Volume 106, Issue 3

21 January 2011

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Schematic rendition of a Cooper-pair splitter. Leads connect superconductors (blue) to quantum dots (green) that are controlled by gate voltage.

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Interference and Switching of Josephson Current Carried by Nonlocal Spin-Entangled Electrons in a SQUID-Like System with Quantum Dots
Zhi Wang and Xiao Hu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037002 (2011)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Determination of the Avogadro Constant by Counting the Atoms in a ${}^{28}{Si}$ Crystal

B. Andreas et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 030801 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Macroscopic Invisibility Cloak for Visible Light

Baile Zhang, Yuan Luo, Xiaogang Liu, and George Barbastathis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 033901 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Blood Vessel Deformations on Microsecond Time Scales by Ultrasonic Cavitation

Hong Chen, Wayne Kreider, Andrew A. Brayman, Michael R. Bailey, and Thomas J. Matula

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 034301 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Total-Reflection Inelastic X-Ray Scattering from a 10-nm Thick ${La}_{0.6} {Sr}_{0.4} {CoO}_{3}$ Thin Film

T. T. Fister, D. D. Fong, J. A. Eastman, H. Iddir, P. Zapol, P. H. Fuoss, M. Balasubramanian, R. A. Gordon, K. R. Balasubramaniam, and P. A. Salvador

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037401 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Observation of Charged Excitons in Hole-Doped Carbon Nanotubes Using Photoluminescence and Absorption Spectroscopy

Ryusuke Matsunaga, Kazunari Matsuda, and Yoshihiko Kanemitsu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037404 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Electroelastic Hyperfine Tuning of Phosphorus Donors in Silicon

L. Dreher, T. A. Hilker, A. Brandlmaier, S. T. B. Goennenwein, H. Huebl, M. Stutzmann, and M. S. Brandt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037601 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Precision Measurement of Gravity with Cold Atoms in an Optical Lattice and Comparison with a Classical Gravimeter

N. Poli, F.-Y. Wang, M. G. Tarallo, A. Alberti, M. Prevedelli, and G. M. Tino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 038501 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Nonperturbative Visualization of Nanoscale Plasmonic Field Distributions via Photon Localization Microscopy

A. McLeod, A. Weber-Bargioni, Z. Zhang, S. Dhuey, B. Harteneck, J. B. Neaton, S. Cabrini, and P. James Schuck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037402 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

LETTERS

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

Thermodynamics of the 3D Hubbard Model on Approaching the Néel Transition

Sebastian Fuchs, Emanuel Gull, Lode Pollet, Evgeni Burovski, Evgeny Kozik, Thomas Pruschke, and Matthias Troyer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 030401 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Experimental Extraction of Secure Correlations from a Noisy Private State

K. Dobek, M. Karpiński, R. Demkowicz-Dobrzański, K. Banaszek, and P. Horodecki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 030501 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Superconducting Qubit with Purcell Protection and Tunable Coupling

J. M. Gambetta, A. A. Houck, and Alexandre Blais

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 030502 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

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Determination of the Avogadro Constant by Counting the Atoms in a ${}^{28}{Si}$ Crystal

B. Andreas et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 030801 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Real Time Magnetic Field Sensing and Imaging Using a Single Spin in Diamond

Rolf Simon Schoenfeld and Wolfgang Harneit

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 030802 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Gravitation and Astrophysics

2D Quantum Gravity from Quantum Entanglement

F. Gliozzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 031301 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Elementary Particles and Fields

Beam Thrust Cross Section for Drell-Yan Production at Next-to-Next-to-Leading-Logarithmic Order

Iain W. Stewart, Frank J. Tackmann, and Wouter J. Waalewijn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 032001 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Nuclear Physics

Centrality Dependence of the Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Pb-Pb Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 2.76 TeV$

K. Aamodt et al. (ALICE Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 032301 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

High-Precision Half-Life Measurement for the Superallowed $β^{+}$ Emitter ${}^{26}{Al}^{m}$

P. Finlay, S. Ettenauer, G. C. Ball, J. R. Leslie, C. E. Svensson, C. Andreoiu, R. A. E. Austin, D. Bandyopadhyay, D. S. Cross, G. Demand, M. Djongolov, P. E. Garrett, K. L. Green, G. F. Grinyer, G. Hackman, K. G. Leach, C. J. Pearson, A. A. Phillips, C. S. Sumithrarachchi, S. Triambak, and S. J Williams

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 032501 (2011) - Published 21 January, 2011

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

High-Precision Metrology of Highly Charged Ions via Relativistic Resonance Fluorescence

O. Postavaru, Z. Harman, and C. H. Keitel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 033001 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Phase-Dependent Electron-Ion Recombination in a Microwave Field

K. R. Overstreet, R. R. Jones, and T. F. Gallagher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 033002 (2011) - Published 21 January, 2011

Ionization Dynamics of Helium Dimers in Fast Collisions with ${He}^{++}$

J. Titze, M. S. Schöffler, H.-K. Kim, F. Trinter, M. Waitz, J. Voigtsberger, N. Neumann, B. Ulrich, K. Kreidi, R. Wallauer, M. Odenweller, T. Havermeier, S. Schössler, M. Meckel, L. Foucar, T. Jahnke, A. Czasch, L. Ph. H. Schmidt, O. Jagutzki, R. E. Grisenti, H. Schmidt-Böcking, H. J. Lüdde, and R. Dörner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 033201 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Electron-Transfer-Mediated Decay and Interatomic Coulombic Decay from the Triply Ionized States in Argon Dimers

K. Sakai, S. Stoychev, T. Ouchi, I. Higuchi, M. Schöffler, T. Mazza, H. Fukuzawa, K. Nagaya, M. Yao, Y. Tamenori, A. I. Kuleff, N. Saito, and K. Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 033401 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Autoionization Mediated by Electron Transfer

Marko Förstel, Melanie Mucke, Tiberiu Arion, Alex M. Bradshaw, and Uwe Hergenhahn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 033402 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Generation of Narrow-Band Hyperentangled Nondegenerate Paired Photons

Hui Yan, Shanchao Zhang, J. F. Chen, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 033601 (2011) - Published 21 January, 2011

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Macroscopic Invisibility Cloak for Visible Light

Baile Zhang, Yuan Luo, Xiaogang Liu, and George Barbastathis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 033901 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Blood Vessel Deformations on Microsecond Time Scales by Ultrasonic Cavitation

Hong Chen, Wayne Kreider, Andrew A. Brayman, Michael R. Bailey, and Thomas J. Matula

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 034301 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Droplet Splashing by a Slingshot Mechanism

S. T. Thoroddsen, M.-J. Thoraval, K. Takehara, and T. G. Etoh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 034501 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Plasma and Beam Physics

Laser Field Absorption in Self-Generated Electron-Positron Pair Plasma

E. N. Nerush, I. Yu. Kostyukov, A. M. Fedotov, N. B. Narozhny, N. V. Elkina, and H. Ruhl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 035001 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Magnetism and Pairing of Two-Dimensional Trapped Fermions

Simone Chiesa, Christopher N. Varney, Marcos Rigol, and Richard T. Scalettar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 035301 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Quantum Relaxation after a Quench in Systems with Boundaries

Ferenc Iglói and Heiko Rieger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 035701 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Similarity of the Signatures of the Initial Stages of Phase Separation in Metastable and Unstable Polymer Blends

Amish J. Patel, Timothy J. Rappl, and Nitash P. Balsara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 035702 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Evolution of the Interfacial Structure of ${LaAlO}_{3}$ on ${SrTiO}_{3}$

S. A. Pauli, S. J. Leake, B. Delley, M. Björck, C. W. Schneider, C. M. Schlepütz, D. Martoccia, S. Paetel, J. Mannhart, and P. R. Willmott

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 036101 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Rapid Deceleration-Driven Wetting Transition during Pendant Drop Deposition on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Hyuk-Min Kwon, Adam T. Paxson, Kripa K. Varanasi, and Neelesh A. Patankar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 036102 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

High-Spin Polaron in Lightly Doped ${CuO}_{2}$ Planes

Bayo Lau, Mona Berciu, and George A. Sawatzky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 036401 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Spin-Torque Ferromagnetic Resonance Induced by the Spin Hall Effect

Luqiao Liu, Takahiro Moriyama, D. C. Ralph, and R. A. Buhrman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 036601 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Vibration Amplification, Damping, and Self-Oscillations in Micromechanical Resonators Induced by Optomechanical Coupling through Carrier Excitation

Hajime Okamoto, Daisuke Ito, Koji Onomitsu, Haruki Sanada, Hideki Gotoh, Tetsuomi Sogawa, and Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 036801 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Vortex Viscosity in Magnetic Superconductors Due to Radiation of Spin Waves

A. Shekhter, L. N. Bulaevskii, and C. D. Batista

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037001 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Interference and Switching of Josephson Current Carried by Nonlocal Spin-Entangled Electrons in a SQUID-Like System with Quantum Dots

Zhi Wang and Xiao Hu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037002 (2011) - Published 19 January, 2011

Incommensurate Magnetism in FeAs Strips: Neutron Scattering from ${CaFe}_{4} {As}_{3}$

Yusuke Nambu, Liang L. Zhao, Emilia Morosan, Kyoo Kim, Gabriel Kotliar, Pawel Zajdel, Mark A. Green, William Ratcliff, Jose A. Rodriguez-Rivera, and Collin Broholm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037201 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Electric Field as a Switching Tool for Magnetic States in Atomic-Scale Nanostructures

N. N. Negulyaev, V. S. Stepanyuk, W. Hergert, and J. Kirschner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037202 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Thermal Transport and Strong Mass Renormalization in ${NiCl}_{2} − 4 SC ({NH}_{2})_{2}$

Y. Kohama, A. V. Sologubenko, N. R. Dilley, V. S. Zapf, M. Jaime, J. A. Mydosh, A. Paduan-Filho, K. A. Al-Hassanieh, P. Sengupta, S. Gangadharaiah, A. L. Chernyshev, and C. D. Batista

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037203 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Photoinduced Barkhausen Effect in the Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As

G. V. Astakhov, J. Schwittek, G. M. Schott, C. Gould, W. Ossau, K. Brunner, and L. W. Molenkamp

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037204 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Itinerant Nature of Atom-Magnetization Excitation by Tunneling Electrons

A. A. Khajetoorians, S. Lounis, B. Chilian, A. T. Costa, L. Zhou, D. L. Mills, J. Wiebe, and R. Wiesendanger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037205 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

Phase Diagram of a Geometrically Frustrated Triangular-Lattice Antiferromagnet in a Magnetic Field

Randy S. Fishman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037206 (2011) - Published 20 January, 2011

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Total-Reflection Inelastic X-Ray Scattering from a 10-nm Thick ${La}_{0.6} {Sr}_{0.4} {CoO}_{3}$ Thin Film

T. T. Fister, D. D. Fong, J. A. Eastman, H. Iddir, P. Zapol, P. H. Fuoss, M. Balasubramanian, R. A. Gordon, K. R. Balasubramaniam, and P. A. Salvador

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037401 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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Nonperturbative Visualization of Nanoscale Plasmonic Field Distributions via Photon Localization Microscopy

A. McLeod, A. Weber-Bargioni, Z. Zhang, S. Dhuey, B. Harteneck, J. B. Neaton, S. Cabrini, and P. James Schuck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037402 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

Optically Implemented Broadband Blueshift Switch in the Terahertz Regime

Nian-Hai Shen, Maria Massaouti, Mutlu Gokkavas, Jean-Michel Manceau, Ekmel Ozbay, Maria Kafesaki, Thomas Koschny, Stelios Tzortzakis, and Costas M. Soukoulis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037403 (2011) - Published 18 January, 2011

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