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Kartik A. Srinivasan, Christopher P. Michael, Raviv Perahia, Oskar Painter
Chip-based cavity QED devices consisting of a self-assembled InAs quantum dot (QD) coupled to a high quality factor GaAs microdisk cavity are coherently probed
Chang-Yong Choi, Won-Ju Cho, Sang-Mo Koo, John S. Suehle, Curt A. Richter, Qiliang Li, Eric Vogel
In this paper, we report an approach based on three-dimensional numerical simulations for the investigation of the dependence of the on/off current ratio in
Anisotropic metallic nanoparticles have unique optical properties, which lend them to applications such as Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). Branched
Kuldeep R. Prasad, Anthony P. Hamins, Therese P. McAllister, John L. Gross
Over the past several years, there has been a resurgence of interest in studying the response of building structures to fires. Typically, the thermal loading
Tatiana Psurek, Christopher L. Soles, Kirt A. Page, Marcus T. Cicerone, Jack F. Douglas
The addition of a solvent or nanoparticles to a polymeric material can lead toappreciable changes in the rates of relaxation and reaction that can profoundly
Rolando Somma, S. Boixo, Howard Barnum, Emanuel Knill
We describe a quantum algorithm that solves combinatorial optimization problems by quantum simulation of a classical simulated annealing process. Our algorithm
Jun Li, Udayshankar G. Singh, Thomas D. Schladt, Judith K. Stalick, Susannah L. Scott, Ram Seshadri
Metastable YFeO3 with the hexagonal YAlO3 structure was obtained by a sol−gel process at 700 °C, using metal nitrate precursors with pH control and the
The hydrocarbon in-adamantane, an adamantane isomer in which one methine hydrogen atom is inside the cage, is predicted by ab initio calculations to be isolable
We used a cross capacitor to measure the relative dielectric permittivity ε r of O 2 at 273 K, 293 K, and 323 K and at pressures up to 6.5 MPa. Simultaneously
Li Piin Sung, Xiaohong Gu, Derek L. Ho, Forrest A. Landis, D Nguyen
Fluoropolymer-based coatings have been greatly used as binders for exterior coatings because of their excellent resistance to UV radiation as well as to many
Robert D. Horansky, Joel N. Ullom, James A. Beall, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Don Dry, Beth Hastings, Stephen Lamont, Clifford R. Rudy, Michael W. Rabin
Calorimetry has been used since the late 1700?s to measure the heat output of physical processes ranging from chemical reactions to the respiration of organisms
Sergey Polyakov, Alan L. Migdall, Paul D. Lett, David Papoular, Pierre Clade, Colin McCormick
We report a prediction for the delay measured in an optical tunneling experiment using Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference, taking into account the Goos-Hanchen
Quantification of the mechanical properties, such as the non-linear viscoelastic behavior, for a cured sealant is complicated by the presence of the Mullins
The uncertainty of the mean of autocorrelated measurements from a stationary process has been discussed in the literature. However, when the measurements are
Vivek M. Prabhu, Ashwin Rao, Shuhui Kang, Eric K. Lin, Sushil K. Satija
The depth profile of swelling polyelectrolyte layers is characterized by a static substrate layer and an asymmetric profile with position and shape parameters
Koo-Hyun Chung, Stefan Scholz, Gordon A. Shaw, John A. Kramar, Jon R. Pratt
We present a measurement scheme for creating reference electrostatic forces that are traceable to the International System of Units (SI). This scheme yields
The densities and velocities of sound of five fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) were measured at approximately 83 kPa (atmospheric pressure in Boulder, CO) at
We present a heterodyne Michelson interferometer for vibration measurement in which feedback is used to obviate the need to unwrap phase data. The Doppler shift
Raghu N. Kacker, Alistair Forbes, Ruediger Kessel, K D. Sommer
Results from an interlaboratory evaluation are said to be statistically consistent if they fit a normal (Gaussian) consistency model which postulates that the
We have developed a multi-sample micro-slit rheometer MMR which is capable of measurements over a broad range of temperatures, viscosities and shear rates
We have recently introduced several important improvements in the measurement of distillation curves for complex fluids. The modifications to the classical
The distillation (or boiling) curve of a complex fluid is a critically important indicator of the bulk behavior or response of the fluid. For this reason, the
Several companies offer computation on demand for a fee. More companies are expected to enter this business over the next decade, leading to a marketplace for
S. K. Dutta, H. Paik, T. A. Palomaki, J. R. Anderson, A. J. Dragt, C. J. Lobb, F. C. Wellstood, Frederick Strauch, Kaushik Mitra, Eite Tiesinga
We present Rabi oscillation measurements of an Nb/AlOx/Nb dc SQUID phase qubit with a 100 ¿m2 area junction acquired at 25 mK over a range of microwave power
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel technique to reduce laser relative intensity noise (RIN). A RIN suppression servo is usually implemented by
Jose A. Aumentado, Ofer Naaman, L Friedland, J.S. Wurtele, Irfan Siddiqi
We observe a sharp threshold for autoresonant phase locking in a transmission line resonator embedded with a Josephson tunnel junction and driven with a purely
Part I of this two-part work explored the instrumented-indentation and fracture phenomena of compliant, low dielectric constant (low-k) films on silicon
Ann Chiaramonti Debay, Daniel Schreiber, William F. Egelhoff Jr., D. N. Seidman, Amanda K. Petford-Long
The effect of annealing on the transport behavior of CoFe/MgO/CoFe magnetic tunnel junctions has been studied using a combination of site-specific in-situ
Seoungsu Lee, Taekjib Choi, William D. Ratcliff, Ross W. Erwin, S W. Cheong, V. Kiryukhin
We report on polarized neutron-scattering and piezoresponse force microscopy studies of millimeter-sized single crystals of multiferroic BiFeO3. The crystals