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Foerster resonance energy transfer rate and local density of optical states are uncorrelated in any dielectric nanophotonic medium
Motivated by the ongoing debate about nanophotonic control of Foerster
resonance energy transfer (FRET), notably by the local density of optical
states (LDOS), we study an analytic model system wherein a pair of ideal dipole
emitters - donor and acceptor - exhibit energy transfer in the vicinity of an
ideal mirror. The FRET rate is controlled by the mirror up to distances
comparable to the donor-acceptor distance, that is, the few-nanometer range.
For vanishing distance, we find a complete inhibition or a four-fold
enhancement, depending on dipole orientation. For mirror distances on the
wavelength scale, where the well-known `Drexhage' modification of the
spontaneous-emission rate occurs, the FRET rate is constant. Hence there is no
correlation between the Foerster (or total) energy transfer rate and the LDOS.
At any distance to the mirror, the total energy transfer between a
closely-spaced donor and acceptor is dominated by Foerster transfer, i.e., by
the static dipole-dipole interaction that yields the characteristic
inverse-sixth-power donor-acceptor distance dependence in homogeneous media.
Generalizing to arbitrary inhomogeneous media with weak dispersion and weak
absorption in the frequency overlap range of donor and acceptor, we derive two
main theoretical results. Firstly, the spatially dependent Foerster energy
transfer rate does not depend on frequency, hence not on the LDOS. Secondly the
FRET rate is expressed as a frequency integral of the imaginary part of the
Green function. This leads to an approximate FRET rate in terms of the LDOS
integrated over a huge bandwidth from zero frequency to about 10 times the
donor emission frequency, corresponding to the vacuum-ultraviolet. Even then,
the broadband LDOS hardly contributes to the energy transfer rates. We discuss
practical consequences including quantum information processing.Comment: 17 pages, 9 figure
Spotless? Perceived Cleanliness in Service Environments
This dissertation presents research on customers’ perceptions of cleanliness in service environments. The research contributes to the gap in the literature on cleanliness examined from a customer perspective, and adds to the understanding of environmental cues that influence perceived cleanliness. Part one of the dissertation includes the operationalisation of the concept of perceived cleanliness and the development of an instrument to measure perceived cleanliness. Results showed that perceived cleanliness consists of three dimensions: cleaned, fresh, and uncluttered. Next, the Cleanliness Perceptions Scale (CP-scale) was developed and validated in different service environments, resulting in a 12 item questionnaire that can be used to measure perceived cleanliness in service environments. Part two includes the experimental research on the effects of different environmental cues on perceived cleanliness. It furthermore explores to what extent the effects of these environmental cues on perceived cleanliness can be explained by the concept of priming. The experiments demonstrated that particular environmental cues influence perceived cleanliness: the visible presence of cleaning staff, light colour, light scent, and uncluttered architecture positively influence customers’ perceptions of cleanliness in service environments. Also, empirical support was found for priming as one of the mechanisms involved in the effects. Part three reflects on the implications of the dissertation for theory and practice. The research provides knowledge that is relevant for the fields of facility management, service marketing, social psychology, and environmental psychology. The dissertation improves the understanding of the concept of perceived cleanliness by enabling scholars and practitioners to measure the concept and the effects of particular environmental cues in service environments
Multilinear transference of Fourier and Schur multipliers acting on non-commutative -spaces
Let be a locally compact unimodular group, and let be some
function of variables on . To such a , one can associate a
multilinear Fourier multiplier, which acts on some -fold product of the
non-commutative -spaces of the group von Neumann algebra. One may also
define an associated Schur multiplier, which acts on an -fold product of
Schatten classes . We generalize well-known transference results
from the linear case to the multilinear case. In particular, we show that the
so-called `multiplicatively bounded -norm' of a multilinear
Schur multiplier is bounded above by the corresponding multiplicatively bounded
norm of the Fourier multiplier, with equality whenever the group is amenable.
Further, we prove that the bilinear Hilbert transform is not bounded as a
vector valued map , whenever and are
such that . A similar result holds for
certain Calder\'on-Zygmund type operators. This is in contrast to the
non-vector valued Euclidean case.Comment: v3 incorporates reviewer comments and suggestions. To appear in the
Canadian Journal of Mathematic
Relative Haagerup property for arbitrary von Neumann algebras
We introduce the relative Haagerup approximation property for a unital,
expected inclusion of arbitrary von Neumann algebras and show that if the
smaller algebra is finite then the notion only depends on the inclusion itself,
and not on the choice of the conditional expectation. Several variations of the
definition are shown to be equivalent in this case, and in particular the
approximating maps can be chosen to be unital and preserving the reference
state. The concept is then applied to amalgamated free products of von Neumann
algebras and used to deduce that the standard Haagerup property for a von
Neumann algebra is stable under taking free products with amalgamation over
finite-dimensional subalgebras. The general results are illustrated by examples
coming from q-deformed Hecke-von Neumann algebras and von Neumann algebras of
quantum orthogonal groups.Comment: 48 pages; v2 corrects a few minor point
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