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Improving the Dielectric Properties of Polymers by Incorporating Nano-particles.
The paper presents a brief review of the promise of nanotechnology applied to polymeric insulation materials and discusses the electrical properties found. For a variety of nanocomposites, the dielectric behaviour has shown that the interface between the embedded particles and host matrix holds the key to the understanding of the bulk phenomena being observed. Dielectric spectroscopy verified the motion of carriers through the interaction zones that surround the particles. The obvious improvements in endurance and breakdown strength of nanocomposites may be due to a reduction of charge accumulation. PEA space charge tests confirm this charge dissipation. By examining the onset field of space charge accumulation, it may be possible to determine whether a system is likely to be useful
Conversion of neutral nitrogen-vacancy centers to negatively-charged nitrogen-vacancy centers through selective oxidation
The conversion of neutral nitrogen-vacancy centers to negatively charged
nitrogen-vacancy centers is demonstrated for centers created by ion
implantation and annealing in high-purity diamond. Conversion occurs with
surface exposure to an oxygen atmosphere at 465 C. The spectral properties of
the charge-converted centers are investigated. Charge state control of
nitrogen-vacancy centers close to the diamond surface is an important step
toward the integration of these centers into devices for quantum information
and magnetic sensing applications.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Properties of implanted and CVD incorporated nitrogen-vacancy centers: preferential charge state and preferential orientation
The combination of the long electron state spin coherence time and the optical coupling of the ground electronic states to an excited state manifold makes the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond an attractive candidate for quantum information processing. To date the best spin and optical properties have been found in centers deep within the diamond crystal. For useful devices it will be necessary to engineer NVs with similar properties close to the diamond surface. We report on properties including charge state control and preferential orientation for near surface NVs formed either in CVD growth or through implantation and annealing
77Se NMR Investigation of the K(x)Fe(2-y)Se(2) High Tc Superconductor (Tc=33K)
We report a comprehensive 77Se NMR study of the structural, magnetic, and
superconducting properties of a single crystalline sample of the newly
discovered FeSe-based high temperature superconductor K(x)Fe(2-y)Se(2) (Tc=33K)
in a broad temperature range up to 290 K. We will compare our results with
those reported for FeSe (Tc=9K) and FeAs-based high Tc systems.Comment: Final versio
Coupling of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond to a GaP waveguide
The optical coupling of guided modes in a GaP waveguide to nitrogen-vacancy
(NV) centers in diamond is demonstrated. The electric field penetration into
diamond and the loss of the guided mode are measured. The results indicate that
the GaP-diamond system could be useful for realizing coupled microcavity-NV
devices for quantum information processing in diamond.Comment: 4 pages 4 figure
Asymptotic estimation theory for a finite dimensional pure state model
The optimization of measurement for n samples of pure sates are studied. The
error of the optimal measurement for n samples is asymptotically compared with
the one of the maximum likelihood estimators from n data given by the optimal
measurement for one sample.Comment: LaTeX, 23 pages, Doctoral Thesi
Entanglement and Quantum Phases in the Anisotropic Ferromagnetic Heisenberg Chain in the Presence of Domain Walls
We discuss entanglement in the spin-1/2 anisotropic ferromagnetic Heisenberg
chain in the presence of a boundary magnetic field generating domain walls. By
increasing the magnetic field, the model undergoes a first-order quantum phase
transition from a ferromagnetic to a kink-type phase, which is associated to a
jump in the content of entanglement available in the system. Above the critical
point, pairwise entanglement is shown to be non-vanishing and independent of
the boundary magnetic field for large chains. Based on this result, we provide
an analytical expression for the entanglement between arbitrary spins. Moreover
the effects of the quantum domains on the gapless region and for
antiferromagnetic anisotropy are numerically analysed. Finally multiparticle
entanglement properties are considered, from which we establish a
characterization of the critical anisotropy separating the gapless regime from
the kink-type phase.Comment: v3: 7 pages, including 4 figures and 1 table. Published version. v2:
One section (V) added and references update
Exact Spin and Pseudo-Spin Symmetric Solutions of the Dirac-Kratzer Problem with a tensor potential via Laplace Transform Approach
Exact bound state solutions of the Dirac equation for the Kratzer potential
in the presence of a tensor potential are studied by using the Laplace
transform approach for the cases of spin- and pseudo-spin symmetry. The energy
spectra is obtained in the closed form for the relativistic as well as
non-relativistic cases including the Coulomb potential. It is seen that our
analytical results are in agrement with the ones given in literature. The
numerical results are also given in a table for different parameter values.Comment: 8 page
U(1) symmetry and elimination of spin-0 gravitons in Horava-Lifshitz gravity without the projectability condition
In this paper, we show that the spin-0 gravitons appearing in Horava-Lifshitz
gravity without the projectability condition can be eliminated by extending the
gauge symmetries of the foliation-preserving diffeomorphisms to include a local
U(1) symmetry. As a result, the problems of stability, ghost, strong coupling,
and different speeds in the gravitational sector are automatically resolved. In
addition, with the detailed balance condition softly breaking, the number of
independent coupling constants can be significantly reduced (from more than 70
down to 15), while the theory is still UV complete and possesses a healthy IR
limit, whereby the prediction powers of the theory are considerably improved.
The strong coupling problem in the matter sector can be cured by introducing an
energy scale , so that , where denotes
the suppression energy of high order derivative terms, and
the would-be strong coupling energy scale.Comment: Revtex4, no figures. Some typos are corrected. Phys. Rev. D84, 101502
(R) (2011
Dynamics of Neural Networks with Continuous Attractors
We investigate the dynamics of continuous attractor neural networks (CANNs).
Due to the translational invariance of their neuronal interactions, CANNs can
hold a continuous family of stationary states. We systematically explore how
their neutral stability facilitates the tracking performance of a CANN, which
is believed to have wide applications in brain functions. We develop a
perturbative approach that utilizes the dominant movement of the network
stationary states in the state space. We quantify the distortions of the bump
shape during tracking, and study their effects on the tracking performance.
Results are obtained on the maximum speed for a moving stimulus to be
trackable, and the reaction time to catch up an abrupt change in stimulus.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures with 4 caption
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