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Anderson localization of a Tonks-Girardeau gas in potentials with controlled disorder
We theoretically demonstrate features of Anderson localization in the
Tonks-Girardeau gas confined in one-dimensional (1D) potentials with controlled
disorder. That is, we investigate the evolution of the single particle density
and correlations of a Tonks-Girardeau wave packet in such disordered
potentials. The wave packet is initially trapped, the trap is suddenly turned
off, and after some time the system evolves into a localized steady state due
to Anderson localization. The density tails of the steady state decay
exponentially, while the coherence in these tails increases. The latter
phenomenon corresponds to the same effect found in incoherent optical solitons
Induced Coherence and Stable Soliton Spiraling
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
Saturable discrete vector solitons in one-dimensional photonic lattices
Localized vectorial modes, with equal frequencies and mutually orthogonal
polarizations, are investigated both analytically and experimentally in a
one-dimensional photonic lattice with saturable nonlinearity. It is shown that
these modes may span over many lattice elements and that energy transfer among
the two components is both phase and intensity dependent. The transverse
electrically polarized mode exhibits a single-hump structure and spreads in
cascades in saturation, while the transverse magnetically polarized mode
exhibits splitting into a two-hump structure. Experimentally such discrete
vector solitons are observed in lithium niobate lattices for both coherent and
mutually incoherent excitations.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures (reduced for arXiv
Nonlinear Dynamics in the Resonance Lineshape of NbN Superconducting Resonators
In this work we report on unusual nonlinear dynamics measured in the
resonance response of NbN superconducting microwave resonators. The nonlinear
dynamics, occurring at relatively low input powers (2-4 orders of magnitude
lower than Nb), and which include among others, jumps in the resonance
lineshape, hysteresis loops changing direction and resonance frequency shift,
are measured herein using varying input power, applied magnetic field, white
noise and rapid frequency sweeps. Based on these measurement results, we
consider a hypothesis according to which local heating of weak links forming at
the boundaries of the NbN grains are responsible for the observed behavior, and
we show that most of the experimental results are qualitatively consistent with
such hypothesis.Comment: Updated version (of cond-mat/0504582), 16 figure
Anderson localization of partially-incoherent light
We study Anderson localization and propagation of partially-spatially
incoherent wavepackets in linear disordered potentials, motivated by the
insight that interference phenomena resulting from multiple scattering are
affected by the coherence of the waves. We find that localization is delayed by
incoherence: the more incoherent the waves are, the longer they diffusively
spread while propagating in the medium. However, if all the eigenmodes of the
system are exponentially localized (as in one- and two-dimensional disordered
systems), any partially-incoherent wavepacket eventually exhibits localization
with exponentially-decaying tails, after sufficiently long propagation
distances. Interestingly, we find that the asymptotic behavior of the
incoherent beam is similar to that of a single instantaneous coherent
realization of the beam.Comment: Revised version including a discussion on both spatially and
temporally incoherent light beams. Revised Figs. 2 and 3 and fixed typo
The Changing Financial Landscape of Renal Transplant Practice: A National Cohort Analysis
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National Variation in Use of Immunosuppression for Kidney Transplantation: A Call for Evidence‐Based Regimen Selection
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Tissue multifractality and Born approximation in analysis of light scattering: a novel approach for precancers detection
Multifractal, a special class of complex self-affine processes, are under recent intensive investigations because of their fundamental nature and potential applications in diverse physical systems. Here, we report on a novel light scattering-based inverse method for extraction/quantification of multifractality in the spatial distribution of refractive index of biological tissues. The method is based on Fourier domain pre-processing via the Born approximation, followed by the Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis. The approach is experimentally validated in synthetic multifractal scattering phantoms, and tested on biopsy tissue slices. The derived multifractal properties appear sensitive in detecting cervical precancerous alterations through an increase of multifractality with pathology progression, demonstrating the potential of the developed methodology for novel precancer biomarker identification and tissue diagnostic tool. The novel ability to delineate the multifractal optical properties from light scattering signals may also prove useful for characterizing a wide variety of complex scattering media of non-biological origin
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Nano-sized SQUID-on-tip for scanning probe microscopy
We present a SQUID of novel design, which is fabricated on the tip of a pulled quartz tube in a simple 3-step evaporation process without need for any additional processing, patterning, or lithography. The resulting devices have SQUID loops with typical diameters in the range 75–300 nm. They operate in magnetic fields up to 0.6 T and have flux sensitivity of 1.8 μΦ0/Hz1/2 and magnetic field sensitivity of 10−7 T/Hz1/2, which corresponds to a spin sensitivity of 65 μB/Hz1/2 for aluminum SQUIDs. The shape of the tip and the small area of the SQUID loop, together with its high sensitivity, make our device an excellent tool for scanning SQUID microscopy: With the SQUID-on-tip glued to a tine of a quartz tuning fork, we have succeeded in obtaining magnetic images of a patterned niobium film and of vortices in a superconducting film in a magnetic field.Physic
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