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Linear Optics C-Phase gate made simple
Linear optics quantum logic gates are the best tool to generate multi-photon
entanglement. Simplifying a recent approach [Phys. Rev. A 65, 062324; Phys.
Rev. A 66, 024308] we were able to implement the conditional phase gate with
only one second order interference at a polarization dependent beam splitter,
thereby significantly increasing its stability. The improved quality of the
gate is evaluated by analysing its entangling capability and by performing full
process tomography. The achieved results ensure that this device is well suited
for implementation in various multi photon quantum information protocols.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Transient reflectance of photoexcited Cd\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3eAs\u3csub\u3e2\u3c/sub\u3e
We report ultrafast transient-grating measurements of crystals of the three-dimensional Dirac semimetal cadmium arsenide, Cd3As2, at both room temperature and 80 K. After photoexcitation with 1.5-eV photons, charge-carriers relax by two processes, one of duration 500 fs and the other of duration 3.1 ps. By measuring the complex phase of the change in reflectance, we determine that the faster signal corresponds to a decrease in absorption, and the slower signal to a decrease in the light\u27s phase velocity, at the probe energy. We attribute these signals to electrons\u27 filling of phase space, first near the photon energy and later at lower energy. We attribute their decay to cooling by rapid emission of optical phonons, then slower emission of acoustic phonons. We also present evidence that both the electrons and the lattice are strongly heated
Experimental Analysis of a 4-Qubit Cluster State
Linear optics quantum logic operations enabled the observation of a
four-photon cluster state. We prove genuine four-partite entanglement and study
its persistency, demonstrating remarkable differences to the usual GHZ state.
Efficient analysis tools are introduced in the experiment, which will be of
great importance in further studies on multi-particle entangled states.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, submitte
Room-temperature self-powered energy photodetector based on optically induced Seebeck effect in Cd\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3eAs\u3csub\u3e2\u3c/sub\u3e
We demonstrate an intrinsically fast Seebeck-type metal–semimetal–metal infrared photodetector based on Cd3As2 crystals. The Seebeck voltage is induced under off-center illumination, leading to asymmetric temperature gradients and a net current flow. The room-temperature responsivity of the sensor is 0.27 mA/W. The photocurrent signal is readily registered at a modulation frequency of 6 kHz, and the intrinsic bandwidth of the sensor is predicted to approach the terahertz range. The photocurrent depends on the optical power and modulation frequency. Our study demonstrates that crystallineCd3As2 is a promising material for high-bandwidth and spectrally broad photosensing, imaging, and communication
Non-adiabatic effects in the phonon dispersion of Mg 1--x Al x B 2
Superconducting MgB shows an E zone center phonon, as measured
by Raman spectroscopy, that is very broad in energy and temperature dependent.
The Raman shift and lifetime show large differences with the values elsewhere
in the Brillouin Zone measured by Inelastic X-ray Scattering (IXS), where its
dispersion can be accounted for by standard harmonic phonon theory, adding only
a moderate electron-phonon coupling. Here we show that the effects rapidly
disappear when electron-phonon coupling is switched off by Al substitution on
the Mg sites. Moreover, using IXS with very high wave-vector resolution in
MgB, we can follow the dispersion connecting the Raman and the IXS signal,
in agreement with a theory using only electron-phonon coupling but without
strong anharmonic terms. The observation is important in order to understand
the effects of electron-phonon coupling on zone center phonons modes in
MgB, but also in all metals characterized by a small Fermi velocity in a
particular direction, typical for layered compounds
Resource Processing, Early Pottery and the Emergence of Kitoi Culture in Cis-Baikal:Insights from Lipid Residue Analysis of an Early Neolithic Ceramic Assemblage from the Gorelyi Les Habitation Site, Eastern Siberia
In the early Holocene, Mesolithic hunter-gatherer communities inhabiting the Cis-Baikal region of Eastern Siberia were participating in a series of important cultural changes. These included the establishment of large cemeteries in the Angara Valley and on the Southwest shores of Lake Baikal, culminating in the formation of the distinctive Early Neolithic Kitoi cultural pattern ca. 7560 cal. BP. Around the same time, the appearance of clay pots in a few Kitoi graves and at some contemporary habitation sites marks the formal transition to the Early Neolithic, which is defined in Russian archaeology by the emergence of pottery (and not the transition to farming). Little is known about how this early pottery was used, and why it was first adopted into the region. This pilot-study presents lipid-residue analysis of a selection of sherds from the oldest and relatively well-dated pottery assemblage in the Cis-Baikal region, which was recovered from the Gorelyi Les habitation site. The results indicate that the pots had been used to process a broad spectrum of food resources, including ruminants, fish and plants, and possibly resin and other by-products derived from pine trees, suggesting that the vessels were being used as general-purpose cooking containers. We conclude that there is scope for a much larger-scale investigation of diversity and change in prehistoric pottery use in Cis-Baikal, and that this research would improve current understandings of the diet, health and subsistence strategies of the Kitoi and other prehistoric populations
Nucleus-nucleus collisions at highest energies
The microscopic phasespace approach URQMD is used to investigate the stopping power and particle production in heavy systems at SPS and RHIC energies. We find no gap in the baryon rapidity distribution even at RHIC. For CERN energies URQMD shows a pile up of baryons and a supression of multi-nucleon clusters at midrapidity
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with linear optics logic gates
We report on the usage of a linear optics phase gate for distinguishing all
four Bell states simultaneously in a quantum teleportation and entanglement
swapping protocol. This is demonstrated by full state tomography of the one and
two qubit output states of the two protocols, yielding average state fidelities
of about 0.83 and 0.77, respectively. In addition, the performance of the
teleportation channel is characterised by quantum process tomography. The non
classical properties of the entanglement swapping output states are further
confirmed by the violation of a CHSH-type Bell inequality of 2.14 on average.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
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