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We use spatial spin separation by a magnetic focusing technique to probe the polarization of quantum point contacts. The point contacts are fabricated from p-type GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures. A finite polarization is measured in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. P. Rokhinson , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

Generation of ultrarelativistic polarized positrons during interaction of an ultrarelativistic electron beam with a counterpropagating two-color petawatt laser pulse is investigated theoretically. Our Monte Carlo simulation based on a…

We investigate the storage of light in atomic rubidium vapor using a multilevel-tripod scheme. In the system, two collective dark polariton modes exist, forming an effective spinor quasiparticle. Storage of light is performed by dynamically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-10-31 Leon Karpa , Frank Vewinger , Martin Weitz

The magnetic response of strongly localized electrons to a time-dependent vector potential is considered. The orbital magnetic moment of the system, away from steady-state conditions, is obtained. The expression involves the tunneling and…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Y. Galperin , O. Entin-Wohlman

Inter-modal coupling in photonic bandgap optical channels in magnetic films is used to leverage the transverse-electric (TE) to transverse-magnetic (TM) mode conversion due to the Faraday Effect. The underlying mechanism is traced to the…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miguel Levy , Rong Li

We demonstrate a convenient approach for simultaneously manipulating the amplitude and polarization of light beams by means of the modulation of the correlation structure. As an illustration, we constructed a periodic correlation structure…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-23 Shijun Zhu , Jing Wang , Zhenhua Li

A scheme is discussed for measuring Nth-order coherences of two orthogonally polarized light fields in a single spatial mode at very limited experimental cost. To implement the scheme, the only measurements needed are the Nth-order…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-05 Uwe Schilling , Joachim von Zanthier , Girish S. Agarwal

One can determine antiquark polarizations in proton using the information from deep inelastic scattering, $\beta$ decays of baryons, orbital angular momenta of quarks, as well as their integrated magnetic distributions. The last quantities…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-13 J. Bartelski , S. Tatur

Recent measurements on high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from N$_2$ aligned perpendicular to the driving laser polarization [B. K. McFarland {\it el al}, Science {\bf 322}, 1232 (2008)] have shown a maximum at the rotational…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Anh-Thu Le , R. R. Lucchese , C. D. Lin

Relativistic reconnection has been invoked as a mechanism for particle acceleration in numerous astrophysical systems. According to idealised analytical models reconnection produces a bulk relativistic outflow emerging from the reconnection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 Daniel Kagan , Ehud Nakar , Tsvi Piran

The polarization and orbital angular momentum properties of light are of great importance in optical science and technology in the fields of high precision optical measurements and high capacity and high speed optical communications. Here…

Understanding mechanisms of quantum ordering in strongly correlated systems remains a central challenge in condensed matter physics, with implications for designing novel quantum materials. Here, we investigate kinetic antiferromagnetism on…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-14 Johan Carlström

A moderately intense $450$ fs laser pulse is used to create rotational wave packets in gas phase $\rm{I_2}$ molecules. The ensuing time-dependent alignment, measured by Coulomb explosion imaging with a delayed probe pulse, exhibits the…

Resonance transitions between the Zeeman sublevels of optically-polarized Rb atoms traveling through a spatially periodic magnetic field are investigated in a radio-frequency (rf) range of sub-MHz. The atomic motion induces the resonance…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-10-21 Atsushi Hatakeyama

Magnetic nanoparticle based hyperthermia emerged as a potential tool for treating malignant tumours. The efficiency of the method relies on the knowledge of magnetic properties of the samples; in particular, knowledge of the frequency…

For precision atomic magnetometry, inert buffer gas is included in alkali-metal vapor cells to significantly broaden hyperfine transitions, which facilitates optical pumping and reduces diffusive relaxation, while also providing…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-02-12 M. E. Limes , J. Smoot , J. Perez , J. Freeman , C. Amano-Dolan , D. Peters , W. Lee

In this paper, using the database of the university of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory (UMRAO) at three (4.8 GHz, 8 GHZ, and 14.5 GHz) radio frequencies, we studied the polarization properties for 47 BL Lacertae objects(38 radio…

We observe the generation of high harmonics in the plane perpendicular to the driving laser polarization and show that these are driven by the spin-orbit interaction. Using R-Matrix with time-dependence theory, we demonstrate that for…

Visible-light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols within the boundary layer affect the radiance and polarization states of the radiation at the top of the atmosphere. Remote sensing from suborbital and satellite-based platforms utilizes these…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2021-06-07 Chenchong Zhang , William R. Heinson , Michael J. Garay , Olga Kalashnikova , Rajan K. Chakrabarty

A time orbiting potential trap confines neutral atoms in a rotating magnetic field. The rotation of the field can be useful for precision measurements, since it can average out some systematic effects. However, the field is more difficult…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 A. J. Fallon , C. A. Sackett