16 research outputs found
Time evolution of the microwave second-order response of YBaCuO powder
Transient effects in the microwave second-order response of YBaCuO powder are
investigated. The time evolution of the second harmonic signal has been
measured for about 300 s after the sample had been exposed to variations of the
DC magnetic field. We show that in different time scales the transient response
has different origin. In the time scale of milliseconds the transient response
of samples in the critical state is ascribable to processes of flux
redistribution induced by the switching on/off of the microwave field. At
longer times, the time evolution of the second harmonic signal can be ascribed
to motion of fluxons induced by the variation of the DC magnetic field. In
particular, diffusive motion of fluxons determines the response in the first 10
seconds after the stop of the magnetic field variation; magnetic relaxation
over the surface barrier determines the response in the time scale of minutes.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, submited to Physica
Electromagnetic response of LaO_0.94F_0.06FeAs: AC susceptibility and microwave surface resistance
We discuss on the electromagnetic response of a polycrystalline sample of
LaO_0.94F_0.06FeAs exposed to DC magnetic fields up to 10 kOe. The low- and
high-frequency responses have been investigated by measuring the AC
susceptibility at 100 kHz and the microwave surface resistance at 9.6 GHz. At
low as well as high DC magnetic fields, the susceptibility strongly depends on
the amplitude of the AC driving field, highlighting enhanced nonlinear effects.
The field dependence of the AC susceptibility exhibits a magnetic hysteresis
that can be justified considering the intragrain-field-penetration effects on
the intergrain critical current density. The microwave surface resistance
exhibits a clockwise magnetic hysteresis, which cannot be justified in the
framework of the critical-state models of the Abrikosov-fluxon lattice; it may
have the same origin as that detected in the susceptibility.Comment: 8 pages, 4 embedded eps figures; Proceedings of the 9th EUCAS
Conference (Dresden, Germany, September 13-17, 2009
Tunable coaxial cavity resonator for linear and nonlinear microwave characterization of superconducting wires
We discuss experimental results obtained using a tunable cylindrical coaxial
cavity constituted by an outer Cu cylinder and an inner Pb-BSCCO wire. We have
used this device for investigating the microwave response of the
superconducting wire, both in the linear and nonlinear regimes. In particular,
by tuning the different modes of the cavity to make them resonant at exactly
harmonic frequencies, we have detected the power emitted by the superconducting
inner wire at the second- and third-harmonic frequency of the driving field.
The results obtained in the nonlinear regime, whether for the microwave surface
impedance or the harmonic emission, are qualitatively accounted for considering
intergrain fluxon dynamics. The use of this kind of device can be of strong
interest to investigate and characterise wires of large dimensions to be used
for implementing superconducting-based microwave devices.Comment: 14 pages, 6 embedded figures, accepted for publication in Supercond.
Sci. Techno
Systemic lupus erythemathosus between clinical practice and the laboratory: state of the art and new findings on anti-DNA autoantibodies
Identification of autoantibodies directed against nuclear antigens is a very important finding in the assessment of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. In particular, the anti-DNA autoantibodies have assumed a fundamental importance, both speculative and clinical, in the study of the systemic lupus erythemathous. The aim of the present review is to focalize on anti-DNA the mechanisms of both induction and production of anti-DNA autoantibodies, pathophysiologic and diagnostic and clinical aspects. For this purpose, forty years of studies on this topic have been reviewed. Aspects on different conformational shapes of double-stranded DNA have been discussed such as related pathogenetic and diagnostic ones. Finally, the review has dealt with experimental therapies, focusing on both animal models and the most recent clinical trials according to Evidence Based Medicine
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The nonlinear response near Tc and the complex electromagnetic conductivity of single crystals at microwave frequencies are explained in the framework of the two-fluid model with the additional hypothesis that the e.m. field modulates the partial concentrations of both normal and superconducting fluids