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Approach to accurately measuring the speed of optical precursors
Precursors can serve as a bound on the speed of information with dispersive
medium. We propose a method to identify the speed of optical precursors using
polarization-based interference in a solid-state device, which can bound the
accuracy of the precursors' speed to less than with conventional
experimental conditions. Our proposal may have important implications for
optical communications and fast information processing.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Experimental detection of quantum coherent evolution through the violation of Leggett-Garg-type inequalities
We discuss the use of inequalities of the Leggett-Garg type (LGtI) to witness
quantum coherence and present the first experimental violation of this type of
inequalities using a light-matter interfaced system. By separately benchmarking
the Markovian character of the evolution and the translational invariance of
the conditional probabilities, the observed violation of a LGtI is attributed
to the quantum coherent character of the process. These results provide a
general method to benchmark `quantumness' when the absence of memory effects
can be independently certified and confirm the persistence of quantum coherent
features within systems of increasing complexity.Comment: published version, including supplementary materia
2,10-Dibromo-6-isobutyl-6-methyldibenzo[d,f][1,3]dioxepine
In the crystal structure of the title compound, C18H18Br2O2, the two benzene rings of the bridged biphenyl unit are twisted by 38.0 (1)°
A simulated study on the performance of diesel engine with ethanol-diesel blend fuel
This paper describes the simulated study on atomization, wall-film formation, combustion and emission forming process of ethanol-diesel blend fuels in a high speed light duty diesel engine. The result shows that increased ethanol volume percentage of the blend fuels could improve atomization and reduce wall-film formation. However, in the meanwhile, with the increased ethanol volume percentage, low heat values of blend fuels decrease, while both total heat releases and cylinder pressures drop. By adding codes into the FIRE software, the NOx and soot formation region mass fractions are outputted. The simulated results display a good correlation with the NOx and soot formation. Besides, the NOx, soot and CO emissions decrease with the increased ethanol volume percentage. The power output of engine penalize, while energy utilization of blend fuels improve and combustion noise reduce, owing to the increased ethanol volume percentage
3,9-Dibromo-5,7-dihydrodibenzo[c,e]oxepine
The title compound, C14H10Br2O, is a biphenyl derivative containing a –CH2—O—CH2– bridge in the 2,2′-position. The compound displays a twisted conformation with the two benzene rings making a dihedral angle of 45.02 (5)°, while the central seven-membered ring is in a boat conformation. The molecule lies on a crystallographic twofold axis of symmetry passing through the O atom and bisecting the 1,1′ C—C bond
Phase Compensation Enhancement of Photon Pair Entanglement Generated from Biexciton Decays in Quantum Dots
Exciton fine-structure splittings within quantum dots introduce phase
differences between the two biexciton decay paths that greatly reduce the
entanglement of photon pairs generated via biexciton recombination. We analyze
this problem in the frequency domain and propose a practicable method to
compensate the phase difference by inserting a spatial light modulator, which
substantially improves the entanglement of the photon pairs without any loss.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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