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Dynamical stability of entanglement between spin ensembles
We study the dynamical stability of the entanglement between the two spin
ensembles in the presence of an environment. For a comparative study, we
consider the two cases: a single spin ensemble, and two ensembles linearly
coupled to a bath, respectively. In both circumstances, we assume the validity
of the Markovian approximation for the bath. We examine the robustness of the
state by means of the growth of the linear entropy which gives a measure of the
purity of the system. We find out macroscopic entangled states of two spin
ensembles can stably exist in a common bath. This result may be very useful to
generate and detect macroscopic entanglement in a common noisy environment and
even a stable macroscopic memory.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Non-stationary de Sitter cosmological models
In this note it is proposed a class of non-stationary de Sitter, rotating and
non-rotating, solutions of Einstein's field equations with a cosmological term
of variable function.Comment: 11 pages, Latex. International Journal of Modern Physics D (accepted
for publication
Steady-state entanglement in a double-well Bose-Einstein condensate through coupling to a superconducting resonator
We consider a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well
potential, where the atoms are magnetically coupled to a single-mode of the
microwave field inside a superconducting resonator. We find that the system has
the different dark-state subspaces in the strong- and weak-tunneling regimes,
respectively. In the limit of weak tunnel coupling, steady-state entanglement
between the two spatially separated condensates can be generated by evolving to
a mixture of dark states via the dissipation of the photon field. We show that
the entanglement can be faithfully indicated by an entanglement witness.
Long-lived entangled states are useful for quantum information processing with
atom-chip devices.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, minor revisio
Fabrication of Embedded Microvalve on PMMA Microfluidic Devices through Surface Functionalization
The integration of a PDMS membrane within orthogonally placed PMMA
microfluidic channels enables the pneumatic actuation of valves within bonded
PMMA-PDMS-PMMA multilayer devices. Here, surface functionalization of PMMA
substrates via acid catalyzed hydrolysis and air plasma corona treatment were
investigated as possible techniques to permanently bond PMMA microfluidic
channels to PDMS surfaces. FTIR and water contact angle analysis of
functionalized PMMA substrates showed that air plasma corona treatment was most
effective in inducing PMMA hydrophilicity. Subsequent fluidic tests showed that
air plasma modified and bonded PMMA multilayer devices could withstand fluid
pressure at an operational flow rate of 9 mircoliters/min. The pneumatic
actuation of the embedded PDMS membrane was observed through optical microscopy
and an electrical resistance based technique. PDMS membrane actuation occurred
at pneumatic pressures of as low as 10kPa and complete valving occurred at
14kPa for 100 micrometers x 100 micrometers channel cross-sections.Comment: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association
(http://irevues.inist.fr/handle/2042/16838
Effect of dead space on avalanche speed
The effects of dead space (the minimum distance travelled by a carrier before acquiring enough energy to impact ionize) on the current impulse response and bandwidth of an avalanche multiplication process are obtained from a numerical model that maintains a constant carrier velocity but allows for a random distribution of impact ionization path lengths. The results show that the main mechanism responsible for the increase in response time with dead space is the increase in the number of carrier groups, which qualitatively describes the length of multiplication chains. When the dead space is negligible, the bandwidth follows the behavior predicted by Emmons but decreases as dead space increase
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