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Efficient fluorescence collection from trapped ions with an integrated spherical mirror
Efficient collection of fluorescence from trapped ions is crucial for quantum
optics and quantum computing applications, specifically, for qubit state
detection and in generating single photons for ion-photon and remote ion
entanglement. In a typical setup, only a few per cent of ion fluorescence is
intercepted by the aperture of the imaging optics. We employ a simple metallic
spherical mirror integrated with a linear Paul ion trap to achieve photon
collection efficiency of at least 10% from a single Ba ion. An aspheric
corrector is used to reduce the aberrations caused by the mirror and achieve
high image quality.Comment: 5 pages and 4 figure
Polarization and angular distribution of the radiation emitted in laser-assisted recombination
The effect of an intense external linear polarized radiation field on the
angular distributions and polarization states of the photons emitted during the
radiative recombination is investigated. It is predicted, on symmetry grounds,
and corroborated by numerical calculations of approximate recombination rates,
that emission of elliptically polarized photons occurs when the momentum of the
electron beam is not aligned to the direction of the oscillating field.
Moreover, strong modifications to the angular distributions of the emitted
photons are induced by the external radiation field.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Genuine Dyons in Born-Infeld Electrodynamics
Study of magnetic monopoles in the original version of Born-Infeld (BI)
electrodynamics is performed. It then is realized that interesting new physics
emerge and they include exotic behavior of radial electric monopole field such
as its regularity as and its changing behavior with the absence or
presence of the radial magnetic monopole field. This last point has been
interpreted as the manifestation of the existence of point-like dyons in
abelian BI theory. Two pieces of clear evidences in favor of this dyon
interpretation are provided. It is also demonstrated that despite these unique
features having no analogues in standard Maxwell theory, the cherished Dirac
quantisation condition remains unchanged. Lastly, comments are given concerning
that dyons found here in the original version of BI electrodynamics should be
distinguished from the ones with the same name or BIons being studied in the
recent literature on D-brane physics.Comment: 19 pages, Revtex, references added, no other change
Rigorous derivation of coherent resonant tunneling time and velocity in finite periodic systems
The velocity of resonant tunneling electrons in finite periodic
structures is analytically calculated in two ways. The first method is based on
the fact that a transmission of unity leads to a coincidence of all still
competing tunneling time definitions. Thus, having an indisputable resonant
tunneling time we apply the natural definition
to calculate the velocity. For the second method we
combine Bloch's theorem with the transfer matrix approach to decompose the wave
function into two Bloch waves. Then the expectation value of the velocity is
calculated. Both different approaches lead to the same result, showing their
physical equivalence. The obtained resonant tunneling velocity is
smaller or equal to the group velocity times the magnitude of the complex
transmission amplitude of the unit cell. Only at energies where the unit cell
of the periodic structure has a transmission of unity equals the
group velocity. Numerical calculations for a GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice are
performed. For typical parameters the resonant velocity is below one third of
the group velocity.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures, LaTe
Exact Scattering States of Dirac-Born-Infeld Equation with Constant Background Fields
Exact solutions to the Dirac-Born-Infeld equation, which describes
scatterings of localized wave packets in the presence of constant background
fields, are derived in this paper.Comment: 18 pages, latex, no figure
Adiabatic and Non-Adiabatic Contributions to the Free Energy from the Electron-Phonon Interaction for Na, K, Al, and Pb
We calculate the adiabatic contributions to the free energy due to the
electron--phonon interaction at intermediate temperatures, for the elemental metals Na, K, Al, and Pb. Using our
previously published results for the nonadiabatic contributions we show that
the adiabatic contribution, which is proportional to at low
temperatures and goes as at high temperatures, dominates the
nonadiabatic contribution for temperatures above a cross--over temperature,
, which is between 0.5 and 0.8 , where is the melting
temperature of the metal. The nonadiabatic contribution falls as for
temperatures roughly above the average phonon frequency.Comment: Updated versio
Trapped Ion Imaging with a High Numerical Aperture Spherical Mirror
Efficient collection and analysis of trapped ion qubit fluorescence is
essential for robust qubit state detection in trapped ion quantum computing
schemes. We discuss simple techniques of improving photon collection efficiency
using high numerical aperture (N.A.) reflective optics. To test these
techniques we placed a spherical mirror with an effective N.A. of about 0.9
inside a vacuum chamber in the vicinity of a linear Paul trap. We demonstrate
stable and reliable trapping of single barium ions, in excellent agreement with
our simulations of the electric field in this setup. While a large N.A.
spherical mirror introduces significant spherical aberration, the ion image
quality can be greatly improved by a specially designed aspheric corrector lens
located outside the vacuum system. Our simulations show that the spherical
mirror/corrector design is an easy and cost-effective way to achieve high
photon collection rates when compared to a more sophisticated parabolic mirror
setup.Comment: 5 figure
Seasat data utilization project
During the three months of orbital operations, the satellite returned data from the world's oceans. Dozens of tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons were observed, and two planned major intensive surface truth experiments were conducted. The utility of the Seasat-A microwave sensors as oceanographic tools was determined. Sensor and geophysical evaluations are discussed, including surface observations, and evaluation summaries of an altimeter, a scatterometer, a scanning multichannel microwave radiometer, a synthetic aperture radar, and a visible and infrared radiometer
Thermal radiation of conducting nanoparticles
The thermal radiation of small conducting particles was investigated in the
region where the Stephan-Boltzmann law is not valid and strongly overestimates
radiation losses. The new criterion for the particle size, at which black body
radiation law fails, was formulated. The approach is based on the magnetic
particle polarization, which is valid until very small sizes (cluster size)
where due to drop of particle conductivity the electric polarization prevails
over the magnetic one. It was also shown that the radiation power of clusters,
estimated on the basis of the experimental data, is lower than that given by
the Stephan-Boltzmann law.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, 1 tabl
A white-light trap for Bose-Einstein condensates
We propose a novel method for trapping Bose-condensed atoms using a
white-light interference fringe. Confinement frequencies of tens of kHz can be
achieved in conjunction with trap depths of only a few micro-K. We estimate
that lifetimes on the order of 10 s can be achieved for small numbers of atoms.
The tight confinement and shallow depth permit tunneling processes to be used
for studying interaction effects and for applications in quantum information.Comment: 10 pages with 3 figure
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