Geometrical surface vortex pinning in superconducting films

A model is proposed for vortex pinning in a superconducting film with a rough surface. The model relates the critical current to the steepness of the surface relief and, at a high vortex concentration, to the distance between neighboring steepness maxima on the paths of vortex motion. The dependence of the critical current density on the thickness of a high-T_c superconducting film is measured in a weak magnetic field. Its behavior can be explained by the pinning at the stepped surface relief.     

Frequency separation of surface acoustic waves in layered structures with acoustic metamaterials

We show theoretically that in elastic layered structures containing an upper layer of smoothly varied thickness and a substrate of a highly dispersive metametarial it is possible to significantly enhance spatial frequency separation of surface acoustic waves. Theory of Love surface acoustic waves propagation in waveguides with varied thickness, taking into account mutual modes coupling, is built. Appropriate structure of metamatererial with resonant frequency dependence of material parameters, making frequency separation effective, is provided. Efficiency of spatial frequency separation and modes coupling is calculated for various metamaterial parameters and wave frequencies.     

Generation of surface waves by three-dimensional vortex structures

The oblique interactions of vortex rings with a free surface is discussed. The signature of a submerged turbulent jet on a free surface is presented.     

Interaction of a moving domain wall with surface magnetoelastic waves in yttrium orthoferrite

The amplitude-frequency characteristics of magnetoelastic surface waves excited by moving domain walls in a lamellar yttrium orthoferrite samples are discovered and measured. The results of analysis of the effect of magnetoelastic surface waves on the dynamics of domain walls in this orthoferrite are considered. The nonlinear interaction between magnetoelastic surface waves accompanying a moving domain wall is analyzed.     

Interaction of acoustic waves with polycrystals

We analyze theoretically the structure of the field created in a semi-infinite polycrystal by an acoustic wave, coming from an isotropic homogeneous medium and incident normally onto its surface. The elastic anisotropy of the polycrystal is supposed to be small, and the perturbation theory is applied. It is shown that the effective medium approach is not valid. In addition to the transmitted wave propagating in the polycrystal with an effective sound speed, there is one more bulk wave, whose amplitude decreases at a distance of the order of the mean size of the grain from the interface. The structure of the reflected wave is the same as when reflecting from an isotropic solid. However, the relation between the amplitudes of reflected and transmitted waves differs from that in an isotropic solid.     

Propagation of surface acoustic waves in structures incorporating high-temperature superconductors

Analysis of the propagation of surface acoustic waves (SAW) was carried out in piezoelectric-high-temperature superconductor (HTSC) film-dielectric structure near the superconducting transition of the HTSC film. By considering a change in the resistive state of the film, its inhomogeneity in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and the mechanical load of the piezoelectric, equations describing the temperature dependence of the velocity and attenuation of the SAW were obtained. Our calculations agree with experimental results for LiNbO₃-YBa₂Cu₃O₇ structures if possible inhomogeneities in the film are taken into account.Institute for Automated Control Systems and Radio Electronics, Tomsk. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 38–45, July, 1992.     

Parameter optimization of surface acoustic waves via multilayer structures

A method and algorithm for numerical analysis and optimization of the basic parameters of electroacoustic surface waves propagating in multilayer piezoelectric structures are described. Combinations of layer materials and piezoelectric substrates for which an electroacoustic surface wave has optimal parameters of propagation (low dispersion, high electromechanical coupling coefficient, high thermal stability, low diffraction losses, etc.) are found.     

Dipole-induced vortex ratchets in superconducting films with arrays of micromagnets

We investigate the transport properties of superconducting films with periodic arrays of in-plane magnetized micromagnets. Two different magnetic textures are studied: a square array of magnetic bars and a close-packed array of triangular microrings. As confirmed by magnetic force microscopy imaging, the magnetic state of both systems can be adjusted to produce arrays of almost pointlike magnetic dipoles. By carrying out transport measurements with ac drive, we observed experimentally a recently predicted ratchet effect induced by the interaction between superconducting vortices and the magnetic dipoles. Moreover, we find that these magnetic textures produce vortex-antivortex patterns, which have a crucial role in the transport properties of this hybrid system.     

Interaction of acoustic waves with porous layer

Interaction of sound impulse with porous layer is investigated. The presence of a barrier shielded by the layer and the gap between the porous layer and the barrier is possible. Method of calculation in linear approximation of pressures and tensions in the porous layer, gap, and on the barrier has been proposed. The method serves to interpret data on acoustic waves interaction with porous layer obtained experimentally or with the use of finite-difference methods. Specifics of acoustic wave propagation into the porous layer and further reflection from the barrier has been studied. Comparison of calculation data with experimental data of other authors on impulse propagation through the porous plate submerged in water has been carried out.     

Resonant generation of surface acoustic waves between moving and stationary piezoelectric crystals

The propagation of surface acoustic waves in a system composed of two piezoelectric crystals moving with respect to each other and separated by a vacuum gap is considered. The waves are localized on different sides of the gap and coupled only through the electrostatic interaction. It is shown that when the velocity of the relative motion of crystals is close to some value, there occurs a wave instability resulting in a resonant generation of these surface waves. The rate of growth of Bleustein-Gulyaev waves in piezoelectric crystals of 6mm symmetry class is determined analytically.     

Interaction of gravitational waves with a superconducting cylindrical antenna

In this paper we investigate the effects of gravitational waves (GW) on a superconducting cylindrical antenna (S-antenna). We suggest that the electric fields induced by GW of dimensionless amplitudeh - 10^–24 in the interior of existing cylindrical antenna might be detectable.     

Interaction of second sound with acoustic waves in solids

An expression has been derived for the collision operator for phonons in a solid, which is valid at very low temperatures. The set of coupled equations for the elastic deformation and the phonon density or second sound has been reduced to a simple tractable form and the dispersion equation for the coupled waves consisting of the acoustic modes and second sound has been derived. It is shown that only the longitudinal mode interacts with the second sound. It is also shown that as a result of the interaction with the second sound, the longitudinal velocity along the principal axis acquires a correction term that is proportional to bothγ ² andT ⁴. The author felicitates Prof. D S Kothari on his eightieth birthday and dedicates this paper to him on this occasion.     

Interaction of electromagnetic waves with fractal structures

A review and analysis is presented of the state of theoretical and experimental investigations of the problem of the interaction of electromagnetic waves with different inhomogeneous media possessing fractal properties. Such problems are classified and the approaches to solving them are discussed, including those implemented by the present authors.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 76–87, October, 1993.     

Interaction of surface electromagnetic waves with an electron beam moving along the interface between metamaterials

Excitation of surface polaritons by an infinitely narrow electron beam propagating in the vacuum gap between a metal-like medium and an artificial dielectric with a negative permeability is studied theoretically. A dispersion relation is derived for the waves excited by the beam for an arbitrary thickness of the gap. The possibility of the emergence of absolute instability is demonstrated for an infinitely narrow vacuum gap, and the corresponding increments are calculated with allowance for small dissipative losses.     

Hydrogen detection with surface acoustic transverse waves

Summary A new hydrogen sensor is here presented, based on the use of horizontally polarized surface transverse waves (STW). The use of these waves for application to chemical sensors seems attractive because of the possibility of controlling their penetration depth into the substrate and thus increasing the sensitivity of the device. Preliminary experiments, performed on a ST-cut quartz substrate, have shown how the response of the device strongly increases with the STW energy trapping in the sensitive Pd film.     

Interaction of waves with a birefringent medium moving with acceleration

Recent experiments demonstrated that the energy of a neutron traversing an accelerated sample of a refractive medium changes. Later, it was realized that such an accelerated-medium effect (AME) is quite a general phenomenon characteristic of waves and particles of different nature. This paper discusses some special features of the effect for a birefringent medium. In this case, AME shows quite new features. In neutron optics, where birefringence is due to the spin dependence of the refractive index, AME results in a nonstationary state with a precessing spin. In the case of the propagation of a two-flavor neutrino through an accelerated layer of matter, AME affects substantially the ensuing evolution of a neutrino flavor state as it propagates through a free space.     

Imaging of surface acoustic waves

A new experimental method has been devised that directly determines the group velocities of surface acoustic waves. A point source and a point detector are employed to measure the ultrasonic transmission across a solid surface as a continuous function of the propagation direction. Results for single pulses give the times-of-flight for both Rayleigh surface waves (RSW's) and pseudo-surface-waves (PSW's). Calculations and measurements of the group velocities of the surface waves on silicon show some unanticipated behavior: fluid loading qualitiatively changes the group velocity curves for both RSW and PSW. In particular, the RSW branch gains an additional component which we denote here as an induced Rayleigh wave (IRW). If a wave train is employed in the experiment, the analog of phonon focusing is observed for the ultrasonic waves, modified by internal-diffraction effects. Systematic measurements of the wave intensities on silicon as a function of propagation distance are consistent with expected acoustic losses into the surrounding water: the attenuation length of a wave depends on the mode and frequency. A survey of surface-wave images on other crystals is included in this study.