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Effect of connecting wires on the decoherence due to electron-electron interaction in a metallic ring

Christophe Texier 1 Physical Review B 76 (2007) 153312 We consider the weak localization in a ring connected to reservoirs through leads of finite length and submitted to a magnetic field. The effect of decoherence due to electron-electron interaction on the harmonics of AAS oscillations is studied, and more specifically the effect of the leads. Two results […]

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Directional emission of stadium-shaped micro-lasers

Mélanie Lebental 1, 2, Jean-Sébastien Lauret 1, Joseph Zyss 1, C. Schmit 2, E. Bogomolny 2 Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 75 (2007) 033806 The far-field emission of two dimensional (2D) stadium-shaped dielectric cavities is investigated. Micro-lasers with such shape present a highly directional emission. We provide experimental evidence of the dependance of the emission directionality on the shape of the stadium, in

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Dimensional crossover in quantum networks: from macroscopic to mesoscopic Physics

Félicien Schopfer 1, François Mallet 1, D. Mailly 2, C. Texier 3, 4, G. Montambaux 4, Christopher Bauerle 1, Laurent Saminadayar 1, 5, 6 Physical Review Letters 98 (2007) 026807 We report on magnetoconductance measurements of metallic networks of various sizes ranging from 10 to $10^{6}$ plaquettes, with anisotropic aspect ratio. Both Altshuler-Aronov-Spivak (AAS) $h/2e$ periodic oscillations and Aharonov-Bohm (AB) $h/e$ periodic oscillations are observed for all networks. For large samples, the

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Density of near-extreme events

Sanjib Sabhapandit 1, Satya N. Majumdar 1 Physical Review Letters 98 (2007) 140201 We provide a quantitative analysis of the phenomenon of crowding of near-extreme events by computing exactly the density of states (DOS) near the maximum of a set of independent and identically distributed random variables. We show that the mean DOS converges to three different limiting forms

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Crystalline phase of strongly interacting Fermi mixtures

D. S. Petrov 1, 2, G. E. Astrakharchik 3, D. J. Papoular 1, C. Salomon 4, G. V. Shlyapnikov 1, 5 Physical Review Letters 99 (2007) 130407 We show that the system of weakly bound molecules of heavy and light fermionic atoms is characterized by a long-range intermolecular repulsion and can undergo a gas-crystal quantum transition if the mass ratio exceeds a critical value. For the critical

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Combinatorial point for higher spin loop models

Paul Zinn-Justin 1 Communications in Mathematical Physics 272 (2007) 661-682 Integrable loop models associated with higher representations (spin k/2) of U_q(sl(2)) are investigated at the point q=-e^{i\pi/(k+2)}. The ground state eigenvalue and eigenvectors are described. Introducing inhomogeneities into the models allows to derive a sum rule for the ground state entries. 1. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et

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Casimir forces between arbitrary compact objects

T. Emig 1, N. Graham 2, 3, R. L. Jaffe 3, M. Kardar 2 Physical Review Letters 99 (2007) 170403 We develop an exact method for computing the Casimir energy between arbitrary compact objects, either dielectrics or perfect conductors. The energy is obtained as an interaction between multipoles, generated by quantum current fluctuations. The objects’ shape and composition enter only through their scattering matrices.

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