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A Highly Linear Calibration Metric for TES X-ray Microcalorimeters

August 2, 2018
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Christine G. Pappas, Joseph W. Fowler, Douglas A. Bennett, William B. Doriese, Young I. Joe, Kelsey M. Morgan, Galen C. O'Neil, Joel N. Ullom, Daniel S. Swetz
Transition-edge sensor X-ray microcalorimeters are usually calibrated empirically, as the most widely-used calibration metric, optimal filtered pulse height (OFPH), in general has an unknown dependance on photon energy, E γ. Because the calibration

Towards superconductivity in p-type delta-doped Si/Al/Si heterostructures

July 30, 2018
Author(s)
Aruna N. Ramanayaka, Hyun Soo Kim, Joseph A. Hagmann, Roy E. Murray, Ke Tang, Neil M. Zimmerman, Curt A. Richter, Joshua M. Pomeroy, Frederick Meisenkothen, Huairuo Zhang, Albert Davydov, Leonid A. Bendersky
In pursuit of superconductivity in p-type silicon (Si), we are using a single atomic layer of aluminum (Al) sandwiched between a Si substrate and a thin Si epi-layer. The delta layer was fabricated starting from an ultra high vacuum (UHV) flash anneal of

Two-photon optical frequency reference with active AC Stark shift cancellation

July 30, 2018
Author(s)
Vladislav P. Gerginov, Kyle P. Beloy
An optical reference based on two-photon optical transition with AC stark shift cancellation is proposed. The reference uses two interrogating laser fields at different frequencies. Compared to conventional optical two-photon references, the new approach

Verification of a Many-Ion Simulator of the Dicke Model Through Slow Quenches across a Phase Transition

July 27, 2018
Author(s)
Arghavan Safavi-Naini, R. J. Lewis-Swan, Justin G. Bohnet, M. Garttner, Kevin Gilmore, Elena Jordan, J. Cohn, James K. Freericks, Ana Maria Rey, John Bollinger
We use a self-assembled two-dimensional Coulomb crystal of ∼70 ions in the presence of an external transverse field to engineer a simulator of the Dicke Hamiltonian, an iconic model in quantum optics which features a quantum phase transition between a

Dual-comb interferometry via repetition-rate switching of a single frequency comb

July 24, 2018
Author(s)
David R. Carlson, Daniel D. Hickstein, Daniel C. Cole, Scott A. Diddams, Scott B. Papp
We experimentally demonstrate a versatile technique for performing dual-comb interferometry using a single frequency comb. By rapid switching of the repetition rate, the output pulse train can be delayed and heterodyned with itself to produce

Theory of Kerr Frequency Combs in Fabry-Perot resonators

July 18, 2018
Author(s)
Daniel C. Cole, Alessandra Gatti, Scott B. Papp, Franco Prati, Luigi Luigato
We derive a spatiotemporal equation describing nonlinear optical dynamics in Fabry-Perot (FP) cavities filled with a Kerr medium. This equation is an extension of the equation that describes dynamics in Kerr-nonlinear ring resonators, referred to as the

Commissioning the SALT High Resolution Spectrograph's Iodine Cell

July 6, 2018
Author(s)
Lisa A. Crause, R P. Butler, Gillian Nave, Rudi Kuhn, Blaine Lomberg, Alexei Kniazev, Steven M. Crawford, Eric Depagne
We report on commissioning the iodine absorption cell in the High Resolution Spectrograph (HRS) on the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). The low-, medium- and high-resolution (LR, MR and HR) modes of this fibre-fed, dual-channel, white-pupil vacuum

Perpetual emulation threshold of PT-symmetric Hamiltonians

June 29, 2018
Author(s)
Ian B. Spielman, Clive Emary, Dimitris Trypogeorgos, Ana Vald?s-Curiel
We describe a technique to emulate a two-level PT-symmetric spin Hamiltonian, replete with gain and loss, using only the unitary dynamics of a larger quantum system. This we achieve by embedding the two-level system in question in a subspace of a four

J. Chem. Phys. 148, 244302 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5029929148, 244302(C) 2018 Author(s).Fourier-transform-spectroscopicphotoabsorption cross sections andoscillator strengths for theS2 B 3..u..X 3..g system

June 25, 2018
Author(s)
G. Stark, H. Herde, J. R. Lyons, A. N. Heays, N. Oliveira, Gillian Nave, B. R. Lewis, S. T. Gibson
Photoabsorption cross sections and oscillator strengths for the strong, predissociating vibrational bands, v  11, in the S2 B 3..u .. X 3..g (v; 0) system are reported. Absorption measurements were undertaken of S2 vapor in a radio-frequency discharge

Accurate optical stabilization of a Kerr-microresonator frequency comb

June 14, 2018
Author(s)
Travis Briles, Jordan R. Stone, Tara E. Drake, Daryl T. Spencer, Connor D. Fredrick, Qing Li, Daron A. Westly, Bojan R. Ilic, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Scott A. Diddams, Scott B. Papp
Carrier-envelope-phase stabilization of optical waveforms enables exquisitely precise measurements by way of direct optical-frequency synthesis, coherent optical-to-microwave phase conversion, and control of ultrafast waveforms. We report such phase

Quantum Probability Estimation for Randomness with Quantum Side Information

June 12, 2018
Author(s)
Emanuel H. Knill, yanbao zhang, Honghao Fu
We develop a quantum version of the probability estimation framework [arXiv:1709.06159] for randomness generation with quantum side information. We show that most of the properties of probability estimation hold for quantum probability estimation (QPE)

Precision determination of absolute neutron flux

June 8, 2018
Author(s)
Jeffrey S. Nico, Maynard S. Dewey, David M. Gilliam, Andrew T. Yue, Eamon Anderson, Geoff Greene, Alexander Laptev, William M. Snow
A technique for establishing the total neutron rate of a highly-collimated monochromatic cold neutron beam was demonstrated using the method of an alpha- gamma counter. The method requires only the counting of measured rates and is independent of neutron

Octave-spanning dual frequency comb spectroscopy in the molecular fingerprint region

June 4, 2018
Author(s)
Henry R. Timmers, Abijith S. Kowligy, Alexander J. Lind, Flavio Caldas da Cruz, Nima Nader, Myles C. Silfies, Thomas K. Allison, Gabriel G. Ycas, Peter G. Schunemann, Scott B. Papp, Scott A. Diddams
Spectroscopy in the molecular fingerprint spectral region (6.5-20 $\mu$m) yields critical information on material structure for physical, chemical and biological sciences. Despite decades of effort, this portion of the electromagnetic spectrum remains

Bang-bang shortcut to adiabaticity in the Dicke model as realized in a Penning trap experiment

May 29, 2018
Author(s)
J. Cohn, Arghavan Safari-Naini, R. J. Lewis-Swan, Justin G. Bohnet, M. Garttner, Kevin Gilmore, Elena Jordan, Ana Maria Rey, John Bollinger, James K. Freericks
We introduce a bang-bang shortcut to adiabaticity for the Dicke model, which we implement via a two-dimensional array of trapped ions in a Penning trap with a spin-dependent force detuned close to the center-of-mass drumhead mode. Our focus is on employing
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