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The macroscopic electric permittivity of a given medium may depend on frequency, but this frequency dependence cannot be arbitrary, its real and imaginary parts are related by the well-known Kramers-Kronig relations. Here, we show that an analogous paradigm applies to the macroscopic electric conductivity. If the causality principle is taken into account, there exists Kramers-Kronig relations for conductivity, which are mathematically equivalent to the Hilbert transform. These relations impose strong constraints that models of heterogeneous media should satisfy to have a physically plausible frequency dependence of the conductivity and permittivity. We illustrate these relations and constraints by a few examples of known physical media. These extended relations constitute important constraints to test the consistency of past and future experimental measurements of the electric properties of heterogeneous media.
The ultimate precision in any measurement is dictated by the physical process implementing the observation. The methods of quantum metrology have now succeeded in establishing bounds on the achievable precision for phase measurements over noisy channels. In particular, they demonstrate how the Heisenberg scaling of the precision can not be attained in these conditions. Here we discuss how the ultimate bound in presence of loss has a physical motivation in the Kramers-Kronig relations and we show how they link the precision on the phase estimation to that on the loss parameter.
Low-loss electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) in the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) probes the valence electron density and relevant optoelectronic properties such as band gap energies and other band structure transitions. The measured spectra can be formulated in a dielectric theory framework, comparable to optical spectroscopies and ab-initio simulations. Moreover, Kramers-Kronig analysis (KKA), an inverse algorithm based on the homonym relations, can be employed for the retrieval of the complex dielectric function (CDF). However, spurious contributions traditionally not considered in this framework typically impact low-loss EELS modifying the spectral shapes and precluding the correct measurement and retrieval of the dielectric information. A relativistic KKA algorithm is able to account for the bulk and surface radiative-loss contributions to low-loss EELS, revealing the correct dielectric properties. Using a synthetic low-loss EELS model, we propose some modifications on the naive implementation of this algorithm that broadens its range of application. The robustness of the algorithm is improved by regularization, appliying previous knowledge about the shape and smoothness of the correction term. Additionally, our efficient numerical integration methodology allows processing hyperspectral datasets in a reasonable amount of time. Harnessing these abilities, we show how simultaneous relativistic KKA processing of several spectra can share information to produce an improved result.
For the first time, the diffusion phase diagram in highly confined colloidal systems, predicted by Continuous Time Random Walk (CTRW), is experimentally obtained. Temporal and spatial fractional exponents, $alpha$ and $mu$, introduced within the framework of CTRW, are simultaneously measured by Pulse Field Gradient Nuclear Magnetic Resonance technique in samples of micro-beads dispersed in water. We find that $alpha$ depends on the disorder degree of the system. Conversely, $mu$ depends on both bead sizes and magnetic susceptibility differences within samples. Our findings fully match the CTRW predictions.
We establish a fundamental relationship between the averaged density of states and the extinction mean free path of wave propagating in random media. From the principle of causality and the Kramers-Kronig relations, we show that both quantities are connected by dispersion relations and are constrained by a frequency sum rule. The results are valid under very general conditions and should be helpful in the analysis of measurements of wave transport through complex systems and in the design of randomly or periodically structured materials with specific transport properties.
A Kramers-Kronig receiver with a continuous wave tone added digitally at the transmitter is combined with a digital resolution enhancer to limit the increase in transmitter quantization noise. Performance increase is demonstrated, as well as the ability to reduce the number of bits in the digital-to-analog converter.