{"title":"Entanglement dynamics of two non-Hermitian qubits","authors":"Yi-Xi Zhang, Zhen-Tao Zhang, Xiao-Zhi Wei, Bao-Long Liang, Feng Mei, Zhen-Shan Yang","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad34a0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad34a0","url":null,"abstract":"The evolution of entanglement in a non-Hermitian quantum system may behave differently compared to its Hermitian counterpart. In this paper, we investigate the entanglement dynamics of two coupled and driven non-Hermitian qubits. Through calculating the concurrence of the system, we find that the evolution of the bipartite entanglement manifests two distinct patterns in the parameter space. In the low non-Hermiticity regime, the concurrence oscillates significantly, while in the opposite regime the same quantity would trend to a stable value. We attribute this phenomenon to parity-time (<inline-formula>\u0000<tex-math><?CDATA $ mathcal{PT}$?></tex-math>\u0000<mml:math overflow=\"scroll\"><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>PT</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math>\u0000<inline-graphic xlink:href=\"bad34a0ieqn1.gif\" xlink:type=\"simple\"></inline-graphic>\u0000</inline-formula>) symmetry phase transition. We also study the effect of decoherence on the entanglement dynamics. Our work provides a method to stabilize entanglement by exploiting non-Hermiticity.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140316248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Derivation of Miller's rule for the nonlinear optical susceptibility of a quantum anharmonic oscillator","authors":"Maximilian Tim Meyer, A. Schindlmayr","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad369c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad369c","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Miller's rule is an empirical relation between the nonlinear and linear optical coefficients that applies to a large class of materials but has only been rigorously derived for the classical Lorentz model with a weak anharmonic perturbation. In this work, we extend the proof and present a detailed derivation of Miller's rule for an equivalent quantum-mechanical anharmonic oscillator. For this purpose, the classical concept of velocity-dependent damping inherent to the Lorentz model is replaced by an adiabatic switch-on of the external electric field, which allows a unified treatment of the classical and quantum-mechanical systems using identical potentials and fields. Although the dynamics of the resulting charge oscillations, and hence the induced polarizations, deviate due to the finite zero-point motion in the quantum-mechanical framework, we find that Miller's rule is nevertheless identical in both cases up to terms of first order in the anharmonicity. With a view to practical applications, especially in the context of ab initio calculations for the optical response where adiabatically switched-on fields are widely assumed, we demonstrate that a correct treatment of finite broadening parameters is essential to avoid spurious errors that may falsely suggest a violation of Miller's rule, and we illustrate this point by means of a numerical example.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140223587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Chintalwad, S Krishnamurthy, S Ghosh, C P Ridgers, B Ramakrishna
{"title":"Enhanced positron acceleration driven by femto-second laser pulses irradiating structured targets","authors":"S Chintalwad, S Krishnamurthy, S Ghosh, C P Ridgers, B Ramakrishna","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad31b1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad31b1","url":null,"abstract":"We have proposed a compact scheme for generating high-density and high-energy positrons by irradiating different shaped targets with an ultra-intense laser pulse, using 2D particle-in-cell simulations and numerical analysis. Our simulations show that the Breit–Wheeler process dominates positron production during laser-target interaction when a laser with an intensity of <inline-formula>\u0000<tex-math><?CDATA $4 times 10^{23}~mathrm{W,cm}^{-2}$?></tex-math>\u0000<mml:math overflow=\"scroll\"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:mo>×</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mn>10</mml:mn><mml:mrow><mml:mn>23</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">W</mml:mi><mml:mstyle scriptlevel=\"0\"></mml:mstyle><mml:mi>cm</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>\u0000<inline-graphic xlink:href=\"bad31b1ieqn1.gif\" xlink:type=\"simple\"></inline-graphic>\u0000</inline-formula> is used. We obtain a positron beam with an energy of 2.5 GeV and a total number exceeding 10<sup>9</sup>, which is an improvement by two orders of magnitude compared to previous work with the same laser intensity. By using different shaped targets, we are able to generate a high-energy positron beam with low divergence. The yield of positron pairs depends on both the target and the laser parameters, and we have investigated how the shape of the target can enhance pair production and reduce divergence. Both of our analytical and simulation results demonstrate that this high-flux and low-divergence positron beam has direct applications in the field of medical and astro-physics that can be explored in the upcoming high intensity laser facilities.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140316182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B Ardini, F Richter, L Uboldi, P Cinquegrana, M Danailov, A Demidovich, S D Ganeshamandiram, S Hartweg, G Kurdi, F Landmesser, M Michelbach, A Ngai, I Nikolov, N Rendler, F Stienkemeier, D Uhl, L Bruder, G Cerullo, C Manzoni
{"title":"Generation of interferometrically stable pulse pairs from a free-electron laser using a birefringent interferometer","authors":"B Ardini, F Richter, L Uboldi, P Cinquegrana, M Danailov, A Demidovich, S D Ganeshamandiram, S Hartweg, G Kurdi, F Landmesser, M Michelbach, A Ngai, I Nikolov, N Rendler, F Stienkemeier, D Uhl, L Bruder, G Cerullo, C Manzoni","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad2e2d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad2e2d","url":null,"abstract":"We present a compact, intrinsically stable common path interferometer for the seeding of free-electron lasers (FELs). The interferometer can handle the required ultraviolet seed wavelengths and features an excellent phase stability of 10 mrad at 265 nm. By seeding the FEL FERMI, we demonstrate the generation of extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulse pairs with tunable delay and a delay stability of 6 as at 52.5 nm. Prospective applications are Fourier transform spectroscopy, nonlinear spectroscopy and coherent control experiments in the XUV and x-ray domain.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140316247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Imagining density distribution of molecular orbitals in IR+XUV co-rotating circular laser fields by frequency-domain theory","authors":"Yu-Hong Li, Facheng Jin, Yujun Yang, Fei Li, Ying-Chun Guo, Zhi-Yi Wei, Jing Chen, Xiaojun Liu, Bingbing Wang","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad31b0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad31b0","url":null,"abstract":"We have investigated the angle-resolved ATI spectrum of oriented molecules in the IR+XUV co-rotating circular laser fields. According to the different roles of IR and XUV laser in the ionization process, we purposefully adjust the photon energy of XUV and the intensity of IR laser to make the ionization spectrum of the molecule distributed in a suitable momentum region. Moreover, under the same laser conditions, the background fringes in the ionization spectrum of the molecule can be removed by using the ionization spectrum of the atom with the same ionization energy as the molecule, so that the molecular orbital density distribution in the suitable momentum region can be obtained. That is, for any unknown molecule, as long as the ionization energy of the molecule can be measured, the density distribution of the molecular orbital can be imaged in a definite momentum region by adjusting the laser field conditions, which may shed light on the experimental detection of molecular orbitals.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140316079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modulation transfer spectroscopy of the D1 transition of potassium: theory and experiment","authors":"A D Innes, P Majumder, H R Noh, S L Cornish","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad31af","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad31af","url":null,"abstract":"We report on a study of modulation transfer spectroscopy of the <inline-formula>\u0000<tex-math><?CDATA $4textrm{S}_{1/2}rightarrow 4textrm{P}_{1/2}$?></tex-math>\u0000<mml:math overflow=\"scroll\"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:msub><mml:mtext>S</mml:mtext><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mrow><mml:mo>/</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">→</mml:mo><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:msub><mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext><mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mrow><mml:mo>/</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>\u0000<inline-graphic xlink:href=\"bad31afieqn2.gif\" xlink:type=\"simple\"></inline-graphic>\u0000</inline-formula> (D<sub>1</sub>) transition of naturally abundant potassium in a room-temperature vapour cell. This transition is critical for laser cooling and optical pumping of potassium and our study is therefore motivated by the need for robust laser frequency stabilisation. Despite the absence of a closed transition, the small ground-state hyperfine splitting in potassium results in strong crossover features in the D<sub>1</sub> modulation transfer spectrum. To emphasise this we compare the D<sub>1</sub> and D<sub>2</sub> spectra of potassium with those of rubidium. Further, we compare our experimental results with a detailed theoretical simulation, examining different pump–probe polarisation configurations to identify the optimal signals for laser frequency stabilisation. We find good agreement between the experiment and the theory, especially for the <inline-formula>\u0000<tex-math><?CDATA $textrm{lin} parallel textrm{lin}$?></tex-math>\u0000<mml:math overflow=\"scroll\"><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>lin</mml:mtext><mml:mo>∥</mml:mo><mml:mtext>lin</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>\u0000<inline-graphic xlink:href=\"bad31afieqn3.gif\" xlink:type=\"simple\"></inline-graphic>\u0000</inline-formula> polarisation configuration.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140316082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantum optics in MATLAB","authors":"Nilakantha Meher","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad2e2f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad2e2f","url":null,"abstract":"We provide a MATLAB numerical guide at the beginner level to support students starting their research careers in theoretical quantum optics and related areas. These resources are also valuable for undergraduate and graduate students working on semester projects in similar fields.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140316180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Charge exchange of slow highly charged ions from an electron beam ion trap with surfaces and 2D materials","authors":"A Niggas, M Werl, F Aumayr, R A Wilhelm","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad2e2a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad2e2a","url":null,"abstract":"Electron beam ion traps allow studies of slow highly charged ion transmission through freestanding 2D materials as an universal testbed for surface science under extreme conditions. Here we review recent studies on charge exchange of highly charged ions in 2D materials. Since the interaction time with these atomically thin materials is limited to only a few femtoseconds, an indirect timing information will be gained. We will therefore discuss the interaction separated in three participating time regimes: energy deposition (charge exchange), energy release (secondary particle emission), and energy retention (material modification).","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140316162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cavity output field nonreciprocal control via interference effects","authors":"Yang Zhang, Yu-bo Ma, Hongyi Zhu, Chang-shui Yu","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad34a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad34a1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We propose a scheme to investigate the coherent control of the output field in an asymmetrical cavity with and without atom-interaction. We show that the system displays the phenomena of non- reciprocal opacity, and the cavity spatial symmetry broken is the sufficient and necessary condition to achieve the nonreciprocal opacity when the relative phase of input fields is vanished. Moreover, we also include the effect of relative phase produced by incoming fields and show how it realizes and modifies the nonreciprocal opacity in a symmetrical cavity. As a key result, we find that either the participation of atom-cavity interaction or relative phase can promote the nonreciprocal opacity into a wider operating regime. Our findings show that although nonreciprocal opacity is analogy of optical diode effect and our system behaves like an optical isolator, it still can be operated in both forward or backward directions simultaneously.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140240442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interference effects in Compton scattering of keV photons at H+2 : a nonrelativistic analytical approach","authors":"M. Dieng, H. Bachau","doi":"10.1088/1361-6455/ad34a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad34a3","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this paper we study interference effects in Compton scattering at molecule by keV photons. As a test case we investigate the molecular system H2+ at the equilibrium internuclear distance and in the dissociative channel. The initial molecular wavefunction is described as a linear combination of atomic orbitals centered on each nucleus. The final continuum state is a two-centre continuum Coulomb wavefunction. Using these approximations, we obtain an analytical form for the Compton scattering fully differential cross section. We investigate the molecular effects at various internuclear distance for an incident photon energy close to 2.1 keV. The relative contribution of the A⋅P and A2 coupling terms in the Compton scattering magnitude is discussed (where P is the electron momentum operator and A the vector potential of the field). We focus on Cohen-Fano type interference effects, as the ones observed in the photoionization of molecules.","PeriodicalId":16826,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140238334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}