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Opt Express ; 28(16): 24079-24087, 2020 Aug 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32752393

RESUMO

The wide range of applications using metastable noble gas atoms has led to a number of different approaches for producing large metastable state densities. Here we investigate a recently proposed hybrid approach that combines RF discharge techniques with optical pumping from an auxiliary state in xenon. We study the effect of xenon pressure on establishing initial population in both the auxiliary state and metastable state via the RF discharge, and the role of the optical pumping beam power in transferring population between the states. We find experimental conditions that maximize the effects, and provide a robust platform for producing relatively large long-term metastable state densities.

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Appl Opt ; 58(24): 6470-6473, 2019 Aug 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31503574

RESUMO

We study the transmission characteristics of subwavelength diameter silica optical nanofibers (ONFs) surrounded with xenon plasma produced by low-pressure inductive RF discharge. In contrast with related experiments using rubidium vapor, we find essentially no degradation of optical transmission through the ONFs as a function of time. We also observe a pronounced ONF transmission modulation effect that depends on the conditions of the xenon plasma.

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Opt Lett ; 41(18): 4372-4, 2016 Sep 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27628400

RESUMO

Metastable states of noble gas atoms are typically produced by electrical discharge techniques or "all-optical" excitation methods. Here we combine electrical discharges with optical pumping to demonstrate "optically enhanced" production of metastable xenon (Xe*). We experimentally measure large increases in Xe* density with relatively small optical control field powers. This technique may have applications in systems where large metastable state densities are desirable.

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Opt Lett ; 41(16): 3683-5, 2016 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27519062

RESUMO

We describe a fiber ring resonator comprised of a relatively long loop of standard single-mode fiber with a short nanofiber segment. The evanescent mode of the nanofiber segment allows the cavity-enhanced field to interact with atoms in close proximity to the nanofiber surface. We report on an experiment using a warm atomic vapor and low-finesse cavity, and briefly discuss the potential for reaching the strong coupling regime of cavity QED by using trapped atoms and a high-finesse cavity of this kind.

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Opt Express ; 22(19): 22882-7, 2014 Sep 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25321758

RESUMO

Strong saturated absorption at nanowatt power levels has been demonstrated using metastable xenon in a high finesse optical cavity. The use of metastable xenon allows a high quality factor of Q = 2 × 10(8) to be achieved at relatively high atomic densities without any contamination or damage to the optical surfaces, which is often a problem when using high-density rubidium or other alkali atoms. This technique provides a relatively straightforward way to produce nonlinearities at the single-photon level with possible applications in quantum communications and computing.


Assuntos
Algoritmos , Porcelana Dentária , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética/instrumentação , Fótons , Rubídio , Xenônio
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Phys Rev Lett ; 105(17): 173602, 2010 Oct 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21231044

RESUMO

Nonlinear optical effects can be enhanced in tapered optical fibers with diameters less than the wavelength of the propagating light. Here we report on the observation of two-photon absorption using tapered fibers in rubidium vapor at power levels of less than 150 nW. Transit-time broadening produces two-photon absorption spectra with sharp peaks that are very different from conventional line shapes.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 90(24): 240401, 2003 Jun 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12857180

RESUMO

We report a violation of Bell's inequality using one photon from a parametric down-conversion source and a second photon from an attenuated laser beam. The two photons were entangled at a beam splitter using the postselection technique of Shih and Alley [Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2921 (1988)]]. A quantum interference pattern with a visibility of 91% was obtained using the photons from these independent sources, as compared with a visibility of 99.4% using two photons from a central parametric down-conversion source.

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Int J Artif Organs ; 25(11): 1061-5, 2002 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12487393

RESUMO

Hypertensive hemodialysis patients noncompliant for their medications do not benefit from pharmacologic advances in the treatment of high blood pressure, and increase their already high risk of cardiovascular complications. The medical staff often becomes frustrated by severe hypertension in those who refuse to take medicines at home, drink excessive fluids, miss multiple dialysis sessions and sign-off dialysis early. In addition to addressing the psychosocial, financial, educational and substance abuse problems which contribute to noncompliance, we have developed a medication strategy to serve as an at least interim means of lowering blood pressure. Antihypertensive agents which have long half-lives in renal failure (lisinopril) and/or are intrinsically long acting (transdermal clonidine and amlodipine) were administered on dialysis days by the unit personnel to those patients who did not or would not take that or any dose on their own. The lisinopril and amlodipine were assured to have been taken on at least the dialysis days (thrice weekly), and the clonidine patch replaced weekly. Sixteen patients were thus treated when they failed to reliably self-administer medications. They had a significant decline in the predialysis systolic pressure of 15 mm Hg (175 +/- 6 to 160 +/- 5 mm Hg), diastolic of 12 mm Hg (103 +/- 3 to 91 +/- 3 mm Hg), and mean pressure of 13 mm Hg (127 +/- 4 to 114 +/- 4 mm Hg). There was an improvement in post-dialysis bood pressures, with the mean pressure declining 13 mm Hg from 110 +/- 4 to 97 +/- 4 mm Hg. Many individuals had erratic blood pressure control, having intermittently missed dialysis and hence unit-administered medicine, as well as continued fluid or drug abuse. The patients had uniformly excellent acceptance of this regimen, even spontaneously requesting it, and had no appreciable adverse effects. In summary while noncompliance is being addressed by the entire medical team, dialysis unit administration of long-acting medicines helps many hypertensive dialysis patients who would otherwise be at increased risk for severe cardiovascular complications.


Assuntos
Anti-Hipertensivos/administração & dosagem , Atitude Frente a Saúde , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Falência Renal Crônica/terapia , Recusa do Paciente ao Tratamento , Adulto , Determinação da Pressão Arterial , Feminino , Humanos , Hipertensão/complicações , Hipertensão/diagnóstico , Falência Renal Crônica/complicações , Falência Renal Crônica/diagnóstico , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Educação de Pacientes como Assunto/métodos , Probabilidade , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medição de Risco , Taxa de Sobrevida , Resultado do Tratamento
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Phys Rev Lett ; 89(13): 137901, 2002 Sep 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12225063

RESUMO

Knill, Laflamme, and Milburn [Nature (London) 409, 46 ((2001))]] have shown that quantum logic operations can be performed using linear optical elements and additional ancilla photons. Their approach is probabilistic in the sense that the logic devices fail to produce an output with a failure rate that scales as 1/n, where n is the number of ancilla. Here we present an alternative approach in which the logic devices always produce an output with an intrinsic error rate that scales as 1/n(2), which may have several advantages in quantum computing applications.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 88(25 Pt 1): 257902, 2002 Jun 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12097131

RESUMO

Knill, Laflamme, and Milburn [Nature (London) 409, 46 (2001)] recently showed that nondeterministic quantum logic operations could be performed using linear optical elements, additional photons (ancilla), and postselection based on the output of single-photon detectors. Here we report the experimental demonstration of two logic devices of this kind, a destructive controlled-NOT (CNOT) gate and a quantum parity check. These two devices can be combined with a pair of entangled photons to implement a conventional (nondestructive) CNOT that succeeds with a probability of 1/4.

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