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Entanglement measurement of the quadrature components without the homodyne detection in the spatially multi-mode far-field
We consider the measuring procedure that in principle allows to avoid the
homodyne detection for the simultaneous selection of both quadrature components
in the far-field. The scheme is based on the use of the coherent sources of the
non-classical light. The possibilities of the procedure are illustrated on the
basis of the use of pixellised sources, where the phase-locked sub-Poissonian
lasers or the degenerate optical parametric oscillator generating above
threshold are chosen as the pixels. The theory of the pixellised source of the
spatio-temporal squeezed light is elaborated as a part of this investigation.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX4. Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Determination of two-body potentials from n-body spectra
We show how the two-body potential may be uniquely determined from n-body
spectra where the hypercentral approximation is valid. We illustrate this by
considering an harmonic oscillator potential which has been altered by changing
the energy or normalisation constant of the ground state of the n-body system
and finding how this modifies the two-body potential. It is shown that with
increasing number of particles the spectrum must be known more precisely to
obtain the two-body potential to the same degree of accuracy.Comment: 13 pages of text (LATEX), 3 figures (not included, available from
authors), NIKHEF-93-P
Zeeman slowers made simple with permanent magnets in a Halbach configuration
We describe a simple Zeeman slower design using permanent magnets. Contrary
to common wire-wound setups no electric power and water cooling are required.
In addition, the whole system can be assembled and disassembled at will. The
magnetic field is however transverse to the atomic motion and an extra repumper
laser is necessary. A Halbach configuration of the magnets produces a high
quality magnetic field and no further adjustment is needed. After optimization
of the laser parameters, the apparatus produces an intense beam of slow and
cold 87Rb atoms. With a typical flux of 1 - 5 \times 10^10 atoms/s at 30 ms^-1,
our apparatus efficiently loads a large magneto-optical trap with more than
10^10 atoms in one second, which is an ideal starting point for degenerate
quantum gases experiments.Comment: 8+6 pages (article + appendices: calculation details, probe and oven
description, pictures), 18 figures, supplementary material (movie,
Mathematica programs and technical drawings
Independent nonclassical tests for states and measurements in the same experiment
We show that one single experiment can test simultaneously and independently
both the nonclassicality of states and measurements by the violation or
fulfillment of classical bounds on the statistics. Nonideal measurements
affected by imperfections can be characterized by two bounds depending on
whether we test the ideal measurement or the real one.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of 17th CEWQO 201
Radiation-pressure cooling and optomechanical instability of a micro-mirror
Recent experimental progress in table-top experiments or gravitational-wave
interferometers has enlightened the unique displacement sensitivity offered by
optical interferometry. As the mirrors move in response to radiation pressure,
higher power operation, though crucial for further sensitivity enhancement,
will however increase quantum effects of radiation pressure, or even jeopardize
the stable operation of the detuned cavities proposed for next-generation
interferometers. The appearance of such optomechanical instabilities is the
result of the nonlinear interplay between the motion of the mirrors and the
optical field dynamics. In a detuned cavity indeed, the displacements of the
mirror are coupled to intensity fluctuations, which modifies the effective
dynamics of the mirror. Such "optical spring" effects have already been
demonstrated on the mechanical damping of an electromagnetic waveguide with a
moving wall, on the resonance frequency of a specially designed flexure
oscillator, and through the optomechanical instability of a silica
micro-toroidal resonator. We present here an experiment where a
micro-mechanical resonator is used as a mirror in a very high-finesse optical
cavity and its displacements monitored with an unprecedented sensitivity. By
detuning the cavity, we have observed a drastic cooling of the micro-resonator
by intracavity radiation pressure, down to an effective temperature of 10 K. We
have also obtained an efficient heating for an opposite detuning, up to the
observation of a radiation-pressure induced instability of the resonator.
Further experimental progress and cryogenic operation may lead to the
experimental observation of the quantum ground state of a mechanical resonator,
either by passive or active cooling techniques
Detailed analysis of the gluonic excitation in the three-quark system in lattice QCD
We study the excited-state potential and the gluonic excitation in the static
three-quark (3Q) system using SU(3) lattice QCD with at
=5.8 and 6.0 at the quenched level. For about 100 different patterns of
spatially-fixed 3Q systems, we accurately extract the excited-state potential
together with the ground-state potential by diagonalizing the QCD Hamiltonian in the presence of three
quarks. The gluonic excitation energy is found to be about 1 GeV at the typical hadronic
scale. This large gluonic-excitation energy is conjectured to give a physical
reason of the success of the quark model for low-lying hadrons even without
explicit gluonic modes. We investigate the functional form of in terms of the 3Q location. The lattice data of are
relatively well reproduced by the ``inverse Mercedes Ansatz'' with the
``modified Y-type flux-tube length'', which indicates that the
gluonic-excitation mode is realized as a complicated bulk excitation of the
whole 3Q system.Comment: 13pages, 13figure
The potassic sedimentary rocks in Gale Crater, Mars, as seen by ChemCam on board Curiosity
The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity encountered potassium-rich clastic sedimentary rocks at two sites in Gale Crater, the waypoints Cooperstown and Kimberley. These rocks include several distinct meters thick sedimentary outcrops ranging from fine sandstone to conglomerate, interpreted to record an ancient fluvial or fluvio-deltaic depositional system. From ChemCam Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) chemical analyses, this suite of sedimentary rocks has an overall mean K2O abundance that is more than 5 times higher than that of the average Martian crust. The combined analysis of ChemCam data with stratigraphic and geographic locations reveals that the mean K2O abundance increases upward through the stratigraphic section. Chemical analyses across each unit can be represented as mixtures of several distinct chemical components, i.e., mineral phases, including K-bearing minerals, mafic silicates, Fe-oxides, and Fe-hydroxide/oxyhydroxides. Possible K-bearing minerals include alkali feldspar (including anorthoclase and sanidine) and K-bearing phyllosilicate such as illite. Mixtures of different source rocks, including a potassium-rich rock located on the rim and walls of Gale Crater, are the likely origin of observed chemical variations within each unit. Physical sorting may have also played a role in the enrichment in K in the Kimberley formation. The occurrence of these potassic sedimentary rocks provides additional evidence for the chemical diversity of the crust exposed at Gale Crater
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