the `measurement'
takes place in the amplification chain, we propose to construct a microwave
interferometer that has a parametric amplifier added to each of its arms.
Feeding the interferometer with single photons, the visibility depends on the
gain of the amplifiers and whether a measurement collapse has taken place
during the amplification process. We calculate the interference visibility as
given by standard quantum mechanics as a function of gain, insertion loss and
temperature and find a magnitude of in the limit of large gain without
taking into account losses. This number reduces to in case the insertion
loss of the amplifiers is dB at a temperature of mK. We show that if
the wave function collapses within the interferometer, we will measure a
reduced visibility compared to the prediction from standard quantum mechanics
once this collapse process sets in.Comment: 21 pages and 23 figures (including appendices and subfigures). v4:
Abstract and introduction rewritten and note on stochasticity of quantum
state collapse added to section 6. v5: no content changes w.r.t. v
Spin-mediated dissipation and frequency shifts of a cantilever at milliKelvin temperatures
We measure the dissipation and frequency shift of a magnetically coupled
cantilever in the vicinity of a silicon chip, down to mK. The dissipation
and frequency shift originates from the interaction with the unpaired
electrons, associated with the dangling bonds in the native oxide layer of the
silicon, which form a two dimensional system of electron spins. We approach the
sample with a m-diameter magnetic particle attached to an ultrasoft
cantilever, and measure the frequency shift and quality factor as a function of
temperature and the distance. Using a recent theoretical analysis [J. M. de
Voogd et al., arXiv:1508.07972 (2015)] of the dynamics of a system consisting
of a spin and a magnetic resonator, we are able to fit the data and extract the
relaxation time ms and spin density
spins per nm. Our analysis shows that at temperatures mK magnetic
dissipation is an important source of non-contact friction.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Wigner crystallization in the two electron quantum dot
Wigner crystallization can be induced in a quantum dot by increasing the
effective electron-electron interaction through a decrease of the electron
density or by the application of a strong magnetic field. We show that the
ground state in both cases is very similar but the energy scales are very
different and therefore also the dynamics.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
A method for mechanical generation of radio frequency fields in nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy
We present an innovative method for magnetic resonance force microscopy
(MRFM) with ultra-low dissipation, by using the higher modes of the mechanical
detector as radio frequency (rf) source. This method allows MRFM on samples
without the need to be close to an rf source. Furthermore, since rf sources
require currents that give dissipation, our method enables nuclear magnetic
resonance experiments at ultra-low temperatures. Removing the need for an
on-chip rf source is an important step towards a MRFM which can be widely used
in condensed matter physics.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, to be submitted to Physical Review Applie
Probing the magnetic moment of FePt micromagnets prepared by Focused Ion Beam milling
We investigate the degradation of the magnetic moment of a 300 nm thick FePt
film induced by Focused Ion Beam (FIB) milling. A rod is milled out of a film by a FIB process and is attached
to a cantilever by electron beam induced deposition. Its magnetic moment is
determined by frequency-shift cantilever magnetometry. We find that the
magnetic moment of the rod is , which implies that 70% of the magnetic moment is preserved
during the FIB milling process. This result has important implications for atom
trapping and magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM), that are addressed in
this paper.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Upper Bounds on Spontaneous Wave-Function Collapse Models Using Millikelvin-Cooled Nanocantilevers
6siCollapse models predict a tiny violation of energy conservation, as a consequence of the spontaneous collapse of the wave function. This property allows us to set experimental bounds on their parameters. We consider an ultrasoft magnetically tipped nanocantilever cooled to millikelvin temperature. The thermal noise of the cantilever fundamental mode has been accurately estimated in the range 0.03 – 1 K, and any other excess noise is found to be negligible within the experimental uncertainty. From the measured data and the cantilever geometry, we estimate the upper bound on the continuous spontaneous localization collapse rate in a wide range of the correlation length rC. Our upper bound improves significantly previous constraints for r_C > 10^−6  m, and partially excludes the enhanced collapse rate suggested by Adler. We discuss future improvements.openopenVinante, A.; Bahrami, M.; Bassi, A.; Usenko, O.; Wijts, G.; Oosterkamp, T.H.Vinante, A.; Bahrami, Mohammad; Bassi, Angelo; Usenko, O.; Wijts, G.; Oosterkamp, T. H
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