Deterministic Joint Remote Preparation of an Arbitrary Two-Qubit State Using the Cluster State

Recently, deterministic joint remote state preparation (JRSP) schemes have been proposed to achieve 100% success probability. In this paper, we propose a new version of deterministic JRSP scheme of an arbitrary two-qubit state by using the six-qubit cluster state as shared quantum resource. Compared with previous schemes, our scheme has high efficiency since less quantum resource is required, some additional unitary operations and measurements are unnecessary. We point out that the existing two types of deterministic JRSP schemes based on GHZ states and EPR pairs are equivalent.     

Mössbauer studies of the re-entrant spin-glass behaviour of Fe–Al alloys

Fe–Al alloys around the concentration of 30 at. % Al present re-entrant spin-glass behaviour at low temperatures. This behaviour is not completely understood and Mössbauer spectroscopy, combined with other experimental techniques, is useful to describe and explain this behaviour. Results show that the Mössbauer spectra coincide with the magnetic behaviour showed in literature and they can be explained as a magnetic cluster system whose magnetic clusters are getting smaller when the temperature is decreasing. When the temperature is reaching to the spin-glass transition at 92 K the spins in the paramagnetic matrix are moving slower and below this transition the spins are completely frozen.     

Polarizability effect in metallic clusters

Langevin approach implemented in the inelastic cross-sections measured for the low-energy electrons colliding with metallic clusters points out that statical form of the polarizability dominate at energies less than 1.25 eV. The dynamical form comes into play at energies around 1.3 eV. The form of the polarizabilities indicates that polarizability of the metallic clusters is energy-dependent.     

Ar-buffer-assisted deposition of Cu13 on Cu(1 1 1) surfaces

In this paper, the deposition of Cu₁₃ onto Cu(1 1 1) surface through argon buffer layers was investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The interactions between Cu-Cu, Cu-Ar, and Ar-Ar were described by Finnis-Sinclair (FS) tight-binding potential and L-J potential, respectively. The impact energy was chosen to be 2-6 eV/atom in order to compare with experimental results. It was observed that with Ar-buffer layers, the Cu cluster deposited on the surface may retain its free cluster symmetry (I_h). Whereas, on originally bare Cu surface, the deposited Cu cluster lost its original symmetry completely and was recrystalized to have the same fcc structure as the substrate. The Ar-buffer dissipates most of the translational energy of the incident cluster. Therefore, it prevents the cluster from being overheated upon impinging. Furthermore, the interaction between Ar and Cu benefits the confinement of the cluster structure. Our study shows that with Ar-buffer layers, the lateral spread of deposited clusters is 20% smaller than that on the bare Cu surface. This is consistent with the experimental findings.     

第一性原理对(NaP_3)_n(n=1～5)团簇的几何结构和性质的研究

本文采用第一性原理研究了(NaP_3)_n(n=1~5)团簇的几何结构、能隙、电荷分布以及态密度.研究结果表明:NaP_3团簇为线型结构,是(NaP_3)_n(n=1~5)团簇中的基本单元,随着n增大,团簇转变为环状结构和空间结构;(NaP_3)_3团簇的能隙出现峰值,表明该团簇较其他团簇有较高的稳定性;(NaP_3)_3团簇中对于高能量区域的态密度是由Na 3s和P 3p轨道贡献,其中在费米附近的能量主要由P 3p轨道贡献,对于低能量区域的态密度主要由Na 3s轨道贡献;(NaP_3)_n(n=1~5)团簇中的Na原子电荷分布均为正值,表明电荷总体上是从Na原子转移到P原子.     

Analysis of cardiac tissue by gold cluster ion bombardment

Specific molecules in cardiac tissue of spontaneously hypertensive rats are studied by using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). The investigation determines phospholipids, cholesterol, fatty acids and their fragments in the cardiac tissue, with special focus on cardiolipin. Cardiolipin is a unique phospholipid typical for cardiomyocyte mitochondrial membrane and its decrease is involved in pathologic conditions. In the positive polarity, the fragments of phosphatydilcholine are observed in the mass region of 700-850 u. Peaks over mass 1400 u correspond to intact and cationized molecules of cardiolipin. In animal tissue, cardiolipin contains of almost exclusively 18 carbon fatty acids, mostly linoleic acid. Linoleic acid at 279 u, other fatty acids, and phosphatidylglycerol fragments, as precursors of cardiolipin synthesis, are identified in the negative polarity. These data demonstrate that SIMS technique along with Au₃⁺ cluster primary ion beam is a good tool for detection of higher mass biomolecules providing approximately 10 times higher yield in comparison with Au⁺.     

An investigation of phase separation by magnetic force microscopy in La0.45Sr0.55MnO3-δ(δ≈0.01)

We have found phase separation in La_0.45Sr_0.55MnO_3-δ (LSMO) by means of electron spin resonance, magnetic force microscopy (MFM) and magnetic measurements. Ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases can coexist at low temperatures, and ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases coexist when the temperature lies between the Néel and Curie temperatures. The size and shape of the ferromagnetic phases (the minority phases) was first observed directly from MFM images. It is suggested that the phase separation in LSMO is not the charge segregation type, but an electroneutral type due perhaps to the nonuniform distribution of oxygen vacancies.     

Ultrafast dynamics in the excited hydrogen atom transfer states of ammonia clusters

Neutral ammonia clusters (NH₃)_m are photo-excited to the electronic state by a deep UV femtosecond laser pump pulse. Within a few hundred femtoseconds a significant fraction of the clusters rearrange to form an H-transfer state (NH₃)_m-2NH₄(3s)NH₂ with the subunit NH₄ in its 3s electronic ground state. This state is then electronically excited by a time-delayed infrared control pulse of variable wavelength. Finally, a third (probe) pulse in the UV ionizes the clusters for detection. The lifetime of the excited (NH₃)_m-2NH₄(3p)NH₂ states is found to vary between 2.7 and 0.13 ps depending on cluster size and excitation energy. It increases drastically upon deuteration. The corresponding cluster size-dependent photoelectron spectra allow us to disentangle the underlying energetics of the excitation and ionization process and reveal additional processes, such as nonresonant ionization or dissociative ionization. The experimental findings suggest that the excited H-transfer ammonia complexes with m > 2 are deactivated by an internal conversion process back to the electronically lowest H-transfer state followed by fast dissociation. Received 22 September 2001 and Received in final form 31 January 2002     

Intermediate Energy Pion-20Ne Elastic Scattering in the α+16O Model of 20Ne

We present an analysis of π-²⁰Ne elastic scattering at intermediate energy basing on the α+¹⁶O model of the ²⁰Ne nucleus and in the framework of Glauber multiple scattering theory. Satisfactory agreement with the general features of the experimental data of pion elastic scattering on the neighboring 4N-type nuclei is obtained without any free parameters. Compared with the experimental angular distributions of pion elastic scattering on ¹²C, ¹⁶O, ²⁴Mg, and ²⁸Si nuclei, the diffractive patterns and the positions of the dips and peaks in the angular distributions of π-²⁰Ne elastic scattering are reasonably predicted by the calculations.     

Metastable fluid flow described via a discrete-velocity coagulation-fragmentation model

A discrete-velocity Boltzmann model is introduced. It is based on two principles: (i) clusters of particles move in ³ with seven fixed momenta; (ii) clusters may gain or lose particles according to the rules of Becker-Döring cluster equations. The model provides a kinetic representation of evaporation and condensation. The model is used to obtain macroscopic fluid equations which are valid into the metastable fluid regime, , where is any positive number, is the inelastic Knudsen number, and _s is the saturation density.