Controlling quantum discord dynamics in cavity QED systems by applying a classical driving field with phase decoherence

We investigate a two-level atom interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence and find that a stationary quantum discord can arise in the interaction of the atom and cavity field as the time turns to infinity. We also find that the stationary quantum discord can be increased by applying a classical driving field. Furthermore, we explore the quantum discord dynamics of two identical non-interacting two-level atoms independently interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence. Results show that the quantum discord between two atoms is more robust than entanglement under phase decoherence and the classical driving field can help to improve the amount of quantum discord of the two atoms.     

Controlling quantum discord dynamics in cavity QED systems by applying a classical driving field with phase decoherence

We investigate a two-level atom interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence and find that a stationary quantum discord can arise in the interaction of the atom and cavity field as the time turns to infinity.We also find that the stationary quantum discord can be increased by applying a classical driving field.Furthermore,we explore the quantum discord dynamics of two identical non-interacting two-level atoms independently interacting with a quantized cavity field and a classical driving field in the presence of phase decoherence.Results show that the quantum discord between two atoms is more robust than entanglement under phase decoherence and the classical driving field can help to improve the amount of quantum discord of the two atoms.     

Phase jump in resonance harmonic emission driven by strong laser fields

We present a theoretical investigation of the multiphoton resonance dynamics in the high-order-harmonic generation(HHG) process driven by a strong driving continuous wave(CW) field along with a weak control harmonic field.The Floquet theorem is employed to provide a nonperturbative and exact treatment of the interaction between a quantum system and the combined laser field.Multiple multiphoton-transition paths for the harmonic emission are coherently summed.The phase information about paths can be extracted via the Fourier transform analysis of the harmonic signals which oscillate as a function of the relative phase between driving and control fields.Phase jumps are observed when sweeping across the resonance by varying the frequency or intensity of the driving field.The phase variation as a function of driving frequency at a fixed intensity and as a function of the intensity at a fixed driving frequency allows us to determine the intensity dependence of the transition energy of quantum systems.     

Bose−Einstein condensates with tunable spin−orbit coupling in the two-dimensional harmonic potential: The ground-state phases,stability phase diagram and collapse dynamics

We study the ground-state phases, the stability phase diagram and collapse dynamics of Bose−Einstein condensates (BECs) with tunable spin−orbit (SO) coupling in the two-dimensional harmonic potential by variational analysis and numerical simulation. Here we propose the theory that the collapse stability and collapse dynamics of BECs in the external trapping potential can be manipulated by the periodic driving of Raman coupling (RC), which can be realized experimentally. Through the high-frequency approximation, an effective time-independent Floquet Hamiltonian with two-body interaction in the harmonic potential is obtained, which results in a tunable SO coupling and a new effective two-body interaction that can be manipulated by the periodic driving strength. Using the variational method, the phase transition boundary and collapse boundary of the system are obtained analytically, where the phase transition between the spin-nonpolarized phase with zero momentum (zero momentum phase) and spin-polarized phase with non-zero momentum (plane wave phase) can be manipulated by the external driving and sensitive to the strong external trapping potential. Particularly, it is revealed that the collapsed BECs can be stabilized by periodic driving of RC, and the mechanism of collapse stability manipulated by periodic driving of RC is clearly revealed. In addition, we find that the collapse velocity and collapse time of the system can be manipulated by periodic driving strength, which also depends on the RC, SO coupling strength and external trapping potential. Finally, the variational approximation is confirmed by numerical simulation of Gross−Pitaevskii equation. Our results show that the periodic driving of RC provides a platform for manipulating the ground-state phases, collapse stability and collapse dynamics of the SO coupled BECs in an external harmonic potential, which can be realized easily in current experiments.     

Chaotic phase synchronization in small-world networks of bursting neurons

We investigate the chaotic phase synchronization in a system of coupled bursting neurons in small-world networks. A transition to mutual phase synchronization takes place on the bursting time scale of coupled oscillators, while on the spiking time scale, they behave asynchronously. It is shown that phase synchronization is largely facilitated by a large fraction of shortcuts, but saturates when it exceeds a critical value. We also study the external chaotic phase synchronization of bursting oscillators in the small-world network by a periodic driving signal applied to a single neuron. It is demonstrated that there exists an optimal small-world topology, resulting in the largest peak value of frequency locking interval in the parameter plane, where bursting synchronization is maintained, even with the external driving. The width of this interval increases with the driving amplitude, but decrease rapidly with the network size. We infer that the externally applied driving parameters outside the frequency locking region can effectively suppress pathologically synchronized rhythms of bursting neurons in the brain.     

Peak Effect and the Phase Diagram of Moving Vortices in FexNi1-xZr2 Superconducting Glasses

In the mixed state of type II superconductors, vortices penetrate the sample and form a correlated system due to the screening of supercurrents around them. Interestingly, we can study this correlated system as a function of density and driving force. The density, for instance, is controlled by the magnetic field B, whereas a current density j acts as a driving force F=j x B on all vortices. To minimize the pinning strength, we study a superconducting glass in which the depinning current is 10 to 1000 times smaller than in previous studies, which enables us to map out the complete phase diagram in this new regime. The diagram is obtained as a function of B, driving current, and temperature, and leads to a remarkable set of new results, which includes a huge peak effect, an additional reentrant depinning phase, and a driving force induced pinning phase.     

A quantum walk in phase space with resonator-assisted double quantum dots

We implement a quantum walk in phase space with a new mechanism based on the superconducting resonator-assisted double quantum dots.By analyzing the hybrid system,we obtain the necessary factors implementing a quantum walk in phase space:the walker,coin,coin flipping and conditional phase shift.The coin flipping is implemented by adding a driving field to the resonator.The interaction between the quantum dots and resonator is used to implement conditional phase shift.Furthermore,we show that with different driving fields the quantum walk in phase space exhibits a ballistic behavior over 25 steps and numerically analyze the factors influencing the spreading of the walker in phase space.     

Nonequilibrium quantum phase transitions in the Dicke model

We establish a set of nonequilibrium quantum phase transitions in the Dicke model by considering a monochromatic nonadiabatic modulation of the atom-field coupling. For weak driving the system exhibits a set of sidebands which allow the circumvention of the no-go theorem which otherwise forbids the occurrence of superradiant phase transitions. At strong driving we show that the system exhibits a rich multistable structure and exhibits both first- and second-order nonequilibrium quantum phase transitions.     

Optimal sideband-squeezing in the resonance fluorescence of a two-level atom

The quantum fluctuation spectra of phase quadratures of the fluorescent light from a coherently driven two-level atom damping in a common vacuum is investigated. We find that by optimally choosing the Rabi frequency of the driving field, detuning between the atom and the driving field, and phase of the local oscillator the strong sideband squeezing in the spectrum of the optimal phase quadrature can be created and the degree of squeezing in the sidebands can reach about 56%.     

Hopping and phase shifts in noisy periodically driven bistable systems

We consider a periodically driven bistable system in the presence of fluctuations. In a number of recent papers it has been shown that the amplitude of the response of the noisy system to periodic modulations exhibits stochastic resonance, i.e. a resonance-like behavior as a function of the noise intensity. In this paper, we consider the phase shift between the response and the periodic driving. For weak periodic driving, the phase shift also shows a resonance like behaviour as a function of the noise strength, but this effect is shown to be of different origin than the one responsible for stochastic resonance. Furthermore, the phase shift is demonstrated to exhibit a resonance-like behavior as a function of the driving frequency.     

Doppler展宽的封闭原子系统中无反转增益的相位控制

研究了在具有自发辐射诱导相干性的Doppler展宽的封闭Λ型三能级系统中探测场和驱动场之间的相对位相对探测场无反转增益的控制作用. 研究结果表明: 1) 不管探测场和驱动场是同向传播还是反向传播, 驱动场是失谐还是共振,无反转增益总是随相对位相的改变而作周期性变化,周期为2π. 2) 驱动场共振时,无反转增益极大值随Doppler展宽值的增大而单调减小,且反向传播时比同向传播时减小的速度更快;驱动场失谐时,无反转增益的极大值随Doppler展宽值的增大不再单调地减小或增大. 在以上两种情况下,均可以通过调 关键词： 自发辐射诱导相干 相位控制 Doppler展宽 无反转增益     

Perfect Optical Nonreciprocity with Mechanical Driving in a Three-Mode Optomechanical System *

Nonreciprocal devices are indispensable for building quantum networks and ubiquitous in modern communication technology. Here, we study perfect optical nonreciprocity in a three-mode optomechanical system with mechanical driving.The scheme relies on the interference between optomechanical interaction and mechanical driving. We find perfect optical nonreciprocity can be achieved even though nonreciprocal phase difference is zero if we drive the system by a mechanical driving with a nonzero phase. We obtain the essential conditions for perfectoptical nonreciprocity and analyze properties of the optical nonreciprocal transmission. These results can be used to control optical transmission in quantum information processing.      

Field-assisted electron transport through a symmetric double-well structure with spin--orbit coupling and the Fano-resonance induced spin filtering

We have investigated theoretically the field-driven electron-transport through a double-quantum-well semiconductor-heterostructure with spin-orbit coupling. The numerical results demonstrate that the transmission spectra are divided into two sets due to the bound-state level-splitting and each set contains two asymmetric resonance peaks which may be selectively suppressed by changing the difference in phase between two driving fields. When the phase difference changes from 0 to π, the dip of asymmetric resonance shifts from one side of resonance peak to the other side and the asymmetric Fano resonance degenerates into the symmetric Breit-Wigner resonance at a critical value of phase difference. Within a given range of incident electron energy, the spin polarization of transmission current is completely governed by the phase difference which may be used to realize the tunable spin filtering.     

PIV Measurements and Mechanisms of Adjacent Synthetic Jets Interactions

Interactions of adjacent synthetic jet actuators with varying relative amplitude and the relative phase of driving voltage are measured using a particle image velocimetry （PIV）. Varying relative amplitude or relative phase of driving voltage of the adjacent actuators vectors the direction of the ensuing merged jet of the adjacent synthetic jets. The vectoring mechanism of the adjacent vortex pairs, attract-impact causing deflection （AICD）, is provided to explain why the merged jet is generally vectored to the side of the phase-leading synthetic jet or the synthetic jet with higher driving voltage.     

靶源位置对强场高次谐波相位匹配的影响

为提高强激光场与惰性气体靶作用产生的孤立阿秒激光脉冲的能量,给出了一种实现高次谐波过程中最佳谐波相位匹配的定量实验方法。研究了气体靶源与高斯型驱动激光场聚焦点相对空间位置对谐波相位匹配及谐波产率的影响,得出了其最佳相位匹配位置始终位于驱动激光场聚焦点后3~5 mm,而在聚焦点之前的位置区域,严重的高次谐波相位失配导致谐波产率非常低。同时,在最佳相位匹配条件下,高次谐波场与驱动场具有相类似的空间强度分布特性,该结果印证了目前通常采用的高次谐波场为高斯光束的假设。     

V模型中相干场位相对原子自发辐射的影响

讨论了V模型中相干场位相对原子自发辐射荧光的影响.发现荧光谱不仅与相干场的位相有关而且与原子的起始状态密切相关,并用缀饰原子的方法给出解释.     

Weak guided wave signal detection using period jump of Duffing system

A potential risk in ultrasonic guided wave testing is that weak echo signals from small defects may be submerged in noisy signals, which will cause missed detection. To overcome this shortcoming, a weak guided wave signal detection method based on period jump of the Duffing system is proposed in this paper. The critical state of the system period jump can be obtained by analyzing the bifurcation characteristics of the Duffing system with the variation of the driving force amplitude. A weak ultrasonic guided wave signal with the same frequency as the driving force is added to the driving force. This is equivalent to changing the driving force amplitude, which causes the period state to jump. Consequently, the weak guided wave signals can be identified based on the period jumps. The increase or decrease in the driving force amplitude due to the interference of the guided wave signal depends on the phase difference between the intercepted signal and the periodic driving force. The conditions for increasing and decreasing the driving force amplitude are out of phase with each other.They have an approximate phase difference of π within the same period. Two detection models for small-scale periodic states(SPS) and large-scale periodic states(LPS) are constructed, and the effectiveness of the models in identifying the guided wave signal is verified numerically and experimentally. The anti-noise interference capabilities of the two models are also compared.The results show that the SPS detection model provides unique results and a strong anti-noise ability, and effectively improves the sensitivity of small defect detection using ultrasonic guided waves.     

INFLUENCE OF DRIVING-FIELD PHASE FLUCTUATION ON ABSORPTION AND DISPERSION IN A SIMPLE THREE-LEVEL ATOMIC SYSTEM

The steady-state behavior of a simple three-level atomic system has been investi-gated by taking into account the effect of phase fluctuations in the driving field. For a monochromatic driving field, lasing with or without inversion can be established over a wide frequency range for the probe and driving fields. A large refractive index can also be generated even if the population inversion is positive. For a finite linewidth of the driving field, the refractive index enhancement tends to decrease. Furthermore, a behavior change from inversion laser to noninversion laser can occur as the driving field linewidth increases.     

Dynamics in a discontinuous field: The smooth Fermi piston

In this paper we examine a version of the Fermi piston with a discontinuous, but nonimpulsive, periodic driving force. The dynamics of a particle moving in one spatial dimension are studied using a combination of numerical and analytical techniques. The configuration space of the particle is divided into two regions of constant acceleration that are of equal magnitude and opposite direction. The point of discontinuity F(t) dividing the regions changes periodically in time. The method of surface-of-section is used to study the phase space (phi(n), v(n)), where phi(n) is the phase of the driving function and v(n) is the velocity of the particle at the nth encounter between the particle and boundary. We show that it is not possible to stochastically drive up the energy indefinitely except for the cases where F is discontinuous, or dF/dt is not finite everywhere. In addition, we find a new mechanism, other than KAM tori, for segmenting the phase space. As in the KAM picture, the central cause of the new behavior is resonance between the natural period of the particle and the period of the driving force. The boundaries to diffusion for continuous driving functions result from parabolic fixed points that span the entire phase range.     

Revealing network connectivity from response dynamics

We present a method to infer the complete connectivity of a network from its stable response dynamics. As a paradigmatic example, we consider networks of coupled phase oscillators and explicitly study their long-term stationary response to temporally constant driving. For a given driving condition, measuring the phase differences and the collective frequency reveals information about how the units are interconnected. Sufficiently many repetitions for different driving conditions yield the entire network connectivity (the absence or presence of each connection) from measuring the response dynamics only. For sparsely connected networks, we obtain good predictions of the actual connectivity even for formally underdetermined problems.