Hole Spin Resonance and Spin-Orbit Coupling in a Silicon Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor.

We study hole spin resonance in a p-channel silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. In the subthreshold region, the measured source-drain current reveals a double dot in the channel. The observed spin resonance spectra agree with a model of strongly coupled two-spin states in the presence of a spin-orbit-induced anticrossing. Detailed spectroscopy at the anticrossing shows a suppressed spin resonance signal due to spin-orbit-induced quantum state mixing. This suppression is also observed for multiphoton spin resonances. Our experimental observations agree with theoretical calculations.

Noise characteristics of the Fano effect and the Fano-Kondo effect in triple quantum dots.

We theoretically compare transport properties of the Fano-Kondo effect with those of the Fano effect, focusing on the effect of a two-level state in a triple quantum dot (QD) system. We analyze shot noise characteristics in the Fano-Kondo region at zero temperature, and discuss the effect of strong electronic correlation in QDs. We found that the modulation of the Fano dip is strongly affected by the on-site Coulomb interaction in QDs, and stronger Coulomb interaction (Fano-Kondo case) induces larger noise.

Effect of common protective antigen vaccination to protect mink from challenge exposure with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The protein portion of endotoxin (OEP), or common antigen of Pseudomonas aeruginosa prepared from strain N10 of P aeruginosa, was examined as a possible vaccine against this organism in mink. Mink were given OEP vaccine and challenge exposed by instillation with the inoculum into the nostril. They survived after this exposure with 4 median lethal (LD50) doses of strain NC-5 (protease negative, elastase negative) or with 160 LD50 doses of strain 5 (protease positive, elastase positive). Strain NC-5 belonged to TYPE 5 AND strain 5 belonged to type 8 (according to the serotyping method of Homma). Strain N10, the source of OEP, belonged to serotype 5. Thus, the mink vaccinated with OEP vaccine were able to stand challenge exposure to both homologous and heterologous serotype strains. More mink given OEP vaccine survived the challenge exposure by intranasal spraying with virulent strain 5 than did those in the nonvaccinated control group, with a significant difference. When the surviving mink of the vaccinated group were rechallenge exposed with 300 or 3,000 LD50 doses of the same strain a month later, most of them survived.