应变作用下EuTiO_3材料磁性的格林函数理论研究

基于自旋波和格林函数理论,研究了低温下二维应变诱导的EuTiO_3在铁电四方相下的磁性性质,主要讨论了在铁电四方相下Eu离子在铁磁性和反铁磁性有序时系统沿不同高对称性方向的自旋波散射和磁化.我们发现施加外加应变不仅可改变晶格结构的对称性,还可以通过改变电子自旋之间的交换耦合作用,进而改变该材料的磁性散射和磁化等.     

应变作用下EuTiO3材料磁性的格林函数理论研究

基于自旋波和格林函数理论,研究了低温下二维应变诱导的EuTiO3在铁电四方相下的磁性性质,主要讨论了在铁电四方相下Eu离子在铁磁性和反铁磁性有序时系统沿不同高对称性方向的自旋波散射和磁化。我们发现施加外加应变不仅可改变晶格结构的对称性,还可以通过改变电子自旋之间的交换耦合作用,进而改变该材料的磁性散射和磁化等。     

反铁磁自旋波对高温超导体的电阻特性的影响

针对含铜氧化物超导体，本引用一个传导电子与局域电子间的自旋耦合来描述Ｃｕ－Ｏ平面上巡游空穴与铜离子上的局域空穴之间的相互作用。采用自旋波近似，使该自旋耦合表现为巡游载流子与自旋波之间的相互作用，其形式与电－声相互作用类似，据此可得到因自旋波对载流子的散射引起的电阻与温度的依赖关系，其性质与电－声散射电阻相同。同时还引入具有自旋波子吸收或发射的层间遂穿散射过程，讨论了垂直方向上的电阻。所得结果与实     

自旋-轨道耦合系统的电子涡旋

在轨道角动量守恒的无自旋-轨道耦合系统中存在带轨道角动量量子数的电子涡旋波解,研究了存在自旋-轨道耦合,轨道角动量不守恒的系统,发现携带总角动量量子数的电子旋量波函数也有涡旋波解,表现为自旋波函数和涡旋波波函数的纠缠波函数.以中心力场中的电子为例,构建了自旋-轨道耦合导致的轨道角动量不守恒但总角动量守恒的情况下,携带固定总角动量量子数的电子沿z轴传播的涡旋波旋量波函数结构.对自旋-涡旋纠缠中相应的电子涡旋波进行了微扰求解,并结合Foldy-Wouthuysen变换,说明了在相对论情况下,中心力场中携带固定总角动量量子数的电子沿z轴传播时也确实存在四分量旋量的涡旋解,从而为有自旋-轨道耦合导致的轨道角动量不守恒但总角动量守恒的系统提供了存在涡旋结构的理论支持.     

MoS_2电子屏蔽长度和等离激元

通过有效哈密顿量求解了单层MoS_2低能量区的电子薛定谔方程,分析得出电子能量本征值以及波函数、电子态密度以及电子间的屏蔽长度.发现电子能带分裂成两支导带和两支价带,并且其能带是准线性的.MoS_2的电子间的屏蔽长度非常大,高达10~8cm~(-1).利用费曼图形自洽方法,在无规相近似的基础上研究了单层二硫化钼电子系统的多体相互作用产生的等离激元.研究发现二硫化钼系统由于自旋的劈裂使得导带中存在两支自旋频率不同的等离激元,该元激发的特征与单层石墨烯和传统二维电子气的等离激元对波矢q的依赖关系是一样的,激发频率都正比于q~(1/2),并且随着电子浓度的增加激发频率增大.由于其准线性的能量色散关系,该系统等离激元的频率与电子浓度的变化关系非常不同于石墨烯和二维电子气的关系.自旋-轨道耦合对单层二硫化钼的能带结构和电子性质有重要的影响.研究发现,通过调控二硫化钼系统的电子浓度可以有效地调节该系统两支等离激元的频率.研究结果对理解二硫化钼的电子结构和性质,以及开发二硫化钼为基础的等离子器件有重要的研究和参考价值.     

超导与铁磁共存的问题

按照ＢＣＳ超导理论 ,超导库珀对是由两个自旋取向相反的电子构成 ,即库珀对属于自旋“单态” .但在铁磁体中 ,交换作用迫使电子自旋平行取向 ,以致于“对态”成为自旋“三重态” .根据泡利不相容原理 ,自旋取向相同的电子在空间上相互回避 ,这导致铁磁体中的电子之间难于通过晶格振动 (声子 )的中介产生配对所需的吸引 .一般说来 ,铁磁性与ＢＣＳ超导电性之间是相互排斥的 .也曾有人提出与ＢＣＳ理论不同的理论 :存在磁相互作用中介的电子配对机制 ,即自旋三重态库珀对的形成由自旋涨落中介 ,而不是由声子中介 .这种新机制 ,历史上曾被用于…     

铁磁、肖特基金属和半导体纳米自旋过滤器中的量子尺寸效应

采用转移矩阵法,研究了结构尺度对自旋过滤器中电子自旋极化特性的影响.该自旋过滤器可以通过在半导体异质结上沉积纳米足度的铁磁条带和肖特基金属条带来实现.计算结果表明,电子的自旋极化特性强烈依赖于铁磁条带和肖特基金属条带的结构尺度和位置,即该器件中存在量子足寸效应.此外,我们的计算结果还表明,电子的自旋极化特性还与施加在肖特基金属条上的电压所诱发的电垒高度密切相关.因此,我们可以通过改变施加在肖特基金属条上的电压来调控该器件中电子的自旋极化特性,制造一个电压可调的电子自旋过滤器.     

半导体超晶格系统中的磁电调控电子自旋输运研究

通过采用转移矩阵方法求解自旋电子隧穿过程,理论研究了半导体超晶格系统中电子自旋输运的磁电调控行为.结果表明：仅对超晶格系统施以磁调制,隧穿系数将出现自旋分裂,随磁场增强,电导自旋极化率变大且展宽于费米能区;若选取不变磁场情况,同时施以间隔周期电场调制,超晶格的电子极化率将有更为显著地提高.进一步发现,随电场强度的改变,电子自旋输运行为显然存在两个明显不同区域,下自旋电子将在不同调制区域表现为不同的变化趋势.然而,若对周期磁超晶格施加间隔两周期的电调制,自旋电导输运的临界行为消失,电导极化率在高能区的共振峰 关键词： 半导体超晶格 自旋输运 磁电调控     

铁磁体中导电电子与自旋波的相互作用

利用双时格林函数计算了s电子发射和吸收自旋波,以及s电子和自旋波相互散射引起之自旋波衰减。结果发现:在低温下,只有波矢在10⁶至10⁸范围内的自旋波才被s电子发射或吸收,由此引起之自旋波衰减比自旋波相互作用引起之衰减大得多。s电子散射自旋波引起之衰减小于自旋波相互散射引起之衰减,因而预测在10⁶至10⁸间将存在一个吸收带。     

Rashba自旋-轨道耦合调制的单层半导体纳米结构中电子的自旋极化效应

利用现代材料生长技术纳米厚的半导体可以沿着良好的方向有序生长,形成层状半导体纳米结构.在这种半导体纳米结构中由于结构反演对称性破缺出现较强的自旋-轨道耦合,能有效消除半导体中电子的自旋简并,导致电子自旋极化效应,在自旋电子学领域中具有重要的应用.本文从理论上研究了单层半导体纳米结构中由Rashba型自旋-轨道耦合引起的电子自旋极化效应.由于Rashba型自旋-轨道耦合,相当强的电子自旋极化效应出现在该单层半导体纳米结构中.自旋极化率与电子的能量和平面内波矢有关,尤其是其可通过外加电场或半导体层厚度进行调控.因此,该单层半导体纳米结构可作为半导体自旋电子器件应用中的可控电子自旋过滤器.     

Specific features of propagation of electromagnetic waves in layered magnetic photonic crystals

The general regularities of the evolution of the spectrum of magnetostatic waves in a periodic system composed of alternating ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic layers are analyzed. The spectrum of electromagnetic waves in an infinite periodic system and the coefficient of reflection of a plane electromagnetic wave from a half-space periodically filled with ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic layers are calculated. The dispersion relation is derived and analyzed for surface magnetostatic waves at the interface between the periodic system of layers and vacuum.     

NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结的隧穿电导和隧穿磁电阻

在NM/FI/FI/NM型双自旋过滤隧道结(此处NM为非磁金属层，FI为铁磁绝缘体或半导体层)的基础上，我们提出一种NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结(此处NI表示非磁绝缘体或半导体层). 插入NI层的目的是为了避免原双自旋过滤隧道结中相邻FI层界面处磁的耦合作用所导致的对隧穿磁电阻的不利影响. 在自由电子近似的基础上，利用转移矩阵方法，对NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结的隧穿电导、隧穿磁电阻与FI层及NI层厚度的变化关系以及随偏压的变化关系进行了理论研究.计算结果表明，在NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结中仍可以得到很大的TMR值. 关键词： 双自旋过滤隧道结 隧穿磁电阻 非磁绝缘(半导)体间隔层     

Brillouin scattering study of multilayer cobalt-niobium films

Spin waves which are characteristic of periodic structures of thin ferromagnetic Co films alternating with nonmagnetic Nb films have been investigated by means of Brillouin light scattering. The dependence of the magnon frequencies on the magnetic inplane field and on the wave-vector was measured for several samples with different numbers and thicknesses of the layers. The experimental data are in good agreement with a theory of magnetostatic surface spin waves in such media elaborated by Grünberg and Mika. The amplitudes of the transverse magnetization in the different layers of the stack have been calculated. The highest frequency branch resembles the Damon-Eshbach surface magnon. With decreasing frequency the branches acquire volume mode character. In addition, a number of phonon branches has been observed which are interpreted as plate modes of the combined Co-Nb layer on the Si substrate.     

Tunable interlayer exchange coupling energy by modification of Schottky barrier potentials

We theoretically demonstrate that the interlayer exchange coupling (IEC) energy can be manipulated by means of an external bias voltage in a F₁/NM/F₂/S (F₁: ferromagnetic, NM: nonmagnetic metallic, F₂: ferromagnetic, S: semiconductor layers) four-layer system. It is well known that the IEC energy between two ferromagnetic layers separated by nanometer thick nonmagnetic layer depends on the spin-dependent electron reflectivities at the interface in F₁/NM/F₂ trilayer system. We apply such dependence to the F₁/NM/F₂/S four-layer system, where the reflectivity of NM/F₂ interface also depends on F₂/S interface due to the multiple reflection of an electron like optics. Finally, the IEC energy depends on the spin-dependent electron reflectivity not only at the interfaces of F₁/NM/F₂, but also at the interface of F₂/S. Naturally the Schottky barrier is formed at the interface between metallic ferromagnetic layer and semiconductor, the Schottky barrier height and thickness can be tailored by an external bias voltage, which causes the change of the spin-dependent reflectivity at F₂/S interface. We show that the IEC energy between two ferromagnetic layers can be controlled by an external bias voltage due to the electron-optics nature using a simple free-electron-like one-dimensional model.     

The electric conductivity of a laminated metal system (alternating magnetic and nonmagnetic layers)

A set of kinetic equations for the distribution functions of carriers differing both by the energy spectrum and by the spin projection is used to investigate the conductivity of a multilayer sample (alternating layers of magnetic (m) and nonmagnetic (_n) metals). The boundary conditions on the interlayer surfaces are derived in an approximation in which the surface scattering is divided into “specular” and “diffuse” scattering and is characterized by scattering parameters (reflection and transmission) which are related to each other by relations dependent on spin projections and on the type of spectrum. The problem on the longitudinal (with respect to the layers) current is treated; situations are analyzed in which the variation in conductivity due to the change of mutual orientation of magnetization in successive m layers from antiparallel to parallel may be of the order of the values of the conductivity proper (the so-called giant magnetoresistance effect). This is possible only in the case of thin (compared with the free path) n layers (in m layers, the ratios of the characteristic dimensions may be arbitrary) and in the mandatory presence of specular surface scattering. Results are given for different possible ratios of Fermi momenta of electron groups and for different fractions of specular and diffuse scattering. The possibility of realizing the effects of both signs is demonstrated.     

Quasiperiodic magnonic superlattices with mirror symmetry

We address the spin wave modes propagating in Fibonacci, Thue–Morse, and double period quasiperiodic magnonic superlattices. These structures are made of layers of a metamagnetic material alternating with layers of a nonmagnetic material, presenting mirror symmetry. Our calculations are carried out in the magnetostatic regime for the antiferromagnetic phase. Our model takes into account the presence of an external applied magnetic field, which is perpendicular to the interfaces of the superlattice, as well as the crystalline anisotropic contribution to the inner magnetic field. The magnetostatic bulk and surface modes are obtained by using the transfer matrix technique. The metamagnetic material considered here is FeBr₂, however, our results can be extended to other materials. Our numerical results show the behavior of these modes, for small frequencies of the energy spectra. The results reported here can be experimentally observed by light scattering techniques.     

Magnetostriction domain structure in a periodic system of magnetoelastic and elastic nonmagnetic layers

The spectrum of magnetoelastic waves in a periodic structure of alternating ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic layers was studied. In the case of ferromagnetic layers with easy magnetization axes parallel to the layer surfaces, an orientational phase transition induced by an external tangential magnetic field H_e was considered. The formation of an inhomogeneous phase with a spatially modulated order parameter, which is caused by the magnetization being coupled through magnetostriction to lattice strains near the interfaces separating the magnetoelastic from elastic media, is predicted. It is shown that at a certain critical field in excess of the orientational phase transition field in the system without magnetostriction, a magnetoelastic wave propagating in a direction parallel to the in-plane magnetization vector M becomes unstable at finite values of the wave vector and condenses into a magnetostriction domain structure. A phase diagram in the (L, T, H_e) coordinates is constructed, and the regions of existence of thermodynamically equilibrium collinear, canted, and domain phases are established (L and T are the thicknesses of the ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic layers, respectively).     

Electron-spin motion: a new tool to study ferromagnetic films and surfaces

When electrons are interacting with a ferromagnetic material, their spin-polarization vector is expected to move. This spin motion, comprising an azimuthal precession and a polar rotation about the magnetization direction of the ferromagnet, has been studied in spin-polarized electron scattering experiments both in transmission and reflection geometry. In this review we show that electron-spin motion can be considered as a new tool to study ferromagnetic films and surfaces and we discuss its application to a number of different problems: (a) the transmission of spin-polarized electrons across ferromagnetic films, (b) the influence of spin-dependent gaps in the electronic band structure on the spin motion in reflection geometry, (c) interference experiments with spin-polarized electrons and (d) the influence of lattice relaxations in ferromagnetic films on the spin motion.     

Motion of domain walls under the action of spin-polarized current in a magnetic junction

The effect of spin-polarized current on a domain structure in a magnetic junction consisting of two ferromagnetic metallic layers separated by an ultrathin nonmagnetic layer is studied within a phenomenological theory. The magnetization of one ferromagnetic layer (layer 1) is assumed to be fixed, while that of the other ferromagnetic layer (layer 2) can be freely oriented both parallel and antiparallel to the magnetization of layer 1. Layer 2 can be split into domains. Charge transfer from layer 1 to layer 2 is not attended with spin scattering by the interface but results in spin injection. Due to s-d exchange interaction, injected spins tend to orient the magnetization in the domains parallel to layer 1. This causes the domain walls to move and “favorable” domains to grow. The average magnetization current injected into layer 2 and its contribution to the s-d exchange energy are found by solving the continuity equation for carriers with spins pointing up and down. From the minimum condition for the total magnetic energy of the junction, the parameters of the periodic domain structure in layer 2 are determined as functions of current through the junction and magnetic field. It is shown that the spin-polarized current can magnetize layer 2 up to saturation even in the absence of an external magnetic field. The associated current densities are on the order of 10⁵ A/cm². In the presence of the field, its effect can be compensated by such a high current. Current-induced magnetization reversal in the layer is also possible.     

Electron-spin-dependent terahertz light transport in spintronic-plasmonic media

In this Letter, we demonstrate that electron spin can influence near-field mediated light propagation through a dense ensemble of subwavelength bimetallic ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic microparticles. In particular, we show that ferromagnetic particles coated with nonmagnetic metal nanolayers exhibit an enhanced magnetic field controlled attenuation of the electromagnetic field propagated through the sample. The mechanism is related to dynamic, electromagnetically induced electron spin accumulation in the nonmagnet. The discovery of an electron spin phenomenon in the light interaction with metallic particles opens the door to the marriage of spintronic and plasmonic technologies and could pave the way for the development of light-based devices that exploit the electron spin state.