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- Robinson, N. A., et al.
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Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture
- 2022
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Ingår i: Reviews in Aquaculture. - : Wiley. - 1753-5123 .- 1753-5131. ; 15:2, s. 491-535
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for global aquaculture. In this review, we examine the status and potential of technologies that exploit genetic variation in host resistance to tackle this problem. We argue that there is an urgent need to improve understanding of the genetic mechanisms involved, leading to the development of tools that can be applied to boost host resistance and reduce the disease burden. We draw on two pressing global disease problems as case studies—sea lice infestations in salmonids and white spot syndrome in shrimp. We review how the latest genetic technologies can be capitalised upon to determine the mechanisms underlying inter- and intra-species variation in pathogen/parasite resistance, and how the derived knowledge could be applied to boost disease resistance using selective breeding, gene editing and/or with targeted feed treatments and vaccines. Gene editing brings novel opportunities, but also implementation and dissemination challenges, and necessitates new protocols to integrate the technology into aquaculture breeding programmes. There is also an ongoing need to minimise risks of disease agents evolving to overcome genetic improvements to host resistance, and insights from epidemiological and evolutionary models of pathogen infestation in wild and cultured host populations are explored. Ethical issues around the different approaches for achieving genetic resistance are discussed. Application of genetic technologies and approaches has potential to improve fundamental knowledge of mechanisms affecting genetic resistance and provide effective pathways for implementation that could lead to more resistant aquaculture stocks, transforming global aquaculture. © 2022 The Authors. Reviews in Aquaculture published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
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- Kalenyuk, Aleksey A., et al.
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Influence of the Fermi surface geometry on the Josephson effect between iron-pnictide and conventional superconductors
- 2021
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. - 2469-9950 .- 2469-9969. ; 103:21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study hybrid Josephson junctions between a multiband Ba1-xNaxFe2As2 iron-pnictide and Nb. We observe that the insertion of a Cu interlayer in such junctions leads to a dramatic enhancement of the IcRn product, despite the weaker proximity-induced superconductivity of Cu. This counterintuitive phenomenon is attributed to the differences in Fermi surface geometries of Nb and Cu, which affect the selectivity of tunneling in sign-reversal s± bands of pnictide. Our results indicate that the sensitivity to Fermi surface geometries provides a new tool for phase-sensitive studies and paves the way to conscious Fermi surface engineering of pnictide junctions.
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- Galin, M. A., et al.
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Direct Visualization of Phase-Locking of Large Josephson Junction Arrays by Surface Electromagnetic Waves
- 2020
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Ingår i: Physical Review Applied. - 2331-7019. ; 14:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Phase-locking of oscillators leads to super-radiant amplification of the emission power. This is particularly important for development of terahertz sources, which suffer from low emission efficiency. In this work we study large Josephson junction arrays containing several thousand Nb-based junctions. Using low-temperature scanning laser microscopy, we observe that at certain bias conditions two-dimensional standing-wave patterns are formed, manifesting themselves as global synchronization of the arrays. Analysis of standing waves indicates that they are formed by surface plasmon-type electromagnetic waves propagating at the electrode-substrate interface. Thus, we demonstrate that surface waves provide an effective mechanism for long-range coupling and phase-locking of large junction arrays.
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- Kapran, Olena M., et al.
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Crossover between short- and long-range proximity effects in superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junctions with Ni-based ferromagnets
- 2021
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. - : American Physical Society (APS). - 2469-9950 .- 2469-9969. ; 103:9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junctions with CuNi, PtNi, or Ni interlayers. Remarkably, we observe that supercurrents through Ni can be significantly larger than through diluted alloys. The phenomenon is attributed to the dirtiness of disordered alloys leading to a short coherence length despite a small exchange energy. To the contrary, pure Ni is clean resulting in a coherence length as long as in a normal metal. Analysis of temperature dependencies of critical currents reveals a crossover from short (dirty) to long (clean) range proximity effects in Pt1-xNix with increasing Ni concentration. Our results point out that structural properties of a ferromagnet play a crucial role for the proximity effect and indicate that conventional strong-but-clean ferromagnets can be advantageously used in superconducting spintronic devices.
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- Cattaneo, Roger, et al.
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Superconducting Terahertz Sources with 12% Power Efficiency
- 2021
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Ingår i: Physical Review Applied. - 2331-7019. ; 16:6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Low power efficiency is one of the main problems of terahertz (THz) sources, colloquially known as “the THz gap.” In this work we present prototypes of THz devices based on whisker crystals of a high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ with a record high-radiation power efficiency of 12% at a frequency of approximately 4 THz. We employ various on- and off-chip detection techniques and, in particular, use the radiative cooling phenomenon for accurate evaluation of the emission power. We conclude that such devices can be used for creation of tunable, monochromatic, cw, compact, and power-efficient THz sources.
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- Galin, Mikhail A., et al.
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Coherent amplification of radiation from two phase-locked Josephson junction arrays
- 2022
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Ingår i: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. - : Beilstein Institut. - 2190-4286. ; 13, s. 1445-1457
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We analyze experimentally and theoretically mutual phase locking and electromagnetic interaction between two linear arrays with a large number of Josephson junctions. Arrays with different separation, either on the same chip or on two separate substrates are studied. We observe a large coherent gain, up to a factor of three, of emitted power from two simultaneously biased arrays, compared to the sum of powers from two individually biased arrays. The phenomenon is attributed to the phase locking of junctions in different arrays via a common electromagnetic field. Remarkably, the gain can exceed the factor of two expected for a simple constructive interference of two oscillators. The larger gain is explained by an additional consequence of mutual interaction between two large arrays. Mutual phase locking of large arrays does not only result in constructive interference outside the arrays, but also improved synchronization of junctions inside each array. Our conclusion is supported by numerical modelling.
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- Grebenchuk, Sergey Yu, et al.
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Observation of interacting Josephson vortex chains by magnetic force microscopy
- 2020
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Ingår i: Physical Review Research. - 2643-1564. ; 2:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The ability to control Josephson vortices is instrumental for development of superconducting cryoelectronics. However, direct visualization of multivortex states in Josephson junctions is a challenging task. Here, we employ a magnetic force microscopy (MFM) for the analysis of planar Josephson junctions. We observe a specific MFM response, seen as a chain of small rings. By changing the applied field, we show that the number of rings is equal to the number of flux quanta in the junction. Therefore, each ring represents an individual vortex in a one-dimensional vortex chain within the junction. Our observation demonstrates that the MFM technique can be used for visualization of Josephson vortices and for probing their spatial configurations and mutual interaction.
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- Krasnov, Mikhail M., et al.
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Design aspects of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ THz sources : optimization of thermal and radiative properties
- 2021
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Ingår i: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. - : Beilstein Institut. - 2190-4286. ; 12, s. 1392-1403
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Impedance matching and heat management are important factors influencing the performance of terahertz sources. In this work we analyze thermal and radiative properties of such devices based on mesa structures of a layered high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta. Two types of devices are considered containing either a conventional large single crystal or a whisker. We perform numerical simulations for various geometrical configurations and parameters and make a comparison with experimental data for the two types of devices. It is demonstrated that the structure and the geometry of both the superconductor and the electrodes play important roles. In crystal-based devices an overlap between the crystal and the electrode leads to appearance of a large parasitic capacitance, which shunts terahertz emission and prevents impedance matching with open space. The overlap is avoided in whisker-based devices. Furthermore, the whisker and the electrodes form a turnstile (crossed-dipole) antenna facilitating good impedance matching. This leads to more than an order of magnitude enhancement of the radiation power efficiency in whisker-based, compared to crystal-based, devices. These results are in good agreement with presented experimental data.
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