Magnetic penetration depth in V3Si and LiTi2O4 measured by μSR

Muon spin relaxation (SR) studies have been performed in the normal spinel LiTi₂O₄ and the A-15 superconductor V₃Si to measure the magnetic penetration depth . The relaxation rate(T) 1/² in field-cooled measurements shows a sharp increase belowT _c followed by saturation at low temperatures in both systems. This feature implies an isotropic energy gap without anomalous zeros, and most likelys-wave pairing. The low temperature penetration depth (T 0) is determined to be 2100Å for LiTi₂O₄ and 1300Å for V₃Si respectively. Assuming a clean limit relation ^–2 n _s /m ^*, we derive the Fermi temperatureT _F n _s/ ^2/3 m ^* from the relaxation rate and the Sommerfeld constant asT _F ^3/4–1/4. Unlike conventional superconductors, both LiTi₂O₄ and V₃Si have a large ratio ofT _c /T _F 0.01, only slightly smaller than those ratios in more exotic superconductors.We thank C. Ballard and K. Hoyle for technical assistance. Work at Columbia University is supported by NSF Grant No. DMR-89-13784 and Packard Foundation (YJU). Ames Laboratory is operated for the U. S. Department of Energy by Iowa State University under Contract No. W-7405-Eng-82. Work at Ames was supported by the Director for Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.     

The Braided product of Ockham algebras

In this paper we introduce an algebraic concept of the product of Ockham algebras called the Braided product. We show that ifL _i MS(i=1, 2, ,n) then the Braided product ofL _i(i=1, 2, ,n) exists if and only ifL ₁, ,L _n have isomorphic skeletons.     

On the order of a class of meromorphic functions

This paper proves the following result: Letf(z) be a meromorphic function in thez-plane with a deficient value, and δ(θ _k )(k=1,2, ...,q;0≤θ ₁<θ₂<...<θ _q<θ _q+1=θ ₁+2π) beq rays (1≤q<∞) starting at the origin, and letn≥3 be an integer such that for any given positive numberε,0<ε<π/2, $$\overline {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{r \to \infty } } \frac{{\log ^ + n\left\{ { \cup _{k = 1}^q \Omega \left( {\theta _k + \varepsilon ,\theta _{k + 1} - \varepsilon ,r} \right),f\prime f^n = 1} \right\}}}{{\log r}} \leqslant v< \infty ,$$ whereΝ is a constant independent ofε. IfΜ<∞, then we have $$\lambda \leqslant \frac{\pi }{\omega } + v,$$ whereΜ andλ denote the lower order and order off(z), respectively,Ω=minθ _k+1 ?θ _k ;1≤k≤q, andn(E, f=a) is the number of zeros off(z)?a inE with multiple zeros being counted with their multiplicities.     

Full wave electromagnetic simulation of electrooptic high-speed probes

This paper outlines the process of modelling external electrooptic probes mounted on coplanar waveguides (CPW). The techniques used to describe the electromagnetic properties of the external probes are the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method and the finite difference transmission line method (FDTLM). These full wave techniques are time domain in nature that must be Fourier transformed to describe important frequency domain characteristics such as scattering parameters. The optical retardation of the probe is related to the full wave analysis through a commonly used grid size that results in a generalized basis for a complete electrooptic system analysis including a unique definition of an electrooptic transfer function,H(). Following the field simulation, the properties of the probe (invasiveness, retardation, signal distortion and group delay) are presented. Procedures for optimizing models for probe tips are discussed and related to a first-order model that has been developed. The results indicate that these probes can be simulated successfully on moderately sized Unix work stations and that the optimization of probe models must include the full wave simulation in the definition of the necessary gradients for the optimization process.