Spectral line suppression and sideband narrowing via quantum interference

We reveal that for a realistic system, interference effects are obtained such as the suppression of central line and inner sidebands and the narrowing of the outer fluorescence sidebands. For this purpose, we consider a spontaneous decay from an excited state to a metastable state when the excited and metastable states are resonantly coupled to an auxiliary metastable state by a laser field and a microwave field, respectively. The fluorescence spectrum evolves from a five-peaked structure into a doublet of ultrasharp lines as the ratio of the laser field Rabi frequency to the microwave Rabi frequency is decreased. The physical origin is presented in terms of dressed states.     

Duration-Dependent Asymmetry in Photoionization of H atoms in Few-Cycle Laser Pulses

The photoionization of H atoms irradiated by few-cycle laser pulses is studied numerically. The variations of the total ionization, the partial ionizations in opposite directions, and the corresponding asymmetry with the carrier-envelope phase in several pulse durations are obtained. We find that besides a stronger modulation on the partial ionizations, the change of pulse duration leads to a shift along carrier-envelope （CE） phase in the calculated signals. The phase shift arises from the nonlinear property of ionization and relates closely to the Coulomb attraction of the parent ion to the ionized electron. Our calculations show good agreement with the experimental observation under similar conditions.     

Quantum NOT operation and integrability in two-level systems

We demonstrate the surprising integrability of the classical Hamiltonian associated to a spin 1/2 system under periodic external fields. The one-qubit rotations generated by the dynamical evolution is, on the one hand, close to that of the rotating wave approximation (RWA), on the other hand to two different “average” systems, according to whether a certain parameter is small or large. Of particular independent interest is the fact that both the RWA and the averaging theorem are seen to hold well beyond their expected region of validity. Finally, we determine conditions for the realization of the quantum NOT operation by means of classical stroboscopic maps.     

Theoretical analysis of the spectra of X-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity

We have developed the general computer code for the calculations of reflectivity with polarization analysis from an arbitrary anisotropic multilayer, which allows us to test different approaches for the Bragg reflectivity spectrum treatment. We have proved the validity of the usage of the Bragg peak position for the determination of the energy dependence of the diagonal component of resonant susceptibility tensor, but revealed the essential discrepancy of this procedure for the off-diagonal term determination. The explanation lies in the polarization mixture by multiple reflections at large glancing angles. By the model calculations we have shown that in L-MOKE geometry the observed difference of the integrated Bragg peak reflectivity for the (+) and (−) field direction is predominantly caused by the magnetization of the central part of resonant layer at the first-order Bragg peak, but it is very sensitive to the interface magnetization at the second-order Bragg peak.     

A proposal for Ramsey interferences when spontaneous emission can occur between two interaction zones

The possibility of observing Ramsey fringes in situations where the time separation between two interaction zones is larger than the lifetime is discussed. The spectral characteristics of emission exhibit interferences which are shown to be due to the fact that the spontaneous emission event can occur in two different zones and thus erasing any Welcher-Weg information.It is indeed a great honor for me to contribute an article on the occasion of H. Walther's 60th birthday     

Figures of merit of magnetostrictive single crystal iron-gallium alloys for actuator and sensor applications

Energy density, magnetomechanical coupling factor and a dimensionless sensing gage factor of 〈1 0 0〉 oriented single crystal iron-gallium alloys with 16, 17.5, 19, 24.7 and 29 at% gallium were studied as functions of stress and magnetic field. To estimate these quantities, the samples were characterized under different quasi-static stress and magnetic field conditions. The experimental behavior was modeled using an energy-based non-linear approach. Both the experimental data and the model simulations were used to calculate material parameters such as magnetic permeability, piezo-magnetic strain coefficient (d₃₃), inverse piezo-magnetic coefficient (stress sensitivity, d*₃₃) and Young's modulus in the material. These quantities were used to obtain energy density, magnetomechanical coupling factor and sensing gage factor as functions of magnetomechanical conditions. Maximum energy density of around 3 kJ/m³, magnetomechanical coupling factor higher than 0.75 and sensing gage factor on the order of 10³ were calculated.     

Ni thin films vacuum-evaporated on polyethylene naphthalate substrates with and without the application of magnetic field

We study the structural properties of the surface roughness, the surface mound size and the interfacial structure in Ni thin films vacuum-deposited on polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) organic substrates with and without the application of magnetic field and discuss its feasibility of fabricating quantum cross (QC) devices. For Ni/PEN evaporated without the magnetic field, the surface roughness decreases from 1.3 nm to 0.69 nm and the surface mound size increases from 32 nm to 80 nm with the thickness increased to 41 nm. In contrast, for Ni/PEN evaporated in the magnetic field of 360 Oe, the surface roughness tends to slightly decrease from 1.3 nm to 1.1 nm and the surface mound size shows the almost constant value of 28-30 nm with the thickness increased to 35 nm. It can be also confirmed for each sample that there is no diffusion of Ni into the PEN layer, resulting in clear Ni/PEN interface and smooth Ni surface. Therefore, these experimental results indicate that Ni/PEN films can be expected as metal/insulator hybrid materials in QC devices, leading to novel high-density memory devices.     

Correlation between Post-LASIK Starburst Symptom and Ocular Wavefront Aberrations

Monochromatic aberrations in post laser in-situ keratomileusis （LASIK） eyes are measured. The data are categorized into reference group and starburst group according to the visual symptoms. Statistic analysis has been made to find the correlation between the ocular wavefront aberrations and the starburst symptom. The rms aberrations of the 3rd and 4th orders for the starburst group are significantly larger than those for the reference group. The starburst symptom shows a strong correlation with vertical coma, total coma, spherical aberrations. For 3-mm pupil size and 5.8-mm pupil size, the modulation transfer function （MTF） of the starburst group are lower than those of the reference group, but their visual acuities are close. MTF and PSF analyses are made for two groups, and the results are consistent with the statistical analysis, which means the difference between the two groups is mainly due to the third- and fourth-order Zernike aberrations.     

Surface morphology for ion-beam sputtered Al layer with varying sputtering conditions

We study the growth morphology of thin macrostructure films which is known to be largely affected by the deposition conditions as thin film nucleation and formation is dependent on the kinetic energy and chemical free energy of the atoms. The ion-beam sputtering technique used for depositing thin layers is due to the advantage over other techniques, e.g. the independent control of many process parameters, such as the pressure and/or the energy of the ion-beam and the substrate temperature. Therefore, the dependence of various sputtering parameters such as: (i) sputtering pressure and/or the rate of deposition and (ii) the effect of substrate temperature on the growth has been studied by depositing a single layer of Al. The variations show some interesting dependencies on the structural parameters for the Al layer deposited which has been understood in terms of thin film growth and nucleation theory.