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Tian T. Shen, Wei Wu, Qingkai Yu, Curt A. Richter, Randolph E. Elmquist, David B. Newell, Yong P. Chen
We report observations of well developed half integer quantum Hall effect on mono layer graphene films of 7 mm × 7 mm in size. The graphene films are grown by chemical vapor deposition on copper, then transferred to SiO2/Si substrates, with typical carrier
Najib Cheggour, Xifeng Lu, T G. Holesinger, Theodore C. Stauffer, J Jiang, Loren F. Goodrich
A reversible strain effect on transport critical current I c was found in Bi 2Sr 2CaCu 2O 8+x (Bi-2212) high-temperature superconducting round wires. I c showed unambiguous reversibility at 4 K and 16 T up to an irreversible strain limit of about 0.3 % in
Daniel C. van der Laan, Loren F. Goodrich, Timothy J. Haugan
Transmission cables made from high-temperature superconductors have been successfully demonstrated within the electric power grid. These cables carry an ac current of up to 3,000 A in a much smaller size than conventional transmission lines, but they are
The influence of ambient pressure below atmospheric and heating rate on bubble dynamics associated with rapid evaporation in highly superheated water is investigated in this work. The average surface temperature of thin platinum strips immersed in water is
Superconducting measurements that help connect the unit of mass, the kilogram, to the Planck constant h are bringing the time when the scale for all units in the International System of Units (SI) can be defined directly through fundamental and atomic
Topological order in some single particle cold atom systems can now be measured directly, instead of relying on proxies such as the quantized Hall conductance as is usually the case in conventional materials. This new measurement technique complements the
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) operates the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF III) to support a number of applications of extreme ultraviolet radiation. SURF III is a 400 MeV electron storage ring that can operate
Peter J. Lowell, Galen C. O'Neil, Jason M. Underwood, Joel N. Ullom
Understanding the subgap behavior of Normal-Insulator-Superconductor (NIS) tunnel junctions is important in order to be able to accurately model the thermal properties of the junctions. Hekking and Nazarov developed a theory in which the NIS sub gap
Superconductivity was found at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, by Kamerlingh Onnes in 1911. Since then superconductivity has developed in to a modern science and technology that led to a number of Nobel prices and has applications that would be
Dwight Hunter, William Alexander Osborn, Ke Wang, Nataliya Kazantseva, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Richard Suchoski, Ryota Takahashi, Marcus L. Young, Apurva Mehta, Leonid A. Bendersky, Sam E. Lofland, Manfred Wuttig, Ichiro Takeuchi
Chemical and structural heterogeneity and resulting interaction of coexisting phases can lead to extraordinary behaviors in oxides as observed in piezoelectric materials at morphotropic phase boundaries and relaxor ferroelectrics. But such phenomena are
Daniel C. van der Laan, Dmytro Abraimov, A A. Polyanskii, David C. Larbalestier, J. F. Douglas, R. Semerad, M Bauer
Recent experiments have shown that reversible effects of strain on the critical current density and flux pinning strength in the high-temperature superconductor Bi 2Sr 2Ca 2Cu 3O x can be explained entirely by the pressure dependence of its critical
Jean-Yves Chauleau, Benjamin James McMorran, R. Belkhou, Nicolas Bergeard, Tevfik Mente?, Miguel Angel Nino, Andrea Locatelli, John Unguris, Stanislas Rohart, Jacques Miltat, Andre Thiaville
We have observed peculiar magnetization textures in Ni80Pd20 nanostructures, by three different imaging techniques (MFM, XMCD-PEEM and SEMPA). The appearance of diamond-like domains with strong lateral charges, and of weak stripes structures brings into
William H. Rippard, Ranko R. Heindl, Matthew R. Pufall, Stephen E. Russek, Anthony B. Kos
We have measured the relaxation time of a thermally unstable ferromagnetic nanoparticle incorporated into a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) as a function of applied magnetic field and voltage V (-0.38 V {less than or equal to} V {less than or equal to} +0
We develop a set of computationally efficient and accurate interatomic interactions for an atomistic simulation of the properties of graphene on nickel surface. The approach is based on the modified embedded atom method (MEAM) for the C-C and Ni-Ni
Kai Li, Pradeep Namboodiri, Sumanth B. Chikkamaranahalli, Gheorghe Stan, Ravikiran Attota, Joseph Fu, Richard M. Silver
Micro scale features are fabricated on Si (100) surfaces using lithographic techniques and then thermally processed in an ultra high vacuum (UHV) environment. Samples are flash heated at 1200 °C and further annealed at 1050 °C for 18 hours. The surface
We used perpendicular ferromagnetic resonance to measure the damping parameter in Co 90Fe 10/Ni multilayers over a wide range of layer thicknesses. The magnetic anisotropy within this range varied from in-pane to out-of-plane. We measured (Co 90Fe 10) xNi
Jiansong Gao, Kent D. Irwin, Gene C. Hilton, John A. Mates, Daniel R. Schmidt, Leila R. Vale, Konrad W. Lehnert, Francois Mallet, Jonas Zmuidzinas
We report noise measurement of superconducting micro-resonators with a Josephson parametric amplifier. These resonators show significant amount of frequency noise caused by surface two-level systems. However, in the dissipation quadrature, no excess noise
Loren F. Goodrich, Najib Cheggour, Xifeng Lu, Jolene D. Splett, Theodore C. Stauffer, Bernard J. Filla
We have defined a rigorous and reliable method for determining the irreversible strain limit of Nb 3Sn wires. The critical current (I c) is measured as a function of applied longitudinal strain (ε), I c(ε), at one magnetic field and a temperature of 4.0 K
The electrical conductance of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices whose ultra-thin aluminum oxide tunnel barrier was irradiated by highly charged ions (HCIs) increases linearly with the fluence of HCIs, while retaining a current-voltage relationship
A suitable optical lattice for cold atoms could produce a large effective magnetic field in which the atoms would realize analogs to quantum Hall states.
Ian B. Spielman, Jay Sau, Rajdeep Sensarma, Stephen Powell, Sankar Das Sarma
Spin-orbit coupling is an important ingredient in many recently discovered phenomena such as the spin-Hall effect and topological insulators. Of particular interest is topological superconductivity, with its potential application in topological quantum
S Ghosh, H. D. Zhou, L. Balicas, Jason S. Gardner, Yiming Qiu, C. R. Wiebe
The low temperature behaviour of single crystalline SrHo 2O 4 has been characterized by DC mag- netic susceptibility, heat capacity, and neutron scattering experiments. Our results show that despite the lack of magnetic long-ranged ordering in the presence
The trend in using ultracold atoms as simulators of condensed-matter and many-body phenomena is gaining momentum. These systems can now be used to simulate quantum magnetism.