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Transport equation for 2D electron liquid under microwave radiation plus magnetic field and the Zero Resistance State
A general transport equation for the center of mass motion is constructed to
study transports of electronic system under uniform magnetic field and
microwave radiation. The equation is applied to study 2D electron system in the
limit of weak disorder where negative resistance instability is observed when
the radiation field is strong enough. A solution of the transport equation with
spontaneous AC current is proposed to explain the experimentally observed
Radiation-Induced Zero Resistance State.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figur
Nonlinear Near-Field Microwave Microscope For RF Defect Localization in Superconductors
Niobium-based Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavity performance is
sensitive to localized defects that give rise to quenches at high accelerating
gradients. In order to identify these material defects on bulk Nb surfaces at
their operating frequency and temperature, it is important to develop a new
kind of wide bandwidth microwave microscopy with localized and strong RF
magnetic fields. By taking advantage of write head technology widely used in
the magnetic recording industry, one can obtain ~200 mT RF magnetic fields,
which is on the order of the thermodynamic critical field of Nb, on submicron
length scales on the surface of the superconductor. We have successfully
induced the nonlinear Meissner effect via this magnetic write head probe on a
variety of superconductors. This design should have a high spatial resolution
and is a promising candidate to find localized defects on bulk Nb surfaces and
thin film coatings of interest for accelerator applications.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures Journal-ref: 2010 Applied Superconductivity
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Micromachined membrane particle filters
We report here several particle membrane filters (8 x 8 mm^2) with circular, hexagonal and rectangular through holes. By varying hole dimensions from 6 to 12 pm, opening factors from 4 to 45 % are achieved. In order to improve the filter robustness, a composite silicon nitride/Parylene membrane technology is developed. More importantly, fluid dynamic performance of the filters is also studied by both experiments and numerical simulations. It is found that the gaseous flow through the filters depends strongly on opening factors, and the measured pressure drops are much lower than that from numerical simulation using the Navier-Stokes equation. Interestingly, surface velocity slip can only account for a minor part of the discrepancy. This suggests that a very interesting topic for micro fluid mechanics research is identified
Mgb2 Nonlinear Properties Investigated under Localized High RF Magnetic Field Excitation
In order to increase the accelerating gradient of Superconducting Radio
Frequency (SRF) cavities, Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) opens up hope because of
its high transition temperature and potential for low surface resistance in the
high RF field regime. However, due to the presence of the small superconducting
gap in the {\pi} band, the nonlinear response of MgB2 is potentially quite
large compared to a single gap s-wave superconductor (SC) such as Nb.
Understanding the mechanisms of nonlinearity coming from the two-band structure
of MgB2, as well as extrinsic sources, is an urgent requirement. A localized
and strong RF magnetic field, created by a magnetic write head, is integrated
into our nonlinear-Meissner-effect scanning microwave microscope [1]. MgB2
films with thickness 50 nm, fabricated by a hybrid physical-chemical vapor
deposition technique on dielectric substrates, are measured at a fixed location
and show a strongly temperature-dependent third harmonic response. We propose
that at least two mechanisms are responsible for this nonlinear response, one
of which involves vortex nucleation and penetration into the film. [1] T. M.
Tai, X. X. Xi, C. G. Zhuang, D. I. Mircea, S. M. Anlage, "Nonlinear Near-Field
Microwave Microscope for RF Defect Localization in Superconductors", IEEE
Trans. Appl. Supercond. 21, 2615 (2011).Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
Gutzwiller Projected wavefunctions in the fermonic theory of S=1 spin chains
We study in this paper a series of Gutzwiller Projected wavefunctions for S=1
spin chains obtained from a fermionic mean-field theory for general S>1/2 spin
systems [Phys. Rev. B 81, 224417] applied to the bilinear-biquadratic (J-K)
model. The free-fermion mean field states before the projection are 1D paring
states. By comparing the energies and correlation functions of the projected
pairing states with those obtained from known results, we show that the
optimized Gutzwiller projected wavefunctions are very good trial ground state
wavefunctions for the antiferromagnetic bilinear-biquadratic model in the
regime K0). We find that different topological phases of the
free-fermion paring states correspond to different spin phases: the weak
pairing (topologically non-trivial) state gives rise to the Haldane phase,
whereas the strong pairing (topologically trivial) state gives rise to the
dimer phase. In particular the mapping between the Haldane phase and Gutwziller
wavefunction is exact at the AKLT point K=1/3. The transition point between the
two phases determined by the optimized Gutzwiller Projected wavefunction is in
good agreement with the known result. The effect of Z2 gauge fluctuations above
the mean field theory is analyzed.Comment: 10 pages,7 figure
Crosstalk between astrocytic CXCL12 and microglial CXCR4 contributes to the development of neuropathic pain
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Edge states in Open Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Chains
In this letter we report our results in investigating edge effects of open
antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin chains with spin magnitudes
using the density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method initiated by
White. For integer spin chains, we find that edge states with spin magnitude
exist, in agreement with Valence-Bond-Solid model picture. For
half-integer spin chains, we find that no edge states exist for spin
chain, but edge state exists in spin chain with , in
agreement with previous conjecture by Ng. Strong finite size effects associated
with spin dimmerization in half-integer spin chains will also be discussed.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX 3.0, 5 figures in a separate uuencoded postscript
file. Replaced once to enlarge the acknowlegement
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