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Competing many-body interactions in systems of trapped ions
We propose and theoretically analyse an experimental configuration in which
lasers induce 3-spin interactions between trapped ions.By properly choosing the
intensities and frequencies of the lasers, 3-spin couplings may be dominant or
comparable to 2-spin terms and magnetic fields. In this way, trapped ions can
be used to study exotic quantum phases which do not have a counterpart in
nature. We study the conditions for the validity of the effective 3-spin
Hamiltonian, and predict qualitatively the quantum phase diagram of the system.Comment: RevTex4 file, color figure
Topology induced anomalous defect production by crossing a quantum critical point
We study the influence of topology on the quench dynamics of a system driven
across a quantum critical point. We show how the appearance of certain edge
states, which fully characterise the topology of the system, dramatically
modifies the process of defect production during the crossing of the critical
point. Interestingly enough, the density of defects is no longer described by
the Kibble-Zurek scaling, but determined instead by the non-universal
topological features of the system. Edge states are shown to be robust against
defect production, which highlights their topological nature.Comment: Phys. Rev. Lett. (to be published
Short Range Interactions in the Hydrogen Atom
In calculating the energy corrections to the hydrogen levels we can identify
two different types of modifications of the Coulomb potential , with one
of them being the standard quantum electrodynamics corrections, ,
satisfying over the whole range of
the radial variable . The other possible addition to is a potential
arising due to the finite size of the atomic nucleus and as a matter of fact,
can be larger than in a very short range. We focus here on the latter
and show that the electric potential of the proton displays some undesirable
features. Among others, the energy content of the electric field associated
with this potential is very close to the threshold of pair production.
We contrast this large electric field of the Maxwell theory with one emerging
from the non-linear Euler-Heisenberg theory and show how in this theory the
short range electric field becomes smaller and is well below the pair
production threshold
Topology induced anomalous defect production by crossing a quantum critical point
We study the influence of topology on the quench dynamics of a system driven
across a quantum critical point. We show how the appearance of certain edge
states, which fully characterise the topology of the system, dramatically
modifies the process of defect production during the crossing of the critical
point. Interestingly enough, the density of defects is no longer described by
the Kibble-Zurek scaling, but determined instead by the non-universal
topological features of the system. Edge states are shown to be robust against
defect production, which highlights their topological nature.Comment: Phys. Rev. Lett. (to be published
Robust Trapped-Ion Quantum Logic Gates by Continuous Dynamical Decoupling
We introduce a novel scheme that combines phonon-mediated quantum logic gates
in trapped ions with the benefits of continuous dynamical decoupling. We
demonstrate theoretically that a strong driving of the qubit decouples it from
external magnetic-field noise, enhancing the fidelity of two-qubit quantum
gates. Moreover, the scheme does not require ground-state cooling, and is
inherently robust to undesired ac-Stark shifts. The underlying mechanism can be
extended to a variety of other systems where a strong driving protects the
quantum coherence of the qubits without compromising the two-qubit couplings.Comment: Slightly longer than the published versio
Exact Mapping of the 2+1 Dirac Oscillator onto the Jaynes-Cummings Model: Ion-Trap Experimental Proposal
We study the dynamics of the 2+1 Dirac oscillator exactly and find spin
oscillations due to a {\it Zitterbewegung} of purely relativistic origin. We
find an exact mapping of this quantum-relativistic system onto a
Jaynes-Cummings model, describing the interaction of a two-level atom with a
quantized single-mode field. This equivalence allows us to map a series of
quantum optical phenomena onto the relativistic oscillator, and viceversa. We
make a realistic experimental proposal, at reach with current technology, for
studying the equivalence of both models using a single trapped ion.Comment: Revtex4, submitted for publicatio
Excitation Enhancement of a Quantum Dot Coupled to a Plasmonic Antenna
Plasmonic antennas are key elements to control the luminescence of quantum
emitters. However, the antenna's influence is often hidden by quenching losses.
Here, the luminescence of a quantum dot coupled to a gold dimer antenna is
investigated. Detailed analysis of the multiply excited states quantifies the
antenna's influence on the excitation intensity and the luminescence quantum
yield separately
Complejos de oro (III) conteniendo el radical 2 - (fenilazo) fenilo
Reaction of didhloro-2-(phenylazo)phenyl gold(III) (|Au(Az)Cl2|) with KBr or KCN affords respectively dibromo-2-(phi2nylazo)phenyl gold(III) or Potassium tricyano-2-(phenylazo)phenyl aurate(III). The latter reacts with BzPhaPCl interchanging the catión.Partiendo del complejo dicloro-2-(fenilazo)fenil oro(III) (|Au(Az)Cl2|) pueden obtenerse los complejos dibromo-2-(fenilazo)fenil oro(III) por reacción con KBr o triciano-2-(fenilazo)fenil aurato(III) de potasio, por reacción con KCN. A partir de éste, por reacción con BzPhaPCl, se intercambia el catión del complejo
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