Transport behaviour of a Bose Einstein condensate in a bichromatic optical lattice

We investigate the Bloch and dipole oscillations of a Bose Einstein condensate (BEC) in an optical superlattice. We show that, as the effective mass increases in an optical superlattice, the BEC is localized in accordance with recent experimental observations [J.E. Lye et. al. Phys. Rev. A 75, 061603 (2007)]. In addition, we find that the secondary optical lattice is a useful additional tool to manipulate the dynamics of the atoms.      

g-Factors of high-spin isomers in 194Hg and 196Hg

The g-factors of the 10⁺ isomeric states in ¹⁹⁴Hg and ¹⁹⁶Hg have been measured using the in beam IPAD method. The results $\text{g(}{}^{194}\text{Hg}\text{) = ?0.24(4)}$ and $\text{g(}{}^{196}\text{Hg}\text{) = ?0.18(9)}$ are in agreement with the value expected for an ($\text{i}{}_1\text{3}\text{2}$^?2) neutron satructure and clearly contradict the previous assignment as ($\text{h}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?2}}$) proton configurations. Cranking model calculations show that the neutron excitation energies in the rotating frame agree satisfactorily with the experimental energies and that the proton excitations are expected ≈2 MeV above the experimental yrast line     

Nondegenerate dual atomic parametric amplifier: entangled atomic fields

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of two coupled quantum degenerate atomic fields (BEC) interacting with two classical optical fields in the nonlinear atom optics regime. Two-photon interaction produces entangled atom-atom pairs which exhibit nonclassical correlations. Since the system involves the creation of two correlated atom pairs, we call it the nondegenerate dual atomic parametric amplifier.     

The Intermolecular S?H⋅⋅⋅Y (Y=S,O) Hydrogen Bond in the H2S Dimer and the H2S–MeOH Complex

The nature of the S? H???S hydrogen‐bonding interaction in the H₂S dimer and its structure has been the focus of several theoretical studies. This is partly due to its structural similarity and close relationship with the well‐studied water dimer and partly because it represents the simplest prototypical example of hydrogen bonding involving a sulfur atom. Although there is some IR data on the H₂S dimer and higher homomers from cold matrix experiments, there are no IR spectroscopic reports on S? H???S hydrogen bonding in the gas phase to‐date. We present experimental evidence using VUV ionization‐detected IR‐predissociation spectroscopy (VUV‐ID‐IRPDS) for this weak hydrogen‐bonding interaction in the H₂S dimer. The proton‐donating S? H bond is found to be red‐shifted by 31 cm^?1. We were also able to observe and assign the symmetric (ν₁) stretch of the acceptor and an unresolved feature owing to the free S? H of the donor and the antisymmetric (ν₃) SH stretch of the acceptor. In addition we show that the heteromolecular H₂S–MeOH complex, for which both S? H???O and O? H???S interactions are possible, is S‐H???O bound.     

The spin of Ac from beta-decay experiments

The spin of the odd nucleus has been determined to be I = 3 from the beta circularly-polarized gamma correlation studies on two prominent beta-gamma cascades: (i) the 1.19 MeV beta group (966 and 908) keV gamma rays and (ii) the 1.76 MeV beta group- 3.38 keV gamma ray. The matrix element ratio X for the 1.76 MeV beta transition has been determined to be X = 0.40±0.10.     

Oscillations in a parametrically excited Bose-Einstein condensate in combined harmonic and optical lattice trap

In this work, we study parametric excitations in an elongated cigar-shaped BEC in a combined harmonic trap and a time dependent optical lattice by using numerical techniques. We show that there exists a relative competition between the harmonic trap which tries to spatially localize the BEC and the time varying optical lattice which tries to delocalize the BEC. This competition gives rise to parametric excitations (oscillations of the BEC width). Regular oscillations disappear when one of the competing factors, i.e. the strength of harmonic trap or the strength of optical lattice, dominates. Parametric instabilities (chaotic dynamics) arise for large variations in the strength of the optical lattice.     

Dynamical Casimir effect in superradiant light scattering by Bose–Einstein condensate in an optomechanical cavity

We investigate the effects of dynamical Casimir effect in superradiant light scattering by Bose-Einstein condensate in an optomechanical cavity. The system is studied using both classical and quantized mirror motions. The cavity frequency is harmonically modulated in time for both the cases. The main quantity of interest is the number of intracavity scattered photons. The system has been investigated under the weak and strong modulations. It has been observed that the amplitude of the scattered photons is more for the classical mirror motion than the quantized mirror motion. Also, initially, the amplitude of scattered photons is high for lower modulation amplitude than higher modulation amplitude. We also found that the behavior of the plots are similar under strong and weak modulations for the quantized mirror motion.     

Mapping the multi-step mechanism of a photoredox catalyzed atom-transfer radical polymerization reaction by direct observation of the reactive intermediates

The rapid development of new applications of photoredox catalysis has so far outpaced the mechanistic studies important for rational design of new classes of catalysts. Here, we report the use of ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopic methods to reveal both mechanistic and kinetic details of multiple sequential steps involved in an organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization reaction. The polymerization system studied involves a N,N-diaryl dihydrophenazine photocatalyst, a radical initiator (methyl 2-bromopropionate) and a monomer (isoprene). Time-resolved spectroscopic measurements spanning sub-picosecond to microseconds (i.e., almost 8 orders of magnitude of time) track the formation and loss of key reactive intermediates. These measurements identify both the excited state of the photocatalyst responsible for electron transfer and the radical intermediates participating in propagation reactions, as well as quantifying their lifetimes. The outcomes connect the properties of N,N-diaryl dihydrophenazine organic photocatalysts with the rates of sequential steps in the catalytic cycle.

Short-lived intermediates are tracked in real-time by transient absorption spectroscopy during a multi-step photoredox catalysed polymerization reaction.