Isotropic-medium three-dimensional cloaks for acoustic and electromagnetic waves
We propose a generalization of the two-dimensional eikonal-limit cloak derived from a conformal transformation to three dimensions. The proposed cloak is a spherical shell composed of only isotropic media; it operates in the transmission mode and ...
Blair D. E. +5 more
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Ultrafast Molecular Spectroscopy Using a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibre Light Source [PDF]
We demonstrate, for the first time, the application of rare-gas filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibres (HC-PCFs) as tuneable ultraviolet light sources in femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy.
Belli, Federico +6 more
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Programming multi-level quantum gates in disordered computing reservoirs via machine learning and TensorFlow [PDF]
Novel machine learning computational tools open new perspectives for quantum information systems. Here we adopt the open-source programming library TensorFlow to design multi-level quantum gates including a computing reservoir represented by a random ...
Conti, Claudio +4 more
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On the numerical simulation of Kerr frequency combs using coupled mode equations [PDF]
It is demonstrated that Kerr frequency comb generation described by coupled mode equations can be numerically simulated using Fast Fourier Transform methods.
Hansson, T., Modotto, D., Wabnitz, S.
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Inverse transformation optics is introduced, and used to calculate the reflection at the boundary of a transformation medium under consideration. The transformation medium for a practical device is obtained from a two-dimensional (2D) finite embedded ...
He, Sailing, Jin, Yi, Zhang, Pu
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Quantum Reflection as a New Signature of Quantum Vacuum Nonlinearity [PDF]
We show that photons subject to a spatially inhomogeneous electromagnetic field can experience quantum reflection. Based on this observation, we propose quantum reflection as a novel means to probe the nonlinearity of the quantum vacuum in the presence ...
Gies, Holger +2 more
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Polarization-independent broadband bidirectional optical cloaking using a new type of inverse scattering approach [PDF]
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Botey Cumella, Muriel +4 more
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A General Class of Metamaterial Transformation Slabs [PDF]
In this paper, we apply transformation-based optics to the derivation of a general class of transparent metamaterial slabs. By means of analytical and numerical full-wave studies, we explore their image displacement/formation capabilities, and establish ...
Andrea Alù +5 more
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Critical dynamical properties of a first-order dissipative phase transition
We theoretically investigate the critical properties of a single driven-dissipative nonlinear photon mode. In a well-defined thermodynamical limit of large excitation numbers, the exact quantum solution describes a first-order phase transition in the ...
Casteels, Wim +2 more
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Optically bistable driven-dissipative Bose-Hubbard dimer: Gutzwiller approaches and entanglement
We theoretically examine the driven-dissipative Bose-Hubbard dimer in the optical bistable regime. Various approximation schemes based on a Gutzwiller mean field decoupling are applied and compared.
Casteels, Wim, Wouters, Michiel
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