78 research outputs found

    Cloning quantum entanglement in arbitrary dimensions

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    We have found a quantum cloning machine that optimally duplicates the entanglement of a pair of dd-dimensional quantum systems. It maximizes the entanglement of formation contained in the two copies of any maximally-entangled input state, while preserving the separability of unentangled input states. Moreover, it cannot increase the entanglement of formation of all isotropic states. For large dd, the entanglement of formation of each clone tends to one half the entanglement of the input state, which corresponds to a classical behavior. Finally, we investigate a local entanglement cloner, which yields entangled clones with one fourth the input entanglement in the large-dd limit.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure

    A proposal of a UCN experiment to check an earthquake waves model

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    Elastic waves with transverse polarization inside incidence plane can create longitudinal surface wave (LSW) after reflection from a free surface. At a critical incidence angle this LSW accumulates energy density, which can be orders of magnitude higher than energy density of the incident transverse wave. A specially arranged vessel for storage of ultracold neutrons (UCN) can be used to verify this effect.Comment: 8 pages 3 figures added a paragraph on vibrations along surface at critical angl

    Those wonderful elastic waves

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    We consider in a simple and general way elastic waves in isotropic and anisotropic media, their polarization, speeds, reflection from interfaces with mode conversion, and surface waves. Reflection of quasi transverse waves in anisotropic media from a free surface is shown to be characterized by three critical angles.Comment: 11 Figures 26 page

    Mixed pairing symmetry in \kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2 X organic superconductors from ultrasonic velocity measurements

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    Discontinuities in elastic constants are detected at the superconducting transition of layered organic conductors \kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_{2}X by longitudinal and transverse ultrasonic velocity measurements. Symmetry arguments show that discontinuities in shear elastic constants can be explained in the orthorhombic compound only if the superconducting order parameter has a mixed character that can be of two types, either A_{1g}+B_{1g} or B_{2g}+B_{3g} in the classification of irreducible representations of the orthorhombic point group D_{2h}. Consistency with other measurements suggests that the A_{1g}+B_{1g} (d_{xy}+d_{z(x+y)}) possibility is realized. Such clear symmetry-imposed signatures of mixed order parameters have not been observed in other superconducting compounds.Comment: 5 pages, LaTeX,3 figure

    Excitation Theory for Space-Dispersive Active Media Waveguides

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    A unified electrodynamic approach to the guided-wave excitation theory is generalized to the waveguiding structures containing a hypothetical space-dispersive medium with drifting charge carriers possessing simultaneously elastic, piezoelectric and magnetic properties. Substantial features of our electrodynamic approach are: (i) the allowance for medium losses and (ii) the separation of potential fields peculiar to the slow quasi-static waves. It is shown that the orthogonal complementary fields appearing inside the external source region are just associated with a contribution of the potential fields inherent in exciting sources. Taking account of medium losses converts the usual orthogonality relation into a novel form called the quasi-orthogonality relation. It is found that the separation of potential fields reveals the fine structure of interaction between the exciting sources and mode eigenfields: in addition to the exciting currents interacting with the curl fields, the exciting charges and the double charge (surface dipole) layers appear to interact with the quasi-static potentials and the displacement currents, respectively.Comment: LaTeX 2.09, 28 pages with mathematical appendi

    ONDES DE SURFACE. EFFETS NON LINÉAIRESTRAITEMENT DE SIGNAUX ÉLECTRIQUES PAR ONDES ÉLASTIQUES DE RAYLEIGH

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    Les ondes de Rayleigh sont excitées et détectées par des transducteurs à électrodes interdigitées, déposées sur un substrat piézoélectrique. Ces transducteurs sont assimilables à une distribution discrète de sources dont l'intensité et la phase relatives sont déterminées par la géométrie des électrodes. La synthèse de fonctions de transfert variées peut être effectuée. Des exemples de réalisation assurant les fonctions retard, filtre, compression d'impulsion, mémoire sont présentés.Acoustic Rayleigh waves are launched and detected by interdigital transducers on a piezoelectric substrate. These transducers are equivalent to a discrete distribution of acoustic sources ; the intensity and phase of each source is determined by the electrode geometry. Hence the synthesis of a great variety of transfer functions can be implemented. Examples of lines to delay, filter, compress and store signals are given

    Étude expérimentale d'un convertisseur a plasma de césium

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    In a previous paper, we demonstrated the operating principle of thermionic caesium plasma converters and described a few of the models we built. We set forth here the results of a series of tests conducted on one of these models heated by electric bombardment. We are able to distinguish three operating modes depending on the caesium pressure.Nous avons dans un article précédent [1] exposé le principe de fonctionnement et décrit quelques réalisations de convertisseurs à plasma de césium. Nous rapportons ici les résultats d'une suite d'essais effectués sur un de ces convertisseurs chauffés par bombardement électronique. Nous convenons de distinguer trois régimes de fonctionnement suivant la valeur de la température du césium

    Mesures optiques de déplacements d'amplitude 10^-4 à 10^2 Angström. Application aux ondes élastiques

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    The number of components and instruments, based on the use of elastic waves, increases regularly. The characterization and improvement of their operation imply measurements of mechanical displacements whose amplitude is of the order of one Angstrôm. Optical devices are able to perform these measurements at a distance, in a very broad frequency band and without any mechanical contact. The purpose of this paper is to describe these devices and, particularly, a compact interferometric probe whose resolution is 10-4 Å/ √Hz. Measurements of surface displacements, generated by piezoelectric or photothermal effect, are presented, for instance : vibrations of a resonator, mechanical impulse response of a piezoelectric bulk wave transducer and surface waves launched on a sphere by a laser pulse.Le nombre de composants et d'instruments, basés sur l'exploitation d'ondes élastiques, augmente régulièrement. La caractérisation et l'amélioration de leur fonctionnement impliquent la mesure de déplacements mécaniques dont l'amplitude est de l'ordre de l'Angström. Des dispositifs optiques sont aptes à effectuer cette mesure à distance, sans contact mécanique et dans une grande bande de fréquences. L'objet de cet article est de décrire ces dispositifs et, en particulier, une sonde interférométrique, compacte, dont la résolution est de 10-4 Å/ √Hz. Des mesures de déplacements de surface, engendrés par effet piézoélectrique ou photothermique, sont présentées, par exemple : déformée d'un résonateur vibrant sur un mode de flexion, réponse impulsionnelle mécanique d'un transducteur piézoélectrique à ondes de volume, détection de trains d'ondes de surface lancés sur une sphère par une impulsion laser

    ANALYSE DE LA GENERATION D'ONDES DE RAYLEIGH PAR EFFET PHOTOTHERMIQUE

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    La méthode analytique proposée pour interpréter les résultats d'expériences de génération d'ondes de Rayleigh, en particulier sur cristaux piézoélectriques, est basée sur la relation de réciprocité complexe. Elle est appliquée à une expérience sur un cristal de niobate de lithium dans laquelle les ondes sont excitées par un réseau de sources thermiques.The analysis proposed to interpret the results of Rayleigh wave generation experiments is based on the complex reciprocity relation. It is applied to an experiment on a piezoelectric crystal of lithium niobate. The waves were excited by an array of thermal sources
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