A list of books on the history of science. January, 1911.

Accompanied by "Second supplement. Prepared by Reginald B. Gordon." (v. 25 cm.) Published: Chicago, The John Crerar library, 1942-

Bibliographies of the Philippine islands.

"Reprinted from the Boston book company's Bulletin of bibliography, vol. 2, no. 1, Oct. 1899."

Vegetationen i Rio Grande do Sul (Sydbrasilien)

Mode of access: Internet.

Sveriges national-litteratur, 1500-1900.

"Verket planlagdt af Oscar Levertin, utgifvet af Henrik Schück och Ruben G:son Berg under medverkan af Fr. Böök ..."

A bibliography of union lists of periodicals, 1864-1899;

"Reprinted from the Papers and proceedings of the twenty-first meeting [1899] of the American library association, (with some additions)."

Book-lore: a magazine devoted to old time literature.

Mode of access: Internet.

Neo-Pre-Raphaelitism: The Final Generations

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Progress in silicon-based quantum computation

We review progress at the Australian Centre for Quantum Computer Technology towards the fabrication and demonstration of spin qubits and charge qubits based on phosphorus donor atoms embedded in intrinsic silicon. Fabrication is being pursued via two complementary pathways: a 'top-down' approach for near-term production of few-qubit demonstration devices and a 'bottom-up' approach for large-scale qubit arrays with sub-nanometre precision. The 'top-down' approach employs a low-energy (keV) ion beam to implant the phosphorus atoms. Single-atom control during implantation is achieved by monitoring on-chip detector electrodes, integrated within the device structure. In contrast, the 'bottom-up' approach uses scanning tunnelling microscope lithography and epitaxial silicon overgrowth to construct devices at an atomic scale. In both cases, surface electrodes control the qubit using voltage pulses, and dual single-electron transistors operating near the quantum limit provide fast read-out with spurious-signal rejection.

Quantum computation by communication

We present here a new approach to scalable quantum computing - a 'qubus computer' - which realizes qubit measurement and quantum gates through interacting qubits with a quantum communication bus mode. The qubits could be 'static' matter qubits or 'flying' optical qubits, but the scheme we focus on here is particularly suited to matter qubits. There is no requirement for direct interaction between the qubits. Universal two-qubit quantum gates may be effected by schemes which involve measurement of the bus mode, or by schemes where the bus disentangles automatically and no measurement is needed. In effect, the approach integrates together qubit degrees of freedom for computation with quantum continuous variables for communication and interaction.

Decoherence of charge qubit coupled to interacting background charges

The major contribution to decoherence of a double quantum dot or a Josephson-junction charge qubit comes from the electrostatic coupling to fluctuating background charges hybridized with the conduction electrons in the reservoir. However, estimations according to previously developed theories show that finding a sufficient number of effective fluctuators in a realistic experimental layout is quite improbable. We show that this paradox is resolved by allowing for a short-range Coulomb interaction of the fluctuators with the electrons in the reservoir. This dramatically enhances both the number of effective fluctuators and their contribution to decoherence, resulting in the most dangerous decoherence mechanism for charge qubits.

Low-temperature decoherence of qubit coupled to background charges

We have found an exact expression for the decoherence rate of a Josephson charge qubit coupled to fluctuating background charges. At low temperatures T the decoherence rate Γ is linear in T while at high temperatures it saturates in agreement with a known classical solution which, however, reached at surprisingly high T. In contrast to the classical picture, impurity states spread in a wide interval of energies (> T) may essentially contribute to Γ.

Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor Physics

Despite record-setting performance demonstrated by superconducting Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) and growing utilization of the technology, a theoretical model of the physics governing TES devices superconducting phase transition has proven elusive. Earlier attempts to describe TESs assumed them to be uniform superconductors. Sadleir et al. 2010 shows that TESs are weak links and that the superconducting order parameter strength has significant spatial variation. Measurements are presented of the temperature T and magnetic field B dependence of the critical current Ic measured over 7 orders of magnitude on square Mo/Au bilayers ranging in length from 8 to 290 microns. We find our measurements have a natural explanation in terms of a spatially varying order parameter that is enhanced in proximity to the higher transition temperature superconducting leads (the longitudinal proximity effect) and suppressed in proximity to the added normal metal structures (the lateral inverse proximity effect). These in-plane proximity effects and scaling relations are observed over unprecedentedly long lengths (in excess of 1000 times the mean free path) and explained in terms of a Ginzburg-Landau model. Our low temperature Ic(B) measurements are found to agree with a general derivation of a superconducting strip with an edge or geometric barrier to vortex entry and we also derive two conditions that lead to Ic rectification. At high temperatures the Ic(B) exhibits distinct Josephson effect behavior over long length scales and following functional dependences not previously reported. We also investigate how film stress changes the transition, explain some transition features in terms of a nonequilibrium superconductivity effect, and show that our measurements of the resistive transition are not consistent with a percolating resistor network model.

Un micro-bolomètre supraconducteur: de la conception à l'utilisation au laboratoire

Pour augmenter sa compréhension du monde qui l’entoure, le physicien moderne ne cesse de travailler au développement d’outils théoriques ou expérimentaux pour l’aider à répondre à ses questions fondamentales. Une partie de ces chercheurs tente de répondre à une question bien définie, mais simultanément très vague : qu’est-ce que le bruit électro- nique? Guidés par cette idée, certains étudient des dispositifs comme la jonction tunnel ou la jonction Josephson, alors que d’autres travaillent à l’amélioration des méthodes de détection du bruit. Le présent mémoire de maîtrise traite donc de la conception d’un outil de détection bien particulier, le micro-bolomètre supraconducteur de niobium-titane-niobium. La théorie derrière le fonctionnement d’un tel dispositif est expliquée à l’aide d’une comparaison entre un bolomètre conventionnel et un bolomètre supraconducteur. Des concepts comme la sensibilité d’un détecteur, la conductance thermique et la méthode d’utilisation sont présentés. Les étapes du procédé de fabrication sont ensuite explicitées dans les moindres détails. Finalement, les propriétés électroniques d’un tel micro-bolomètre sont analysées à l’aide de la courbe caractéristique courant-tension, de la courbe de transition supraconductrice en température et de dfférentes mesures en réflectométrie. La puissance équivalente de bruit (NEP) mesurée est de l’ordre de 10[indice supérieur −17] W/√Hz et le temps caractéristique de détection est de 1.43 μs. Le dispositif présenté dans ce mémoire a un avantage important par rapport aux bolomètres supraconducteurs généralement utilisés : il ne nécessite pas de courant de polarisation continu pour le mettre en fonctionnement. Ceci peut résulter en divers avantages technologiques.

Shortcuts to adiabaticity in the double well

123 p.