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Controlled quantum teleportation and secure direct communication
We present a controlled quantum teleportation protocol. In the protocol,
quantum information of an unknown state of a 2-level particle is faithfully
transmitted from a sender (Alice) to a remote receiver (Bob) via an initially
shared triplet of entangled particles under the control of the supervisor
Charlie. The distributed entangled particles shared by Alice, Bob and Charlie
function as a quantum information channel for faithful transmission. We also
propose a controlled and secure direct communication scheme by means of this
teleportation. After insuring the security of the quantum channel, Alice
encodes the secret message directly on a sequence of particle states and
transmits them to Bob supervised by Charlie using this controlled quantum
teleportation. Bob can read out the encoded message directly by the measurement
on his qubit. In this scheme, the controlled quantum teleportation transmits
Alice's message without revealing any information to a potential eavesdropper.
Because there is not a transmission of the qubit carrying the secret message
between Alice and Bob in the public channel, it is completely secure for
controlled and direct secret communication if perfect quantum channel is used.
The feature of this scheme is that the communication between two sides depends
on the agreement of the third side.Comment: 4 page
Thermal and non-thermal emission in the Cygnus X region
Radio continuum observations detect non-thermal synchrotron and thermal
bremsstrahlung radiation. Separation of the two different emission components
is crucial to study the properties of diffuse interstellar medium. The Cygnus X
region is one of the most complex areas in the radio sky which contains a
number of massive stars and HII regions on the diffuse thermal and non-thermal
background. More supernova remnants are expected to be discovered. We aim to
develop a method which can properly separate the non-thermal and thermal radio
continuum emission and apply it to the Cygnus X region. The result can be used
to study the properties of different emission components and search for new
supernova remnants in the complex. Multi-frequency radio continuum data from
large-scale surveys are used to develop a new component separation method.
Spectral analysis is done pixel by pixel for the non-thermal synchrotron
emission with a realistic spectral index distribution and a fixed spectral
index of beta = -2.1 for the thermal bremsstrahlung emission. With the new
method, we separate the non-thermal and thermal components of the Cygnus X
region at an angular resolution of 9.5arcmin. The thermal emission component is
found to comprise 75% of the total continuum emission at 6cm. Thermal diffuse
emission, rather than the discrete HII regions, is found to be the major
contributor to the entire thermal budget. A smooth non-thermal emission
background of 100 mK Tb is found. We successfully make the large-extent known
supernova remnants and the HII regions embedded in the complex standing out,
but no new large SNRs brighter than Sigma_1GHz = 3.7 x 10^-21 W m^-2 Hz^-1
sr^-1 are found.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, accepted by A&A. The quality of the figures is
reduced due to file size limit of the websit
Compact Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna Using a Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line Unit-Cell
A compact circularly polarized (CP) patch antenna using a composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) unit-cell is proposed. The CRLH TL unit-cell includes a complementary split ring resonator (CSRR) for shunt inductance and a gap loaded with a circular-shaped slot for series capacitance. The CSRR can decrease the TM10 mode resonance frequency, thus reducing the electrical size of the proposed antenna. In addition, the asymmetry of the CSRR brings about the TM01 mode, which can be combined with the TM10 mode by changing the slot radius. The combination of these two orthogonal modes with 90° phase shift makes the proposed antenna provide a CP property. The experimental results show that the proposed antenna has a wider axial ratio bandwidth and a smaller electrical size than the reported CP antennas. Moreover, the proposed antenna is designed without impedance transformer, 90° phase shift, dual feed and ground via
Low temperature terahertz spectroscopy of n-InSb through a magnetic field driven metal-insulator transition
We use fiber-coupled photoconductive emitters and detectors to perform
terahertz (THz) spectroscopy of lightly-doped n-InSb directly in the cryogenic
(1.5 K) bore of a high-field superconducting magnet. We measure transmission
spectra from 0.1-1.1 THz as the sample is driven through a metal-insulator
transition (MIT) by applied magnetic field. In the low-field metallic state,
the data directly reveal the plasma edge and magneto-plasmon modes. With
increasing field, a surprisingly broad band (0.3-0.8 THz) of low transmission
appears at the onset of the MIT. This band subsequently collapses and evolves
into the sharp 1s -> 2p- transition of electrons `frozen' onto isolated donors
in the insulating state.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
A remarkable recurrent nova in M 31: The 2010 eruption recovered and evidence of a six-month period
The Andromeda Galaxy recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a has been caught in eruption
nine times. Six observed eruptions in the seven years from 2008 to 2014
suggested a duty cycle of ~1 year, which makes this the most rapidly recurring
system known and the leading single-degenerate Type Ia Supernova progenitor
candidate; but no 2010 eruption has been found so far. Here we present evidence
supporting the recovery of the 2010 eruption, based on archival images taken at
and around the time. We detect the 2010 eruption in a pair of images at 2010
Nov 20.52 UT, with a magnitude of m_R = 17.84 +/- 0.19. The sequence of seven
eruptions shows significant indications of a duty cycle slightly shorter than
one year, which makes successive eruptions occur progressively earlier in the
year. We compared three archival X-ray detections with the well observed
multi-wavelength light curve of the 2014 eruption to accurately constrain the
time of their optical peaks. The results imply that M31N 2008-12a might have in
fact a recurrence period of ~6 months (175 +/- 11 days), making it even more
exceptional. If this is the case, then we predict that soon two eruptions per
year will be observable. Furthermore, we predict the next eruption will occur
around late Sep 2015. We encourage additional observations.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables; submitted to A&A Letter
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