415 research outputs found
A room-temperature alternating current susceptometer - Data analysis, calibration, and test
An AC susceptometer operating in the range of 10 Hz to 100 kHz and at room
temperature is designed, built, calibrated and used to characterize the
magnetic behaviour of coated magnetic nanoparticles. Other weakly magnetic
materials (in amounts of some millilitres) can be analyzed as well. The setup
makes use of a DAQ-based acquisition system in order to determine the amplitude
and the phase of the sample magnetization as a function of the frequency of the
driving magnetic field, which is powered by a digital waveform generator. A
specific acquisition strategy makes the response directly proportional to the
sample susceptibility, taking advantage of the differential nature of the coil
assembly. A calibration method based on conductive samples is developed.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, 19 ref
Postural evaluation in young skaters: effect of two proprioceptive training
The roller skating involves developing of motor and artistic skills from an early age. The aim was to evaluate
the effects that an ocular a podalic proprioceptive training cause to postural control and stability in a sample
of young skaters. A total of 25 skaters aged between 9 and 15 (12±2.14) divided into two groups: the eyes
group (EG) aimed at exercising visual proprioception, the feet group (FG) aimed at exercising podalic
proprioception. The participants were subject to through electronic stabilometry in static mode, open (OE)
and closed (CE) eyes, in a time T0 (pre-training) and T1 (post-training), without and with skates. The results
through the two paired t-test showed that both variables Wz (TotHz) to CE within the EG (p<.05) and Wx
(TotHz) to CE within the FG (p<.05) were statistical significance. The unpaired t-test showed that the FG
obtained a greater statistical significance than the EG for the VarVit and Wx (TotHz) variables in CE (p<.05)
and Wz (TotHz) in both CE and OE (p<.05). The two-way ANOVA found statistical significance (p<.05) on
the Wx (TotHz) variable in open/closed eyes of the FG (T0/T1). We concluded that in roller skating it could
be useful to integrate athletic training with a visual proprioceptive training.
Ionization-induced asymmetric self-phase modulation and universal modulational instability in gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibers
We study theoretically the propagation of relatively long pulses with
ionizing intensities in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber filled with a
Raman-inactive gas. Due to photoionization, previously unknown types of
asymmetric self-phase modulation and `universal' modulational instabilities
existing in both normal and anomalous dispersion regions appear. We also show
that it is possible to spontaneously generate a plasma-induced continuum of
blueshifting solitons, opening up new possibilities for pushing supercontinuum
generation towards shorter and shorter wavelengths.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
A new class of sum rules for products of Bessel functions
In this paper we derive a new class of sum rules for products of the Bessel
functions of first kind. Using standard algebraic manipulations we extend some
of the well known properties of . Some physical applications of the
results are also discussed. A comparison with the Newberger[J. Math. Phys.
\textbf{23} (1982) 1278] sum rules is performed on a typical example.Comment: Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics, 9 pages, no picture
Nonlinear wavelength conversion in photonic crystal fibers with three zero dispersion points
In this theoretical study, we show that a simple endlessly single-mode
photonic crystal fiber can be designed to yield, not just two, but three
zero-dispersion wavelengths. The presence of a third dispersion zero creates a
rich phase-matching topology, enabling enhanced control over the spectral
locations of the four-wave-mixing and resonant-radiation bands emitted by
solitons and short pulses. The greatly enhanced flexibility in the positioning
of these bands has applications in wavelength conversion, supercontinuum
generation and pair-photon sources for quantum optics
Hybrid squeezing of solitonic resonant radiation in photonic crystal fibers
We report on the existence of a novel kind of squeezing in photonic crystal
fibers which is conceptually intermediate between the four-wave mixing induced
squeezing, in which all the participant waves are monochromatic waves, and the
self-phase modulation induced squeezing for a single pulse in a coherent state.
This hybrid squeezing occurs when an arbitrary short soliton emits
quasi-monochromatic resonant radiation near a zero group velocity dispersion
point of the fiber. Photons around the resonant frequency become strongly
correlated due to the presence of the classical soliton, and a reduction of the
quantum noise below the shot noise level is predicted.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Ruthenium arene complexes in the treatment of 3D models of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas
Current chemotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) are based on cisplatin, which is usually associated to severe side effects. In general, the exploration for metal-based alternatives to cisplatin has resulted in the development of a series of ruthenium complexes that are able to produce a safe therapeutic action against some neoplasms, among which are lung and ovarian cancers. Here, we evaluate the efficacy of well defined, easily available and robust ruthenium(II) η6-arene compounds on 3D models of HNSCCs with or without human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and compare their effects to the state-of-the-art RAPTA-C, a promising ruthenium compound with known anti-cancer activity. One of the compounds induces a significant therapeutic action especially on HPV negative carcinoma. Besides viability and repopulation evaluations, we performed quantitative analysis of the internalized Ru compounds to further validate our findings and elucidate the possible mechanisms of action. These results show that Ru arene compounds represent a promising alternative for the treatment of HNSCCs and pave the way for the composition of innovative (co)therapies
Understanding the dynamics of photoionization-induced solitons in gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibers
We present in detail our developed model [Saleh et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107]
that governs pulse propagation in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers filled by
an ionizing gas. By using perturbative methods, we find that the
photoionization process induces the opposite phenomenon of the well-known Raman
self-frequency red-shift of solitons in solid-core glass fibers, as was
recently experimentally demonstrated [Hoelzer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107].
This process is only limited by ionization losses, and leads to a constant
acceleration of solitons in the time domain with a continuous blue-shift in the
frequency domain. By applying the Gagnon-B\'{e}langer gauge transformation,
multi-peak `inverted gravity-like' solitary waves are predicted. We also
demonstrate that the pulse dynamics shows the ejection of solitons during
propagation in such fibers, analogous to what happens in conventional
solid-core fibers. Moreover, unconventional long-range non-local interactions
between temporally distant solitons, unique of gas plasma systems, are
predicted and studied. Finally, the effects of higher-order dispersion
coefficients and the shock operator on the pulse dynamics are investigated,
showing that the resonant radiation in the UV [Joly et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.
106] can be improved via plasma formation.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figure
Dynamics of light propagation in spatiotemporal dielectric structures
Propagation, transmission and reflection properties of linearly polarized
plane waves and arbitrarily short electromagnetic pulses in one-dimensional
dispersionless dielectric media possessing an arbitrary space-time dependence
of the refractive index are studied by using a two-component, highly symmetric
version of Maxwell's equations. The use of any slow varying amplitude
approximation is avoided. Transfer matrices of sharp nonstationary interfaces
are calculated explicitly, together with the amplitudes of all secondary waves
produced in the scattering. Time-varying multilayer structures and
spatiotemporal lenses in various configurations are investigated analytically
and numerically in a unified approach. Several new effects are reported, such
as pulse compression, broadening and spectral manipulation of pulses by a
spatiotemporal lens, and the closure of the forbidden frequency gaps with the
subsequent opening of wavenumber bandgaps in a generalized Bragg reflector
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