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We discuss a method to create two-dimensional traps as well as atomic shell, or bubble, states for a Bose-Einstein condensate initially prepared in a conventional magnetic trap. The scheme relies on the use of time-dependent, radio…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 O. Zobay , B. M. Garraway

Atomic scale characterization and manipulation with scanning probe microscopy rely upon the use of an atomically sharp probe. Here we present automated methods based on machine learning to automatically detect and recondition the quality of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-26 Mohammad Rashidi , Robert A. Wolkow

We detail a method for the preparation of atomic coherence in a high density atomic medium, utilising a coherent preparation scheme of gigahertz bandwidth pulses. A numerical simulation of the preparation scheme is developed, and its…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Paul Siddons , Charles S. Adams , Ifan G. Hughes

We analyze the performance of a protocol to prepare an atomic ensemble in a superposition of two macroscopically distinguishable states. The protocol relies on conditional measurements performed on a light field, which interacts with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-28 Anne E. B. Nielsen , Uffe V. Poulsen , Antonio Negretti , Klaus Molmer

Hydrogen as a fuel can be stored safely with high volumetric density in metals. It can, however, also be detrimental to metals causing embrittlement. Understanding fundamental behavior of hydrogen at atomic scale is key to improve the…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-05 Sytze de Graaf , Jamo Momand , Christoph Mitterbauer , Sorin Lazar , Bart J. Kooi

It is essential to know the arrangement of the atoms in a material in order to compute and understand its properties. Searching for stable structures of materials using first-principles electronic structure methods, such as density…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-17 Chris J. Pickard , R. J. Needs

Scanning tunneling microscopes (STM) are used extensively for studying and manipulating matter at the atomic scale. In spite of the critical role of the STM tip, the control of the atomic-scale shape of STM tips remains a poorly solved…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-11 Sumit Tewari , Koen M. Bastiaans , Milan P. Allan , Jan M. van Ruitenbeek

Carbon-supported nanoparticles have been used widely as efficient catalysts due to their enhanced surface-to-volume ratio. To investigate their structure-property relationships, acquiring 3D elemental distribution is highly required. Here,…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-11-23 Chanwon Jung , Hosun Jun , Kyuseon Jang , Se-Ho Kim , Pyuck-Pa Choi

We present a new analysis method for atomic resolution four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM, in which a diffraction pattern is collected at each point of a raster scan of a focused electron beam across the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-11 Yining Xie , Eoin Moynihan , Marin Alexe , Louis Piper , Ana Sanchez , Richard Beanland

The nature of the atomic defects on the hydrogen passivated Si (100) surface is analyzed using deep learning and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). A robust deep learning framework capable of identifying atomic species, defects, in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-19 Maxim Ziatdinov , Udi Fuchs , James H. G. Owen , John N. Randall , Sergei V. Kalinin

A newly constructed apparatus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is designed for the isolation, manipulation, and study of highly charged ions. Highly charged ions are produced in the NIST electron-beam ion trap…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-08-06 Nicholas D. Guise , Samuel M. Brewer , Joseph N. Tan

The coherence of quantum dot qubits fabricated in semiconductors is often limited by charge noise from defects in gate dielectrics, which are material- and process-dependent. Characterizing these defects is an important step towards…

Density matrix embedding theory (DMET) provides a theoretical framework to treat finite fragments in the presence of a surrounding molecular or bulk environment, even when there is significant correlation or entanglement between the two. In…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-11-29 Sebastian Wouters , Carlos A. Jiménez-Hoyos , Qiming Sun , Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

Generative AI models, such as score-based diffusion models, have recently advanced the field of computational materials science by enabling the generation of new materials with desired properties. In addition, these models could also be…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-06 Timo Reents , Arianna Cantarella , Marnik Bercx , Pietro Bonfà , Giovanni Pizzi

Electron transparent TEM lamella with unaltered microstructure and chemistry is the prerequisite for successful TEM explorations. Currently, TEM specimen preparation of quantum nanostructures, such as quantum dots (QDs), remains a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 Hongguang Wang , Vesna Srot , Bernhard Fenk , Gennadii Laskin , Jochen Mannhart , Peter A. van Aken

We present an advanced scanning probe microscopy system enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI-SPM) designed for self-driving atomic-scale measurements. This system expertly identifies and manipulates atomic positions with high…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Zhuo Diao , Keiichi Ueda , Linfeng Hou , Fengxuan Li , Hayato Yamashita , Masayuki Abe

Estimations of evaporation field values in atom probe tomography (APT) literature are sparse despite their importance in the reconstruction and data analysis process. This work describes a straightforward method for estimating the…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-06 Andrew P. Proudian , Jeramy D. Zimmerman

Formic acid is a promising liquid hydrogen carrier, but its catalytic decomposition requires both high activity and selectivity toward dehydrogenation. Here, we investigated the catalytic activity and selectivity of formic acid…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-10 Kazuma Sato , Norihito Sakaguchi , Yuji Kunisada

Simulating long-term mass diffusion kinetics with atomic precision is important to predict chemical and mechanical properties of alloys over time scales of engineering interest in applications, including (but not limited to) alloy heat…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-25 Shashank Saxena , Prateek Gupta , Dennis M. Kochmann

We present a technique for atomic density measurements by the off-resonant phase-shift induced on a two-frequency, coherently-synthesised light beam. We have used this scheme to measure the column density of a magnetically trapped atom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-19 M. Kohnen , P. G. Petrov , R. A. Nyman , E. A. Hinds