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Macroporous silicon membranes as electron and x-ray transmissive windows
Macroporous silicon membranes are fabricated whose pores are terminated with 60 nm thin silicon dioxide shells. The transmission of electrons with energies of 5 kV-25 kV through these membranes was investigated reaching a maximum of 22% for 25 kV. Furthermore, the transmission of electromagnetic radiation ranging from the far-infrared to the x-ray region was determined. The results suggest the application of the membrane as window material for electron optics and energy dispersive x-ray detectors
Microscopic theory for the glass transition in a system without static correlations
We study the orientational dynamics of infinitely thin hard rods of length L,
with the centers-of-mass fixed on a simple cubic lattice with lattice constant
a.We approximate the influence of the surrounding rods onto dynamics of a pair
of rods by introducing an effective rotational diffusion constant D(l),l=L/a.
We get D(l) ~ [1-v(l)], where v(l) is given through an integral of a
time-dependent torque-torque correlator of an isolated pair of rods. A glass
transition occurs at l_c, if v(l_c)=1. We present a variational and a
numerically exact evaluation of v(l).Close to l_c the diffusion constant
decreases as D(l) ~ (l_c-l)^\gamma, with \gamma=1. Our approach predicts a
glass transition in the absence of any static correlations, in contrast to
present form of mode coupling theory.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Heralded Entanglement of Arbitrary Degree in Remote Qubits
Incoherent scattering of photons off two remote atoms with a Lambda-level
structure is used as a basic Young-type interferometer to herald long-lived
entanglement of an arbitrary degree. The degree of entanglement, as measured by
the concurrence, is found to be tunable by two easily accessible experimental
parameters. Fixing one of them to certain values unveils an analog to the
Malus' law. An estimate of the variation in the degree of entanglement due to
uncertainties in an experimental realization is given.Comment: published version, 4 pages and 2 figure
How to compute Green's Functions for entire Mass Trajectories within Krylov Solvers
The availability of efficient Krylov subspace solvers play a vital role for
the solution of a variety of numerical problems in computational science. Here
we consider lattice field theory. We present a new general numerical method to
compute many Green's functions for complex non-singular matrices within one
iteration process. Our procedure applies to matrices of structure , with
proportional to the unit matrix, and can be integrated within any Krylov
subspace solver. We can compute the derivatives of the solution
vector with respect to the parameter and construct the Taylor expansion
of around . We demonstrate the advantages of our method using a minimal
residual solver. Here the procedure requires intermediate vector for each
Green's function to compute. As real life example, we determine a mass
trajectory of the Wilson fermion matrix for lattice QCD. Here we find that we
can obtain Green's functions at all masses at the price of one
inversion at mass .Comment: 11 pages, 2 eps-figures, needs epsf.st
Three-dimensional macroporous silicon photonic crystal with large photonic band gap
Three-dimensional photonic crystals based on macroporous silicon are fabricated by photoelectrochemical etching and subsequent focused-ion-beam drilling. Reflection measurements show a high reflection in the range of the stopgap and indicate the spectral position of the complete photonic band gap. The onset of diffraction which might influence the measurement is discussed
Measuring arbitrary-order coherences: Tomography of single-mode multiphoton polarization-entangled states
A scheme is discussed for measuring Nth-order coherences of two orthogonally
polarized light fields in a single spatial mode at very limited experimental
cost. To implement the scheme, the only measurements needed are the Nth-order
intensity moments after the light beam has passed through two quarter-wave
plates, one half-wave plate, and a polarizing beam splitter for specific
settings of the wave plates. It is shown that this method can be applied for
arbitrarily large N. A set of explicit values is given for the settings of the
wave plates, constituting an optimal measurement of the Nth-order coherences
for any N. For Fock states the method introduced here corresponds to a full
state tomography. Applications of the scheme to systems other than polarization
optics are discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, published versio
Location- and observation time-dependent quantum-tunneling
We investigate quantum tunneling in a translation invariant chain of
particles. The particles interact harmonically with their nearest neighbors,
except for one bond, which is anharmonic. It is described by a symmetric double
well potential. In the first step, we show how the anharmonic coordinate can be
separated from the normal modes. This yields a Lagrangian which has been used
to study quantum dissipation. Elimination of the normal modes leads to a
nonlocal action of Caldeira-Leggett type. If the anharmonic bond defect is in
the bulk, one arrives at Ohmic damping, i.e. there is a transition of a
delocalized bond state to a localized one if the elastic constant exceeds a
critical value . The latter depends on the masses of the bond defect.
Superohmic damping occurs if the bond defect is in the site at a finite
distance from one of the chain ends. If the observation time is smaller
than a characteristic time , depending on the location M of the
defect, the behavior is similar to the bulk situation. However, for tunneling is never suppressed.Comment: 17 pages, 2 figure
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Hot-melt extrusion of modified release multi-particulates
The present invention includes compositions and methods of making a modified release pharmaceutical formulation and a method of preparation for the embedding of modified release multi-particulates into a polymeric or wax-like matrix. The modified release multi-particulates comprise an effective amount of a therapeutic compound having a known or desired drug-release profile. Modified release multi-particulates may include a polymeric coat or may be incorporated into particle or core material. The polymer matrix comprises a thermoplastic polymer or lipophilic carrier or a mixture thereof that softens or melts at elevated temperature and allows the distribution of the modified release multi-particulates in the polymer matrix during thermal processing. Formulation compounds and processing conditions are selected in a manner to preserve the controlled release characteristics and/or drug-protective properties of the original modified release multi-particulates.Board of Regents, University of Texas Syste
Light Spectrum and Decay Constants in Full QCD with Wilson Fermions
We present results from an analysis of the light spectrum and the decay
constants f_{\pi} and f_V^{-1} in Full QCD with n_f=2 Wilson fermions at a
coupling of beta=5.6 on a 16^3x32 lattice.Comment: 3 pages, LaTeX with 4 eps figures, Talk presented at
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Generation of Total Angular Momentum Eigenstates in Remote Qubits
We propose a scheme enabling the universal coupling of angular momentum of
remote noninteracting qubits using linear optical tools only. Our system
consists of single-photon emitters in a -configuration that are
entangled among their long-lived ground-state qubits through suitably designed
measurements of the emitted photons. In this manner, we present an
experimentally feasible algorithm that is able to generate any of the
symmetric and nonsymmetric total angular momentum eigenstates spanning the
Hilbert space of the -qubit compound.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, improved presentation. Accepted in Physical
Review
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