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Adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron (AQFP) logic is a superconductor logic family that can operate with low switching energy due to adiabatic switching. In a previous study, we proposed a low-latency clocking scheme called delay-line clocking, in which the latency for each logic operation is determined by the propagation delay of the excitation current. We demonstrated several AQFP logic gates with delay-line clocking and demonstrated a phase skipping operation, in which some of the AQFP buffers for phase synchronization are removed to reduce the junction count and energy dissipation. In the present study, we design and demonstrate an AQFP 8-bit ripple carry adder with delay-line clocking to show that delay-line clocking and the phase skipping operation are applicable to large-scale AQFP circuits. The latency of this adder is 960 ps, which is 40% of that for a conventional design. Moreover, due to the phase skipping operation, the junction count is reduced to approximately 70% of that for the conventional design. We find that this adder can operate at up to 4 GHz. The above results indicate that large-scale AQFP circuits can operate with low latency and low junction count by using delay-line clocking and a phase skipping operation.

Adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron (AQFP) logic is a promising technology for future energy-efficient, high- performance information processing systems because it has significantly low power consumption due to the adiabatic switching of Josephson junctions. We are developing a high-performance field-programmable gate array (FPGA) using superconducting AQFP circuits to reduce its energy consumption. The all-AQFP FPGA consists of logic blocks, switch blocks, connection blocks, and memory using AQFP circuits. In particular, the memory is composed of AQFP buffer chains, enabling high-density and low-power memory. The switch blocks can perform data routing as well as several logic functions, including majority, and, and or functions, which increases the design flexibility of the all-AQFP FPGA. We fabricated a one-unit all-AQFP FPGA and demonstrated its reconfigurable operation at low speed. It was found that much lower power consumption can be achieved in the new FPGA than in the other superconducting FPGAs.

We apply a recently introduced method for global optimization to determine the ground state energy and configuration for model metallic clusters. The global minimum for a given N–atom cluster is found by following the damped dynamics of the N particle system on an evolving potential energy surface. In this application, the time dependent interatomic potential interpolates adiabatically between the Lennard–Jones (LJ) and the Sutton–Chen (SC) forms. Starting with an ensemble of initial conditions corresponding to the ground state configuration of the Lennard–Jones cluster, the system asymptotically reaches the ground state of the Sutton–Chen cluster. We describe the method and present results for specific cluster size N = 15, when the ground state symmetry of LJN and SCN differ.

A simple modification of the definition of the S-matrix is proposed. It is expected that the divergences related to nonzero self-energies are considerably milder with the modified definition than with the usual one. This conjecture is verified in a few examples using perturbation theory. The proposed formula is written in terms of the total Hamiltonian operator and a free Hamiltonian operator and is therefore applicable in any case when these Hamiltonian operators are known., Comment: 24 pages, 1 figure; v2: revised version; v3: section 3 improved. Accepted for publication in Central European Journal of Physics; v4: minor text misprints corrected

This work deals with the intramolecular dynamics of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons submitted to interstellar medium conditions (isolated, rotationally cold but vibrationnally excited PAHs). Theoretical and experimental analyses of the two relaxation channels have been developed: IR emission or fragmentation. The IR absorption spectrum was obtained by classical Molecular Dynamics (on a Tight-Binding semi-empirical potential surface) coupled with the Adiabatic Switching semi-classical method in order to simulate any PAHs (even heavier than a hundred carbons). A new parametrization fitted to these aromatic systems and a quantum anharmonical DOS model were developed. This spectral simulation reproduces the main features as a function of the astrophysical relevant variables: role of the ionization (strong change in the spectrum profile and in the total absolute intensity), temperature influence (red shift, broadening and modification of the intensity of the peaks), anharmonicity (zero point energy, frequencies), structure effects (compactness, pentagonal cycle and size). The H-loss channel, induced by photon sequential absorption, of the fluorene cation (REMPI ionization) was studied using a supersonic molecular beams and a mass spectrometer. Our original method led to the determination of the absolute absorption cross-section, its attenuation with the number of absorbed photons and of the evolution of the decay rate in a relatively wide energetic range. A particular attention was focused on the data analysis techniques. A free fit of this rate is close to the PTD statistical model, but shows a strong discrepancy with the RRK model mainly at low energy. The activation energy obtained through these two models are compatible with that deduced from the Tight-Binding potential., Ce travail porte sur la dynamique intramoléculaire des Hydrocarbures Aromatiques Polycycliques soumis aux conditions du milieu interstellaire (PAH isolé rotationnellement froid mais vibrationnellement excité). Des études théoriques et expérimentales ont été menées sur leur deux voies de relaxation: émission IR ou fragmentation. Le spectre d'absorption IR a été obtenu par dynamique moléculaire couplée à une méthode semi-classique Adiabatic Switching. La dynamique a été réalisée sur une surface de potentiel semi-empirique Tight-Binding dans le but de simuler tous types de PAHs pouvant dépasser une centaine de carbones (systèmes encore inaccessibles aux expériences et aux calculs ab-inito). Une paramétrisation du potentiel adaptée aux PAHs a été développée ainsi qu'un modèle donnant la densité d'états anharmonique quantique. La simulation spectrale reproduit les grandes tendances en fonction des variables pertinentes en astrophysique: rôle de l'ionisation fort changement de l'allure du spectre et de l'intensité totale absolue), et de la température (décalage vers le rouge, élargissement et modification des intensités des bandes), effet d'anharmonicité (énergie de point zéro, fréquences), et de structure (compacité, cycle pentagonal et taille). La cinétique de fragmentation (induite par absorption séquentielle de photons) d'un hydrogène du cation fluorène (ionisation REMPI) a été étudiée à l'aide d'un jet supersonique et d'un spectromètre de masse. Cette méthode expérimentale originale a permis de déterminer la section efficace absolue d'absorption, d'analyser son atténuation avec le nombre de photons absorbés et l'évolution de la constante de dissociation dans un domaine d'énergie relativement large. Une attention particulière a été portée sur les techniques d'analyse des données. (la loi de Poisson, matrice de branchement, la loi cinétique, matrice d'évolution, simulation de la forme de signaux du spectromètre). Un ajustement libre de la variation de cette constante est proche de celui du modèle statistique PTD mais très différent à basse énergie du modèle RRK. L'énergie d'activation obtenue par ces deux modèles est compatible avec celle déduite du potentiel Tight-Binding.

Agradecimentos: The effort of M.K. was supported by the Brazilian agency Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo under Contract No. 97/14290-6. A.A. acknowledges support from FAPESP, CAPES and CNPq, all of them Brazilian funding agencies. S.Y. acknowledges support from AFOSR Grant F49620-96-1-0447 and from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Abstract: We present a new simulation technique that allows accurate and very efficient determination of free energies as a function of temperature using a single constant temperature molecular dynamics or Monte Carlo simulation. The method is based on the dynamical reversible scaling of the potential energy function of the system of interest and is implemented using the adiabatic switching method. Application to the calculation of the free energy of crystalline silicon using a semi-empirical interatomic potential demonstrates that the reversible-scaling method provides an accurate and very efficient tool for the calculation of free energies over a wide temperature interval FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - FAPESP COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIOR - CAPES CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQ Fechado