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Electro-Mechanical Properties of Graphene Drumheads

June 22, 2012
Author(s)
Nikolai N. Klimov, Suyong S. Jung, Shuze Zhu, Teng Li, C. Alan Wright, Santiago Solares, David B. Newell, Nikolai B. Zhitenev, Joseph A. Stroscio
… spectrum indicates the formation of a spatially confined quantum dot, in agreement with recent predictions of … tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, quantum dots …

Amplification, inference, and the manifestation of objective classical information

June 1, 2022
Author(s)
Michael Zwolak
… Abstract Quantum systems are generally open to a large environment … F, of the environment, E, is often quantified by the quantum mutual information or the Holevo quantity that bounds … the classical information about S transmittable by a quantum channel F. The latter is a quantum mutual information …

Observation of optomechanical buckling phase transitions

March 1, 2017
Author(s)
Jacob M. Taylor, John R. Lawall, Haitan Xu, Utku Kemiktarak, Jingyun Fan, Stephen Ragole
… as diverse as solids, magnets, and potential exotic quantum materials. Mechanical systems, such as relays and … -- suggest that a hybrid approach combining the quantum control of optical systems with the engineerability … rapid progress in pushing optomechanical systems into the quantum regime, the potential for explorations of quantum …

Clock precision beyond the Standard Quantum Limit at 10 -18 level

November 7, 2025
Author(s)
Y.A. Yang, Maya Miklos, Yee Ming Tso, Stella Kraus, Joonseok Hur, Jun Ye
… atomic clock, spin squeezing, standard quantum limit, quantum enhancement, quantum entanglement … Clock precision beyond the Standard Quantum Limit at 10 -18 level …

Chemical potential for light

November 19, 2015
Author(s)
Jacob M. Taylor, Mohammad Hafezi, Prabin Adhikari
… of nonlinear oscillators. Our approach paves the way for quantum simulation, quantum sources and even electron-like circuits with light. … parametric amplifier, quantum phase transition, quantum optics …

Grid Computing

October 1, 2004
Author(s)
Christopher E. Dabrowski
… of large numbers of files in a loose, heterogeneous computing cluster. We go on to suggest that the framework is … Grid Computing …

The Network Security Center: a System Level Approach to Computer Network Security

January 1, 1978
Author(s)
Frank Heinrich
… This report describes a unique approach to the solution of computer network security problems, and provides guidance in … access authorization, access control, authentication, computer network security, cryptography, end-to-end encryption, inter-computer network, internetting, NBS Data Encryption Standard, …

Noiseless Loss Suppression for Entanglement Distribution

December 2, 2024
Author(s)
Cory Nunn, Daniel Jones, Todd Pittman, Brian Kirby
… suppress loss terms in the direct transmission of quantum states. Here we extend this work to entangled states: … through a pure loss channel can restore the initial quantum state. However, we find that for both W and NOON … quantum communication, quantum entanglement, conditional …

Quantum-Based Voltage Metrology with Superconducting Josephson Devices at NIST

July 9, 2016
Author(s)
Samuel P. Benz
… Over the past three decades, the quantum behavior of Josephson junctions has been exploited to … of superconductive Josephson junctions can now provide quantum-accurate, intrinsically stable, programmable voltages … applications. In particular, I emphasize how the use of quantum-based systems, even when they produce apparently …

Single-photon Sources and Detectors Dictionary

August 4, 2025
Author(s)
Joshua Bienfang, Thomas Gerrits, Paulina Kuo, Alan Migdall, Sergey Polyakov, Oliver Slattery
… With the recent emergence and significant growth of a "quantum-component industry," the need for common definitions … pressing. For example, a recent workshop sponsored by the Quantum Economic Development Consortium [QC23] identified the … [LL09, ETS18] focuses specifically on the application of quantum key distribution, and there is a vocabulary resource …

Decoherence of Quantum Superpositions Through Coupling to Engineering Reservoirs

January 1, 2000
Author(s)
C J. Myatt, B E. King, Q A. Turchette, C A. Sackett, D Kielpinski, Wayne M. Itano, W M. Monroe, David J. Wineland
… The theory of quantum mechanics applies to closed systems. In such ideal … their environment, with the consequence that macroscopic quantum superpositions (as illustrated by the 'Schrödinger's … offer the possibility of observing the decoherence of such quantum superpositions. Here we present measurements of the …

Closed Loop CNC Manufacturing -- Connecting the CNC to the Enterprise

November 26, 2007
Author(s)
Sid Venkatesh, Rich Morihara, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor
Closed Loop manufacturing describes the use of feedback from a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to help in business operations. Although conceptually simple, many obstacles make CNC-ERP connectivity difficult -

Dynamical structure factor from weak measurements

June 25, 2025
Author(s)
Emine Altuntas, Rosaria Gabriella Lena, Stuart Flannigan, Ian Spielman, Andrew Daley
… Much of our knowledge of quantum systems is encapsulated in the expectation value of … Quantum Science and Technology …

Character Strings, Memory and Passwords: What a Recall Study Can Tell Us.

June 22, 2014
Author(s)
Brian C. Stanton, Kristen Greene
Many users must authenticate to multiple systems and applications, often using different passwords, on a daily basis. At the same time, the recommendations of security experts are driving increases in the required character length and complexity of

Optical and near-infrared Photon detection with Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensors

July 17, 2006
Author(s)
Sae Woo Nam, Adriana E. Lita, Danna Rosenberg, Aaron J. Miller
… optical photon detectors in a variety of applications in quantum information science and technology. These … low dark count rates, high photon count rates, high quantum efficiency, and moderate energy resolution or photon … of superconducting transition-edge sensors designed for quantum optics and information applications. …

Ultrafast ID-VG Technique for Reliable Cryogenic Device Characterization

March 21, 2023
Author(s)
Pragya Shrestha, Akin Akturk, Brian Hoskins, Advait Madhavan, Jason Campbell
… in efforts to develop both electronics to support quantum information science as well as cryogenic high-performance computing. In this paper, we examine the charge trapping … Cryogenic-CMOS, transient device characterization, quantum electronics …

Multi-element logic gates for trapped-ion qubits

December 17, 2015
Author(s)
Ting Rei Tan, John P. Gaebler, Yiheng Lin, Yong Wan, Ryan S. Bowler, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
… Precision control over hybrid physical systems at the quantum level is of general importance in physics. For … elements that can serve as an important building block of quantum information processing (QIP), quantum networking, precision spectroscopy, metrology, and …

Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) Computer Code Application CCFM.VENTS. Part 4. User Reference Guide (NISTIR 4345)

July 1, 1990
Author(s)
Glenn P. Forney, Leonard Y. Cooper, W F. Moss
… a new-generation, multi-room, compartment fire model computer code, called the Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) computer code. The ideas was that such a code would … computer models, building fires, compartment fires, fire … Consolidated Compartment Fire Model (CCFM) Computer Code Application CCFM.VENTS. Part 4. User Reference …
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