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Ultrafast Coherent Spectroscopy of the Fermi Edge Singularity
In this work we present a theoretical description of the transient response
of the Fermi Edge Singularity (FES). We study the linear and the nonlinear
response of an n-doped QW to laser pulses in the Coherent Control (CC) and Four
Wave Mixing (FWM) Configurations. By means of a bosonization formalism we
calculate the FWM signal emitted by the sample when it is excited by pulses
spectrally peaked around the FES and we show that the long time behavior of the
nonlinear signal is very similar to the linear case.Comment: Conference paper (13 EP2DS
Mesoscopic mean-field theory for spin-boson chains in quantum optical systems
We present a theoretical description of a system of many spins strongly coupled to a bosonic chain. We rely on the use of a spin-wave theory describing the Gaussian fluctuations around the mean-field solution, and focus on spin-boson chains arising as a generalization of the Dicke Hamiltonian. Our model is motivated by experimental setups such as trapped ions, or atoms/qubits coupled to cavity arrays. This situation corresponds to the cooperative (E⊗β) Jahn-Teller distortion studied in solid-state physics. However, the ability to tune the parameters of the model in quantum optical setups opens up a variety of novel intriguing situations. The main focus of this paper is to review the spin-wave theoretical description of this problem as well as to test the validity of mean-field theory. Our main result is that deviations from mean-field effects are determined by the interplay between magnetic order and mesoscopic cooperativity effects, being the latter strongly size-dependent
Dynamical decoherence of the light induced interlayer coupling in YBaCuO
Optical excitation of apical oxygen vibrations in
YBaCuO has been shown to enhance its c-axis
superconducting-phase rigidity, as evidenced by a transient blue shift of the
equilibrium inter-bilayer Josephson plasma resonance. Surprisingly, a transient
c-axis plasma mode could also be induced above T by the same apical
oxygen excitation, suggesting light activated superfluid tunneling throughout
the pseudogap phase of YBaCuO. However, despite the
similarities between the above T transient plasma mode and the
equilibrium Josephson plasmon, alternative explanations involving high mobility
quasiparticle transport should be considered. Here, we report an extensive
study of the relaxation of the light-induced plasmon into the equilibrium
incoherent phase. These new experiments allow for a critical assessment of the
nature of this mode. We determine that the transient plasma relaxes through a
collapse of its coherence length rather than its carrier (or superfluid)
density. These observations are not easily reconciled with quasiparticle
interlayer transport, and rather support transient superfluid tunneling as the
origin of the light-induced interlayer coupling in
YBaCuO.Comment: 27 pages (17 pages main text, 10 pages supplementary), 5 figures
(main text
Dynamics of the excitations of a quantum dot in a microcavity
We study the dynamics of a quantum dot embedded in a three-dimensional
microcavity in the strong coupling regime in which the quantum dot exciton has
an energy close to the frequency of a confined cavity mode. Under the
continuous pumping of the system, confined electron and hole can recombine
either by spontaneous emission through a leaky mode or by stimulated emission
of a cavity mode that can escape from the cavity. The numerical integration of
a master equation including all these effects gives the dynamics of the density
matrix. By using the quantum regression theorem, we compute the first and
second order coherence functions required to calculate the photon statistics
and the spectrum of the emitted light. Our main result is the determination of
a range of parameters in which a state of cavity modes with poissonian or
sub-poissonian (non-classical) statistics can be built up within the
microcavity. Depending on the relative values of pumping and rate of stimulated
emission, either one or two peaks close to the excitation energy of the dot
and/or to the natural frequency of the cavity are observed in the emission
spectrum. The physics behind these results is discussed
Single and two photon emission from a semiconductor quantum dot in an optical microcavity
We calculate the single and two photon emission from a cavity containing quantum dot incoherently pumped. Results for correlation functions and the entanglement visibility of linearly polarized photons are presented
Non-linear unbalanced Bessel beams: Stationary conical waves supported by nonlinear losses
Nonlinear losses accompanying Kerr self-focusing substantially impacts the
dynamic balance of diffraction and nonlinearity, permitting the existence of
localized and stationary solutions of the 2D+1 nonlinear Schrodinger equation
which are stable against radial collapse. These are featured by linear conical
tails that continually refill the nonlinear, central spot. An experiment shows
that the discovered solution behaves as strong attractor for the self-focusing
dynamics in Kerr media.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; experimental verification adde
Generalized Forward-Backward Splitting with Penalization for Monotone Inclusion Problems
We introduce a generalized forward-backward splitting method with penalty
term for solving monotone inclusion problems involving the sum of a finite
number of maximally monotone operators and the normal cone to the nonempty set
of zeros of another maximal monotone operator. We show weak ergodic convergence
of the generated sequence of iterates to a solution of the considered monotone
inclusion problem, provided the condition corresponded to the Fitzpatrick
function of the operator describing the set of the normal cone is fulfilled.
Under strong monotonicity of an operator, we show strong convergence of the
iterates. Furthermore, we utilize the proposed method for minimizing a
large-scale hierarchical minimization problem concerning the sum of
differentiable and nondifferentiable convex functions subject to the set of
minima of another differentiable convex function. We illustrate the
functionality of the method through numerical experiments addressing
constrained elastic net and generalized Heron location problems
Positrons from Primordial Black Hole Microquasars and Gamma-ray Bursts
We propose several novel scenarios how capture of small sublunar-mass
primordial black holes (PBHs) by compact stars, white dwarfs or neutron stars,
can lead to distinct short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs) as well as microquasars
(MQs). In addition to providing new signatures, relativistic jets from these
systems will accelerate positrons to high energies. We find that if PBHs
constitute a sizable fraction of DM, they can significantly contribute to the
excess observed in the positron flux by the Pamela, the AMS-02 and the
Fermi-LAT experiments. Our proposal combines the beneficial features of
astrophysical sources and dark matter.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, v2: significant revisions, published version,
Physics Letters B (2018
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