Premises of creation of Internet portal designed to provide access to participants of educational and scientific process for the joint creation, consolidation, concentration and rapid spreading of educational and scientific information resources in its own depository are considered. CMS-based portal content management systems’ potentiality is investigated. Architecture for Internet portal of MES of Ukraine’s information resources is offered.

Створення порталу інформаційно-довідкових ресурсів міністерства освіти і науки україни

Modern optical techniques allow one to accurately control light using atoms and to manipulate atoms using light. In this Colloquium the author reviews several ideas indicating how such techniques can be used for accurate manipulation of quantum states of atomic ensembles and photons. First a technique is discussed that allows one to transfer quantum states between light fields and metastable states of matter. The technique is based on trapping quantum states of photons in coherently driven atomic media, in which the group velocity is adiabatically reduced to zero. Next, possible mechanisms are outlined for manipulating quantum states of atomic ensembles. Specifically, a ``dipole blockade'' technique is considered in which optical excitation of mesoscopic samples into Rydberg states can be used to control the state of ensembles at the level of individual quanta. It is also noted that even simple processes involving atom-photon correlations can be used to effectively manipulate the ensemble states. Potentially these techniques can be used for implementation of important concepts from quantum information science.

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Colloquium: Trapping and manipulating photon states in atomic ensembles

It is well known that a dielectric medium can be used to manipulate properties of light pulses. However, optical absorption limits the extent of possible control: this is especially important for weak light pulses. Absorption in an opaque medium can be eliminated via quantum mechanical interference, an effect known as electromagnetically induced transparency. Theoretical and experimental work has demonstrated that this phenomenon can be used to slow down light pulses dramatically, or even bring them to a complete halt. Interactions between photons in such an atomic medium can be many orders of magnitude stronger than in conventional optical materials.

Controlling photons using electromagnetically induced transparency

The article deals with coordination compounds of iron(II) that may exhibit thermally induced spin transition, known as spin crossover, depending on the nature of the coordinating ligand sphere. Spin transition in such compounds also occurs under pressure and irradiation with light. The spin states involved have different magnetic and optical properties suitable for their detection and characterization. Spin crossover compounds, though known for more than eight decades, have become most attractive in recent years and are extensively studied by chemists and physicists. The switching properties make such materials potential candidates for practical applications in thermal and pressure sensors as well as optical devices. The article begins with a brief description of the principle of molecular spin state switching using simple concepts of ligand field theory. Conditions to be fulfilled in order to observe spin crossover will be explained and general remarks regarding the chemical nature that is important for the occurrence of spin crossover will be made. A subsequent section describes the molecular consequences of spin crossover and the variety of physical techniques usually applied for their characterization. The effects of light irradiation (LIESST) and application of pressure are subjects of two separate sections. The major part of this account concentrates on selected spin crossover compounds of iron(II), with particular emphasis on the chemical and physical influences on the spin crossover behavior. The vast variety of compounds exhibiting this fascinating switching phenomenon encompasses mono-, oligoand polynuclear iron(II) complexes and cages, polymeric 1D, 2D and 3D systems, nanomaterials, and polyfunctional materials that combine spin crossover with another physical or chemical property.

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Spin state switching in iron coordination compounds

Evaluation methods for data obtained by nuclear resonant scattering techniques are discussed. The CONUSS software package for the interpretation of time or energy spectra from coherent elastic nuclear resonant scattering, i.e., forward scattering and Bragg/Laue scattering, is presented. The analysis of phonon spectra obtained by incoherent nuclear resonant scattering is demonstrated using the PHOENIX software.

CONUSS and PHOENIX: Evaluation of nuclear resonant scattering data

The principal ideas of the theory and the main results of the experimental studies of the coherent resonant scattering ofγ-radiation by nuclear ensembles in matter are briefly over-viewed. An analysis of transmission of the Mossbauerγ-radiation and of synchrotron radiation through a nuclear resonant medium is suggested using an approach based on the optical theory. The feasibilities of the nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation as a new technique for studying the hyperfine interactions and some other phenomena of the physics of condensed matter are considered.

Nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation

The process of nuclear resonant scattering resonant scattering is considered on the basis of an optical model. The coherent properties coherent properties of the radiation and scattering mechanism are described. The complementary pictures of γ-ray resonant scattering in energy and time domains are presented. Special attention is paid to scattering of a γ quantum by an ensemble of nuclei. The central concept of the theory of nuclear resonant scattering, the nuclear exciton, nuclear exciton as a delocalized nuclear excitation, is described in detail. It is shown that both temporal and spatial aspects of coherence play a crucial role in the evolution of the nuclear exciton. A large place is given to the analysis of resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation by nuclear ensembles.

General properties of nuclear resonant scattering

M\"ossbauer radiation was generated by synchrotron x rays for use in M\"ossbauer absorption and scattering spectroscopy. Like a conventional M\"ossbauer source, the synchrotron M\"ossbauer source (SMS) emits single-line radiation of about natural linewidth, but in addition the emitted radiation is fully recoilless, highly directed, and of pure linear polarization. First M\"ossbauer transmission spectra were measured with common resonance absorbers including stainless steel, iron, and Invar. Applications of the SMS are discussed.

Synchrotron Mössbauer source

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Nuclear Bragg scattering of synchrotron radiation with strong speedup of coherent decay, measured on antiferromagnetic 57FeBO

The decay rate of {sup 57}Fe nuclei in an {sup 57}FeBO{sub 3} crystal excited by 14.4keV synchrotron radiation pulses was controlled by switching the direction of the crystal magnetization. Abrupt switching some nanoseconds after excitation suppresses the coherent nuclear decay. Switching back at later times restores it, starting with an intense radiation spike. The enhanced delayed reemission is due to the release of the energy stored during the period of suppression. Suppression and restoration originate from drastic changes of the nuclear states and of the interference within the nuclear transitions. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

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G. V. Smirnov

Papers

Nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation

General properties of nuclear resonant scattering

Synchrotron Mössbauer source

Nuclear Bragg scattering of synchrotron radiation with strong speedup of coherent decay, measured on antiferromagnetic 57FeBO

Storage of Nuclear Excitation Energy through Magnetic Switching.