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Quantifying n -Photon Indistinguishability with a Cyclic Integrated Interferometer
No full textWe report on a universal method to measure the genuine indistinguishability of n photons - a crucial parameter that determines the accuracy of optical quantum computing. Our approach relies on a low-depth cyclic multiport interferometer with N=2n modes, leading to a quantum interference fringe whose visibility is a direct measurement of the genuine n-photon indistinguishability. We experimentally demonstrate this technique for an eight-mode integrated interferometer fabricated using femtosecond laser micromachining and four photons from a quantum dot single-photon source. We measure a four-photon indistinguishability up to 0.81±0.03. This value decreases as we intentionally alter the photon pairwise indistinguishability. The low-depth and low-loss multiport interferometer design provides an original path to evaluate the genuine indistinguishability of resource states of increasing photon number
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Ultrafast polariton population build-up mediated by molecular phonons in organic microcavities
No full textA key prerequisite for low-threshold polariton lasing in organic or inorganic microcavity systems is the efficient population of the lower polariton ground state. Here, we report the observation of a resonant phonon-mediated relaxation process which gives rise to nonthermal polariton population with sub 100 fs build-up times. This mechanism is manifested by discrete maxima of the angular-resolved photoluminescence intensity, with corresponding shortening of the photoluminescence rise time at respective phonon resonances. The realization of enhanced relaxation rates in disordered J-aggregate systems is important for developing room temperature organic laser sources with less fabrication complexity than their crystalline counterparts
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
Multiport Cyclic Interferometer For Genuine n-photon Indistinguishability Assessment
No full textThe generation of quantum states of many indistinguishable photons is a crucial resource for the realization of photonic computer architectures that can enable a quantum speedup and create fault-tolerant multi-party quantum networks. On the experimental side, the measurement of indistinguishability for a multi-photon state is a challenging task. In the case of a two-photon state, the photon indistinguishability is fully assessed by the visibility of the interference fringe of the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference experiment on a balanced beam splitter. However, pairwise HOM experiments are unable to completely determine the multi-photon indistinguishability when more than two photons are involved [1-2]
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Phonon-driven resonantly-enhanced polariton luminescence in organic microcavities
No full textCharacteristic low-threshold polariton lasing of organic and inorganic microcavity systems can only be achieved with efficient population of the lower polariton ground state. In this regard, the key role undertaken by vibronic replicas and molecular phonon it has been shown experimentally and theoretically predicted by various works. We report here, direct observation of critical enhancement of polariton population density in strongly coupled J-aggregate based organic microcavities. The process highlighted in our study is manifested by discrete maxima of the angular-resolved photoluminescence intensity and interpreted by the mediation of molecular vibrations quanta characteristic of the active material. By measuring the reduced time scale of vibrations driven relaxation dynamics, manifested by sub 100fs buildup times, we emphasized the efficiency of the mechanism to overcome losses channel in disordered J-aggregate systems. Hence, the realization of amplified polariton population with improved relaxation rates paves the way for the observation of low threshold lasing, primary step for developing room temperature organic laser sources and ultra-fast optoelectronic devices with less fabrication complexity than their crystalline counterparts
Tractatus singularis defensionem omnium reorum, contra quascunque accusationes & inquisitiones pro quibuscunque criminibus instruens. Tum ad theoricam iuris, tum ad communem omnium tribunalium uniuersae Europae stylum & praxim accommodatus. Iacobo Nouello iureconsulto auctore. Adiectis summariis, ac indice copiosissimo. - Postrema editio, ab auctore recognita Venetiis : ex officina Ioannis Baptistae Somaschi, 1575
No full textTractatus singularis defensionem omnium reorum, contra quascunque accusationes & inquisitiones pro quibuscunque criminibus instruens. Tum ad theoricam iuris, tum ad communem omnium tribunalium uniuersae Europae stylum & praxim accommodatus. Iacobo Nouello iureconsulto auctore. Adiectis summariis, ac indice copiosissimo. - Postrema editio, ab auctore recognita
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Dissipative Range Scaling of Higher Order Structure Functions for Velocity and Passive Scalars
No full textDifferently to Kolmogorov's second similarity hypothesis, we find that the 2n-th order velocity and scalar structure functions scale with n-th order moment of the energy dissipation and the scalar dissipation, respectively. The origins of this scaling are analyzed by the transport equations of the fourth order velocity and scalar increment moments and by direct numerical simulations
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