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Electric field noise above surfaces: a model for heating rate scaling law in ion traps
We present a model for the scaling laws of the electric field noise spectral
density as a function of the distance, , above a conducting surface. Our
analytical approach models the patch potentials by introducing a correlation
length, , of the electric potential on the surface. The predicted
scaling laws are in excellent agreement with two different classes of
experiments (cold trapped ions and cantilevers), that span at least four orders
of magnitude of . According to this model, heating rate in miniature ion
traps could be greatly reduced by proper material engineering
Feasibility of a quantum memory for continuous variables based on trapped ions
We propose to use a large cloud of cold trapped ions as a medium for quantum
optics and quantum information experiments. Contrary to most recent
realizations of qubit manipulation based on a small number of trapped and
cooled ions, we study the case of traps containing a macroscopic number of
ions. We consider in particular the implementation of a quantum memory for
quantum information stored in continuous variables and study the impact of the
relevant physical parameters on the expected performances of the system.Comment: v2, typos correcte
Absolute Single Ion Thermometry
We describe and experimentally implement a single-ion local thermometry
technique with absolute sensitivity adaptable to all laser-cooled atomic ion
species. The technique is based on the velocity-dependent spectral shape of a
quasi-dark resonance tailored in a J J transition such that the
two driving fields can be derived from the same laser source leading to a
negligible relative phase shift. We validated the method and tested its
performances in an experiment on a single 88 Sr + ion cooled in a surface
radio-frequency trap. We first applied the technique to characterise the
heating-rate of the surface trap. We then measured the stationary temperature
of the ion as a function of cooling laser detuning in the Doppler regime. The
results agree with theoretical calculations, with an absolute error smaller
than 100 K at 500 K, in a temperature range between 0.5 and 3 mK and
in the absence of adjustable parameters. This simple-to-implement and reliable
method opens the way to fast absolute measurements of single-ion temperatures
in future experiments dealing with heat transport in ion chains or
thermodynamics at the single-ion level
Infinite average lifetime of an unstable bright state in the green fluorescent protein
The time evolution of the fluorescence intensity emitted by well-defined
ensembles of Green Fluorescent Proteins has been studied by using a standard
confocal microscope. In contrast with previous results obtained in single
molecule experiments, the photo-bleaching of the ensemble is well described by
a model based on Levy statistics. Moreover, this simple theoretical model
allows us to obtain information about the energy-scales involved in the aging
process.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Properties of Reactive Oxygen Species by Quantum Monte Carlo
The electronic properties of the oxygen molecule, in its singlet and triplet
states, and of many small oxygen-containing radicals and anions have important
roles in different fields of Chemistry, Biology and Atmospheric Science.
Nevertheless, the electronic structure of such species is a challenge for
ab-initio computational approaches because of the difficulties to correctly
describe the statical and dynamical correlation effects in presence of one or
more unpaired electrons. Only the highest-level quantum chemical approaches can
yield reliable characterizations of their molecular properties, such as binding
energies, equilibrium structures, molecular vibrations, charge distribution and
polarizabilities. In this work we use the variational Monte Carlo (VMC) and the
lattice regularized Monte Carlo (LRDMC) methods to investigate the equilibrium
geometries and molecular properties of oxygen and oxygen reactive species.
Quantum Monte Carlo methods are used in combination with the Jastrow
Antisymmetrized Geminal Power (JAGP) wave function ansatz, which has been
recently shown to effectively describe the statical and dynamical correlation
of different molecular systems. In particular we have studied the oxygen
molecule, the superoxide anion, the nitric oxide radical and anion, the
hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl radicals and their corresponding anions, and the
hydrotrioxyl radical. Overall, the methodology was able to correctly describe
the geometrical and electronic properties of these systems, through compact but
fully-optimised basis sets and with a computational cost which scales as
, where is the number of electrons. This work is therefore opening
the way to the accurate study of the energetics and of the reactivity of large
and complex oxygen species by first principles
Strong quantum correlations in four wave mixing in Rb vapor
We study quantum intensity correlations produced using four-wave mixing in a
room-temperature rubidium vapor cell. An extensive study of the effect of the
various parameters allows us to observe very large amounts of non classical
correlations.Comment: 8 pages and 8 figures; work presented at the SPIE Photonics Europe
conference (Brussels, 2010
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