590 research outputs found
On Retardation Effects in Space Charge Calculations Of High Current Electron Beams
Laser-plasma accelerators are expected to deliver electron bunches with high
space charge fields. Several recent publications have addressed the impact of
space charge effects on such bunches after the extraction into vacuum.
Artifacts due to the approximation of retardation effects are addressed, which
are typically either neglected or approximated. We discuss a much more
appropriate calculation for the case of laser wakefield acceleration with
negligible retardation artifacts due to the calculation performed in the mean
rest frame. This presented calculation approach also aims at a validation of
other simulation approaches
Observation of correlations up to the micrometer scale in sliding charge-density waves
High-resolution coherent x-ray diffraction experiment has been performed on
the charge density wave (CDW) system KMoO. The satellite
reflection associated with the CDW has been measured with respect to external
dc currents. In the sliding regime, the satellite reflection displays
secondary satellites along the chain axis which corresponds to correlations up
to the micrometer scale. This super long range order is 1500 times larger than
the CDW period itself. This new type of electronic correlation seems inherent
to the collective dynamics of electrons in charge density wave systems. Several
scenarios are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures Typos added, references remove
All-optical phase-regenerative multicasting of 40 Gbit/s DPSK signal in a degenerate phase sensitive amplifier
We demonstrate all-optical 1-to-5 differential phase-shift keyed (DPSK) wavelength multicasting at 40 Gbit/s using a degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) based phase sensitive amplifier (PSA). Phase regenerative properties are reported with a sensitivity improvement of more that 10 dB
Saturation effects in degenerate phase sensitive fiber optic parametric amplifiers
We experimentally study saturation effects in degenerate phase sensitive amplifiers, revealing and explaining a gain regime suitable for all-optical signal processing functions such as phase regeneration
Temperature dependence of the excitation spectrum in the charge-density-wave ErTe and HoTe systems
We provide optical reflectivity data collected over a broad spectral range
and as a function of temperature on the ErTe and HoTe materials, which
undergo two consecutive charge-density-wave (CDW) phase transitions at
= 265 and 288 K and at = 157 and 110 K, respectively. We
observe the temperature dependence of both the Drude component, due to the
itinerant charge carriers, and the single-particle peak, ascribed to the
charge-density-wave gap excitation. The CDW gap progressively opens while the
metallic component gets narrow with decreasing temperature. An important
fraction of the whole Fermi surface seems to be affected by the CDW phase
transitions. It turns out that the temperature and the previously investigated
pressure dependence of the most relevant CDW parameters share several common
features and behaviors. Particularly, the order parameter of the CDW state is
in general agreement with the predictions of the BCS theory
Swift Highly Charged Ion Channelling
We review recent experimental and theoretical progress made in the scope of
swift highly charged ion channelling in crystals. The usefulness of such
studies is their ability to yield impact parameter information on charge
transfer processes, and also on some time related problems. We discuss the
cooling and heating phenomena at MeV/u energies, results obtained with
decelerated H-like ion beams at GSI and with ions having an excess of electrons
at GANIL, the superdensity effect along atomic strings and Resonant Coherent
Excitation.Comment: to be published in Journal of Physics
Disorder Driven Critical Behavior of Periodic Elastic Media in a Crystal Potential
We study a lattice model of a three-dimensional periodic elastic medium at
zero temperature with exact combinatorial optimization methods. A competition
between pinning of the elastic medium, representing magnetic flux lines in the
mixed phase of a superconductor or charge density waves in a crystal, by
randomly distributed impurities and a periodic lattice potential gives rise to
a continuous phase transition from a flat phase to a rough phase. We determine
the critical exponents of this roughening transition via finite size scaling
obtaining , , and find
that they are universal with respect to the periodicity of the lattice
potential. The small order parameter exponent is reminiscent of the random
field Ising critical behavior in 3.Comment: 4 pages, 3 eps-figures include
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