Many applications have stimulated the recent surge of interest single-chip parallel processing. In such machines, it is crucial to implement a high-throughput low-latency interconnection network to connect the on-chip components, especially the processing units and the memory units. In this paper, we propose a new mesh of trees (MoT) implementation of the interconnection network and evaluate it...

dered if guidance cue-induced changes in NFPC protein synthesis may play a role here. Interestingly, stimulating cultured growth cones with Sema3A, a repellent molecule expressed in telencephalic regions adjacent to the MOT, elevates NFPC protein twofold within 10 min. Therefore, we now postulate a growth cone turning mechanism involving Sema3A-induced increases in TAF1mediated NFPC activity at...

Converging evidence supports the "nonmonotonic plasticity" hypothesis, which states that although complete retrieval may strengthen memories, partial retrieval weakens them. Yet, the classic experimental paradigms used to study effects of partial retrieval are not ideally suited to doing so, because they lack the parametric control needed to ensure that the memory is activated to the appropriat...

We propose a new scheme for the production of milli-Kelvin molecules via kinematic cooling through collisions with atoms in a magnetooptical trap (MOT). We will discuss the kinematic conditions necessary for producing cold molecules, the limits of the final attainable temperatures and the experimental implementation of this technique. Finally, we will look at some specific physical systems and ...

We report the transport of magnetically trapped cold atoms over a large distance. Atoms are captured in a magneto-optical trap ~MOT! and loaded into a magnetic quadrupole trap. The quadrupole potential is then moved over a distance of 33 cm into an ultra-high-vacuum ~UHV! chamber using a chain of quadrupole coils. By running suitable currents through the quadrupole coil pairs the trapping geome...

We present a novel technique for measuring the characteristics of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) for cold atoms by monitoring the spontaneous emission from trapped atoms coupled into the guided mode of a tapered optical nanofiber. We show that the nanofiber is highly sensitive to very small numbers of atoms close to its surface. The size and shape of the MOT, determined by translating the cold at...

This minitrack is the continuation of the former minitrack on Technology Management: Systems and Processes. The purpose of the mini-track is to stimulate applications of systems sciences to the management of technology (MoT) by providing a forum for the exchange of new research findings and concepts related to MoT and the creation of value. The scope includes both systems for managing technolog...

We present the design, implementation and characterization of a dual-species magneto-optical trap (MOT) for fermionic Li and K atoms with large atom numbers. The MOT simultaneously contains 5.2 × 10 Li-atoms and 8.0 × 10 K-atoms, which are continuously loaded by a Zeeman slower for Li and a 2D-MOT for K. The atom sources induce capture rates of 1.2 × 10 Li-atoms/s and 1.4 × 10 K-atoms/s. Trap l...