Volume 104, Issue 8

26 February 2010

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A topographic image of the GaAs(110) surface doped with Mn acceptors. The relative intensity and the symmetry of the Mn-induced contrast correspond to the position of the acceptors below the surface.

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Surface Induced Asymmetry of Acceptor Wave Functions
C. Çelebi, J. K. Garleff, A. Yu. Silov, A. M. Yakunin, P. M. Koenraad, W. Van Roy, J.-M. Tang, and M. E. Flatté
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 086404 (2010)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Phonon Laser Action in a Tunable Two-Level System

Ivan S. Grudinin, Hansuek Lee, O. Painter, and Kerry J. Vahala

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083901 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

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Nonlinear Diffraction from a Virtual Beam

Solomon M. Saltiel, Dragomir N. Neshev, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Noa Voloch-Bloch, Ady Arie, Ole Bang, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083902 (2010) - Published 23 February, 2010

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Observing the Intrinsic Linewidth of a Quantum-Cascade Laser: Beyond the Schawlow-Townes Limit

S. Bartalini, S. Borri, P. Cancio, A. Castrillo, I. Galli, G. Giusfredi, D. Mazzotti, L. Gianfrani, and P. De Natale

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083904 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

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Field Evolution of Coexisting Superconducting and Magnetic Orders in ${CeCoIn}_{5}$

G. Koutroulakis, M. D. Stewart, Jr., V. F. Mitrović, M. Horvatić, C. Berthier, G. Lapertot, and J. Flouquet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 087001 (2010) - Published 23 February, 2010

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Induced Charge Electro-osmosis over Controllably Contaminated Electrodes

Andrew J. Pascall and Todd M. Squires

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 088301 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

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Coherent Terahertz Sound Amplification and Spectral Line Narrowing in a Stark Ladder Superlattice

R. P. Beardsley, A. V. Akimov, M. Henini, and A. J. Kent

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085501 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

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Nuclear Forward Scattering of Synchrotron Radiation in Pulsed High Magnetic Fields

C. Strohm, P. Van der Linden, and R. Rüffer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 087601 (2010) - Published 24 February, 2010

LETTERS

General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.

Observation of Elastic Doublon Decay in the Fermi-Hubbard Model

Niels Strohmaier, Daniel Greif, Robert Jördens, Leticia Tarruell, Henning Moritz, Tilman Esslinger, Rajdeep Sensarma, David Pekker, Ehud Altman, and Eugene Demler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080401 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

All Reversible Dynamics in Maximally Nonlocal Theories are Trivial

David Gross, Markus Müller, Roger Colbeck, and Oscar C. O. Dahlsten

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080402 (2010) - Published 23 February, 2010

Unified View of Quantum and Classical Correlations

Kavan Modi, Tomasz Paterek, Wonmin Son, Vlatko Vedral, and Mark Williamson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080501 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

Telecommunication-Wavelength Solid-State Memory at the Single Photon Level

Björn Lauritzen, Jiří Minář, Hugues de Riedmatten, Mikael Afzelius, Nicolas Sangouard, Christoph Simon, and Nicolas Gisin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080502 (2010) - Published 24 February, 2010

Experimental Feedback Control of Quantum Systems Using Weak Measurements

G. G. Gillett, R. B. Dalton, B. P. Lanyon, M. P. Almeida, M. Barbieri, G. J. Pryde, J. L. O’Brien, K. J. Resch, S. D. Bartlett, and A. G. White

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080503 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Drag Forces in Classical Fields

Vincent Démery and David S. Dean

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080601 (2010) - Published 23 February, 2010

Nonequilibrium Fluctuation Relations in a Quantum Coherent Conductor

Shuji Nakamura, Yoshiaki Yamauchi, Masayuki Hashisaka, Kensaku Chida, Kensuke Kobayashi, Teruo Ono, Renaud Leturcq, Klaus Ensslin, Keiji Saito, Yasuhiro Utsumi, and Arthur C. Gossard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080602 (2010) - Published 25 February, 2010

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Scale Locality of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

Hussein Aluie and Gregory L. Eyink

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 081101 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Gravitational Corrections to Yukawa and $φ^{4}$ Interactions

Andreas Rodigast and Theodor Schuster

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 081301 (2010) - Published 24 February, 2010

Elementary Particles and Fields

Algebraic Singularity Method for Mass Measurements with Missing Energy

Ian-Woo Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 081601 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Singular Extremals for the Time-Optimal Control of Dissipative Spin $\frac{1}{2}$ Particles

M. Lapert, Y. Zhang, M. Braun, S. J. Glaser, and D. Sugny

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083001 (2010) - Published 24 February, 2010

Direct Measurement of Intermediate-Range Casimir-Polder Potentials

H. Bender, Ph. W. Courteille, C. Marzok, C. Zimmermann, and S. Slama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083201 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

Search for $C P$ Violation in Positronium Decay

T. Yamazaki, T. Namba, S. Asai, and T. Kobayashi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083401 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Phonon Laser Action in a Tunable Two-Level System

Ivan S. Grudinin, Hansuek Lee, O. Painter, and Kerry J. Vahala

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083901 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

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Nonlinear Diffraction from a Virtual Beam

Solomon M. Saltiel, Dragomir N. Neshev, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Noa Voloch-Bloch, Ady Arie, Ole Bang, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083902 (2010) - Published 23 February, 2010

Electromagnetic Spin-Orbit Interactions via Scattering of Subwavelength Apertures

L. T. Vuong, A. J. L. Adam, J. M. Brok, P. C. M. Planken, and H. P. Urbach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083903 (2010) - Published 24 February, 2010

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Observing the Intrinsic Linewidth of a Quantum-Cascade Laser: Beyond the Schawlow-Townes Limit

S. Bartalini, S. Borri, P. Cancio, A. Castrillo, I. Galli, G. Giusfredi, D. Mazzotti, L. Gianfrani, and P. De Natale

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 083904 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Two-Dimensional Droplet Spreading over Random Topographical Substrates

Nikos Savva, Serafim Kalliadasis, and Grigorios A. Pavliotis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 084501 (2010) - Published 23 February, 2010

Lagrangian Refined Kolmogorov Similarity Hypothesis for Gradient Time Evolution and Correlation in Turbulent Flows

Huidan Yu and Charles Meneveau

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 084502 (2010) - Published 25 February, 2010

Wetting Controls Separation of Inertial Flows from Solid Surfaces

Cyril Duez, Christophe Ybert, Christophe Clanet, and Lydéric Bocquet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 084503 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Plasma and Beam Physics

Multiphoton Photoemission from a Copper Cathode Illuminated by Ultrashort Laser Pulses in an rf Photoinjector

P. Musumeci, L. Cultrera, M. Ferrario, D. Filippetto, G. Gatti, M. S. Gutierrez, J. T. Moody, N. Moore, J. B. Rosenzweig, C. M. Scoby, G. Travish, and C. Vicario

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 084801 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

Electron Bunch Length Measurements from Laser-Accelerated Electrons Using Single-Shot THz Time-Domain Interferometry

A. D. Debus et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 084802 (2010) - Published 25 February, 2010

Generating Ultrashort Coherent Soft X-Ray Radiation in Storage Rings Using Angular-Modulated Electron Beams

D. Xiang and W. Wan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 084803 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Enhanced Isochoric Heating from Fast Electrons Produced by High-Contrast, Relativistic-Intensity Laser Pulses

F. Perez, L. Gremillet, M. Koenig, S. D. Baton, P. Audebert, M. Chahid, C. Rousseaux, M. Drouin, E. Lefebvre, T. Vinci, J. Rassuchine, T. Cowan, S. A. Gaillard, K. A. Flippo, and R. Shepherd

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085001 (2010) - Published 25 February, 2010

Collisionless Plasma Shocks in Striated Electron Temperatures

P. Guio and H. L. Pécseli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085002 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Dislocation Mobility in a Quantum Crystal: The Case of Solid ${}^{4}{He}$

Renato Pessoa, S. A. Vitiello, and Maurice de Koning

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085301 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

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Coherent Terahertz Sound Amplification and Spectral Line Narrowing in a Stark Ladder Superlattice

R. P. Beardsley, A. V. Akimov, M. Henini, and A. J. Kent

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085501 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

Long-Wavelength Elastic Interactions in Complex Crystals

Ruslan P. Kurta, Volodymyr N. Bugaev, and Alejandro Díaz Ortiz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085502 (2010) - Published 23 February, 2010

Signature of Tetrahedral Ge in the Raman Spectrum of Amorphous Phase-Change Materials

Riccardo Mazzarello, Sebastiano Caravati, Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, Marco Bernasconi, and Michele Parrinello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085503 (2010) - Published 24 February, 2010

Soft Modes and Elasticity of Nearly Isostatic Lattices: Randomness and Dissipation

Xiaoming Mao, Ning Xu, and T. C. Lubensky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085504 (2010) - Published 24 February, 2010

Competing Interactions in Arrested States of Colloidal Clays

B. Ruzicka, L. Zulian, E. Zaccarelli, R. Angelini, M. Sztucki, A. Moussaïd, and G. Ruocco

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085701 (2010) - Published 24 February, 2010

Physical Aging and Heterogeneous Dynamics

Ranko Richert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085702 (2010) - Published 25 February, 2010

Thermal Expansion of Diamond at Low Temperatures

Stanislav Stoupin and Yuri V. Shvyd’ko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085901 (2010) - Published 25 February, 2010

Mass Transfer in a Nanoscale Material Enhanced by an Opposing Flux

Christian Chmelik, Helge Bux, Jürgen Caro, Lars Heinke, Florian Hibbe, Tobias Titze, and Jörg Kärger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 085902 (2010) - Published 25 February, 2010

Spontaneous Imbibition Experiment in Newspaper Sheets

A. M. Miranda, I. L. Menezes-Sobrinho, and M. S. Couto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 086101 (2010) - Published 23 February, 2010

Distinguishing Elastic Shear Deformation from Friction on the Surfaces of Molecular Crystals

Vivek Kalihari, Greg Haugstad, and C. Daniel Frisbie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 086102 (2010) - Published 26 February, 2010

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Aharonov-Bohm Interference in Neutral Excitons: Effects of Built-In Electric Fields

M. D. Teodoro, V. L. Campo, Jr., V. Lopez-Richard, E. Marega, Jr., G. E. Marques, Y. Galvão Gobato, F. Iikawa, M. J. S. P. Brasil, Z. Y. AbuWaar, V. G. Dorogan, Yu. I. Mazur, M. Benamara, and G. J. Salamo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 086401 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

Origin of Jahn-Teller Distortion and Orbital Order in ${LaMnO}_{3}$

Eva Pavarini and Erik Koch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 086402 (2010) - Published 22 February, 2010

Magnetic Quantum Oscillations in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6.61}$ and ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6.69}$ in Fields of Up to 85 T: Patching the Hole in the Roof of the Superconducting Dome

John Singleton, Clarina de la Cruz, R. D. McDonald, Shiliang Li, Moaz Altarawneh, Paul Goddard, Isabel Franke, Dwight Rickel, C. H. Mielke, Xin Yao, and Pengcheng Dai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 086403 (2010) - Published 25 February, 2010