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We propose a feasible experimental scheme to improve the few-photon optomechanical effects, including photon blockade and mechanical-Schrodinger cat-state generation, as well as photon-phonon entanglement in a tripartite microwave…

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Magneto-optical Kerr effect, normally found in magnetic materials with nonzero magnetization such as ferromagnets and ferrimagnets, has been known for more than a century. Here, using first-principles density functional theory, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-11-04 Wanxiang Feng , Guang-Yu Guo , Jian Zhou , Yugui Yao , Qian Niu

Present protocols for obtaining the ultimate magnetic sensitivity of optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) utilizing alkali-metal ensembles rely on uncorrelated atoms in stretched states. A new approach for calculating the spin projection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 K. Mouloudakis , V. Koutrouli , I. K. Kominis , M. W. Mitchell , G. Vasilakis

Magneto-optical response, i.e. optical response in the presence of a magnetic field, is commonly used for characterization of materials and in optical communications. However, quantum mechanical description of electric and magnetic fields…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-18 Irina V. Lebedeva , David A. Strubbe , Ilya V. Tokatly , Angel Rubio

We present a linear-response formalism for a system of correlated electrons out of equilibrium, as relevant for the probe optical absorption in pump-probe experiments. We consider the time dependent optical conductivity $\sigma(\omega,t)$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-04-04 Zala Lenarčič , Denis Golež , Janez Bonča , Peter Prelovšek

Quantum entanglement is a crucial resource in quantum technologies, enabling advancements in quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum precision measurement. Here, we propose a method to enhance optomechanical entanglement by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-19 Yan Li , Cheng Liu , Yu-Hong Liu , Yue-Hui Zhou , Jie-Qiao Liao

A new non-perturbative framework for many-body correlated systems is formulated by extending the operator projection method (OPM). This method offers a systematic expansion which enables us to project into the low-energy structure after…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Shigeki Onoda , Masatoshi Imada

We uncover a previously overlooked contribution to the electro-optic Kerr rotation of reflected light, arising from the interplay of matter, the static electric field, and the magnetic component of light. This contribution remains nonzero…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-20 Erlend Syljuåsen , Alireza Qaiumzadeh , Rembert A. Duine , Arne Brataas

To address the demands in healthcare and industrial settings for spatially resolved magnetic imaging, we present a modular optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) system comprising a multi-sensor array of highly sensitive quantum magnetometers.…

In modern technology, the optical readout of magnetic information is conventionally achieved by the magneto-optical Kerr effect, i.e., the polarization rotation of reflected light. The Kerr rotation is sensitive to time-reversal symmetry…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-21 H. Yoshimochi , K. Yoshida , R. Oiwa , T. Nomoto , N. D. Khanh , A. Kitaori , R. Takagi , R. Arita , S. Seki

Using the model of parametric interaction based on the spatio-spectral Schmidt modes and generalized parametric approximation, we analyze coherence and mode structure of ultra-intense twin beams generated in the regime with pump depletion.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-26 Jan Perina

Magneto-optical effect is a fundamental but broad concept in magnetic mediums. Here we propose a scheme for its quantum emulation using ultracold atoms. By representing the light-medium interaction in the quantum-emulation manner, the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-02-17 Zhen Zheng , Z. D. Wang

We present an optical Kerr effect based time-gate with the collinear incidence of the pump and probe beams at the Kerr medium, liquid carbon disulfide, for ballistic imaging of the high-pressure fuel sprays. The probe pulse used to…

Optics · Physics 2015-02-12 Harsh Purwar , Saïd Idlahcen , Claude Rozé , Jean-Bernard Blaisot

We consider the time delay of interfering single photons oppositely traveling in the Kerr metric of a rotating massive object. Classically, the time delay shows up as a phase difference between coherent sources of light. In quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-14 Sebastian P. Kish , Timothy C. Ralph

We determine the exact time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy for a nesting driven charge-density-wave (described by the spinless Falicov-Kimball model within dynamical mean-field theory). The pump-probe experiment involves two light…

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The transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect (TMOKE) in magnetite-based magneto-plasmonic crystals is studied experimentally and theoretically. We analyze angle-resolved TMOKE spectra from two types of structures where noble metallic stripes…

Recent advances in nanophotonics have demonstrated that various optical resonances in nanostructures can achieve strong field confinement with substantially suppressed scattering. This study investigates the optical Kerr effect (OKE)…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-10 Andrey V. Panov

We present a compact \textit{in-situ} electromagnet with an active cooling system for the use in ultra-high vacuum environments. The active cooling enhances the thermal stability and increases the electric current that can be applied…

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We report a joint theoretical and experimental study focused on understanding the optical and magneto-optical properties of Co-based full-Heusler compounds. We show that magneto-optical spectra calculated within ab-initio density functional…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Ricci , S. Picozzi , A. Continenza , F. D'Orazio , F. Lucari , K. Westerholt , M. Kim , A. J. Freeman

We propose a novel method to enhance the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect (TMOKE) in the magneto-plasmonic (MP) nanostructures by means of the active dielectric layer. We report the theoretical analysis of the magnetoplasmonic…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-03 Olga Borovkova , Andrey Kalish , Vladimir Belotelov