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The free electron model with Boltzmann statistics for spherical low-density plasmas is developed further with asymptotic relations obtaining the density of electrons, mass densities, and the potentials of such plasmas. Solutions are developed as function of a pure number proportional to the distance from the stellar plasma center (galaxy center) with extremely small coefficient, so that these solutions are essentially functions of large astronomical distances and masses. The present plasma is divided into a central part and very long tail, where the central part of the plasma shows an exponential dependence on the distance from the galaxy center, but a part of the large mass of this plasma is included in the long stellar plasma tail. The present model is specialized to completely ionized Hydrogen plasma (with a small correction factor considering its mixture with heavier atoms) where emission and absorption of spectral lines can be neglected in the warm low density stellar plasma. We apply the present approach for treating rotation curves measurements, A general theory for rotation curves should include the superposition of the gravitational potentials introduced by the high-density compact stars, with those of the low-density stellar plasma potentials. But for halos which are at extremely large distance from the galaxy center, the dominant effects would be those of dark matter, and such dark halos are permeating and surrounding the compact galactic stars. Such plasma is found to be transparent in most of the EM spectrum. The existence of a large mass for the warm low-density plasma may solve the problem of missing mass in rotation curves measurements., Comment: 14 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2004.11216

The EM waves transmitted through a thin object with fine structures is observed, by microsphere located above the object. While the waves include both evanescent and propagating waves, the high resolution is obtained by the evanescent ones, including the information on the fine structures of the object. Description of this process is divided into two parts: a) The super resolution is analyzed by using Helmholtz equation for the evanescent waves transmitted from the object to the microsphere surface. b) Using boundary condition, the electric fields on the inner surface of the microsphere includes both the evanescent and propagating waves. The transmission of these waves to a nano jet is produced by a transfer function, including convolution between the spatial modes of the evanescent waves with those of the microsphere, which increases the conversion of the evanescent waves to propagating waves, and thus increase the resolution., Comment: 13 pages

Electrons densities in different locations of our galaxy are obtained in pulsar astronomy by dividing the dispersion measure (DM) by the distance of the pulsar to Earth. The properties of the interstellar plasma are related to its heating. Following the present analysis DM measurements are obtained with different properties for different temperatures in three regions:1)For relatively low temperatures the state of molecular, atomic and ionized Hydrogen was analyzed by the interstellar medium (ISM) model with partially ionized plasma. In this region various spectroscopic effects are obtained. 2) For temperatures approximately above 20000 (K) the interstellar gas was found to be completely ionized medium and this plasma is defined as warm ionized medium (WIM) where this plasma is transparent. This property is obtained from solution of Saha equation in which the index of refraction is real, but the plasma can be observed by dispersion measurements.3)For very high temperatures defined as hot ionized matter (HIM), X-rays are obtained by the plasma. We concentrate in the work on the analysis of the WIM plasma. We calculate the mass densities of such plasma and compare it with dark matter densities which are found to be larger. But some factors which can reduce this difference are discussed, Comment: 16 pages

Quantum mechanical methods for getting geometric phases for mixed states are analyzed. Parallel transport equations for pure states are generalized to mixed states by which dynamical phases are eliminated. The geometric phases of mixed states are obtained as Pancharatnam phases which are valid also for open cycles. The geometric phases are derived here by SU(2) transformations of mixed thermal states which are different from those used in NMR and neutron interference experiments. While the zeroth order Hamiltonian is given by the interaction of a magnetic moment and constant magnetic field in the z direction, the high order perturbations assumed in the present article are composed of two oscillating magnetic fields in the same z direction. These assumptions lead to a special form of the SU(2) unitary transformation of the mixed thermal states by which results for geometric phase and for interference intensity are derived., Comment: 11 pages

Dynamical phases are obtained for a quantum thermal engine, whose working medium is a single harmonic oscillator. The dynamics of this engine is obtained by using four steps where in two steps the time dependent frequency is changing. In the other two steps, the thermal engine is coupled alternatively to hot and cold heat baths. Similar dynamical phases are obtained in a quantum thermal engine whose working medium is spin 1/2 system. The role of times durations of such steps in the quantum engines for getting maximal efficiency is analyzed. The dynamic of charge pumping in a quantum dot coupled to two reservoirs is studied. The effects of many modulation parameters including their fluctuations for getting geometric phases are analyzed. Since the separate steps in thermal engines describe non-cyclic circuits, we propose to use a special method for measuring geometric phases in thermal engines for non-cyclic circuits which is gauge invariant.

The interaction between two metallic spheres with radius R with external electromagnetic (EM) field polarized in the symmetric z direction is described. Solutions of Laplace equation with bi-spherical coordinates are developed. Hot spots are obtained under the condition that the shortest distance between the two spheres surfaces is very small relative to their radius. Boundary conditions are applied which assume very large real negative value for the dielectric constant of the metallic spheres which is valid for atoms like that of AG or Au at certain frequencies. Under these conditions the EM field is amplified by many orders of magnitudes relative to the incident EM field. Analytical results for maximal Raman enhancement factor (EF ) are obtained as function of various parameters. The present study can be applied to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and two-photon induced illumination (TPI-PL) in which the amplification is proportional to the fourth power of the incident EM field., Comment: 24 pages

The free electron model with Boltzmann statistics for spherical low-density plasmas (Scientific Reports 9. 20384, 2019) is developed further by numerical calculations with asymptotic relations obtaining the density of electrons, mass densities and the potentials of such plasmas. Solutions are developed as function of a pure number x proportional to the distance from the stellar plasma center (galaxy center) with extremely small coefficient so that these solutions are essentially functions of large astronomical distances and masses. The present plasma is divided into a central part and very long tail where most of the large mass of this plasma is included in the long stellar plasma tail. The present model is specialized to completely ionized Hydrogen plasma where emission and absorption of spectral lines can be neglected in the low density stellar plasma. It is shown that the present low-density plasma might represent dark halo which permeates and surrounds the compact galactic stars. Such plasma is found to be transparent in most of the EM spectrum., Comment: 22 pages

Using the Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) decomposition we suggest new possible choices of Bell operators and entanglement witnesses (EW ) for n (>2) qubits systems for (full/bi) separability. The latter give upper bounds for (full/bi) separability. Also using the HS decomposition, we find explicitly (full/bi) separable forms for some qubits states which give lower bounds for (full/bi) separability. When the lower bounds and upper bounds coincide it means that the EW is optimal. In the case of full separability, the positive transpose method can sometimes give optimal results. As concrete examples, we give results for the GHZ(3),W(3) , and cluster CL(4)states., Comment: 27 pages

The rate of stimulated inverse bremsstrahlung is calculated for low electron density stellar plasmas and the condition under which the plasma becomes transparent is presented. The stability of low density stellar plasma is analyzed for a star with a spherical symmetry in equilibrium between the gravitational attractive forces and the repulsive pressure forces of an ideal electron gas where the analysis is developed by the use of Boltzmann statistics. Fundamental and surprising results are obtained by which the radius and the total mass of the star are inversely proportional to the square root of the electron density in the star center. The total gravitational forces of the star with very low electron and mass densities are very large (!) due to the extreme large star volumes. The absorption and emission of radiation for extremely low density star plasmas vanishes over all the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The present results are supported by numerical calculations. Similar effects are predicted for low density stellar plasmas which have different structures and the properties of such plasmas might show certain similarities with those of dark matter., Comment: 14 pages

The optical properties of plasmas with high densities and medium temperatures are analyzed by the use of a free electron model with Fermi-Dirac statistics. For the present collisional plasma the frequency of electron-ion collision is very large relative to the optical and infra-red frequencies. A quantum mechanical equation for the frequency of collisions is developed by the use of Fermi-Dirac statistics and Rutherford scattering theory. The validity of the Rutherford scattering theory is discussed. The influence of many weak collisions is taken into account by a Coulomb logarithmic function. The present analysis might have implication to stellar plasmas with medium temperatures for which Fermi-Dirac statistics is used. The relations between the present analysis and the stabilities of stars plasmas are discussed. The ratio between the radius and mass of star plasmas with the present densities and that of a typical white dwarf are discussed., Comment: 11 pages

Fermi Dirac free electron model is applied to very dense plasmas with medium or low temperatures. While Boltzmann statistics can lead to very high densities of ionized electrons, only at very high temperatures, Fermi Dirac statistics can support the high densities of ionized electrons at medium or low temperatures due to the high degeneracies obtained in this model. Since very dense plasmas may be obtained at low temperatures the corresponding black body radiation with the plasma luminosity will be quite small. On the other hand gravitational effects might be quite large due to the high densities. The optical properties for dense plasmas are calculated. The present study might have implications to dense stars plasma., Comment: 12 pages

We treat 3-qubits states with maximally disordered subsystems, by using Hilbert-Schmidt decompositions.By using unfolding methods, the tensors are converted into matrices and by applying singular values decompositions to these matrices the number 27 of the Hilbert Schmidt parameters, is reduced to 9 and under the condition that the sum of absolute values of these parameters is not larger than 1, we conclude that the density matrix is fully separable . In another method we divide the 27 Hilbert Schmidt parameters into 9 triads where for each triad we calculate the Frobenius norm of 3 Hilbert-Schmidt parameters. If the sum of nine norms is not larger than 1 then we conclude that the density matrix is fully separable . The condition for biseparability of maximally disordered density matrices is obtained by the use of one qubit density matrix multiplied by Bell entangled states of the other two qubits. If the sum of the nine Frobenius norms for these different triads is not larger than 1, we conclude that the density matrix is biseparable. We analyze the relations between three qubits maximally disordered subsystems density matrices and the method of high order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) and show that this method may improve the sufficient condition for full separability. For three qubits states which include multiplication with the unit matrix we find a simple way to reduce the sum of the absolute values of the Hilbert Schmidt parameters absolute values and get better conditions for their full separability for special cases., Comment: 30 pages

Explicit separability of general two qubits density matrices is related to Lorentz transformations. We use the 4-dimensional form R(u,v=0,1,2,3) of the Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) decomposition of the density matrix. For the generic case in which Lorentz transformations diagonalize R(u,v=0,1,2,3) (into s(0),s(1),s(2),s(3)) we give relations between the R parameters and the s parameters. In particular we consider two cases: a) Two qubits density matrices with one pair of linear terms in the HS decomposition. b) Two qubits density matrices with two or three symmetric pairs of linear terms. Some of the theoretical results are demonstrated by numerical calculations. The four non-generic cases (which may be reduced to case a) are analyzed and the non-generic property is related explicitly to Lorentz velocity beta=1 which is not reachable physically, Comment: 17 pages

The appearance of a Nano-jet in the micro-sphere optical experiments is analyzed by relating this effect to non-diffracting Bessel beams. By inserting a circular aperture with a radius which is in the order of subwavelength in the EM waist, and sending the transmitted light into a confocal microscope, EM fluctuations by the different Bessel beams are avoided. On this constant EM field evanescent waves are superposed. While this effect improves the optical-depth of the imaging process, the object fine-structures are obtained, from the modulation of the EM fields by the evanescent waves. The use of a combination of the micro-sphere optical system with an interferometer for phase contrast measurements is described., Comment: 14 pages , 2 figures

Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) decompositions and Frobenius norms are used to analyze biseparability of 3-qubit systems, with particular emphasis on density matrices with maximally disordered subsystems (MDS) and on the W state mixed with white noise. The biseparable form of a MDS density matrix is obtained by using the Bell states of a 2-qubit subsystem, multiplied by density matrices of the third qubit, which include the relevant HS parameters. Using our methods a sufficient condition and explicit biseparability of the W state mixed with white noise are given. They are compared with the sufficient condition for explicit full separability given in a previous work., Comment: 14 pages

Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) decompositions are employed for analyzing systems of n-qubits, and a qubit with a qudit. Negative eigenvalues, obtained by partial-transpose (PT) plus local unitary transformations (PTU) for one qubit from the whole system, are used for indicating inseparability. A sufficient criterion for full separability of the n-qubits and qubit-qudit systems is given. We use the singular value decomposition (SVD) for improving the criterion for full separability. General properties of entanglement and separability are analyzed for a system of a qubit and a qudit and n-qubits systems, with emphasis on maximally disordered subsystems (MDS) (i.e., density matrices rho(MDS) for which tracing over any subsystem gives the unit density matrix). A sufficient condition that rho(MDS) is not separable is that it has an eigenvalue larger than 1/d for a qubit and a qudit, and larger than 1/2^(n-1) for n-qubits system. The PTU transformation does not change the eigenvalues of the n-qubits MDS density matrices for odd n. Thus the Peres-Horodecki criterion does not give any information about entanglement of these density matrices, but this criterion is useful for indicating inseparability for even n. The changes of the entanglement and separability properties of the GHZ state, the Braid entangled state and the W state by mixing them with white noise are analyzed by the use of the present methods. The entanglement and separability properties of the GHZ-diagonal density matrices, composed of mixture of 8 GHZ density matrices with probabilities p(i), is analyzed as function of these probabilities. In some cases we show that the Peres-Horodecki criterion is both sufficient and necessary., Comment: 30 pages

The increase of resolution by the use of microspheres is related to the use of evanescent waves, satisfying complex Snell law where the trigonometric functions of the incident and refracted angles are complex trigonometric functions, related to the incident and refracted angles, while the refractive indices are real. The evanescent waves are obtained in addition to propagating waves satisfying the ordinary Snell law. Measurements with high resolutions of phase objects like those of semi-transparent biological tissues, is described by an optical system composed of a combination of the microsphere with interferometer., Comment: 18 pages

Explicitly separable density matrices are constructed for all separable two-qubits states based on Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) decompositions. For density matrices which include only two-qubits correlations the number of HS parameters is reduced to 3 by using local rotations, and for two-qubits states which include single qubit measurements, the number of parameters is reduced to 4 by local Lorentz transformations. For both cases we related the absolute values of the HS parameters to probabilities, and the outer products of various Pauli matrices were transformed to pure states density matrices products. Simple necessary and sufficient conditions for separability are derived. We discuss related problems for three qubits. For n-qubits correlation systems the sufficient condition for separability may be improved by local transformations, related to high order singular value decompositions., Comment: 14 pages

Explicit separable density matrices, for mixed two qubits states, are derived by the use of Hilbert Schmidt decompositions and Peres Horodecki criterion. A strongly separable two qubits mixed state is defined by multiplications of two density matrices given with pure states while weakly separable two qubits state is defined by multiplications of two density matrices which includes non-pure states. We find the sufficient and necessary condition for separability of two-qubits density matrices and show that under this condition the two-qubit density matrices are strongly separable., Comment: 10 pages

Separability and entanglement for n-qubits systems are quantified by using Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) decompositions in which the density matrices are decomposed into various terms representing certain one qubit, two-qubits,and larger qubits measurements. The present method is more general than previous methods for bipartite systems as it can be used for quantification of entanglement for large n-qubits systems.We demonstrate the use of such method by analyzing three qubits GHZ states, and three qubits general Bell states produced by a certain multiplications of Braid operators, operating on the computational basis of states. Quantum correlations are obtained by measuring all qubits of these systems, while a measurement of a part of the system gives only classical correlations. Quantification of entanglement for these systems is given by the use of HS decompositions., Comment: 12 pages

A theoretical model is developed for treating super conductive Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) effects for excitons in planar systems, under the condition that many excitons are included in a surface area, with the dimensions of the exciton center of mass de Broglie (dB) wave length, and under the condition that attractive forces are introduced between different excitons. The total internal energy of the excitonic system is found to be composed of the separate excitons positive energies, and negative energy due to scattering between different excitons. We assume that for high density of excitons, and corresponding attractive interactions between excitons, excitons in internal mode k are annihilated and in the same time excitons in internal mode k ' are created, where these scattering effects are integrated for all k and k ' values. It is assumed that the internal momenta of the excitonic system, remains in a quasi-stationary state, with approximately Bose distribution. Self-consistent equation for BEC of electrons-holes pairs and corresponding phase transition temperature are developed as function of electromagnetic interactions, experimental conditions and parameters. Possible applications by the use of the present theory are described, Comment: 21 pages. Additional References and additional and revised interpretations have been inserted along the article

Braid theories are applied to quantum computation processes, where to each crossing in the Braid diagram a unitary Yang-Baxter operator R is associated, representing either a Braiding matrix or a universal quantum gate. By operating with Braid operators on the computational basis of n-QUBITS states, orthonormal entangled states are obtained, referred here as general Bell states. The 3-QUBITS Bell states are explicitly developed and the present methods are generalized to any n-QUBITS system. The quantum properties of the general Bell states are analyzed and these properties are related to concurrence, Comment: 19 pages

Quantum field-theory is developed for treating electrons and holes in planar systems. Non-unitary representations of Dirac equation in the plane are developed. These equations can be used for treating holes-electron pairing in high TC materials where in a non-relativistic approximation we have a relatively small energy band gap. It is shown that while holes or electrons satisfy separately Pauli-exclusion principle, with anti-commutation relations, the holes-electron pairs follow boson commutation relations. The distribution for electrons-holes pairs in planar systems is calculated for the case in which scattering effects between different pairs can be neglected. It is shown that for high surface density in which many pairs are included in an area with wave length dimension, Bose-Einstein condensation can occur. The ground state of the Bose condensation is calculated and the calculations are compared with those of the BCS theory. The physical implications to high TC currents in planar systems are discussed. The present model is related to the chemistry of high-TC materials. PACS: 03.65., Comment: 25 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1306.0399

A variation of Dirac equation based on SO(2,1) group is suggested for treating low dimensional systems in the three dimensional x,y,t space. Non-unitary representations are developed in an analogous way to those used in the ordinary Dirac equations and quantum field theory is developed for the present SO(2,1) relativistic equation. The theory is applied for low dimensional systems including especially holes-electrons pairs, or other two-particle states, in the low dimensional space., Comment: 14 pages

In the present Note it is shown that Hardy thought experiment does not lead to any paradox and its explanation can be made by using quantum mechanical methods, without the need of weak measurements theories. The confusion arising about this thought experiment follows from ignoring the use of a projective measurement of the kind of knowledge. A certain comment about the realization of Hardy thought experiment with photons is made., Comment: 6 pages

Plane EM waves transmitted through nano-corrugated metallic thin films produce evanescent waves which include the information on the nano-structures. The production of the evanescent waves at the metallic surface are analyzed. A microsphere located above the metallic surface collects the evanescent waves which are converted into propagating waves. The equations for the refraction at the boundary of the microsphere and the use of Snell's law for evanescent waves are developed. The magnification of the nano-structure images is explained by a geometric optics description, but the high resolution is related to the evanescent waves properties., Comment: 12 pages

Photon counting measurements are analyzed for obtaining a classical phase parameter in linear Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI), by the use of phase estimation theories. The detailed analysis is made for four cases: a) Coherent states inserted into the interferometer. b) Fock number state inserted in one input port of the interferometer and the vacuum into the other input port. c) Coherent state inserted into one input port of the interferometer and squeezed-vacuum state in the other input port. d) Exchanging the first beam-splitter (BS1) of a MZI by a non-linear system which inserts a NOON state into the interferometer and by using photon counting for parity measurements. The properties of photon counting for obtaining minimal phase uncertainties for the above special cases and for the general case are discussed., Comment: 27 pages

The 'collapse' of the wave function in a general measuring process is analyzed by a pure quantum mechanical (QM) approach. The problem of the delayed choice and Welcher-Weg (WW) experiments is analyzed for Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer. The WW effect is related to complementarity principle and orthogonality of wavefunctions although it produces small momentum changes between the electromagnetic (EM) field and the beam-splitters (BS's). For QM states for which we have a superposition of states and interference effects there is no reality before measurement, but by excluding such effects the system gets a real meaning already before measurement., Comment: 13 pages

It is shown that the phase of the hidden momentum in Aharonov-Bohm (AB) solenoid effect is equal in magnitude to the phase of the electron but with opposite sign. The phase of the hidden momentum is equal to that obtained by the energy of interference calculated in our previous paper (J.Opt.Soc.Am. B 17, 2052 2000)., Comment: 7 pages

In the present Note it is suggested that there should be a certain complementarity of phases between Aharonov-Bohm (AB) solenoid phase calculation on one part of the system and a phase calculation about another part of the physical system. Assuming a unique value for the function of the total system, after a complete circulation of the electron around the solenoid, the sum of these two phase changes should vanish. Such assumption leads to a compatibility relation between our previous calculations for the AB solenoid phase effect and that of the original calculation by AB., Comment: 6 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:0909.3958

Soliton solutions of non-linear NLS and KdV equations are related to compatibility condition between matrices M and H describing the movement of an auxilary function Psi in the x,t plane with a zero curvature condition. Non-linear equation for a function u is obtained by the compatibility equation where the matrix elements of M and H include only functions of u and its derivatives. By solving the equations of motion for Psi a soliton solution for u is obtained. Explicit calculations are made with two-dimensional and one-dimensional wave functions Psi for the NLS and KdV solitons, correspondingly., Comment: 15 pages

Propagation effects are analyzed for electromagnetic (EM) waves which satisfy the one-soliton non-linear Schrodinger (NLS) equation in a dispersive wave guide. The coupling between momentum and frequencies due to dispersion relation is treated by a coupled Hamiltonian-Momentum operator with equal-space commutation relations(CR). Kerr interactions in the soliton are treated. The classical solution of the one-soliton with possible quantum effects are analyzed. The integrability of nonlinear equations is related to compatibility-condition for scattering matrices and such relation is applied to the NLS equation., Comment: 19 pages

A general energy dispersion relation is developed for metamaterials having the negative-refraction (NR) property. It is shown that absorption effects are involved with NR phenomena, and the conditions under which NR occurs are discussed. Simple equations for NR are developed using Lorentzian models., Comment: 14 pages

The possibility of using squeezed states and balanced homodyne detection of gravitational waves is discussed. It is shown that the quantum noise due to high laser intensities in Michelson interferometer for gravitational waves detection can be reduced by sending squeezed vacuum states to the 'dark' port of the interferometer. The present analysis describes photon statistics measurements effects related to quadrature balanced homodyne detection showing the advantage of using this scheme for detecting gravitational waves., Comment: 14 pages

Although there is no force on the electron in Aharonov-Bohm solenoid effect, the electron exerts a force on the solenoid related to the inequality of action and reaction forces of two subsystems in three-system configuration. The AB phase which is related to the force exerted by the electron on the solenoid . The momentum changes of the mechanical oscillator are equal in magnitude and opposite in sign to the changes in the momentum of the em fields. It is proposed to investigate momentum changes of "micro" bodies producing magnetic fields in AB systems which will clarify the nature of these effects. The problem of magnetic fields shielded from the electron wave packet is also discussed., Comment: 4 pages

Various phenomena related to geometric phases in quantum mechanics are reviewed and explained by analyzing some examples.The concepts of 'parallelism' ,'connections' and 'curvatures' are applied to Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect, to U(1)phase rotation, to SU(2) phase rotation and to holonomic quantum computation (HQC). The connections in Schrodinger equations are treated by two alternative approaches. Implementation of HQC is demonstrated by the use of 'dark states' including detailed calculations with the connections, for implementing the quantum gates. 'Anyons' are related to the symmetries of the wave functions,in a two-dimensional space, and the use of this concept is demonstrated by analyzing an example taken from the field of Quantum Hall effects., Comment: 31 pages

Using multiport beam-splitter (BS) configurations eight input operators a(0),a(1),a(2) a(3),a(4) a(5),a(6), a(7) are mixed by 12 BS's to produce the output operators b(0), b(1), b(2), b(3), b(4), b(5), b(6), b(7). A single photon entering into, or exiting from, one port of a BS is considered as the |0> state while that in the second port of the BS is considered as the |1> state. Two single photons are inserted into two of the BS's simulating two input qubit-states by operators a(0), a(1),a(2), a(3) . In order to simulate the two-qubit gates we exclude by postselection all the cases in which one or two photons exit through output ports b(4), b(5), b(6), b(7) so that only 25% of the experiments are taken into account. The method simulates explicitly the CNOT and SWAP gates but similar methods can be used for other gates., Comment: 24 pages

Gravitational waves reaching a Michelson interferometer are expected to induce a very small change in the length of its arms causing a phase shift between them, but it is very difficult to observe the extremely small phase shift signals produced. In the present letter we show that the gravitational waves signal could be amplified by orders of magnitude by using very special conditions for a coherent-squeezed Michelson interferometer in which the coherent state enters one port of the interferometer and the squeezed vacuum enters in the other port. We treat the case where without the gravitational induced phase shift the very strong coherent state goes out of one output port while the squeezed vacuum goes out the other output port (the ``dark'' port). While the phase shift produced by the gravitation waves does not give any significant change in the strong coherent output, the light intensity in the ``dark'' port is amplified with decreased fluctuations as the squeezing increases., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures

The possibility of measuring the second order correlation function of the gravitational waves detectors' currents or photonumbers, and the observation of the gravitational signals by using a spectrum analyzer is discussed. The method is based on complicated data processing and is expected to be efficient for coherent periodic gravitational waves. It is suggested as an alternative method to the conventional one which is used now in the gravitational waves observatories., Comment: 9 pages

Using simple quantum analysis we describe the correlations of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states by the use of Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) representation. Our conclusion is that while these states disprove local-realism they do not prove any nonlocality property., Comment: to be published in Foundations of Physics Letters

Theoretical and experimental studies of Berry and Pancharatnam phases are reviewed. Basic elements of differential geometry are presented for understanding the topological nature of these phases. The basic theory analyzed by Berry in relation to magnetic monopoles is presented. The theory is generalized to nonadiabatic processes and to noncyclic Pancharatnam phases. Different systems are discussed including polarization optics, n-level atomic systems, neutron interferometry and molecular topological phases., Comment: Review article,72 pages, 186 references

A theoretical analysis of Pancharatnam and Berry phases is made for biphoton three-level systems, which are produced via frequency degenerate co-linear spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC). The general theory of Pancharatnam phases is discussed with a special emphasis on geodesic 'curves'in Hilbert space. Explicit expressions for Pancharatnam, dynamical and geometrical phases are derived for the transformations produced by linear phase-converters. The problem of gauge invariance is treated along all the article.

We discuss complementarity and uncertainty in a gedanken Which-Way (Welcher-Weg) experiment in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Although a Welcher-Weg measurement can be performed with only a negligible amount of momentum change in the detector itself, the change in the interference pattern must correspond to a change in the momentum distribution of the particle. Entanglement between the Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the Welcher-Weg measurement introduces orthogonality that disables the interference of the particle, but simultaneously, it also generates a momentum transfer between the particle and other parts of the whole entangled system (including macroscopic parts). This analysis can be related to the Delayed Choice interpretation. We show where the momentum change takes place and we conclude that entanglement is the key to understand how complementarity (i.e. Which Way versus interference) and the position-momentum uncertainty relation are interwoven., Comment: 15 'microsoft-word' pages, 1 figure

A new heterodyne detection method is suggested for detecting gravitational waves in a Michelson Interferometer. The method is based on interference between phase changes which are induced by a vibrating mirror with phase changes which are due to the gravitational waves. The advantage of using a second order correlation function in the present analysis is discussed.

Theoretical methods for empirical state determination of entangled two-level systems are analyzed in relation to information theory. We show that hidden variable theories would lead to a Shannon index of correlation between the entangled subsystems which is larger that that predicted by quantum mechanics. Canonical representations which have maximal correlations are treated by the use of Schmidt decomposition of the entangled states, including especially the Bohm singlet state and the GHZ entangled states. We show that quantum mechanics does not violate locality, but does violate realism.

We consider an SU(1,1) interferometer employing four-wave mixers that is fed with two-mode states which are both coherent and intelligent states of the SU(1,1) Lie group. It is shown that the phase sensitivity of the interferometer can be essentially improved by using input states with a large photon-number difference between the modes., Comment: LaTeX, 5 pages, 1 figure (compressed PostScript, available at http://www.technion.ac.il/~brif/graphics/interfer_graph/qopt.ps.gz ). More information on http://www.technion.ac.il/~brif/science.html

We assert that state reduction processes in different types of photodetection experiments are described by using different kinds of ladder operators. A special model of discrete photodetection is developed by the use of superoperators which are based on the Susskind-Glogower raising and lowering operators., Comment: 7 pages, no figures, REVTeX