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cond-mat.mes-hall2005★ 19 cited

Effect of the Triplet State on the Random Telegraph Signal in Si n-MOSFETs

Enrico Prati, Marco Fanciulli, Giorgio Ferrari +1

We report on the static magnetic field dependence of the random telegraph signal (RTS) in a submicrometer silicon n-metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. Using intense…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005★ 39 cited

Physics of Solid and Liquid Alkali Halide Surfaces Near the Melting Point

T. Zykova-Timan, D. Ceresoli, U. Tartaglino +1

This paper presents a broad theoretical and simulation study of the high temperature behavior of crystalline alkali halide surfaces typified by NaCl(100), of the liquid NaCl surfac…

cond-mat.str-el2005★ 51 cited

Optical properties of small polarons from dynamical mean-field theory

S. Fratini, S. Ciuchi

The optical properties of polarons are studied in the framework of the Holstein model by applying the dynamical mean-field theory. This approach allows to enlighten important quant…

cond-mat.supr-con2005★ 107 cited

Effects of neutron irradiation on polycrystalline Mg11B2

C. Tarantini, H. U. Aebersold, V. Braccini +13

We studied the influence of the disorder introduced in polycrystalline MgB2 samples by neutron irradiation. To circumvent self shielding effects due to the strong interaction betwe…

cond-mat.supr-con2005

Finite-Temperature Renormalization Group Analysis of Interaction Effects in 2D Lattices of Bose-Einstein Condensates

A. Smerzi, P. Sodano, A. Trombettoni

By using a renormalization group analysis, we study the effect of interparticle interactions on the critical temperature at which the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transiti…

cond-mat.other2005★ 22 cited

Seeing zeros of random polynomials: quantized vortices in the ideal Bose gas

Yvan Castin, Zoran Hadzibabic, Sabine Stock +2

We propose a physical system allowing one to experimentally observe the distribution of the complex zeros of a random polynomial. We consider a degenerate, rotating, quasi-ideal at…

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 21 cited

Critical and tricritical singularities of the three-dimensional random-bond Potts model for large

M. T. Mercaldo, J-Ch. Anglès d'Auriac, F. Iglói

We study the effect of varying strength, , of bond randomness on the phase transition of the three-dimensional Potts model for large . The cooperative behavior of the system…

quant-ph2005★ 77 cited

Phase Sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

Luca Pezze', Augusto Smerzi

The best performance of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer is achieved with the input state |N_T/2 + 1>|N_T/2-1 > + |N_T/2 - 1>|N_T/2+1>, being N_T the total number of atoms/photons. Th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005

Electron spin echo relaxation and envelope modulation of phosphorus shallow donors in silicon

A. Ferretti, M. Fanciulli, A. Ponti +1

Spins of single donor atoms are attractive candidates for large scale quantum information processing in silicon, since quantum computation can be realized through the manipulation…

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 20 cited

Legendre structure of the thermostatistics theory based on the Sharma-Taneja-Mittal entropy

A. M. Scarfone

The statistical proprieties of complex systems can differ deeply for those of classical systems governed by Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy. In particular, the probability distribution fun…

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 9 cited

Critical behaviour of thin films with quenched impurities

L. Craco, L. De Cesare, I. Rabuffo +2

The critical behaviour of thin films containing quenched random impurities and inhomogeneities is investigated by the renormalization-group method. The finite-size crossover in imp…

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 66 cited

Two generalizations of the Boltzmann equation

T. S. Biro, G. Kaniadakis

We connect two different generalizations of Boltzmann's kinetic theory by requiring the same stationary solution. Non-extensive statistics can be produced by either using correspon…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005★ 47 cited

Unusual polymerization in the Li4C60 fulleride

M. Ricco, T. Shiroka, M. Belli +6

Li4C60, one of the best representatives of lithium intercalated fullerides, features a novel type of 2D polymerization. Extensive investigations, including laboratory x-ray and syn…

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 13 cited

Classical q-deformed dynamics

A. Lavagno, A. M. Scarfone, P. Narayana Swamy

On the basis of the quantum q-oscillator algebra in the framework of quantum groups and non-commutative q-differential calculus, we investigate a possible q-deformation of the clas…

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 35 cited

Canonical partition function for anomalous systems described by the -entropy

A. M. Scarfone, T. Wada

Starting from the -distribution function, obtained by applying the maximal entropy principle to the -entropy [G. Kaniadakis, Phys. Rev. E 66 (2002), 056125], we derive the ex…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005★ 71 cited

Quantum-transport theory for semiconductor nanostructures: A density-matrix formulation

Rita Claudia Iotti, Emanuele Ciancio, Fausto Rossi

A general density-matrix formulation of quantum-transport phenomena in semiconductor nanostructures is presented. More specifically, contrary to the conventional single-particle co…

quant-ph2005★ 30 cited

Realization of a Decoherence-free, Optimally Distinguishable Mesoscopic Quantum Superposition

Francesco De Martini, Fabio Sciarrino, Veronica Secondi

We report the realization of an entangled quantum superposition of M=12 photons by a high gain, quantum-injected optical parametric amplification. The system is found so highly res…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005★ 390 cited

Excitons in boron nitride nanotubes: dimensionality effects

Ludger Wirtz, Andrea Marini, Angel Rubio

We show that the optical absorption spectra of boron nitride (BN) nanotubes are dominated by strongly bound excitons. Our first-principles calculations indicate that the binding en…

cond-mat.other2005★ 69 cited

Sub Shot-Noise Phase Sensitivity with a Bose-Einstein Condensate Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

L. Pezze', L. A. Collins A. Smerzi, G. P. Berman +1

Bose Einstein Condensates, with their coherence properties, have attracted wide interest for their possible application to ultra precise interferometry and ultra weak force sensors…

quant-ph2005★ 48 cited

Separating the classical and quantum information via quantum cloning

M. Ricci, F. Sciarrino, N. J. Cerf +3

An application of quantum cloning to optimally interface a quantum system with a classical observer is presented, in particular we describe a procedure to perform a minimal disturb…

quant-ph2005★ 6 cited

Phase space contraction and quantum operations

Ignacio Garcia-Mata, Marcos Saraceno, Maria Elena Spina +1

We give a criterion to differentiate between dissipative and diffusive quantum operations. It is based on the classical idea that dissipative processes contract volumes in phase sp…

cond-mat.supr-con2005★ 22 cited

Coherent Inverse Photoemission Spectrum for Gutzwiller Projected Superconductors

Seiji Yunoki

Rigorous relations for Gutzwiller projected BCS states are derived. The obtained results do not depend on the details of model systems, but solely on the wave functions. Based on t…

quant-ph2005★ 89 cited

Pseudopotential method for higher partial wave scattering

Zbigniew Idziaszek, Tommaso Calarco

We present a zero-range pseudopotential applicable for all partial wave interactions between neutral atoms. For p- and d-waves we derive effective pseudopotentials, which are usefu…

cond-mat.supr-con2005★ 60 cited

Enhanced flux pinning in neutron irradiated MgB2

I. Pallecchi, C. Tarantini, H. U. Aebersold +11

We study the effect of neutron irradiation on the critical current density Jc of isotopically pure polycrystalline Mg11B2 samples. For fluences in the range 1017-1018 cm-2, Jc is e…