Using optical Ramsey interferometry, we precisely measure the laser-induced ac-Stark shift on the S(1/2)-D(5/2) "quantum bit" transition near 729 nm in a single trapped 40Ca+ ion. We cancel this shift using an additional laser field. This technique is of particular importance for the implementation of quantum information processing with cold trapped ions. As a simple application we measure the ...

We demonstrate that the internal magnetic states of a single nitrogen-vacancy defect, within a rotating diamond crystal, acquire geometric phases. The geometric phase shift is manifest as a relative phase between components of a superposition of magnetic substates. We demonstrate that under reasonable experimental conditions a phase shift of up to four radians could be measured. Such a measurem...

Counteracting geometrical attacks remains one of the most challenging problems in robust watermarking. In this paper, we resist rotation, scaling, and translation (RST) by constructing a kind of deformable pyramid transform (DPT) that is shift-invariant, steerable, and scalable. The DPT is extended from a closed-form polar-separable steerable pyramid transform (SPT). The radial component of the...

magnetotelluric (mt) method is an electromagnetic method which provides information about subsurface conductivity structures using earth's natural electromagnetic fields. static shift is one of disorders arising from shallow conductors; therefore static shift must be corrected as one of mt data processing steps. in the absence of sufficient information about the near surface distortions, w...

comparative advantage of corn in comparison with other competing crops was investigated applying linear programming, to 2004-2005 data related to classic index (drc) in khuzestan. results showed that corn benefits from a comparative advantage in all cities of khuzestan province with acreage having been increased in the cultivation pattern of 37.5 % of the cities. in addition, comparing optimal ...

BACKGROUND Anatomic anterolateral ligament (ALL) reconstruction has been proposed to assist anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in controlling anterolateral rotational laxity of the knee. However, the biomechanical effects have not been reported. PURPOSE (1) To investigate the effect of ALL transection on rotational knee kinematics and (2) to determine the effect on knee biomechan...

When we move forward, the visual image on our retina expands. Humans rely on the focus, or center, of this expansion to estimate their direction of heading and, as long as the eyes are still, the retinal focus corresponds to the heading. However, smooth rotation of the eyes adds nearly uniform visual motion to the expanding retinal image and causes a displacement of the retinal focus. In spite ...

We propose a collective model formalism which describes the strong parity shift observed in low-lying spectra of nuclei with octupole deformations together with the fine rotational band structure developed at higher angular momenta. The parity effect is obtained by the Schrödinger equation for oscillations of the reflection asymmetric (octupole) shape between two opposite orientations in an ang...

Occupational therapists consider in-hand manipulation (IHM) to be an important component of fine motor skills and to be related to handwriting and self-care proficiency. These relationships have not been well explored nor has the impact of intervention including IHM skill enhancement on proficiency in motor tasks. We propose that the existing conceptualisation of IHM may contribute to a dearth ...