SAM and the Particle Physics Data Grid

The D0 experiment‘s data and job management system software,SAM,is an operational prototype of many of the concepts being developed for Grid computing .We explain how the components of SAM map into the Data Grid architecture,We discuss the future use of Grid components to either replace existing components of SAM or to extend its functionality and utility.owrk being carried out as part of the Particle Physics Data Grid(PPDG) project.     

SAM Overview and Operation at the D0 Experiment

SAM is a network-distributed data management system developed at Fermilab for use with Run II data,It is being Employed by the D0 Experiment to store,manage,deliver,and track processing of all data.We describe the design and features of the system including resource management and data transfer mechanisms,We show the operational experience D0 has accumulated to date including data acquisition processing,and all levels of access and delivery.We present various configurations of the system and describe their use in the collaboration.     

Topological properties of one-dimensional hardcore Bose-Fermi mixture

We study the topological properties of a one-dimensional （1D） hardcore Bose-Fermi mixture using the exact diagonalization method. We firstly add a hardcore boson to a fermionic system and by examining the edge states we find that the quasi-particle manifests the topological properties of the system. Then we study a mixture with 7 fermions and 1 boson. We find that the mixture also exhibits topological properties and its behaviors are similar to that of the corresponding fermionic system. We present a qualitative explanation to understand such behaviors using the mapping between a hardcore boson and a spinless fermion. These results show the existence of topological properties in a 1D hardcore Bose-Fermi mixture and may be realized using cold atoms trapped in optical lattices experimentally.     

Experience with the COMPASS Conditions Data Base

The COMPASS experiment at CERN is starting data taking in summer 2001,The COMPASS off-line framework(CORAL)will use the CERN Conditions Data Base(CDB)to handle time dependent quantities like calibration constants and data from the slow control system.We describe the use of the CDB within CORAL and the fullscale performance tests on the COMPASS Computing Farm(CCF),The CDB has been interfaced to the SCADA PVSS slow control system.To continuously transfer all the data to the CDB and make them available to the users,We describe this interface,a feasibility study performed using mock data and we predict the expected performance.     

利用高偏振级次轴对称偏振光束实现三维光学捕获

We propose a novel single-beam multiple 3D optical trapping scheme using higher polarization order axially-symmetric polarized beams in an aplanatic focusing system. We calculate numerically the intensity distribution near the focus which presents a multi-focus-spot pattern and provides the possibility of multiple optical trapping. We also calculate the corresponding gradient force distribution near the focus. Finally we introduce a 3D optical chain by combining the single-beam system with a single diffractive optical element.     

Renormalization of the chemical potential due to multiphonon effects at the surface of metals

We study the relation between renormalization of the chemical potential due to multiphonon effects at the surface of Be(0001) and doping by solving the strong-coupling self-consistent equations of a two-dimensional(2D) electron-phonon interaction system.We present the quasiparticle dispersions and inverse lifetimes of a 2D electron system interacting with Einstein phonons under the different dopings(corresponding to chemical potentials).We find that the effect of electron-phonon interaction on electron structure is strongest at the half filling,but it has no effect on the chemical potential.However,the chemical potential shows distinct renormalization effects away from half filling due to the electron-phonon interaction.     

Stabilized DFB laser system with large tuning range

We propose, design, and realize a compact stabilized laser system that can be tuned within 24 GHz automatically.This laser system consists of two distributed feedback(DFB) lasers, one of which is reference and locked to the D2 line of ~(87)Rb, the other laser is a slave that is locked to the reference laser via a loop servo. We measured the frequency of the beating signal of the two lasers and generated an error signal, which controlled the frequency of the slave laser to close the loop. We compressed the fluctuation of the beating signal's frequency to less than 1 MHz.Furthermore, the system can also automatically determine and control whether the slave is red detuned or blue detuned to the reference. The dimensions of our laser system are about 15 cm × 20 cm × 10 cm. This kind of laser system can be applied in many important applications, such as atomic interferometer and cold atomic clock.     

Constructive interference via collision—aided radiative excitation

We have studied theoretically constructive interference via collision-aided radiative excitation in an open four-level system using a density matrix approach. The four-level system consists of a Λ-type three-level quantum-beat configuration driven by one laser field and a fourth level coupled by a vacuum mode. It is shown that through the incoherent process (collision), coherence between widely-separated doublets and subsequent constructive interference can be realized. We analyse the effects of the collision-induced coherent and incoherent decay rates, laser intensity, and energy separation of the doublets on the interference. Meanwhile, the constructive interference between the two transition pathways 3P_1/2-4D and 3P_3/2-4D via equal-frequency hybrid excitation and collision-aided radiative excitation in an Na₂-Na system is experimentally observed. A good agreement between the theoretical and experimental results is obtained.     

Robust estimation of spectral reflectance by a projector-camera system

A Projector-camera （Procam） system is an inexpensive, household, controllable system that can be used to eliminate inter-reflection existing in the measurement. We propose an estimation method for spectral reflectance that uses the Procam system. The method recovers reflectance from the training set constructed by a known reflectance and the corresponding 9D color-mixing matrix. Experiment results show that our method performs well with 9D response, and the local weighted training set based on Mahalanobis metric can enhance the accuracy of result efficiently.     

How to control a geometric quantum gate

In this paper, we detail the theoretical ideas which are used to explain the mechanism of the laser controlling the geometric quantum gates introduced in the work by Ekert et al. (Ekert A, Ericsson M, Hayden P, Inanori H, Jones J A, Oi D K L and Vedral V 2000 J. Mod. Opt. 47 2501). We have introduced a two-level Hamiltonian system, and directed to solve this system, and then obtained the probability distribution of this two-level system. We also show the relationships between the external laser fields and the transition of the qubit in the two-qubit controlled-phase gate, and how the transition of the qubit depends on the external laser fields and the states of the controlled qubit.     

Visible light positioning: moving from 2D planes to 3D spaces [Invited]

The global navigation satellite system(GNSS) is a well-established outdoor positioning system with industry-wide impact due to the multifaceted applications of navigation, tracking, and automation. At large, however, is the indoor equivalent. One hierarchy of solutions, visible light positioning(VLP) with its promise of centimeter-scale accuracy and widespread coverage indoors, has emerged as a viable, easy to configure, and inexpensive candidate. We investigate how the state-of-the-art VLP systems fare against two hard barriers in indoor positioning: the need for high accuracy and the need to position in the threedimensions(3D). We find that although most schemes claim centimeter-level accuracy for some proposed space or plane, those accuracies do not translate into a realistic 3D space due to diminishing field-of-view in 3D and assumptions made on the operating space. We do find two favorable solutions in ray–surface positioning and gain differentials. Both schemes show good positioning errors, low-cost potential, and single-luminaire positioning functionality.     

Quantum Fisher information of a qubit-qutrit system in Garfinkle–Horowitz–Strominger dilation space–time

We investigate the quantum Fisher information(QFI) of a qubit-qutrit system in the background of Garfinkle–Horowitz–Strominger dilation black hole. After deriving the analytical expression of the QFI, we examine its dynamics with respect to the dilation parameter D and the state parameter γ of the system. Our results show that the QFI for the estimation of γ is a fixed value,which is independent of the parameters D and γ. And the QFI for the estimation of D varies with the parameters D and γ. Additionally, we propose an effective strategy to steer the QFI by introducing weak measurement reversal. We find that the QFI can be remarkably enhanced by adjusting the appropriate reversing measurement strengths. Our findings might provide some useful insights for the study on parameter estimation of hybrid systems in the framework of relativity theory.     

Tunnelling Dynamics of Bose--Einstein Condensates in a Five-Well Trap

We develop a five-well model for describing the tunnelling dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates （BECs） trapped in 2D optical lattices. The tunnelling dynamics of BECs in this five-well model are investigated both analytically and numerically. We focus on the self-trapped states and the difference of the tunnelling dynamics among two- well, three-well and five-well systems. The criterions for the self-trapped states and the phase diagrams of the five trapped BECs in zero-phase mode and π-phase mode are obtained. We find that the criterions and the phase diagrams are largely modified by the dimension of the system and the phase difference 5etween wells. The five-well model is a good model and can give us an insight into the tunnelling dynamics of BECs trapped in 2D optical lattices.     

The quantum spectra analysis of the circular billiards in wells

We use a recently defined quantum spectral function and apply the method of closed-orbit theory to the 2D circular billiard system. The quantum spectra contain rich information of all classical orbits connecting two arbitrary points in the well. We study the correspondence between quantum spectra and classical orbits in the circular, 1/2 circular and 1/4 circular wells using the analytic and numerical methods. We find that the peak positions in the Fourier-transformed quantum spectra match accurately with the lengths of the classical orbits. These examples show evidently that semi-classical method provides a bridge between quantum and classical mechanics.     

Analytic Study of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in Waveguide with an Obstacle Potential

We investigate the exact solutions of one-dimensional （1D） time-independent Gross-Pitaevskii equation （GPE）, which governs a Bose-Einstein condensate （BEC） in the magnetic waveguide with a square-Sech potential. Both the bound state and transmission state are found and the corresponding spatial configurations and transport properties of BEC are analyzed. It is shown that the well-known absolute transmission of the linear system can occur in the considered nonlinear system.     

Photonic bands, gap maps, and intrinsic losses in three-component 2D photonic crystal slabs

We obtain the photonic bands and intrinsic losses for the triangular lattice three-component two- dimensional （2D） photonic crystal （PhC） slabs by expanding the electromagnetic field on the basis of waveguide modes of an effective homogeneous waveguide. The introduction of the third component into the 2D PhC slabs influences the photonic band structure and the intrinsic losses of the system. We examine the dependences of the band gap width and gap edge position on the interlayer dielectric constant and interlayer thickness. It is found that the gap edges shift to lower frequencies and the intrinsic losses of each band decrease with the increasing interlayer thickness or dielectric constant. During the design of the real PhC system, the effect of unintentional native oxide surface layer on the optical properties of 2D PhC slabs has to be taken into consideration. At the same time, intentional oxidization of macroporous PhC structure can be utilized to optimize the design.     

Drude Weight, Optical Conductivity of Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model at Half Filling

We study the Drude weight D and optical conductivity of the two-dimensional （2D） Hubbard model at half filling with staggered magnetic flux （SMF）. When SMF being introduced, the hopping integrals are modulated by the magnetic flux. The optical sum rule, which is related to the mean kinetic energy of band electrons, is evaluated for this 2D Hubbard Hamiltonian. Our present result gives the dependence of the kinetic energy, D and the optical conductivity on SMF and U. At half filling D vanishes exponentially with system size. We also find in the frequency dependence of the optical conductivity, there is δ-function peak at ω ≈ 2｜m｜U and the incoherent excitations begin to present themselves extended to a higher energy region.     

A conservative Fourier pseudospectral algorithm for a coupled nonlinear Schrdinger system

We derive a new method for a coupled nonlinear Schrdinger system by using the square of first-order Fourier spectral differentiation matrix D1 instead of traditional second-order Fourier spectral differentiation matrix D2 to approximate the second derivative.We prove the proposed method preserves the charge and energy conservation laws exactly.In numerical tests,we display the accuracy of numerical solution and the role of the nonlinear coupling parameter in cases of soliton collisions.Numerical experiments also exhibit the excellent performance of the method in preserving the charge and energy conservation laws.These numerical results verify that the proposed method is both a charge-preserving and an energy-preserving algorithm.     

A conservative Fourier pseudospectral algorithm for a coupled nonlinear Schroedinger system

We derive a new method for a coupled nonlinear Schr/Sdinger system by using the square of first-order Fourier spectral differentiation matrix D1 instead of traditional second-order Fourier spectral differentiation matrix D2 to approximate the second derivative. We prove the proposed method preserves the charge and energy conservation laws exactly. In numerical tests, we display the accuracy of numerical solution and the role of the nonlinear coupling parameter in cases of soliton collisions. Numerical experiments also exhibit the excellent performance of the method in preserving the charge and energy conservation laws. These numerical results verify that the proposed method is both a charge-preserving and an energy-preserving algorithm.     

Collective Modes of a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Superfluid Fermi Gas in BCS-BEC Crossover

We investigate the collective modes of a quasi-two-dimensional （Q2D） superfluid Fermi gas in Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Bose-Einstein condensation （BCS-BEC） crossover. For solving a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation by using a time-dependent variational method, we take a trial wavefunction with the form of hybrid Gaussianparabolic type, which not only reflects the Q2D character of the system and also allows an essentially analytical approach of the problem. We present a Q2D criterion that is valid for various superfluid regimes and displays clearly the relation between the maximum condensed particle number and the parameters of trapping potential as well as atom-atom interaction. We show that due to the small particle number in the Q2D condensate, the contribution to oscillating frequencies by the quantum pressure in the strong confinement direction is significant and hence a Thomas-Fermi approximation can not be used.