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Conducting atomic force microscopy for Nanoscale tunnel barrier characterization

August 13, 2004
Author(s)
Kristine Lang, Dustin Hite, Raymond Simmonds, Robert McDermott, David P. Pappas, John M. Martinis
Increasing demands on nanometer scale properties of oxide tunnel barriers necessitate a consistent means to assess them at these lengths. Here we use conducting atomic force microscopy (CAFM) to characterize aluminum oxide (AlOx)barriers to be used in

Decoherence in Josephson Qubits from Junction Resonances

August 13, 2004
Author(s)
Raymond Simmonds, Kristine Lang, Dustin Hite, David P. Pappas, John M. Martinis
We present experimental data that demonstrates a large reduction in the coherence of a Josephson phase qubit from spurious microwave resonances. These resonances are believed to arise from resonant fluctuators in the tunnel junction that couple to the

Quantum information processing with trapped ions

July 25, 2004
Author(s)
Murray D. Barrett, Tobias Schaetz, J Chiaverini, Dietrich Leibfried, Joseph W. Britton, Wayne M. Itano, John D. Jost, Emanuel Knill, C. Langer, R Ozeri, David J. Wineland
We report experiments on the creation and manipulation ofmulti-particle entangled states of trapped atomic ions. The experiments reported here, quantum dense coding and quantum teleportation, constitute a significant step toward performing large-scale

Superconducting transition edge sensor using dilute AlMn alloys

July 6, 2004
Author(s)
Steven Deiker, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, William H. Rippard, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Steve T. Ruggiero, Anthony Williams, B. Young
We have fabricated a bolometer using a transition-edge sensor (TES) made of Al doped with Mn to suppress the superconducting critical temperature !Tc" of Al from #1 K to #100 mK. The resulting detector exhibits low-frequency noise consistent with theory

Precision tests of femtosecond laser optical frequency synthesizers

May 17, 2004
Author(s)
Long-Sheng Ma, Lennart Robertsson, Massimo Zucco, Zhiyi Bi, Robert Windeler, A Bartels, G Wilpers, Christopher W. Oates, Leo W. Hollberg, Scott Diddams
We compare the accuracy of femtosecond laser optical frequency synthesizers that employ microstructured fibers with those that directly generate a broadband output. No limitation of either system is found at fractional frequency levels of 1x10 -18.

Characterization and Reduction of Unexplained Noise in Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensors

May 7, 2004
Author(s)
Joel N. Ullom, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, William Duncan, S. L. Ferreira, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale
The noise in superconducting Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs) commonly exceeds simple theoretical predictions. The reason for this discrepancy is presently unexplained. We have measured the amplitude and frequency dependence of the noise in TES sensors with

Dipole Moment of a Pb-O Vacancy Pair in PbTiO 3

April 1, 2004
Author(s)
Eric J. Cockayne, Benjamin P. Burton
The polarization of a nearest-neighbor (nn) Pb-O vacancy pair in PbTiO3 is calculated, using the modern theory of polarization, implemented in the density functional theory ultrasoft pseudopotential formalism. The dipole moment per divacancy is about 2.228

The First Measurements with Octave-Spanning Femtosecond Laser Frequency Combs

March 13, 2004
Author(s)
Scott A. Diddams, David J. Jones
Here we describe in a historical manner the first optical frequency measurement measurements with octave-spanning frequency combs and the first measurement and stabilization of the carrier-envelope offset frequency for a train of femtosecond laser pulses.

Current quantization due to single-electron transfer in Si-wire charge-coupled devices

February 23, 2004
Author(s)
Akira Fujiwara, Neil M. Zimmerman, Yukinori Ono, Yasuo Takahashi
We observe a quantized current due to single-electron transfer in a small charge-coupled device, which consists of a narrow Si-wire channel with fine gates; the gate is used to form a tunable barrier potential. By modulating two barrier potentials under

Absolute frequency measurements with a stabilized near-infrared optical frequency comb from a Cr:forsterite laser

February 15, 2004
Author(s)
Kristan L. Corwin, I Thomann, A Bartels, Tasshi Dennis, W. Fox, William C. Swann, E. A. Curtis, C. W. Oates, G Wilpers, Sarah L. Gilbert, Leo W. Hollberg, Nathan R. Newbury, Scott A. Diddams, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, M. Yan
A frequency comb is generated with a chromium-doped forsterite femtosecond laser, spectrally broadened in dispersion-shifted highly nonlinear fiber, and stabilized. The resultant evenly spaced comb of frequencies ranges from 1.1 to beyond 1.8 υm. The

Abraham's Force on a Highly Dispersive Medium

February 2, 2004
Author(s)
Paul D. Lett, L Wang
We consider the radiation force on highly dispersive media. In doing so we reconsider an experiment proposed to measure the Abraham force term in the stress-energy tensor at optical frequencies by measuring the displacement of a transparent dielectric
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