Ideal magnetic dipole scattering

We introduce the concept of tunable ideal magnetic dipole scattering, where a nonmagnetic nanoparticle scatters lights as a pure magnetic dipole. High refractive index subwavelength nanoparticles usually support both electric and magnetic dipole responses. Thus, to achieve ideal magnetic dipole scattering one has to suppress the electric dipole response. Such a possibility was recently demonstrated for the so-called anapole mode, which is associated with zero electric dipole scattering. By overlapping magnetic dipole resonance with the anapole mode we achieve ideal magnetic dipole scattering in the far-field with tunable high scattering resonances in near infrared spectrum. We demonstrate that such condition can be realized for two subwavelength geometries. One of them is core-shell nanosphere consisting of Au core and silicon shell. It can be also achieved in other geometries, including nanodisks, which are compatible with current nanofabrication technology.Comment: Submit for publication, comments are welcom

Qubit state tomography in superconducting circuit via weak measurements

The standard method of "measuring" quantum wavefunction is the technique of {\it indirect} quantum state tomography. Owing to conceptual novelty and possible advantages, an alternative {\it direct} scheme was proposed and demonstrated recently in quantum optics system. In this work we present a study on the direct scheme of measuring qubit state in the circuit QED system, based on weak measurement and weak value concepts. To be applied to generic parameter conditions, our formulation and analysis are carried out for finite strength weak measurement, and in particular beyond the bad-cavity and weak-response limits. The proposed study is accessible to the present state-of-the-art circuit-QED experiments.Comment: 7 pages,5figure

Tris(2,2′-bipyridyl-κ2 N,N′)copper(II) sulfate 7.5-hydrate

The title compound, [Cu(C10H8N2)3]SO4·7.5H2O, is a six-coordinate copper(II) complex with a slightly elongated octa­hedral coordination geometry. The pyridyl rings of the three bipyridyl ligands are not coplanar, making dihedral angels of 9.5 (5), 5.2 (4) and 5.8 (5)°. In the crystal, several O—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter­actions are observed due to the existance of a large number of water mol­ecules and the sulfate dianions