emacs, auctex, Sumatra.pdf in Windows 10

On Windows 10 Pro

Install MiKTeX from https://miktex.org/

Download emacs zip file in the GNU mirror. I have chosen in http://mirror.lihnidos.org/GNU/ftp/gnu/emacs/windows/ the file in the folder emacs-26 http://mirror.lihnidos.org/GNU/ftp/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-26/emacs-26.3-x86_64.zip

Unzip the emacs file in some folder for example Downloads folder, you will have a folder with name emacs-26.1-x86.4

Inside this emacs folder, click on runemacs

Now emacs is running, but you need to install auctex and Sumatra.pdf. You may create a shortcut to runemacs in the application bar by right clicking on it

To install auctex open emacs, then “M+x package-install auctex” and hit return

M+x package-install auctex

Sumatra.pdf enables to open multiple windows with the same pdf file. Acrobat blocks the compilation if the pdf is open.

Install Sumatra.pdf from https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org

Sumatra.pdf exe file will be in “C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF”

C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF

Now you need to configure emacs for using Sumatra.pdf, this is done by modifying the .emacs file

The .emacs file is the main configuration file for emacs

You find the .emacs file in the folder “C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming” 

C:\Users\YourUserNameHere\AppData\Roaming

This is a hidden folder, you need to enable showing hidden folder in windows explorer (go to options in the folder menu)

Open .emacs and add the lines at the end of the file and save

(setq TeX-PDF-mode t)
(setq TeX-source-correlate-mode t)
(setq TeX-source-correlate-method 'synctex)
(setq TeX-view-program-list
'(("Sumatra PDF" ("\"C:/Program Files/SumatraPDF/SumatraPDF.exe\" -reuse-instance"
   (mode-io-correlate " -forward-search %b %n ") " %o"))))

(eval-after-load 'tex
 '(progn
   (assq-delete-all 'output-pdf TeX-view-program-selection)
   (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Sumatra PDF")))
 )
(server-start)

Now you are set to run auctex in emacs with forward search and Sumatra.pdf

Optical spatial shock waves in nonlocal nonlinear media, a review paper

Dispersive shock waves are fascinating phenomena occurring when nonlinearity overwhelms linear effects, such as dispersion and diffraction. Many features of shock waves are still under investigation, as the interplay with noninstantaneity in temporal pulses transmission and nonlocality in spatial beams propagation. Despite the rich and vast literature on nonlinear waves in optical Kerr media, spatial dispersive shock waves in nonlocal materials deserve further attention for their unconventional properties. Indeed, they have been investigated in colloidal matter, chemical physics and biophotonics, for sensing and control of extreme phenomena. Here we review the last developed theoretical models and recent optical experiments on spatial dispersive shock waves in nonlocal media. Moreover, we discuss observations in novel versatile materials relevant for soft matter and biology.

Review Paper in Advances in Physics X

PELM Project Kick off, 10 october 2019

PELM PRIN 2017 PROJECT 20177PSCKT

The Kick off meeting of the PELM project will be held on October 10th and 11th starting from 11.00 a.m. in room Aula Garda, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico, Fabio Ferrari (Povo 1) 

We are happy to announce the event that officially marks the start of the PELM project “Photonic Extreme Learning Machine: from neuromorphic computing to universal optical interpolant, strain gauge sensor and cancer morphodynamic monitor”, programmed on 10th and 11th of October, 2019. PELM aims at demonstrating machine learning photonic devices. Within a single neuromorphic computing architecture, different platforms are specialized to given tasks by their specific characteristics.

In the meeting, the involved team of the University of Trento, Sapienza University of Rome, Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Università Cattolica of Milan and CNR-INO of Neaples, will talk about the project, the objectives and the working methodology to achieve together the desired results. 

For more info please see the agenda 

Multipolar terahertz spectroscopy by graphene plasmons

Terahertz absorption spectroscopy plays a key role in physical, chemical and biological systems as a powerful tool to identify molecular species through their rotational spectrum fingerprint. Owing to the sub-nanometer scale of molecules, radiation-matter coupling is typically dominated by dipolar interaction. Here we show that multipolar rotational spectroscopy of molecules in proximity of localized graphene structures can be accessed through the extraordinary enhancement of their multipolar transitions provided by terahertz plasmons. In particular, specializing our calculations to homonuclear diatomic molecules, we demonstrate that a micron-sized graphene ring with a nano-hole at the core combines a strong near-field enhancement and an inherently pronounced field localization enabling the enhancement of the dipole-forbidden terahertz absorption cross-section of H+2H2+ by 8 orders of magnitude. Our results shed light on the strong potential offered by nano-structured graphene as a robust and electrically tunable platform for multipolar terahertz absorption spectroscopy at the nanoscale.

A. Ciattoni, C. Conti, and A. Marini in Communication Physics