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Dynamics Of A Nanomechanical Resonator Coupled To A Superconducting Single-Electron Transistor, M. P. Blencowe, J. Imbers, A. D. Armour Nov 2005

Dynamics Of A Nanomechanical Resonator Coupled To A Superconducting Single-Electron Transistor, M. P. Blencowe, J. Imbers, A. D. Armour

Dartmouth Scholarship

We present an analysis of the dynamics of a nanomechanical resonator coupled to a superconducting single-electron transistor (SSET) in the vicinity of Josephson quasi-particle (JQP) and double Josephson quasi-particle (DJQP) resonances. For weak coupling and wide separation of dynamical timescales, we find that for either superconducting resonances the dynamics of the resonator are given by a Fokker–Planck equation, i.e. the SSET behaves effectively as an equilibrium heat bath, characterized by an effective temperature, which also damps the resonator and renormalizes its frequency. Depending on the gate and drain–source voltage bias points with respect to the superconducting resonance, the SSET can …


Investigation Of The Superconducting Properties Of Niobium Radio-Frequency Cavities, Gianluigi Ciovati Jul 2005

Investigation Of The Superconducting Properties Of Niobium Radio-Frequency Cavities, Gianluigi Ciovati

Physics Theses & Dissertations

Radio-frequency (rf) superconducting cavities are widely used to increase the energy of a charged particle beam in particle accelerators. The maximum gradients of cavities made of bulk niobium have constantly improved over the last ten years and they are approaching the theoretical limit of the material. Nevertheless, rf tests of niobium cavities are still showing some "anomalous" losses (so-called "Q-drop"), characterized by a marked increase of the surface resistance at high rf fields, in absence of field emission. A low temperature "in-situ" baking under ultra-high vacuum has been successfully applied by several laboratories to reduce those losses and …


Weak Point Disorder In Strongly Fluctuating Flux-Line Liquids, Panayotis Benetatos, M. Cristina Marchetti Apr 2005

Weak Point Disorder In Strongly Fluctuating Flux-Line Liquids, Panayotis Benetatos, M. Cristina Marchetti

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We consider the effect of weak uncorrelated quenched disorder (point defects) on a strongly fluctuating flux-line liquid. We use a hydrodynamic model which is based on mapping the flux-line system onto a quantum liquid of relativistic charged bosons in 2+1 dimensions [P. Benetatos and M. C. Marchetti, Phys. Rev. B 64, 054518, (2001)]. In this model, flux lines are allowed to be arbitrarily curved and can even form closed loops. Point defects can be scalar or polar. In the latter case, the direction of their dipole moments can be random or correlated. Within the Gaussian approximation of our hydrodynamic model, …


Electrical And Structural Properties Of Ex-Situ Annealed Superconducting Bi_2sr_2cacu_2o_8 Thin Films Obtained By Coevaporation Of Components, Necdet Baştürk Jan 2005

Electrical And Structural Properties Of Ex-Situ Annealed Superconducting Bi_2sr_2cacu_2o_8 Thin Films Obtained By Coevaporation Of Components, Necdet Baştürk

Turkish Journal of Physics

Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8 system superconducting thin films were obtained by synchronized deposition of Bi, Cu, CaF_2 and SrF_2 components onto cleaved MgO (100) single crystal substrates after annealing in the temperature range 600--840 °C. The films were annealed in H_2O and O_2, then dry O_2 atmosphere for the removal of fluorine from the structure and to attain superconducting properties. X-ray powder diffraction patterns were used to characterize the obtained film structure. The films were observed to grow along c-axis perpendicular to the substrate surface with the identified reflection on the (00l, l = 6, 8, 10...) planes. The films having the critical …