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We present a generalization of continuous position measurements that accounts for a spatially inhomogeneous measurement strength. This describes many real measurement scenarios, in which the rate at which information is extracted about…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Jonathan B. Mackrory , Kurt Jacobs , Daniel A. Steck

The complete measurement of the quantum state of two correlated photons requires reconstructing the amplitude and phase of the biphoton wavefunction. We show how, by means of spatially resolved single photon detection, one can infer the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-26 Nazanin Dehghan , Alessio D'Errico , Francesco Di Colandrea , Ebrahim Karimi

Spectroscopy is a powerful tool to probe physical, chemical, and biological systems. Recent advances in microfabrication have introduced novel, intriguing mesoscopic quantum systems including superconductor-semiconductor hybrid devices and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-04 J. Griesmar , R. H. Rodriguez , V. Benzoni , J. -D. Pillet , J. -L. Smirr , F. Lafont , Ç. Ö. Girit

In this paper we study the spontaneous emission spectra and the emission decay rates of a simplest atom system that exhibits sub- and superradiant properties: a system which consists of two artificial atoms (superconducting qubits) embedded…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-04 Ya. S. Greenberg , O. A. Chuikin

In this paper, we calculate the transmission and reflection amplitudes of wave functions for different potentials such as the delta function, the rectangular barrier, the Eckart potential, and the Hulthen potential. We describe the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-03 Tritos Ngampitipan , Petarpa Boonserm

Delineating the superconducting order parameters is a pivotal task in investigating superconductivity for probing pairing mechanisms, as well as their symmetry and topology. Point-contact Andreev reflection (PCAR) measurement is a simple…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-14 Dongik Lee , Valentin Stanev , Xiaohang Zhang , Mijeong Kang , Ichiro Takeuchi , Seunghun Lee

Phase-sensitive pump-probe hyperspectral imaging is a precise technique for absolute two-beam measurements of the optical Kerr coefficient ($n_2$). The irradiance profile is characterized and background effects are rejected by rastering the…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-14 J. K. Wahlstrand , C. D. Cruz

We present a new potential barrier that presents the phenomenon of superradiance when the reflection coefficient $R$ is greater than one. We calculated the transmission and reflection coefficients for three different regions. The results…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-11 Luis Puente , Carlos Cocha , Clara Rojas

The reflection spectrum of a probe light in a -type three-level atomic system coupled by an off-resonant standing-wave is investigated experimentally and theoretically. We show that the maximum value of reflection coefficient occurs when…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-24 Hai-Tao Zhou , Miao-jun Guo , Da-Wei Wang , Jun-Xiang Zhang , Shi-Yao Zhu

Many signals in Nature, technology and experiment have a multi-component structure. By spectral decomposition and projection on the eigenvectors of a family of unitary operators, a robust method is developed to decompose a signals in its…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Francoise Briolle , Ricardo Lima , Vladimir I. Man'ko , R. Vilela Mendes

Photons emitted from high-energy electron beam interactions with high-field systems, such as the upcoming FACET-II experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, may provide deep insight into the electron beam's underlying dynamics at…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 M. Yadav , M. H. Oruganti , B. Naranjo , G. Andonian , Ö. Apsimon , C. P. Welsch , J. B. Rosenzweig

New high-gradient accelerating RF cavities are nowadays developed in several national laboratories for high-energy physics applications. Ultra high gradients, up to the order of GV/m, can be achieved by using ultra compact accelerating…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-07-26 Mostafa Behtouei , Luigi Faillace , Mauro Migliorati , Luigi Palumbo , Bruno Spataro

We develop a general theoretical framework for computing the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect in ultrafast pump-probe setups, formulated within the Dynamical Projective Operatorial Approach (DPOA) and its application to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-22 Amir Eskandari-asl , Adolfo Avella

People are familiar with quantum mechanical reflection and transmission coefficient. In all those cases corresponding potentials are usually assumed as of constant height and depth. For the cases of varying potential, corresponding…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

Refraction deflects photons that pass through atmospheres, which affects transit light curves. Refraction thus provides an avenue to probe physical properties of exoplanet atmospheres and to constrain the presence of clouds and hazes. In…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 Dennis Alp , Brice-Olivier Demory

Electromagnetic interaction between a sub-wavelength particle (the `probe') and a material surface (the `sample') is studied theoretically. The interaction is shown to be governed by a series of resonances corresponding to surface polariton…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-11 B. -Y. Jiang , L. M. Zhang , A. H. Castro Neto , D. N. Basov , M. M. Fogler

We propose to employ an optical spectroscopy technique to monitor the superconductivity and properties of superconductors in the fluctuating regime. This technique is operational close to the plasmon resonance frequency of the material, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-26 V. M. Kovalev , I. G. Savenko

Recent experiments have shown rotation of the plane of polarization of light reflected from the surface of some superconductors. This indicates that time reversal and certain mirror symmetries are broken in the ordered phase. The photon…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-16 Robert Joynt , Wen-Chin Wu

Computational spectrometers are pivotal in enabling low-cost, in-situ and rapid spectral analysis, with potential applications in chemistry, biology, and environmental science. However, filter-based spectral encoding approaches typically…

Coherent control, a central concept in physics and chemistry, has sparked significant interest due to its ability to fine-tune interference effects in atoms and individual molecules for applications ranging from light-harvesting complexes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 Juan M. Scarpetta , Omar Calderón-Losada , Morten Hjorth-Jensen , John H. Reina