We present a detailed study of the localized coupled-cavity modes in 2-D dielectric photonic crystals. The transmission, phase, and delay time characteristics of the various coupled-cavity structures are measured and calculated. We observed the eigenmode splitting, waveguiding through the coupled cavities, splitting of electromagnetic waves in waveguide ports, and switching effect in such struc...

In the context of Dynamic Service-oriented Architecture(SOA), where services may dynamically appear or disappear transparently to the user, classical monitoring approaches which inject monitors into services cannot be used. We argue that, since SOA services are loosely coupled, monitors must also be loosely coupled. In this paper, we describe an ongoing work proposing a monitoring approach dedi...

This dissertation argues a quantum theory for higher-spin fields. Causality is discussed in both classical and quantum senses in a field theory. Renormalizability is also considered. Equations of motion are derived from a generalised concept of linearised Christoffel symbols for these higher-spin fields. It is seen that a minimally-coupled Rarita-Schwinger field violates causality, and that sup...

Grover’s database search algorithm, although discovered in the context of quantum computation, can be implemented using any physical system that allows superposition of states. A physical realization of this algorithm is described using coupled simple harmonic oscillators, which can be exactly solved in both classical and quantum domains. Classical wave algorithms are far more stable against de...

We show that the mixed quantum-classical Liouville equation is equivalent to linearizing the forward-backward action in the influence functional. Derivations are provided in terms of either the diabatic or adiabatic basis sets. An application of the mixed quantum-classical Liouville equation for calculating the memory kernel of the generalized quantum master equation is also presented. The accu...

We consider the Non-Abelian Chern-Simons term coupled to external particles, in a gauge and diffeomorphism invariant form. The classical equations of motion are perturbativelly studied, and the on-shell action is shown to produce knot-invariants associated with the sources. The first contributions are explicitely calculated, and the corresponding knot-invariants are recognized. We conclude that...

We analyze the connections between the dynamical generation of continuous variable entanglement and the underlying classical trajectories in pairs of coupled oscillators. In the quantization of a periodic cycle, we find periodic entanglement which has twice the frequency of the corresponding classical motion. Such frequency doubling continues to hold true in the entanglement dynamics for a seco...

Using a group theoretical approach we derive an equation of motion for a mixed quantum-classical system. The quantum-classical bracket entering the equation preserves the Lie algebra structure of quantum and classical mechanics: The bracket is antisymmetric and satisfies the Jacobi identity, and, therefore, leads to a natural description of interaction between quantum and classical degrees of f...

Some symmetries can be broken in the quantization process (anomalies) and this breaking is signalled by a non-invariance of the quantum path integral measure. In this talk we show that it is possible to formulate also classical field theories via path integral techniques. The associated classical functional measure is larger than the quantum one, because it includes some auxiliary fields. For a...

An extended monopole detector at constant acceleration coupled to a massless scalar field is allowed to evolve quantum mechanically. It is found that while in the classical, followed by the point particle, limit the usual result (Unruh effect) is recovered, in the point particle (before the classical) limit the detector decouples from the scalar field and therefore the effect disappears. List o...