Self-energy corrections involving logarithms of the parameter Zα can often be derived within a simplified approach , avoiding calculational difficulties typical of the problematic non-logarithmic corrections (as customary in bound-state quantum electrodynamics, we denote by Z the nuclear charge number, and by α the fine-structure constant). For some logarithmic corrections, it is sufficient to ...

Cavity quantum electrodynamics with semiconductor quantum dots Pascale Senellart CNRS, Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, Marcoussis, France Many quantum devices can be implemented by controlling the spontaneous emission of a semiconductor quantum dots in a microcavity: bright sources of quantum light, delayed photon entangler, optical quantum gates... In this talk, I will present ...

Accurate calculations of macroscopic and mesoscopic properties in quantum electrodynamics require careful treatment of infrared divergences: standard treatments introduce spurious large-distances effects. A method for computing these properties was developed in a companion paper. That method depends upon a result obtained here about the nature of the singularities that produce the dominant larg...

We introduce the quantum quincunx, which physically demonstrates the quantum walk and is analogous to Galton’s quincunx for demonstrating the random walk. In contradistinction to the theoretical studies of quantum walks over orthogonal lattice states, we introduce quantum walks over nonorthogonal lattice states (specifically, coherent states on a circle) to demonstrate that the key features of ...

G. Haack,1 F. Helmer,2 M. Mariantoni,3 F. Marquardt,4 and E. Solano5,6 1Département de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland 2Department of Physics, ASC and CeNS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 München, Germany 3Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA 4Institut für Theoretische Physik, Un...