Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100160
Shikha Rathi, Lalita Sharma
{"title":"Calculations of energy levels, radiative transition parameters, hyperfine structure constants AJ - BJ, Landé gJ factors and isotope shifts for Sc XX using the MCDF-RCI method","authors":"Shikha Rathi, Lalita Sharma","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physo.2023.100160","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Large scale calculations for the energy levels, transition rates, oscillator strengths, lifetimes, hyperfine interaction constants, Landé <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>g</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>J</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> factors, and isotope shift factors have been performed for <span><math><mrow><mn>1</mn><msup><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><mn>1</mn><mi>s</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>l</mi></mrow></math></span> <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>−</mo><mn>8</mn><mspace></mspace><mi>and</mi><mspace></mspace><mi>l</mi><mo>≤</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span> levels of He-like Sc XX ion. The general-purpose relativistic atomic structure package (GRASP2018) based on the fully relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac–Fock (MCDF) method is used to carry out the calculations. The leading quantum electrodynamic corrections, Breit interaction and nuclear recoil effects are also included in the succeeding relativistic configuration interaction (RCI) calculations. The relativistic isotope shift (RIS4) programme is used to determine the mass and field shifts factors. Furthermore, the percentage uncertainty in the transition parameters and lifetimes is estimated. A detailed comparison of the present results with the corresponding values from the NIST database and other theoretical and experimental works, wherever available, has been done, and an excellent agreement is achieved. A large section of the results is reported for the first time in the present work.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49759541","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}
{"title":"Free space continuous variable Quantum Key Distribution with discrete phases","authors":"Anju Rani , Pooja Chandravanshi , Jayanth Ramakrishnan , Pravin Vaity , P. Madhusudhan , Tanya Sharma , Pranav Bhardwaj , Ayan Biswas , R.P. Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) offers unconditional security in principle. Many QKD protocols have been proposed and demonstrated to ensure secure communication between two authenticated users. Continuous variable (CV) QKD offers many advantages over discrete variable (DV) QKD since it is cost-effective, compatible with current classical communication technologies, efficient even in daylight, and gives a higher secure key rate. Keeping this in view, we demonstrate a discrete modulated CVQKD protocol in the free space which is robust against polarization drift. We also present the simulation results with a noise model to account for the channel noise and the effects of various parameter changes on the secure key rate. These simulation results help us to verify the experimental values obtained for the implemented CVQKD.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43695560","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}
Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100158
Muhammad Abdul Rahman, Nour Nasser, Moustafa Sayem El-Daher
{"title":"Accurate derivation of THG conversion efficiency in periodically poled nonlinear medium and optimizing conversion parameters","authors":"Muhammad Abdul Rahman, Nour Nasser, Moustafa Sayem El-Daher","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We have derived a novel equation to accurately predict the third harmonic generation (THG) conversion efficiency in hybrid periodically poled nonlinear medium. Our equation considers the general case that takes both depleted pump regime and phase mismatching cases, resulting in more precise predictions of efficiency. This level of accuracy is crucial for certain applications like high-power THG lasers. Moreover, accurate calculation of THG power density is essential to prevent exceeding the crystal damage threshold. We applied our equation on hybrid MgO:PPLN crystal to determine the optimal SHG region length corresponding to two different power densities, namely, <span><math><mrow><mn>0.25</mn></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><mn>0.5</mn><mrow><mrow><mi>M</mi><mi>W</mi></mrow><mo>/</mo><mrow><mi>c</mi><msup><mi>m</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow></mrow></mrow></math></span>. The effect of crystal temperature on efficiency was also studies. Furthermore, a comparison between the derived equation and the commonly used nondepleted pump regime equation was performed. We found that the latter equation is significantly less accurate, particularly at high power densities, with the efficiency of the depleted pump regime being 50.6% less than nondepleted one. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the equation, our results were compared with experimental data, and we observed a good agreement between them.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46223080","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}
Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100150
Saurya Das , Sourav Sur
{"title":"Gravitational lensing and missing mass","authors":"Saurya Das , Sourav Sur","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100150","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100150","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The mass of an astrophysical object can be estimated by the amount of gravitational lensing of another object that it causes. To arrive at the estimation however, one assumes the validity of the inverse square law of gravity, or equivalently an attractive <span><math><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mi>r</mi></mrow></math></span> potential. We show that the above, augmented by a logarithmic potential at galactic length scales, proposed earlier to explain the flat galaxy rotation curves, predicts a larger deflection angle for a given mass. In other words, the true mass of the object is less than its estimated value. This may diminish the importance and role of dark matter in explaining various observations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42112247","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}
Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100151
Salvatore De Vincenzo
{"title":"General pseudo self-adjoint boundary conditions for a 1D KFG particle in a box","authors":"Salvatore De Vincenzo","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100151","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100151","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We consider a 1D Klein–Fock–Gordon particle in a finite interval, or box. We construct for the first time the most general set of pseudo self-adjoint boundary conditions for the Hamiltonian operator that is present in the first order in time 1D Klein–Fock–Gordon wave equation, or the 1D Feshbach–Villars wave equation. We show that this set depends on four real parameters and can be written in terms of the one-component wavefunction for the second order in time 1D Klein–Fock–Gordon wave equation and its spatial derivative, both evaluated at the endpoints of the box. Certainly, we write the general set of pseudo self-adjoint boundary conditions also in terms of the two-component wavefunction for the 1D Feshbach–Villars wave equation and its spatial derivative, evaluated at the ends of the box; however, the set actually depends on these two column vectors each multiplied by the singular matrix that is present in the kinetic energy term of the Hamiltonian. As a consequence, we found that the two-component wavefunction for the 1D Feshbach–Villars equation and its spatial derivative do not necessarily satisfy the same boundary condition that these quantities satisfy when multiplied by the singular matrix. In any case, given a particular boundary condition for the one-component wavefunction of the standard 1D Klein–Fock–Gordon equation and using the pair of relations that arise from the very definition of the two-component wavefunction for the 1D Feshbach–Villars equation, the respective boundary condition for the latter wavefunction and its derivative can be obtained. Our results can be extended to the problem of a 1D Klein–Fock–Gordon particle moving on a real line with a point interaction (or a hole) at one point.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47138149","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}
Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100145
Zhongcheng Feng, Jiansheng Wu
{"title":"Using optical systems to simulate topological systems in momentum space and measure their topological numbers","authors":"Zhongcheng Feng, Jiansheng Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physo.2023.100145","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We propose a new scheme for optical quantum simulation of topological systems: by using optical systems to simulate the variation of eigenstates of topological systems in momentum space, we can obtain the information of topological numbers. In this paper the scheme is applied to the one-dimensional (1D) Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (SSH) model and the two-dimensional (2D) Bernevig–Hughes–Zhang (BHZ) model. In addition, in order to apply our scheme to 2D topological systems, we design a method of calculating topological numbers by line integral. Furthermore, we propose a more effective optical simulation scheme for the 2D topological system: we do the optical simulation around discontinuity points to obtain the vorticity of every discontinuity points and the topological number is just the sum of the vorticity of all discontinuity points.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49727549","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}
Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100152
I.J. Njoku, C.P. Onyenegecha, C.J. Okereke, P. Nwaokafor, C.C. Abara
{"title":"Relativistic energies and information entropy of the inversely quadratic Hellmann potential","authors":"I.J. Njoku, C.P. Onyenegecha, C.J. Okereke, P. Nwaokafor, C.C. Abara","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100152","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100152","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The solutions to the Dirac equation are obtained in the spin and pseudospin symmetry limits are presented using the parametric Nikiforov-Uvarov (pNU) method with the inversely quadratic Hellman (IQH) potential. In the exact non-relativistic spin symmetry limit, the energy and wave function of the IQH potential are obtained and used to investigate the Shannon information entropy of the system. Numerical results of the relativistic energies of the spin and pseudospin symmetry limits of the Dirac equation with the IQH potential are presented and observed to exhibit degeneracy. Also, the results of the Shannon entropy for six states (<em>n</em> = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) show that the momentum space wave function and probability density are better localized than the position space wave function. Also, the Bialynicki-Birula and Mycielski (BBM) inequality is verified for the system. Our results are found to be consistent with those previously reported in the literature.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41995696","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}
Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100147
J.A.E. Roa-Neri , J.L. Jiménez , I. Campos
{"title":"Electromagnetic angular momentum in anisotropic media and Beth's torque","authors":"J.A.E. Roa-Neri , J.L. Jiménez , I. Campos","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physo.2023.100147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The interaction of radiation with material media is a very active area of research, in particular the interaction with new exotic materials. However, we find several controversies in this field, like the Abraham-Minkowski controversy, or the attribution of angular momentum to quasi-static fields.</p><p>In the present work we show that besides the electromagnetic momentum density proportional to Poynting's vector, whose time derivative is force and therefore can produce a torque, there are other momentum densities implied by the macroscopic Maxwell equations transformed into momentum balance equations. These momentum densities are also related to forces and torques. We show in this way that torques like <strong><em>D</em></strong> × <strong><em>E</em></strong> and <strong><em>B</em></strong> × <strong><em>H</em></strong> appear in these balance equations transformed into balance equations of angular momentum. The density <strong><em>D</em></strong> × <strong><em>E</em></strong> was used by Beth [Phys. Rev. <strong>50</strong> 115–125 (1936)] to measure the angular momentum of radiation fields in interaction with anisotropic dielectrics. Our analysis show that also static or quasi-static fields carry angular momentum and produce torques when interacting with anisotropic materials.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49766498","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}
Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100146
Jesus H. Warnes , Fagner M. de Paula , Natanael C. Costa , Olimpio P. de Sá Neto
{"title":"Dynamics of quantum coherence in the Jaynes–Cummings model with quenched disorder","authors":"Jesus H. Warnes , Fagner M. de Paula , Natanael C. Costa , Olimpio P. de Sá Neto","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100146","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100146","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We have applied the quantum coherence theory to the Jaynes–Cummings model for three types of quenched disorder distribution: uniform, Gaussian, and Cauchy-Lorentz. Under certain conditions, we have observed a beat-damping behavior on the dynamics of the <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>l</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>-norm of coherence. This phenomenon is more evident for the uniform disorder distribution.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47073665","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}
Physics OpenPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100144
Willames F. Magalhães, Carlos O.A. Ribeiro Neto, Bertúlio de Lima Bernardo
{"title":"Unveiling the Markovian to non-Markovian transition with quantum collision models","authors":"Willames F. Magalhães, Carlos O.A. Ribeiro Neto, Bertúlio de Lima Bernardo","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100144","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100144","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The concept of non-Markovianity in open quantum systems is traditionally associated with the existence of information backflows from the environment to the system. Meanwhile, the mechanisms through which such backflows emerge are still a subject of debate. In this work, we use collision models to study memory effects in the dynamics of a qubit system in contact with a thermal bath made up of few ancillas, in which system-ancilla and ancilla–ancilla interactions are considered. In the single-ancilla limit case, we show that the system–bath information flow exhibits an interesting mixture of chaotic and regular oscillatory behavior, which depends on the interaction probabilities. In parallel, our results clearly indicate that the information backflows decrease when new ancillas are added to the bath, which sheds light on the nature of the Markovian to non-Markovian transition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41384267","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}