255 research outputs found
Multiple scattering and attenuation corrections in Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering experiments
Multiple scattering and attenuation corrections in Deep Inelastic Neutron
Scattering experiments are analyzed. The theoretical basis is stated, and a
Monte Carlo procedure to perform the calculation is presented. The results are
compared with experimental data. The importance of the accuracy in the
description of the experimental parameters is tested, and the implications of
the present results on the data analysis procedures is examined.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figure
Effects of three-body collisions in a two-mode Bose-Einstein condenstate
We study the effects of three-body collisions in the basic physical
properties of a two-mode Bose-Einstein condensate. By finding the exact
analytical solution of a model which includes two-body and three-body elastic
and mode-exchange collisions, we show analytically that three-body interactions
produce observable effects in the probability distribution of the ground state
and the dynamics of the relative population. In particular, we find that
three-body interactions under certain circumstances inhibit collapse of the
relative population.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. I.F. previously published as I. Fuentes-Schuller
and I. Fuentes-Guridi. v2:minor changes, published versio
Observation of ground-state quantum beats in atomic spontaneous emission
We report ground-state quantum beats in spontaneous emission from a
continuously driven atomic ensemble. Beats are visible only in an intensity
autocorrelation and evidence spontaneously generated coherence in radiative
decay. Our measurement realizes a quantum eraser where a first photon detection
prepares a superposition and a second erases the "which-path" information in
the intermediate state.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Letter
Formalism for obtaining nuclear momentum distributions by the Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering technique
We present a new formalism to obtain momentum distributions in condensed
matter from Neutron Compton Profiles measured by the Deep Inelastic Neutron
Scattering technique. The formalism describes exactly the Neutron Compton
Profiles as an integral in the momentum variable . As a result we obtain a
Volterra equation of the first kind that relates the experimentally measured
magnitude with the momentum distributions of the nuclei in the sample. The
integration kernel is related with the incident neutron spectrum, the total
cross section of the filter analyzer and the detectors efficiency function. A
comparison of the present formalism with the customarily employed approximation
based on a convolution of the momentum distribution with a resolution function
is presented. We describe the inaccuracies that the use of this approximation
produces, and propose a new data treatment procedure based on the present
formalism.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
From quantum feedback to probabilistic error correction: Manipulation of quantum beats in cavity QED
It is shown how to implement quantum feedback and probabilistic error
correction in an open quantum system consisting of a single atom, with ground-
and excited-state Zeeman structure, in a driven two-mode optical cavity. The
ground state superposition is manipulated and controlled through conditional
measurements and external fields, which shield the coherence and correct
quantum errors. Modeling of an experimentally realistic situation demonstrates
the robustness of the proposal for realization in the laboratory
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