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Single-qubit rotations in two-dimensional optical lattices with multiqubit addressing
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Charge separation effects in magnetized electron-ion plasma expansion into a vacuum
Charge separation effects in the expansion of magnetized relativistic
electron-ion plasmas into a vacuum are examined using 2-1/2-dimensional
particle-in-cell plasma simulations. The electrostatic field at the plasma
surface decelerates electrons and accelerates ions. A fraction of the surface
electrons are trapped and accelerated by the pondermotive force of the
propagating electromagnetic pulse, a mechanism we call the DRPA (diamagnetic
relativistic pulse accelerator). This charge separation is enhanced as the
initial plasma temperature is decreased. The overall energy gain of the plasma
particles through the expansion strongly depends on the initial plasma
temperature. Moreover, the electrons become relatively less energized and the
ions more energized as the plasma temperature decreases.Comment: 4 pages, submitted to Physics of Plasma
Hybrid quantum device based on NV centers in diamond nanomechanical resonators plus superconducting waveguide cavities
We propose and analyze a hybrid device by integrating a microscale diamond
beam with a single built-in nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center spin to a
superconducting coplanar waveguide (CPW) cavity. We find that under an ac
electric field the quantized motion of the diamond beam can strongly couple to
the single cavity photons via dielectric interaction. Together with the strong
spin-motion interaction via a large magnetic field gradient, it provides a
hybrid quantum device where the dia- mond resonator can strongly couple both to
the single microwave cavity photons and to the single NV center spin. This
enables coherent information transfer and effective coupling between the NV
spin and the CPW cavity via mechanically dark polaritons. This hybrid
spin-electromechanical de- vice, with tunable couplings by external fields,
offers a realistic platform for implementing quantum information with single NV
spins, diamond mechanical resonators, and single microwave photons.Comment: Accepted by Phys. Rev. Applie
Particle Energization in an Expanding Magnetized Relativistic Plasma
Using a 2-1/2-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) code to simulate the
relativistic expansion of a magnetized collisionless plasma into a vacuum, we
report a new mechanism in which the magnetic energy is efficiently converted
into the directed kinetic energy of a small fraction of surface particles. We
study this mechanism for both electron-positron and electron-ion (mi/me=100, me
is the electron rest mass) plasmas. For the electron-positron case the pairs
can be accelerated to ultra-relativistic energies. For electron-ion plasmas
most of the energy gain goes to the ions.Comment: 7 pages text plus 5 figures, accepted for publication by Physical
Review Letter
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A mass spectrometry-guided genome mining approach for natural product peptidogenomics.
Peptide natural products show broad biological properties and are commonly produced by orthogonal ribosomal and nonribosomal pathways in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. To harvest this large and diverse resource of bioactive molecules, we introduce here natural product peptidogenomics (NPP), a new MS-guided genome-mining method that connects the chemotypes of peptide natural products to their biosynthetic gene clusters by iteratively matching de novo tandem MS (MS(n)) structures to genomics-based structures following biosynthetic logic. In this study, we show that NPP enabled the rapid characterization of over ten chemically diverse ribosomal and nonribosomal peptide natural products of previously unidentified composition from Streptomycete bacteria as a proof of concept to begin automating the genome-mining process. We show the identification of lantipeptides, lasso peptides, linardins, formylated peptides and lipopeptides, many of which are from well-characterized model Streptomycetes, highlighting the power of NPP in the discovery of new peptide natural products from even intensely studied organisms
Coherent Quantum Optical Control with Subwavelength Resolution
We suggest a new method for quantum optical control with nanoscale
resolution. Our method allows for coherent far-field manipulation of individual
quantum systems with spatial selectivity that is not limited by the wavelength
of radiation and can, in principle, approach a few nanometers. The selectivity
is enabled by the nonlinear atomic response, under the conditions of
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency, to a control beam with intensity
vanishing at a certain location. Practical performance of this technique and
its potential applications to quantum information science with cold atoms,
ions, and solid-state qubits are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. V2: changes in presentation (text, figures,
tables) and new references - final version as published in Phys. Rev. Lett
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Electromagnetic Field Interaction Between Overhead High Voltage Power Transmission Line and Buried Utility Pipeline.
yesThis work presents the development of a new approach of modelling the source excitation and the penetration of structures by continuous propagating electromagnetic (EM) plane waves. The technique incorporates the solution of time-dependent Maxwell¿s equations and the initial value problem as the structures are illuminated by the plane waves. The propagation of waves from source excitation is simulated by solving a finite-difference Maxwell's equation in the time domain. Subgridding method is used to condense the lattice at the point of interest locally for observing field distribution in high resolution. The computational burden due to huge number of time steps has been eased by employing quasi-static approach. An example of induced EM fields near an underground pipeline runs parallel to a 132 kV overhead power transmission line (OHTL) has been presented which paves the way in the development of new approach of EM fields interaction modelling.MSCR
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