We grew tetragonally distorted FexCo1−x alloy films on Pd(001). Theoretical first-principles calculations for such films predicted a high saturation magnetization and a high uniaxial magnetic anisotropy energy for spe...
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We grew tetragonally distorted FexCo1−x alloy films on Pd(001). Theoretical first-principles calculations for such films predicted a high saturation magnetization and a high uniaxial magnetic anisotropy energy for specific values of the lattice distortion c/a and the alloy composition x. The magnetic anisotropy was investigated using the magneto-optical Kerr effect. An out-of-plane easy axis of magnetization was observed for Fe0.5Co0.5 films in the thickness range of 4 to 14 monolayers. The magnetic anisotropy energy induced by the tetragonal distortion is estimated to be almost 2 orders of magnitude larger than the value for bulk FeCo alloys. Using LEED Kikuchi patterns, a change of the easy axis of magnetization can be related to a decrease of the tetragonal distortion with thickness.
Our previous study showed that treatment of Musca domestica larvae with semi-lethal doses of Cu, Zn or Pb leads to their accumulation in the adult fly's abdomen. Now we report that the distribution pattern of heav...
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Our previous study showed that treatment of Musca domestica larvae with semi-lethal doses of Cu, Zn or Pb leads to their accumulation in the adult fly's abdomen. Now we report that the distribution pattern of heavy metals is similar to that of Ca. The housefly's larvae were reared on media contaminated with semi-lethal doses of Cu (800∈ppm), Zn (2000∈ppm) or Pb (10,000∈ppm) and on control medium. Ten days after eclosion, adult houseflies were prepared for X-ray microanalysis. Analyses were performed on the whole freeze-dried abdomen specimens using a nuclear microprobe (PIXE and RBS) at iThemba LABS, South Africa. GeoPIXE II software was used to obtain quantitative elemental maps by the Dynamic Analysis method. On the basis of Cu, Zn and Pb accumulation sites, the concentrations of these elements were correlated with the concentration of Ca. There was a clear relationship between Ca and all heavy metals examined, indicating Ca co-localization in their deposition sites. In the control animals, Zn and Ca deposition sites were significantly correlated. Association of heavy metals with Ca in their accretion sites suggests the presence of metal-accumulating granules, the so-called "concretions" probably in the Malpighian tubules, midgut epithelium or in the fat body.
Few-electron systems confined in vertically coupled quantum dots are studied by exact methods and through the local spin density approximation (LSDA). Special attention is paid to the recovering of the one-particle sy...
Few-electron systems confined in vertically coupled quantum dots are studied by exact methods and through the local spin density approximation (LSDA). Special attention is paid to the recovering of the one-particle symmetry properties in the LSDA. It is shown that—in spite of accurate energy estimates—the LSDA does not reproduce the one-particle parity and the relative probability of finding a definite number of electrons in the different quantum dots. This symmetry breaking appears for certain electron configurations and intermediate thickness of the interdot barrier and is a direct result of electron-electron correlation. We discuss the effect of correlation on the symmetry properties of the few-electron wave function and determine the limits of the applicability of the LSDA for coupled quantum dots.
Nonlinear optics has been the subject of intensive research, because of its wide applications in field of photonics, nanophotonics and optoelectronics such as optical signal processing, broadband optical communication...
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We present the development of a 64 channel readout ASIC called DEDIX for high count rate position-sensitive measurements using semiconductor detectors. The ASIC is designed in 0.35 mum CMOS process and its total area ...
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We present the development of a 64 channel readout ASIC called DEDIX for high count rate position-sensitive measurements using semiconductor detectors. The ASIC is designed in 0.35 mum CMOS process and its total area is 3400 times 5000 mum 2 . The DEDIX has a binary readout architecture. Each channel is built of a charge sensitive amplifier (CSA) with a pole-zero cancellation circuit, a shaper, two independent discriminators and two independent 20-bit counters. The size of the input device in CSA has been optimized for a detector capacitance in the range of 1-3 pF per strip. An equivalent noise charge of 110 el rms has been achieved for a total detector capacitance of 1 pF at the shaper peaking time of 160 ns. Internal correction DAC implemented in each channel independently ensures the low spread of effective threshold of discriminators at 0.4 mV on one sigma level. The mean gain in the multichannel ASIC is 54 muV/el, with a good uniformity from channel to channel (sd/mean = 0.8%). Low noise performance and high rate capability have been demonstrated by the measurement up to and above 1 MHz of average rate of input signals.
We report magnetisation and electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements on the colossal magnetoresistive manganites Lao0.67Ca 0.33Mn1-xFexO3, with x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.06, 0.10, and 0.15, in the vicinity of their magne...
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We report magnetisation and electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements on the colossal magnetoresistive manganites Lao0.67Ca 0.33Mn1-xFexO3, with x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.06, 0.10, and 0.15, in the vicinity of their magnetic (TC) and metal-insulator (TMI) transition temperatures. Above T C, the resonance lines with g 2 are caused by ferromagnetic metallic clusters exhibiting a double exchange interaction between Mn 3+-Mn4+ ions. The lines were observed with cooling far below both TC and TMI, and were fitted by the Dysonian line-shape. The temperature dependences of the line-widths exhibited a minimum value at Tmin 1.25TC, followed by an increase with further cooling toward TC. The anomalous behaviour of the line-width below Tmin is due to the appearance of a ferromagnetic metallic phase within the paramagnetic matrix. The role of phase segregation, in which the compounds are phase-separated into a mixture of ferromagnetic and paramagnetic regions, is discussed.
The internal structure of a composite fermion is investigated for a two-dimensional parabolic quantum dot containing three electrons. A Yukawa screened Coulomb interaction is assumed, which allows us to discuss the ev...
The internal structure of a composite fermion is investigated for a two-dimensional parabolic quantum dot containing three electrons. A Yukawa screened Coulomb interaction is assumed, which allows us to discuss the evolution of the electron-vortex correlations from the Coulomb interaction limit to the contact potential limit. The vortex structure approaches the Laughlin limit nonmonotonically through the formation of intermediate composite fermions in which a flip of the spatial orientation of the vortices with respect to the position of the electrons is observed. Only when we limit ourselves to the lowest Landau level (LLL) approximation the flip appears through the formation of an intermediate giant vortex at specific values of the screening length. Beyond the LLL approximation antivortices appear in the internal structure of the intermediate composite fermions which prevent the nucleation of giant vortices. We also studied the system of five electrons and show that the mechanism of the flip of the vortex orientation found for three-electron system is reproduced for higher number of electrons.
The no-scalar-hair theorems do not apply in the case when non-linear electrodynamics is included in the theory. In the current work, some preliminary numerical results describing charged black holes coupled to Born-In...
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The no-scalar-hair theorems do not apply in the case when non-linear electrodynamics is included in the theory. In the current work, some preliminary numerical results describing charged black holes coupled to Born-Infeld type non-linear electrodynamics in scalar-tensor theories of gravity with massive scalar field are presented.
We have grown ultrathin epitaxial Co films on three low-index surfaces of Pd. Their magnetic properties studied by the magneto-optical Kerr effect are correlated with the surface morphology analyzed by scanning tunnel...
We have grown ultrathin epitaxial Co films on three low-index surfaces of Pd. Their magnetic properties studied by the magneto-optical Kerr effect are correlated with the surface morphology analyzed by scanning tunneling microscopy. A perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in the films appeared after exposure to residual gas atmosphere at low temperature, after coverage with an Au overlayer or after annealing at 370K and above. For one- and two-monolayer-thick films the hysteresis loops are reversed with respect to those of thicker Co films. This is due the negative polar Kerr rotation contribution from the Co∕Pd interface dominating over the positive polar Kerr rotation contribution from the noninterface part of the Co film. Reversed loops are not seen when the Co films grow in a three-dimensional mode. This indicates a clear correspondence between the mode of growth and the magneto-optical response. Near the film thickness where the Kerr rotation changes sign a remarkable temperature behavior is observed which is discussed as a superposition of two different magneto-optical contributions. The results qualitatively agree with the available ab initio band-structure calculations for the Co∕Pd multilayer structures with variable thickness of the Co layers.
A random solid solution of ruthenium in the α-iron has been investigated by means of the Mössbauer spectroscopy using 14.4keV transition in Fe57. Measurements were performed at room temperature versus ruthenium ...
A random solid solution of ruthenium in the α-iron has been investigated by means of the Mössbauer spectroscopy using 14.4keV transition in Fe57. Measurements were performed at room temperature versus ruthenium concentration varying up to about 12at.%. Contributions to the iron hyperfine magnetic field and isomer shift due to the ruthenium impurity located at various distances from the resonant iron atom were determined. It was found that these contributions vary in sign depending upon the actual distance from the iron atom. The nearest neighbor ruthenium atom contributes −1.99T. On the other hand, the second neighbor contributes −0.09T, while the third neighbor contributes +0.52T. Corresponding contributions to the isomer shift are as follows: −0.019, +0.072, and +0.005mm∕s. The above behavior is a strong indication for the presence of the spin and charge density waves in the vicinity of the ruthenium impurity in the α-iron.
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