484 research outputs found
Charge noise at Cooper-pair resonances
We analyze the charge dynamics of a superconducting single-electron
transistor (SSET) in the regime where charge transport occurs via Cooper-pair
resonances. Using an approximate description of the system Hamiltonian, in
terms of a series of resonant doublets, we derive a Born-Markov master equation
describing the dynamics of the SSET. The average current displays sharp peaks
at the Cooper-pair resonances and we find that the charge noise spectrum has a
characteristic structure which consists of a series of asymmetric triplets of
peaks. The strongest feature in the charge noise spectrum is the triplet of
peaks centered at zero frequency which has a peak spacing equal to the level
separation within the doublets and is similar to the triplet in the spectrum of
a driven, damped, two-level system. We also explore the back-action that the
SSET charge noise would have on an oscillator coupled to the island charge,
measurement of which provides a way of probing the charge noise spectrum.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figure
Universal Behavior of the Resistance Noise across the Metal-Insulator Transition in Silicon Inversion Layers
Studies of low-frequency resistance noise show that the glassy freezing of
the two-dimensional (2D) electron system in the vicinity of the metal-insulator
transition occurs in all Si inversion layers. The size of the metallic glass
phase, which separates the 2D metal and the (glassy) insulator, depends
strongly on disorder, becoming extremely small in high-mobility samples. The
behavior of the second spectrum, an important fourth-order noise statistic,
indicates the presence of long-range correlations between fluctuators in the
glassy phase, consistent with the hierarchical picture of glassy dynamics.Comment: revtex4; 4+ pages, 5 figure
A numerical approach for calculating exact non-adiabatic terms in quantum dynamics
Understanding how non-adiabatic terms affect quantum dynamics is fundamental
to improving various protocols for quantum technologies. We present a novel
approach to computing the Adiabatic Gauge Potential (AGP), which gives
information on the non-adiabatic terms that arise from time dependence in the
Hamiltonian. Our approach uses commutators of the Hamiltonian to build up an
appropriate basis of the AGP, which can be easily truncated to give an
approximate form when the exact result is intractable. We use this approach to
study the AGP obtained for the transverse field Ising model on a variety of
graphs, showing how the different underlying graph structures can give rise to
very different scaling for the number of terms required in the AGP.Comment: 28 pages, 6 figures, comments welcom
Utilizing Rapid Prototyping for Architectural Modeling
This paper will discuss our approach to, success with and future direction in rapid prototyping for architectural modeling. The premise that this emerging technology has broad and exciting applications in the building design and construction industry will be supported by visual and physical evidence. This evidence will be presented in the form of photographs, video recordings and several models of student projects. Our approach to the future of this technology is discussed without a definitive conclusion, as despite our successes we remain in an exploratory mode regarding software, equipment and industry adoption
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