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Thermal Conductivity Of The N = 1-5 And 10 Members Of The (Srtio₃)ₙsro Ruddlesden-Popper Superlattices, Natalie M. Dawley, Ella K. Pek, Che Hui Lee, Eugene J. Ragasa, Xue Xiong, Kiyoung Lee, Simon R. Phillpot, Aleksandr V. Chernatynskiy, David G. Cahill, Darrell G. Schlom Mar 2021

Thermal Conductivity Of The N = 1-5 And 10 Members Of The (Srtio₃)ₙsro Ruddlesden-Popper Superlattices, Natalie M. Dawley, Ella K. Pek, Che Hui Lee, Eugene J. Ragasa, Xue Xiong, Kiyoung Lee, Simon R. Phillpot, Aleksandr V. Chernatynskiy, David G. Cahill, Darrell G. Schlom

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Unlike many superlattice structures, Ruddlesden-Popper phases have atomically abrupt interfaces useful for interrogating how periodic atomic layers affect thermal properties. Here, we measure the thermal conductivity in thin films of the n = 1-5 and 10 members of the (SrTiO3)nSrO Ruddlesden-Popper superlattices grown by molecular-beam epitaxy and compare the results to a single crystal of the n = 1 Ruddlesden-Popper SrLaAlO4. The thermal conductivity cross-plane to the superlattice layering (k33) is measured using time-domain thermoreflectance as a function of temperature and the results are compared to first-principles calculations. The thermal conductivity of …


Polaron Problems In Ultracold Atoms: Role Of A Fermi Sea Across Different Spatial Dimensions And Quantum Fluctuations Of A Bose Medium, Hiroyuki Tajima, Junichi Takahashi, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Eiji Nakano, Kei Iida Mar 2021

Polaron Problems In Ultracold Atoms: Role Of A Fermi Sea Across Different Spatial Dimensions And Quantum Fluctuations Of A Bose Medium, Hiroyuki Tajima, Junichi Takahashi, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Eiji Nakano, Kei Iida

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The Notion Of A Polaron, Originally Introduced In The Context Of Electrons In Ionic Lattices, Helps Us To Understand How A Quantum Impurity Behaves When Being Immersed In And Interacting With A Many-Body Background. We Discuss The Impact Of The Impurities On The Medium Particles By Considering Feedback Effects From Polarons That Can Be Realized In Ultracold Quantum Gas Experiments. In Particular, We Exemplify The Modifications Of The Medium In The Presence Of Either Fermi Or Bose Polarons. Regarding Fermi Polarons We Present A Corresponding Many-Body Diagrammatic Approach Operating At Finite Temperatures And Discuss How Mediated Two-And Three-Body Interactions Are …


Entangling Lattice-Trapped Bosons With A Free Impurity: Impact On Stationary And Dynamical Properties, Maxim Pyzh, Kevin Keiler, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Peter Schmelcher Mar 2021

Entangling Lattice-Trapped Bosons With A Free Impurity: Impact On Stationary And Dynamical Properties, Maxim Pyzh, Kevin Keiler, Simeon I. Mistakidis, Peter Schmelcher

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We Address The Interplay Of Few Lattice Trapped Bosons Interacting With An Impurity Atom In A Box Potential. For The Ground State, A Classification Is Performed Based On The Fidelity Allowing To Quantify The Susceptibility Of The Composite System To Structural Changes Due To The Intercomponent Coupling. We Analyze The Overall Response At The Many-Body Level And Contrast It To The Single-Particle Level. By Inspecting Different Entropy Measures We Capture The Degree Of Entanglement And Intraspecies Correlations For A Wide Range Of Intra- And Intercomponent Interactions And Lattice Depths. We Also Spatially Resolve The Imprint Of The Entanglement On The …


Pattern Formation Of Correlated Impurities Subjected To An Impurity-Medium Interaction Pulse, G. Bougas, Simeon I. Mistakidis, P. Schmelcher Feb 2021

Pattern Formation Of Correlated Impurities Subjected To An Impurity-Medium Interaction Pulse, G. Bougas, Simeon I. Mistakidis, P. Schmelcher

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We Study The Correlated Dynamics Of Few Interacting Bosonic Impurities Immersed In A One-Dimensional Harmonically Trapped Bosonic Environment. The Mixture Is Exposed To A Time-Dependent Impurity-Medium Interaction Pulse Moving It Across The Relevant Phase-Separation Boundary. For Modulation Frequencies Smaller Than The Trapping One, The System Successively Transits Through The Miscible And Immiscible Phases According To The Driving Of The Impurity-Medium Interactions. For Strong Modulations, And Driving From The Miscible To The Immiscible Regime, A Significant Fraction Of The Impurities Is Expelled To The Edges Of The Bath. They Exhibit A Strong Localization Behavior And Tend To Equilibrate. Following The Reverse …


On-Demand Generation Of Dark Soliton Trains In Bose-Einstein Condensates, A. Romero-Ros, Garyfallia C. Katsimiga, P. G. Kevrekidis, B. Prinari, G. Biondini, P. Schmelcher Feb 2021

On-Demand Generation Of Dark Soliton Trains In Bose-Einstein Condensates, A. Romero-Ros, Garyfallia C. Katsimiga, P. G. Kevrekidis, B. Prinari, G. Biondini, P. Schmelcher

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Matter-wave interference mechanisms in one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates that allow for the controlled generation of dark soliton trains upon choosing suitable box-type initial configurations are described. First, the direct scattering problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nonzero boundary conditions and general box-type initial configurations is discussed, and expressions for the discrete spectrum corresponding to the dark soliton excitations generated by the dynamics are obtained. It is found that the size of the initial box directly affects the number, size and velocity of the solitons, while the initial phase determines the parity of the solutions. The analytical results obtained for …


Using Circular Dichroism To Control Energy Transfer In Multiphoton Ionization, A. H. N. C. De Silva, D. Atri-Schuller, Daniel Fischer, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website. Jan 2021

Using Circular Dichroism To Control Energy Transfer In Multiphoton Ionization, A. H. N. C. De Silva, D. Atri-Schuller, Daniel Fischer, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.

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Chirality causes symmetry breaks in a large variety of natural phenomena ranging from particlephysics to biochemistry. We investigate one of the simplest conceivable chiral systems, a laser-excited, oriented, effective one-electron Li target. Prepared in a polarized p state with |m|= 1 in an optical trap, the atoms are exposed to co- and counterrotating circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses. For a field frequency near the excitation energy of the oriented initial state, a strongcircular dichroism is observed and the photoelectron energies are significantly affected by the helicity-dependent Autler-Townes splitting. Besides its fundamental relevance, this system is suited to create spin-polarized electron …


Open Data From The First And Second Observing Runs Of Advanced Ligo And Advanced Virgo, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, Marco Cavaglia, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website. Jan 2021

Open Data From The First And Second Observing Runs Of Advanced Ligo And Advanced Virgo, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, Marco Cavaglia, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.

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Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo are monitoring the sky and collecting gravitational-wave strain data with sufficient sensitivity to detect signals routinely. In this paper we describe the data recorded by these instruments during their first and second observing runs. The main data products are gravitational-wave strain time series sampled at 16384 Hz. The datasets that include this strain measurement can be freely accessed through the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center at http://gw-openscience.org, together with data-quality information essential for the analysis of LIGO and Virgo data, documentation, tutorials, and supporting software.


Laser-Induced Electron Diffraction Of The Ultrafast Umbrella Motion In Ammonia, B. Belsa, K. Amini, X. Liu, A. Sanchez, J. Steinmetzer, Anh-Thu Le, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website. Jan 2021

Laser-Induced Electron Diffraction Of The Ultrafast Umbrella Motion In Ammonia, B. Belsa, K. Amini, X. Liu, A. Sanchez, J. Steinmetzer, Anh-Thu Le, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.

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Visualizing molecular transformations in real-time requires a structural retrieval method with Ångström spatial and femtosecond temporal atomic resolution. Imaging of hydrogen-containing molecules additionally requires an imaging method sensitive to the atomic positions of hydrogen nuclei, with most methods possessing relatively low sensitivity to hydrogen scattering. Laser-induced electron diffraction (LIED) is a table-top technique that can image ultrafast structural changes of gas-phase polyatomic molecules with sub-Ångström and femtosecond spatiotemporal resolution together with relatively high sensitivity to hydrogen scattering. Here, we image the umbrella motion of an isolated ammonia molecule (NH3) following its strong-field ionization. Upon ionization of a neutral ammonia molecule, …


Phase Diagram, Stability And Magnetic Properties Of Nonlinear Excitations In Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates, Garyfallia Katsimiga, Simeon I. Mistakidis, P. Schmelcher, P. G. Kevrekidis Jan 2021

Phase Diagram, Stability And Magnetic Properties Of Nonlinear Excitations In Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates, Garyfallia Katsimiga, Simeon I. Mistakidis, P. Schmelcher, P. G. Kevrekidis

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We Present The Phase Diagram, The Underlying Stability And Magnetic Properties As Well As The Dynamics Of Nonlinear Solitary Wave Excitations Arising In The Distinct Phases Of A Harmonically Confined Spinor F = 1 Bose-Einstein Condensate. Particularly, It Is Found That Nonlinear Excitations In The Form Of Dark-Dark-Bright Solitons Exist In The Antiferromagnetic And In The Easy-Axis Phase Of A Spinor Gas, Being Generally Unstable In The Former While Possessing Stability Intervals In The Latter Phase. Dark-Bright-Bright Solitons Can Be Realized In The Polar And The Easy-Plane Phases As Unstable And Stable Configurations Respectively; The Latter Phase Can Also Feature …