The glass-like vortex distribution in pulsed laser deposited YBa2Cu3O(7-x) thin films is observed by scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscopy and analysed for ordering after cooling in magnetic fields significantly smaller than the Earth's field. Autocorrelation calculations on this distribution show a weak short-range positional order, while Delaunay triangulation shows ...

Here, we present a novel mechanism for cell trapping using microscale laminar vortices containing stable and predictable recirculating fluid flow. Particles larger than the critical size cut-off migrate laterally through fluid streamlines and orbit within the vortex while smaller particles follow fluid streamlines and travel out of the device. Larger particles were measured to experience shear ...

A quantum photonic circuit with the ability to produce continuous variable quantum vortex states is proposed. This device produces two single-mode squeezed states which go through a Mach-Zehnder interferometer where photons are subtracted by means of weakly coupled directional couplers towards ancillary waveguides. The detection of a number of photons in these modes heralds the production of a ...

this paper is about experimental results for partial reduction of vortex at vertical pipe intakes. one of the easiest and practical ways of reducing vortex effect is to use anti-vortex plates or baffles. these plates can be used to avoid the vortex completely or partially. this paper will concentrate on the latter case. rectangular plates with different dimensions have been placed at different ...

We experimentally demonstrate and evaluate the performance of an analog signal transmission system with photonic integrated optical vortex emitter and 3.6-km few-mode fiber (FMF) link using orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes. The fabricated photonic integrated device is capable of emitting vector optical vortices carrying well-defined and quantized OAM modes with topological charge l=-2 and 2...

We propose a type of Josephson vortex ratchet. In this system a Josephson vortex moves in a periodic asymmetric potential under the action of a deterministic or random force with zero time average. For some implementations the amplitude of the potential can be controlled during the experiment, thus allowing us to tune the performance of the system and build rocking as well as flashing ratchets....

A synthetic jet is one of flow control devices that can topologically disturb surrounding flow field by adding periodic injection and suction of surrounding fluid using an oscillating membrane through an orifice. This device can be applied to the downsized fluid machinery without a net mass injection of fluid for the simplified structure. In this study, the phase-averaged three-dimensional flow...