Pub Date : 2020-10-19DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.053121
S. V. Jensen, H. Iravani, L. Madsen
We show that two-color high-harmonic spectroscopy can reveal finite-size and edge-state-induced dynamic electron correlation effects in a generic nanostructured band-gap material. Compared to the response of a bulk sample, we demonstrate a significant correlation-induced increase in the efficiency of the generated signal over a wide range of frequencies by harnessing the power of these ultrafast many-electron dynamics.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-19DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVA.103.043101
E. B. Kolomeisky
The Coulomb explosion of an atomic gas steered by laser-controlled time-dependent charging can be modeled by a macroscopic system of identical charges whose number is not conserved. We show that such a system can evolve in the spatially homogeneous and isotropic fashion that mimics accelerating cosmic expansions. Specifically, for a constant rate of charge production, the resulting Friedmann-Coulomb equations have a stable fixed point corresponding to an analog of de Sitter space.
{"title":"Analog de Sitter space in a controlled Coulomb explosion","authors":"E. B. Kolomeisky","doi":"10.1103/PHYSREVA.103.043101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.103.043101","url":null,"abstract":"The Coulomb explosion of an atomic gas steered by laser-controlled time-dependent charging can be modeled by a macroscopic system of identical charges whose number is not conserved. We show that such a system can evolve in the spatially homogeneous and isotropic fashion that mimics accelerating cosmic expansions. Specifically, for a constant rate of charge production, the resulting Friedmann-Coulomb equations have a stable fixed point corresponding to an analog of de Sitter space.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86391677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-15DOI: 10.21468/SCIPOSTPHYS.10.3.052
Nikolaus Lorenz, Lorenzo Festa, Lea-Marina Steinert, C. Gross
Single neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers and laser-coupled to Rydberg states provide a fast and flexible platform to generate configurable atomic arrays for quantum simulation. The platform is especially suited to study quantum spin systems in various geometries. However, for experiments requiring continuous trapping, inhomogeneous light shifts induced by the trapping potential and temperature broadening impose severe limitations. Here we show how Raman sideband cooling allows one to overcome those limitations, thus, preparing the stage for Rydberg dressing in tweezer arrays.
{"title":"Raman sideband cooling in optical tweezer arrays for Rydberg dressing","authors":"Nikolaus Lorenz, Lorenzo Festa, Lea-Marina Steinert, C. Gross","doi":"10.21468/SCIPOSTPHYS.10.3.052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21468/SCIPOSTPHYS.10.3.052","url":null,"abstract":"Single neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers and laser-coupled to Rydberg states provide a fast and flexible platform to generate configurable atomic arrays for quantum simulation. The platform is especially suited to study quantum spin systems in various geometries. However, for experiments requiring continuous trapping, inhomogeneous light shifts induced by the trapping potential and temperature broadening impose severe limitations. Here we show how Raman sideband cooling allows one to overcome those limitations, thus, preparing the stage for Rydberg dressing in tweezer arrays.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75373093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-11DOI: 10.1103/physreva.102.062804
S. Trofymenko
Processes of K-shell ionization and accompanying characteristic x-ray radiation (CXR) by high-energy electrons moving through a multifoil copper target are considered. Expressions describing the main characteristics of these processes are derived. It is shown that the average K-shell ionization cross section in the target is not defined just by the target material and the electron energy, but also depends on the number of foils in the target, their thickness and separation between them. The corresponding CXR yield is therefore not unambiguously defined by the aggregated target thickness, but depends on the above parameters as well. It is demonstrated that the average K-shell ionization cross section in a multifoil target can be several times larger than the conventional cross section of this process without the density effect impact. This results in a considerable enhancement of CXR yield from the multifoil target compared to the case of electron incidence upon a single foil of the same aggregated thickness. Comparison of CXR yield in the considered case with the yields of some other types of x-ray emission in multifoil targets is made.
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