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    Entanglement Entropy in the Calogero-Sutherland Model

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    We investigate the entanglement entropy between two subsets of particles in the ground state of the Calogero-Sutherland model. By using the duality relations of the Jack symmetric polynomials, we obtain exact expressions for both the reduced density matrix and the entanglement entropy in the limit of an infinite number of particles traced out. From these results, we obtain an upper bound value of the entanglement entropy. This upper bound has a clear interpretation in terms of fractional exclusion statistics.Comment: 14 pages, 3figures, references adde

    Two dimensional modulational instability in photorefractive media

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    We study theoretically and experimentally the modulational instability of broad optical beams in photorefractive nonlinear media. We demonstrate the impact of the anisotropy of the nonlinearity on the growth rate of periodic perturbations. Our findings are confirmed by experimental measurements in a strontium barium niobate photorefractive crystal.Comment: 8 figure

    Direct observation of nanoscale interface phase in the superconducting chalcogenide Kx_{x}Fe2y_{2-y}Se2_2 with intrinsic phase separation

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    We have used scanning micro x-ray diffraction to characterize different phases in superconducting Kx_{x}Fe2y_{2-y}Se2_2 as a function of temperature, unveiling the thermal evolution across the superconducting transition temperature (Tc_c\sim32 K), phase separation temperature (Tps_{ps}\sim520 K) and iron-vacancy order temperature (Tvo_{vo}\sim580 K). In addition to the iron-vacancy ordered tetragonal magnetic phase and orthorhombic metallic minority filamentary phase, we have found a clear evidence of the interface phase with tetragonal symmetry. The metallic phase is surrounded by this interface phase below \sim300 K, and is embedded in the insulating texture. The spatial distribution of coexisting phases as a function of temperature provides a clear evidence of the formation of protected metallic percolative paths in the majority texture with large magnetic moment, required for the electronic coherence for the superconductivity. Furthermore, a clear reorganization of iron-vacancy order around the Tps_{ps} and Tc_c is found with the interface phase being mostly associated with a different iron-vacancy configuration, that may be important for protecting the percolative superconductivity in Kx_{x}Fe2y_{2-y}Se2_2.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure

    Nonlinear photonic lattices in anisotropic nonlocal self-focusing media

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    We analyze theoretically and generate experimentally two-dimensional nonlinear periodic lattices in a photorefractive medium. We demonstrate that the light-induced periodically modulated nonlinear refractive index is highly anisotropic and nonlocal, and it depends on the lattice orientation relative to the crystal axis. We discuss stability of such induced photonic structures and their guiding properties.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure

    Induced Coherence and Stable Soliton Spiraling

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    We develop a theory of soliton spiraling in a bulk nonlinear medium and reveal a new physical mechanism: periodic power exchange via induced coherence, which can lead to stable spiraling and the formation of dynamical two-soliton states. Our theory not only explains earlier observations, but provides a number of predictions which are also verified experimentally. Finally, we show theoretically and experimentally that soliton spiraling can be controled by the degree of mutual initial coherence.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure

    Observation of dipole-mode vector solitons

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    We report on the first experimental observation of a novel type of optical vector soliton, a {\em dipole-mode soliton}, recently predicted theoretically. We show that these vector solitons can be generated in a photorefractive medium employing two different processes: a phase imprinting, and a symmetry-breaking instability of a vortex-mode vector soliton. The experimental results display remarkable agreement with the theory, and confirm the robust nature of these radially asymmetric two-component solitary waves.Comment: 4 pages, 8 figures; pictures in the PRL version are better qualit
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