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Lian-Fu Wei

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arXiv2023

Electromagnetic counterparts of high-frequency gravitational waves in a rotating laboratory frame system and their detection

We consider the perturbative photon flows (PPFs, i.e., electromagnetic (EM) counterparts) generated by the EM resonance response to high-frequency gravitational waves (HFGWs) with additional polarization states in a rotating laboratory frame system. It is found that when the propagating direction of HFGWs and the symmetrical axis of the laboratory frame system are the same, the PPFs have the maximum value. In this case, using the rotation (the rotation of the azimuth $ϕ$) of the EM detection system, all six possible polarization states of HFGWs can be separated and displayed. For the current experimental conditions, it is quite prospective to detect the PPFs generated by the HFGWs predicted in the braneworld models, the primordial black hole theories, the interaction mechanism between astrophysical plasma and intense EM radiation, etc., due to the large amplitudes (or high spectral densities) and spectral characteristics of these HFGWs. Detecting the primordial HFGWs from inflation faces great challenges at present, but it is not impossible.

gr-qc↗

arXiv2021

Generalized Bell-like inequality and maximum violation for multiparticle entangled Schrödinger-cat-states of spin-s

This paper proposes a generalized Bell-like inequality (GBI) for multiparticle entangled Schrödinger-cat--states of arbitrary spin-$s$. Based on quantum probability statistics the GBI and violation are formulated in an unified manner with the help of state density operator, which can be separated to local and non-local parts. The local part gives rise to the inequality, while the non-local part is responsible for the violation. The GBI is not violated at all by quantum average except the spin-$1/2$ entangled states. If the measuring outcomes are restricted in the subspace of spin coherent state (SCS), namely, only the maximum spin values $\pm s$, the GBI is still meaningful for the incomplete measurement. With the help of SCS quantum probability statistics, it is proved that the violation of GBI can occur only for half-integer spins but not integer spins. Moreover, the maximum violation bound depends on the number parity of entangled particles, that it is $1/2$ for the odd particle-numbers while $1$ for even numbers.

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arXiv2015

Photon-noise limited sensitivity in titanium nitride kinetic inductance detectors

We demonstrate photon-noise limited performance at sub-millimeter wavelengths in feedhorn-coupled, microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) made of a TiN/Ti/TiN trilayer superconducting film, tuned to have a transition temperature of 1.4~K. Micro-machining of the silicon-on-insulator wafer backside creates a quarter-wavelength backshort optimized for efficient coupling at 250~\micron. Using frequency read out and when viewing a variable temperature blackbody source, we measure device noise consistent with photon noise when the incident optical power is $>$~0.5~pW, corresponding to noise equivalent powers $>$~3$\times 10^{-17}$ W/$\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$. This sensitivity makes these devices suitable for broadband photometric applications at these wavelengths.

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