Intrinsic carrier concentration in Hg1−xCdxTe

The effective mass of heavy holes has been determined on the basis of simultaneous analysis of the Hall coefficient and conductivity data obtained in the temperature region 100–300 K on well characterized p-type Hg_1–x Cd_xTe (x0·2) samples. Its value is 0·7m₀. The calculation of intrinsic carrier concentration for 0·19 x0·3 and 50 Kg T 300 K has been carried out using the above value of the effective mass of holes, Hansen's expression for the band gap and momentum matrix element from magneto-optical measurements.     

Low-temperature phase transitions in GdS,GdSe and GdTe

In the Gd monochalcogenides up to three different structural distortions have been detected in the magnetically ordered regime. Our experiments indicate that all three phases show type II antiferromagnetic order but with different orientations of the magnetic moments: A truly trigonal phase withm _k k=[1/2, 1/2, 1/2], a monoclinic phase withabc, =/2+, and the spins oriented along [110], and a pseudo-rhombohedrally compressed monoclinic phase with the spins in the (111) planes. The spin flips can be accounted for by a model including anisotropic exchange interactions.     

Phase-matched third-harmonic generation of Nd: Glass-laser picosecond pulses in a new cyanine-dye solution

The phase-matched direct tripling of picosecond light pulses of a mode-locked Nd: glass laser in a new cyanine dye PMC is studied. The solvents trifluoroethanol (TFE) and hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) are applied. The S ₀–S ₁ absorption peak of the dye is around =480 nm and the absorption cross section at the third-harmonic wavelength of ₃=351.3 nm is only ₃1×10^–19 cm². Phase-matching occurred at concentrations of C_PM=0.0874 mol/dm³ in HFIP and 0.1088 mol/dm³ in TFE. A third-harmonic energy conversion efficiency of _E0.01 was achieved at a pump-laser peak intensity of I _0L2.5×10¹¹ W/cm² in a 5 mm long sample of PMC in TFE. The conversion efficiency is limited by destruction of phase-matching due to the intensity-dependent nonlinear refractive index of the dye solutions.     

Structural phase transitions in ‘hcp’ C70 single-crystals

The thermal expansion of vapor-grownC ₇₀ single crystals ahs been investigated using high-resolution capacitance dilatometry from 5–380 K. Measurements were made both parallel and perpendicular to the hexagonalc-axis. Three first-order phase transitions which we associate with the consecutive disordering of theC ₇₀ molecules are observed upon heating at 280 K (long-axis spinning), 300 K (long-axis precession) and 355 K (quasi-free rotation), respectively. The highest-temperature transition exhibits a very large (50 K) thermal hysteresis. Powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction show that the crystals are predominantly hexagonal-close-packed (HCP) with an idealc/a1.63 above 360 K andc/a1.84 at 295 K.     

Static and dynamic critical phenomena of the two-dimensionalq-state Potts model

Theq-state Potts model on the square lattice is studied by Monte Carlo simulation forq=3, 4, 5, 6. Very good agreement is obtained with exact results of Kiharaet al. and Baxter for energy and free energy at the critical point. Critical exponent estimates forq=3 are0.4,0.1,1.45, in rough agreement with high-temperature series extrapolation and real space renormalization-group methods. The transition forq=5, 6 is found to be a very weakly first-order transition, i.e., pronounced pseudocritical phenomena occur, specific heat, susceptibility, etc. (nearly) diverge at the first-order transition temperature. Dynamics is associated to the model in the same way as for the kinetic Ising model, and the nonlinear slowing down of the order parameter and of the energy is studied. The dynamic exponent is estimated to be (=zv)1.9. Within our accuracy noq dependence is detected. The relaxation is found to be consistent with dynamic scaling predictions, and dynamic scaling functions associated with the nonlinear relaxation are estimated.     

Heat-pulse induced energy transfer in ruby

It is shown that heat pulses, generated by current pulses in thin metal films, may be a powerful tool in the investigation of energy transfer dynamics in solids. Application to ruby shows clearly that the energy transfer from the single ions to the pairs is limited by the energy diffusion in the single ion system contrary to prior ideas. The time constants for the single ion—single ion energy migration and for the transfer from a single ion to a nearby pair could be estimated to be 250µs and 4µs, respectively, for 1.35% doped ruby.Project of the Sonderforschungsbereich 65, Frankfurt-Darmstadt, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft     

Field inversion of the sign of the hall coefficient in Hg1−xMnxTe1−ySey

In the temperature range T=77–300 K and H1–18 kOe, the dependence of the Hall coefficient (R_H) of crystals of Hg_1–xMn_xTe_1–ySe_y (0H=f(H), as well as the inversion of the sign of R_H as H increases for Hg_1–xMn_xTe_1–ySe_y (x0.1 and y=0.05) are explained by the presence in the samples of three types of charge carriers: holes, and heavy and light electrons.Chernovitskii University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshykh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 11–14, April, 1994.     

The influence of elastic deformation on the magnetostriction constant of nickel and iron-nickel alloys

The dependence of the magnetostriction constant of different materials in the form of a wire on the elastic elongation was measured. With pure nickel the magnetostriction constant is independent of the elastic deformation. All three alloys of iron and nickel and the triple alloy Fe-Ni-Co exhibit a linear dependence on the deformation, which differs for different crystallographic texture. In two iron-nickel alloys the dependence of the magnetostriction constants of the single crystal on the elastic deformation was calculated from measurements on polycrystals having different crystallographic textures. In the triple alloy Fe-Ni -Co a considerable linear decrease in the volume magnetostriction with the elastic elongation was also found. The observed changes can be explained by assuming the influence of the lattice deformation on the spinorbital interaction in alloys.

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A preliminary report on some of the results of this paper was given at the conference on magnetism in Kyoto (Japan) in September 1961.

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In conclusion the authors thank Z. Frait C. Sc. and S. Libovický for remarks, J. Míová for help in the measurements, members of the chemical department of our institute for annealing and analyzing the samples and members of the Metal Research Institute in Panenské Beany for their exceptional helpfulness in preparing the wires.     

Spectral broadening of picosecond laser pulses in optical fibres

Picosecond light pulses of a passively mode-locked ruby laser (pulse duration t _L35 ps) are spectrally broadened in optical fibres of core diameters from 4 m to 600 m. Combining the effects of self-phase modulation, stimulated Raman scattering, and parametric four-photon interaction in an 8-m core fibre of 4 m length with the effect of selective spectral attenuation in a ruby rod resulted in rather smooth spectra extending from 685 nm to 830 nm (spectral width 2300 cm^-1).     

Low-Frequency Pulsations of Coronal Magnetic Loops

We analyze low-frequency intensity fluctuations of the microwave emission from solar flares at frequencies 22 and 37 GHz. The three microwave bursts of durations of about 1 h, observed at the Metsähovi Radio Observatory (Finland) with the time resolution of 0.1 and 0.05 s, are studied. To obtain spectral-temporal characteristics of the low-frequency fluctuations, we apply the Wigner-Ville method, i.e., the time-lag Fourier transform of the local autocorrelation function of an analytical signal. As a result, we obtain for the first time the dynamical spectra of the low-frequency fluctuations, which are identified as MHD eigenoscillations of coronal magnetic loops. The features of the dynamical spectra testify that several types of low-frequency pulsations are excited in coronal magnetic loops during solar flares: 1) Fast and slow magnetosonic oscillations with periods of 1-1.5 s and 200-280 s, respectively. Fast magnetosonic oscillations appear as pulse trains of duration 100-200 s and have the positive frequency drift d/ dt 0.125 Hz/min and the frequency splitting 0.05 Hz; 2) The eigenoscillations of a coronal magnetic loop as an equivalent electric circuit. The period of these oscillations is about 1 s during the initial stage of a microwave burst and increases gradually up to 4 s during the decay stage of the radio emission; and 3) Intensity modulation of the microwave radiation by a periodic pulse sequence with a period of about 1 s at the burst onset and about 2 s at its end. The parameters of the dynamical spectra and identification of the MHD pulsations allow us to obtain information on the loop parameters, such as the ratio of the loop radius to its length (r/L 0.1), the ratio of the gas pressure to the magnetic-field pressure inside the loop ( 3· 10^-3), the ratio of plasma densities outside and inside the loop, and the electric current in the coronal loop (I 1.5 · 10¹² A).     

ГЕОМАГНИТНЫЙ ЭФФЕКТ ШИРОКИХ ЛИВНЕЙ КОСМИ ЧЕСКИХ ЛУЧЕЙ

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A note on the divergence of a series for multiple beam interference in a thin metallic film

The paper deals with the problem of the anomalous divergence of an infinite geometric series of complex amplitudes, pointed out by Berning. It is shown that the paradox is of a formal mathematical nature and has no consequences for multiple beam interference as a method of derivation.

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Influence of manganese admixture on the magnetic properties of CdHgSe

The magnetic susceptibility of Cd_x-Hg_1–x–yMn_ySe(x 0.1, 0 y 0.1) in the temperature range 77–300 K is investigated. According to the usual model, the dependence Mn^–1=f(T) is due to clusters in the form of closely spaced Mn atoms, between which there may be both direct and indirect (through a nonmagnetic atom) exchange interaction, leading to antiferromagnetic ordering.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 65–67, August, 1991.     

Space charge limited electric currents in thin-film metal-InSb-metal structures

The VA characteristics of thin-film metal-InSb-metal structures are analyzed in the temperature interval from –100 °C to 140 °C, up to an electric field intensity ofE 2×10⁴ V/cm, on samples having an InSb resistivity of 10⁴ cm, and prepared by cathodic sputtering. In interpreting the VA characteristics, we start out from Lampert's theory on space charged limited electric currents, according to which the injection of carriers of one kind is considered and the mobility of the carriers depends upon the electric field intensity. Attention is drawn to the qualitative agreement of the experimental and theoretical results.     

The connection between low-gradient form of the positive column in oxygen and moving striations

The method of sliding photomultipliers was used to study the connection between two forms of the positive column in oxygen — the so-called low-gradientT-form and the highgradientH-form — and the presence of moving striations in the positive column. It was shown that in theT-form of a positive column striations are always present which move from the cathode to anode with a velocity of several thousand metres/sec. The highgradient form of theH-positive column, on the other hand, is not striated. The non-single-valuedness of the value of the longitudinal electric field in a discharge in oxygen is thus explained by the presence or absence of phenomena of a time variable character.

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Polarization of photo-luminescence of ZnS: Cu monocrystals

Different models of luminescence centres are discussed on the basis of measurements of the composition of ZnS monocrystal photo-luminescence in different polarizations and temperature dependence of the degree of polarization. Those of the models submitted by Birman, which assume the polarization to be due to the different force of the oscillators for transitions withEc andEc, or models assuming luminescence polarization to be due to the orientation of the luminescence centres, agree with the results of experiments, i.e. the temperature independence of the degree of polarization and the conformable spectral composition of both polarizations. It is also shown that measurements made up to now of the degree of polarization must be taken as orientational as a consequence of the depolarizing influence of the diffused rays of luminescence on its value.

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Double quantum transitions in paramagnetic resonance

The theory of double quantum transitions of the M=±2 type, with regard to inhomogeneously broadened spin systems is studied in this paper with the approximation ²T₂T₃ 1. We suppose that the inhomogeneous broadening is formed by an inhomogeneous crystal field. The obtained results describe the magnitude of absorption as a function of the h.f. power and also describe the shape of the absorption curve. It is demonstrated that in inhomogeneously broadened spin systems the absorption curve of double quantum transitions has the form of the difference of two different Lorentz's curves and that at the saturation ( ²T₂T₁ 1) the absorption increases with the cube of the h.f. field intensity. The shape of the curves is expressed by means of phenomenological relaxation constants of the system.

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Conversion to the second harmonic of high power iodine photodissociation laser system PERUN

The frequency doubling of the iodine laser PERUN is described. The maximum conversion efficiency of 55% is attained, the energy of the red (=0.657m) radiation is 20 J.     

Correlation inequalities for multicomponent rotators

A recent approach to G.H.S. and Lebowitz inequalities is used to prove Griffiths' second inequality for 3 and 4 component models (e.g. Classical Heisenberg model, ||⁴ Euclidean fields). Applications include monotonicity of the mass gap in the external field, and two-sided inequalities between parallel and transverse correlations.     

A study of a fullyc-axis oriented dc-sputtered thin film of YBa2(Cu0.98 57Fe0.02)3O6.8 by means of CEMS,XRD and SEM

A fullyc-axis oriented thin film of YBa₂(Cu_0.98 ⁵⁷Fe_0.02)₃O_6.8 prepared by planar dcsputtering has been investigated by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy. Room temperature⁵⁷Fe conversion electron Mössbauer spectra taken at different angles between the -ray direction and the normal (=c-axis) of the film show four subspectra: A (quadrupole splitting E _Q1.9 mm/s), B (E _Q1 mm/s), C (E _Q0.5 m/s) and D (E _Q1.6 mm/s). For subspectra A, B and C, we found the same hyperfine parameters as already published on other samples. The hyperfine parameters for subspectrum D are determined for the first time using a fully oriented sample. For D, we found the asymmetry parameter 0.6 andV _zz (the main component of the electric field gradient) lying in the a-b-plane.