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Gimenez-Alventosa, V.; Gimenez, V.; Oliver, S. |
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PenRed: An extensible and parallel Monte-Carlo framework for radiation transport based on PENELOPE |
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2021 |
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Computer Physics Communications |
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Comput. Phys. Commun. |
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267 |
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108065 - 12pp |
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Radiation transport; Monte Carlo simulation; Electron-photon showers; Parallel computing; MPI; Medical physics |
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Monte Carlo methods provide detailed and accurate results for radiation transport simulations. Unfortunately, the high computational cost of these methods limits its usage in real-time applications. Moreover, existing computer codes do not provide a methodology for adapting these kinds of simulations to specific problems without advanced knowledge of the corresponding code system, and this restricts their applicability. To help solve these current limitations, we present PenRed, a general-purpose, standalone, extensible and modular framework code based on PENELOPE for parallel Monte Carlo simulations of electron-photon transport through matter. It has been implemented in C++ programming language and takes advantage of modern object-oriented technologies. In addition, PenRed offers the capability to read and process DICOM images as well as to construct and simulate image-based voxelized geometries, so as to facilitate its usage in medical applications. Our framework has been successfully verified against the original PENELOPE Fortran code. Furthermore, the implemented parallelism has been tested showing a significant improvement in the simulation time without any loss in precision of results. Program summary Program title: PenRed: Parallel Engine for Radiation Energy Deposition. CPC Library link to program files: https://doi .org /10 .17632/rkw6tvtngy.1 Licensing provision: GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL). Programming language: C++ standard 2011. Nature of problem: Monte Carlo simulations usually require a huge amount of computation time to achieve low statistical uncertainties. In addition, many applications necessitate particular characteristics or the extraction of specific quantities from the simulation. However, most available Monte Carlo codes do not provide an efficient parallel and truly modular structure which allows users to easily customise their code to suit their needs without an in-depth knowledge of the code system. Solution method: PenRed is a fully parallel, modular and customizable framework for Monte Carlo simulations of the passage of radiation through matter. It is based on the PENELOPE [1] code system, from which inherits its unique physics models and tracking algorithms for charged particles. PenRed has been coded in C++ following an object-oriented programming paradigm restricted to the C++11 standard. Our engine implements parallelism via a double approach: on the one hand, by using standard C++ threads for shared memory, improving the access and usage of the memory, and, on the other hand, via the MPI standard for distributed memory infrastructures. Notice that both kinds of parallelism can be combined together in the same simulation. Moreover, both threads and MPI processes, can be balanced using the builtin load balance system (RUPER-LB [30]) to maximise the performance on heterogeneous infrastructures. In addition, PenRed provides a modular structure with methods designed to easily extend its functionality. Thus, users can create their own independent modules to adapt our engine to their needs without changing the original modules. Furthermore, user extensions will take advantage of the builtin parallelism without any extra effort or knowledge of parallel programming. Additional comments including restrictions and unusual features: PenRed has been compiled in linux systems withg++ of GCC versions 4.8.5, 7.3.1, 8.3.1 and 9; clang version 3.4.2 and intel C++ compiler (icc) version 19.0.5.281. Since it is a C++11-standard compliant code, PenRed should be able to compile with any compiler with C++11 support. In addition, if the code is compiled without MPI support, it does not require any non standard library. To enable MPI capabilities, the user needs to install whatever available MPI implementation, such as openMPI [24] or mpich [25], which can be found in the repositories of any linux distribution. Finally, to provide DICOM processing support, PenRed can be optionally compiled using the dicom toolkit (dcmtk) [32] library. Thus, PenRed has only two optional dependencies, an MPI implementation and the dcmtk library. |
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[Gimenez-Alventosa, V] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Instrumentac Imagen Mol I3M, Ctr Mixto CSIC, Cami Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain, Email: vicent.gimenez@i3m.upv.es; |
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ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Cardillo, F.; Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Escobar, C.; Estrada Pastor, O.; Fiorini, L.; Fullana Torregrosa, E.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G.R.; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Lacasta, C.; Lozano Bahilo, J.J.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Martinez Agullo, P.; Miralles Lopez, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Navarro-Gonzalez, J.; Poveda, J.; Prades Ibañez, A.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Sabatini, P.; Salt, J.; Sayago Galvan, I.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M. |
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Measurements of sensor radiation damage in the ATLAS inner detector using leakage currents |
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2021 |
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Journal of Instrumentation |
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J. Instrum. |
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16 |
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8 |
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P08025 - 46pp |
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Radiation damage to detector materials (solid state); Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc) |
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Non-ionizing energy loss causes bulk damage to the silicon sensors of the ATLAS pixel and strip detectors. This damage has important implications for data-taking operations, charged-particle track reconstruction, detector simulations, and physics analysis. This paper presents simulations and measurements of the leakage current in the ATLAS pixel detector and semiconductor tracker as a function of location in the detector and time, using data collected in Run 1 (2010-2012) and Run 2 (2015-2018) of the Large Hadron Collider. The extracted fluence shows a much stronger vertical bar z vertical bar-dependence in the innermost layers than is seen in simulation. Furthermore, the overall fluence on the second innermost layer is significantly higher than in simulation, with better agreement in layers at higher radii. These measurements are important for validating the simulation models and can be used in part to justify safety factors for future detector designs and interventions. |
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[Duvnjak, D.; Jackson, P.; Kong, A. X. Y.; Oliver, J. L.; Ruggeri, T. A.; Sharma, A. S.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Garcia Martin, L.M.; Henry, L.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Remon Alepuz, C.; Ruiz Vidal, J.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C. |
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Measurement of Upsilon production in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV |
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2018 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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134 - 27pp |
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Quarkonium; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); QCD |
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The production cross-sections of Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) mesons in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV are measured with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 277 +/- 11 pb(-1) recorded by the LHCb experiment in 2015. The Upsilon mesons are reconstructed in the decay mode Upsilon -> mu(+)mu(-). The differential production cross-sections times the dimuon branching fractions are measured as a function of the Upsilon transverse momentum, p(T) , and rapidity, y, over the range 0 < p(T) < 30 GeV/c and 2.0 < y < 4.5. The ratios of the cross-sections with respect to the LHCb measurement at root s = 8 TeV are also determined. The measurements are compared with theoretical predictions based on NRQCD. |
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[Bediaga, I; Cruz Torres, M.; De Miranda, J. M.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; Molina Rodriguez, J.; dos Reis, A. C.; Soares Lavra, I; Tourinho Jadallah Aoude, R.] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Vento, V. |
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Skyrmions at high density |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters |
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Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. |
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15 |
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4 |
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367-370 |
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quark; pion; skyrmion; dilation |
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The phase diagram of quantum chromodynamics is conjectured to have a rich structure containing at least three forms of matter: hadronic nuclear matter, quarkyonic matter and quark gluon plasma. We describe its formulation in terms of Skyrme crystals and justify the origin of the quarkyonic phase transition in a chiral-quark model. |
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[Vento, V.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor IFIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, Email: vicente.vento@uv.es |
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WOS:000437770100006 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Bruschini, R.; Gonzalez, R. |
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A plausible explanation of Upsilon(10860) |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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791 |
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409-413 |
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Quark; Meson; Potential |
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We show that a good description of the Upsilon(10860) properties, in particular the mass, the e(+) e(-) leptonic widths and the pi(+) pi(-) Upsilon(ns) (n = 1, 2, 3) production rates, can be obtained under the assumption that Upsilon(10860) is a mixing of the conventional Upsilon(5s) quark model state with the lowest P-wave hybrid state. |
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[Bruschini, R.; Gonzalez, R.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Dept Fis Teor, Carrer Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, Email: roberto.bruschini@ific.uv.es; |
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WOS:000462321800059 |
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Angles-Castillo, A.; Perez, A.; Roldan, E. |
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Bright and dark solitons in a photonic nonlinear quantum walk: lessons from the continuum |
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2024 |
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New Journal of Physics |
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New J. Phys. |
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26 |
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2 |
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023004 - 16pp |
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quantum walks; soliton; non-linear optics |
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We propose a nonlinear quantum walk model inspired in a photonic implementation in which the polarization state of the light field plays the role of the coin-qubit. In particular, we take profit of the nonlinear polarization rotation occurring in optical media with Kerr nonlinearity, which allows to implement a nonlinear coin operator, one that depends on the state of the coin-qubit. We consider the space-time continuum limit of the evolution equation, which takes the form of a nonlinear Dirac equation. The analysis of this continuum limit allows us to gain some insight into the existence of different solitonic structures, such as bright and dark solitons. We illustrate several properties of these solitons with numerical calculations, including the effect on them of an additional phase simulating an external electric field. |
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[Angles-Castillo, Andreu; Perez, Armando] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor & IFIC, CSIC, Burjassot 46100, Valencia, Spain, Email: andreu.angles-castillo@uv.es |
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WOS:001156767400001 |
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Jay, G.; Arnault, P.; Debbasch, F. |
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Dirac quantum walks with conserved angular momentum |
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2021 |
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Quantum Studies-Mathematics and Foundations |
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Quantum Stud. Math. Found. |
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8 |
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419-430 |
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Quantum walks; Quantum simulation; Lattice field theory |
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A quantum walk (QW) simulating the flat (1+2)D Dirac equation on a spatial polar grid is constructed. Because fermions are represented by spinors, which do not constitute a representation of the rotation group SO(3), but rather of its double cover SU(2), the QW can only be defined globally on an extended spacetime where the polar angle extends from 0 to 4 pi. The coupling of the QW with arbitrary electromagnetic fields is also presented. Finally, the cylindrical relativistic Landau levels of the Dirac equation are computed explicitly and simulated by the QW. |
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[Jay, Gareth] Univ Western Australia, Phys Dept, Perth, WA 6009, Australia, Email: gareth.jay@uwa.edu.au; |
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Nzongani, U.; Zylberman, J.; Doncecchi, C.E.; Perez, A.; Debbasch, F.; Arnault, P. |
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Quantum circuits for discrete-time quantum walks with position-dependent coin operator |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Quantum Information Processing |
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Quantum Inf. Process. |
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22 |
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7 |
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270 - 46pp |
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Quantum walks; Quantum circuits; Quantum simulation |
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The aim of this paper is to build quantum circuits that implement discrete-time quantum walks having an arbitrary position-dependent coin operator. The position of the walker is encoded in base 2: with n wires, each corresponding to one qubit, we encode 2(n) position states. The data necessary to define an arbitrary position-dependent coin operator is therefore exponential in n. Hence, the exponentiality will necessarily appear somewhere in our circuits. We first propose a circuit implementing the position-dependent coin operator, that is naive, in the sense that it has exponential depth and implements sequentially all appropriate position-dependent coin operators. We then propose a circuit that “transfers” all the depth into ancillae, yielding a final depth that is linear in n at the cost of an exponential number of ancillae. Themain idea of this linear-depth circuit is to implement in parallel all coin operators at the different positions. Reducing the depth exponentially at the cost of having an exponential number of ancillae is a goal which has already been achieved for the problem of loading classical data on a quantum circuit (Araujo in Sci Rep 11:6329, 2021) (notice that such a circuit can be used to load the initial state of the walker). Here, we achieve this goal for the problem of applying a position-dependent coin operator in a discrete-time quantum walk. Finally, we extend the result of Welch (New J Phys 16:033040, 2014) from position-dependent unitaries which are diagonal in the position basis to position-dependent 2 x 2-block-diagonal unitaries: indeed, we show that for a position dependence of the coin operator (the block-diagonal unitary) which is smooth enough, one can find an efficient quantum-circuit implementation approximating the coin operator up to an error epsilon (in terms of the spectral norm), the depth and size of which scale as O(1/epsilon). A typical application of the efficient implementation would be the quantum simulation of a relativistic spin-1/2 particle on a lattice, coupled to a smooth external gauge field; notice that recently, quantum spatial-search schemes have been developed which use gauge fields as the oracle, to mark the vertex to be found (Zylberman in Entropy 23:1441, 2021), (Fredon arXiv:2210.13920). A typical application of the linear-depth circuit would be when there is spatial noise on the coin operator (and hence a non-smooth dependence in the position). |
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[Nzongani, Ugo; Doncecchi, Carlo-Elia; Arnault, Pablo] Univ Paris Saclay, CNRS, INRIA, Lab Methodes Formelles,ENS Paris Saclay, F-91190 Gif Sur Yvette, France, Email: ugo.nzongani@universite-paris-saclay.fr; |
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Araujo Filho, A.A.; Hassanabadi, H.; Reis, J.A.A.S.; Lisboa-Santos, L. |
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Thermodynamics of a quantum ring modified by Lorentz violation |
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2023 |
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Physica Scripta |
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Phys. Scr. |
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98 |
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6 |
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065943 - 13pp |
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quantum ring; thermodynamic properties; Lorentz violation |
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In this work, we investigate the consequences of Lorentz-violating terms in the thermodynamic properties of a 1-dimensional quantum ring. In particular, we use the ensemble theory to obtain our results of interest. The thermodynamic functions as well as the spin currents are calculated as a function of the temperature. We observe that parameter xi, which triggers the Lorentz symmetry breaking, plays a major role in low temperature regime. Finally, depending on the configuration of the system, electrons can rotate in two different directions: clockwise and counterclockwise. |
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[Araujo Filho, A. A.] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixto, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: dilto@fisica.ufc.br; |
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Biagi, N.; Francesconi, S.; Gessner, M.; Bellini, M.; Zavatta, A. |
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Remote Phase Sensing by Coherent Single Photon Addition |
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2022 |
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Advanced Quantum Technologies |
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Adv. Quantum Technol. |
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5 |
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12 |
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2200039 - 9pp |
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quantum optics; quantum state engineering; remote quantum sensing |
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A remote phase sensing scheme is proposed, inspired by the high sensitivity of the entanglement produced by coherent multimode photon addition on the phase set in the remote heralding apparatus. By exploring the case of delocalized photon addition over two modes containing identical coherent states, the optimal observable to perform remote phase estimation from heralded quadrature measurements is derived. The technique is experimentally tested with calibration measurements and then used for estimating a remote phase with a sensitivity that is found to scale with the intensity of the local coherent states, which never interacted with the sample. |
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[Biagi, Nicola; Francesconi, Saverio; Bellini, Marco; Zavatta, Alessandro] Ist Nazl Ott CNR INO, Lgo E Fermi 6, I-50125 Florence, Italy, Email: marco.bellini@ino.cnr.it; |
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