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Dynamics of ultra-intense circularly polarized solitons under inhomogeneous plasmas
The dynamics of the ultra-intense circularly polarized solitons under
inhomogeneous plasmas are examined. The interaction is modeled by the Maxwell
and relativistic hydrodynamic equations and is solved with fully implicit
energy-conserving numerical scheme. It is shown that a propagating weak soliton
can be decreased and reflected by increasing plasma background, which is
consistent with the existing studies based on hypothesis of weak density
response. However it is found that ultra-intense soliton is well trapped and
kept still when encountering increasing background. Probably, this founding can
be applied for trapping and amplifying high-intensity laser-fields.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Plasma
Hydration-induced anisotropic spin fluctuations in Na_{x}CoO_{2}\cdot1.3H_{2}O superconductor
We report ^{59}Co NMR studies in single crystals of cobalt oxide
superconductor Na_{0.42}CoO_{2}\cdot1.3H_{2}O (T_c=4.25K) and its parent
compound Na_{0.42}CoO_{2}. We find that both the magnitude and the temperature
(T) dependence of the Knight shifts are identical in the two compounds above
T_c. The spin-lattice relaxation rate (1/T_1) is also identical above T_0
\sim60 K for both compounds. Below T_0, the unhydrated sample is found to be a
non-correlated metal that well conforms to Fermi liquid theory, while spin
fluctuations develop in the superconductor. These results indicate that water
intercalation does not change the density of states but its primary role is to
bring about spin fluctuations. Our result shows that, in the hydrated
superconducting compound, the in-plane spin fluctuation around finite wave
vector is much stronger than that along the c-axis, which indicates that the
spin correlation is quasi-two-dimensional.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Suppressing longitudinal double-layer oscillations by using elliptically polarized laser pulses in the hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration regime
It is shown that well collimated mono-energetic ion beams with a large
particle number can be generated in the hole-boring radiation pressure
acceleration regime by using an elliptically polarized laser pulse with
appropriate theoretically determined laser polarization ratio. Due to the
effect, the double-layer charge separation region is
imbued with hot electrons that prevent ion pileup, thus suppressing the
double-layer oscillations. The proposed mechanism is well confirmed by
Particle-in-Cell simulations, and after suppressing the longitudinal
double-layer oscillations, the ion beams driven by the elliptically polarized
lasers own much better energy spectrum than those by circularly polarized
lasers.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Phys. Plasmas (2013) accepte
Spin singlet pairing in the superconducting state of NaxCoO2\cdot1.3H2O: evidence from a ^{59}Co Knight shift in a single crystal
We report a ^{59}Co Knight shift measurement in a single crystal of the
cobalt oxide superconductor Na_{x}CoO_2\cdot1.3H_2O (T_c=4.25 K). We find that
the shift due to the spin susceptibility, K^s, is substantially large and
anisotropic, with the spin shift along the a-axis K^s_a being two times that
along the c-axis K^s_c. The shift decreases with decreasing temperature (T)
down to T\sim100 K, then becomes a constant until superconductivity sets in.
Both K^s_a and K^s_c decrease below T_c. Our results indicate unambiguously
that the electron pairing in the superconducting state is in the spin singlet
form.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Fermi-liquid ground state in n-type copper-oxide superconductor Pr0.91Ce0.09LaCuO4-y
We report nuclear magnetic resonance studies on the low-doped n-type
copper-oxide Pr_{0.91}LaCe_{0.09}CuO_{4-y} (T_c=24 K) in the superconducting
state and in the normal state uncovered by the application of a strong magnetic
field. We find that when the superconductivity is removed, the underlying
ground state is the Fermi liquid state. This result is at variance with that
inferred from previous thermal conductivity measurement and contrast with that
in p-type copper-oxides with a similar doping level where high-T_c
superconductivity sets in within the pseudogap phase. The data in the
superconducting state are consistent with the line-nodes gap model.Comment: version to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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