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Proposal for a Topological Plasmon Spin Rectifier
We propose a device in which the spin-polarized AC plasmon mode in the
surface state of a topological insulator nanostructure induces a static spin
accumulation in a resonant, normal metal structure coupled to it. Using a
finite-difference time-domain model, we simulate this spin-pump mechanism with
drift, diffusion, relaxation, and precession in a magnetic field. This
optically-driven system can serve as a DC "spin battery" for spintronic
devices.Comment: Eq. 1 corrected; Figs 3 and 4 update
Use of ERTS-1 imagery to interpret wind-erosion hazard in the Sandhills of Nebraska
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Application of ERTS-1 imagery in mapping and managing soil and range resources in the Sand Hills region of Nebraska
Interpretations of imagery from the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1) indicate that soil associations and attendant range sites can be identified on the basis of vegetation and topography using multi-temporal imagery. Optical density measurements of imagery from the visible red band of the multispectral scanner (MSS band 5) obtained during the growing season were related to field measurements of vegetative biomass, a factor that closely parallels range condition class on specific range sites. ERTS-1 imagery also permitted inventory and assessment of center-pivot irrigation systems in the Sand Hills region in relation to soil and topographic conditions and energy requirements
Reconfigurable mobile communications: compelling needs and technologies to support reconfigurable terminals
How should we interpret the two transport relaxation times in the cuprates ?
We observe that the appearance of two transport relaxation times in the
various transport coefficients of cuprate metals may be understood in terms of
scattering processes that discriminate between currents that are even, or odd
under the charge conjugation operator. We develop a transport equation that
illustrates these ideas and discuss its experimental and theoretical
consequences.Comment: 19 pages, RevTeX with 8 postscript figures included. To appear in
``Non Fermi Liquid Physics'', J. Phys:Cond. Matt. (1997
Effect of Node-Degree Correlation on Synchronization of Identical Pulse-Coupled Oscillators
We explore the effect of correlations between the in and out degrees of random directed networks on the synchronization of identical pulse-coupled oscillators. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proportion of initial conditions resulting in a globally synchronous state (prior to a large but finite time) is an increasing function of node-degree correlation. For those networks observed to globally synchronize, both the mean and standard deviation of time to synchronization are decreasing functions of node-degree correlation. Pulse-coupled oscillator networks with negatively correlated node degree often exhibit multiple coherent attracting states, with trajectories performing fast transitions between them. These effects of node-degree correlation on dynamics of pulse-coupled oscillators are consistent with aspects of network topology (e.g., the effect of node-degree correlation on the eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix) that have been shown to affect synchronization in other contexts
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