Abnormal magnetoresistance behavior in Nb thin film with rectangular arrays of antidots

Magnetoresistance in superconducting Nb films perforated with rectangular arrays of antidots (holes) is investigated at various temperatures and currents. Normally, the magnetoresistance increases with the increasing magnetic field. In this paper, we report a reverse behavior in a certain range of high fields after vortex reconfiguration transition, where the resistances at non-matching fields are smaller than those in the low field regime. This phenomenon is due to a strong caging effect, in which the interstitial vortices are trapped among the pinned multiquanta vortices. This effect is temperature and current dependent.     

拓扑材料BaMnSb2的红外光谱学研究

对于新型拓扑材料BaMnSb₂,研究了从7 K到常温下温度依赖的宽频红外光谱特性.随着温度的降低,绝对反射谱中等离子体极小值有着明显的蓝移,表明载流子浓度存在随温度变化的行为.在光电导谱的实部中存在两段随着频率线性增加的响应,它们的线性外延不经过原点,表明BaMnSb₂的费米能级附近有打开能隙的Dirac型色散.此外,在低温下还发现了一段不随频率变化的光电导,且无法用传统的Drude-Lorentz模型拟合.因此本文引入了一个恒定的光电导分量,得到了满意的拟合结果.通过计算和分析,我们认为恒定光电导分量可能来自于拓扑材料BaMnSb₂的表面态响应.     

Abnormal magnetoresistance behavior in Nb thin films with rectangular arrays of antidots

Magnetoresistance in superconducting Nb films perforated with rectangular arrays of antidots （holes） is investigated at various temperatures and currents. Normally, the magnetoresistance increases with the increasing magnetic field. In this paper, we report a reverse behavior in a certain range of high fields after vortex reconfiguration transition, where the resistances at non-matching fields are smaller than those in the low field regime. This phenomenon is due to a strong caging effect, in which the interstitial vortices are trapped among the pinned multiquanta vortices. This effect is temperature and current dependent.     

In-plane optical spectral weight redistribution in the optimally doped Ba_(0.6)K_(0.4)Fe_2As_2 superconductor

We performed detailed temperature-dependent optical measurements on optimally doped Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 single crystal, We examine the changes of the in-plane optical conductivity spectral weight in the normal state and the evolution of the superconducting condensate in the superconducting state. In the normal state, the low-frequency spectral weight shows a metallic response with an arctan （T） dependence, indicating a T-linear scattering rate behavior for the carriers. A high energy spectral weight transfer associated with the Hund＇s coupling occurs from the low frequencies below 4000 cm^-1 5000 cm^-1 to higher frequencies up to at least 104 cm^-1. Its temperature dependence analysis suggests that the Hund＇s coupling strength is continuously enhanced as the temperature is reduced. In the superconducting state, the FGT sum rule is conserved according to the spectral weight estimation within the conduction bands, only about 40% of the conduction bands participates in the superconducting condensate indicating that Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 is in dirty limit.     

La1．89Ce0．11CuO4／La0．7Ca0．3MnO3异质结的原位制备及输运性质研究

采用脉冲激光沉积方法，在SrTiO3（STO）基片上原位制备了电子型掺杂高温超导体La1．89Ce0．11CuO4（LCCO）与超大磁电阻（CMR）材料La0．7Ca0．3MnO3（LCMO）异质结．使用X射线衍射和透射电镜分析，表明异质结是c轴取向外延生长．LCCO层的超导转变温度了TC0是18．5K，LCMO层的金属一绝缘转变温度为195K．我们研究了这种异质结的界面微分电导，得到LCCO的能隙大小是4．2meV．     

Wire network behavior of superconducting films with lower symmetrical mesoscopic hole arrays

Superconducting films with the same hole density but different geometric symmetry have been designed and fabricated. The R(H) curves show obvious periodic oscillations with several dips at fractional matching fields. It is found that the period of the oscillations in the low field is not necessary equal to that derived from the hole density, but consistent with that from the corresponding wire networks when the large disk-like film regions are regarded as nodes. The experimental results of R(H), T_c(H) and j_c(H) at fractional matching fields within the first oscillation also support the rationality of considering films with large-diametered hole arrays as wire networks. Our results demonstrate that the connectivity of superconducting films with large-diametered hole arrays plays a more important role in the oscillations of R(H) curves.     

Dynamic vortex Mott transition in triangular superconducting arrays

The proximity-coupled superconducting island arrays on a metallic film provide an ideal platform to study the phase transition of vortex states under mutual interactions between the vortex and potential landscape. We have developed a top-down microfabrication process for Nb island arrays on Au film by employing an Al hard mask. A current-induced dynamic vortex Mott transition has been observed under the perpendicular magnetic fields of $f$ magnetic flux quantum per unit cell, which is characterized by a dip-to-peak reversal in differential resistance d$V$/d$I$ vs. $f$ curve with the increasing current. The d$V$/d$I$ vs. $I$ characteristics show a scaling behavior near the magnetic fields of $f= {1}/{2}$ and $f=1$, with the critical exponents $\varepsilon$ of 0.45 and 0.3, respectively, suggesting different universality classes at these two fields.     

Evolution of the 251 cm^-1 infrared phonon mode with temperature in Ba_0.6K_0.4Fe₂As₂

The far-infrared optical reflectivity of an optimally doped Ba1-xKxFe2As2(x =0.4) single crystal is measured from room temperature down to 4 K. We study the temperature dependence of the in-plane infrared-active phonon at 251 cm-1 . This phonon exhibits a symmetric line shape in the optical conductivity, suggesting that the coupling between the phonon and the electronic background is weak. Upon cooling down, the frequency of this phonon continuously increases, following the conventional temperature dependence expected in the absence of a structural or magnetic transition. The intensity of this phonon is temperature independent within the measurement accuracy. These observations indicate that the structural and magnetic phase transition might be completely suppressed by chemical doping in the optimally doped Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 compound.     

脉冲升温纳秒时间分辨中红外光谱研究氨基酸重水溶液的分子间氢键

应用变温傅立叶变换红外光谱和脉冲升温纳秒时间分辨红外差谱研究了组氨酸和甘氨酸的重水溶液的羧基负离子的振动．结果表明不仅氨基酸分子之间形成氢键，而且氨基酸分子和溶剂分子之间也形成氢键．当温度升高时，羧基负离子在1600?1610 cm?1 附近的反对称伸缩振动发生蓝移，说明高温使氢键减弱．温度从10℃突然升高到20℃，组氨酸的时间分辨瞬态光谱出现两个漂白峰，一个在1604 cm?1，指认为形成氨基酸分子间氢键的羧基负离子的峰；另一个在1612 cm?1，指认为氨基酸分子和溶剂分子形成氢键的羧基负离子的峰．前     

Optical study of charge dynamics in CaCo_2As_2

We present an infrared spectroscopy study of charge dynamics in CaCo_2As_2 single crystal. In this material, the optical conductivity can be described by two Drude components with different scattering rates(1/τ): a broad incoherent background and a narrow Drude component. By monitoring the temperature dependence, we find that only the narrow Drude component is temperature-dependent and determines the transport properties. Especially a Fermi liquid behavior of carriers is revealed by the T~2 behavior in the dc resistivity ρ_n and scattering rate 1/τ_n, indicating a coherent nature of quasiparticles in the narrow Drude subsystem.