Phase transition of a second kind in nickel as observed through optical reflection under pressure

The magnetic permeability of materials at optical frequencies is usually suggested in the literature to be $\mu =1$. In this case one cannot expect to measure the magnetic second order phase transition at optical frequencies. The main novel idea of this paper is that the magnetic permeability μ is not equal to 1 for optical frequency and a phase transition of magnetism was measured experimentally with an optical frequency. In particular, this work presents the detection of a magnetic second order phase transition in nickel with temperature and at different pressures, by reflectivity measurements at an optical frequency. Based on our experiments the magnetic permeability is calculated as a function of temperature for pressures of 0.3, 5 and 10 GPa attained in a diamond anvil cell (DAC).     

Electromagnetic-wave reflectivity of the surface of a cubic-ferrite plate

The electromagnetic-wave reflectivity of the surface of an insulating cubic-ferromagnet (ferrite) plate is calculated analytically and numerically with allowance for spin-wave damping. The frequency and magnetic-field dependences of the reflectivity are found at the orientational phase transition point and in the vicinity of this point for various values of the plate thickness. It is shown that the reflectivity exhibits anomalous behavior when the dynamic magnetic permeability becomes equal to the dielectric constant, as well as when dimensional resonances occur for electromagnetic or acoustic waves or ferromagnetic resonance takes place. At frequencies below the magnetoelastic gap in the quasi-spin-wave spectrum, the reflectivity may have anomalously low (down to zero) or anomalously high (up to unity) values. Such frequencies can lie in the microwave region.     

On the influence of free-carrier scattering mechanisms on semiconductor thin-film plasma spectra

IR plasma reflectivity spectra of semiconductor epitaxial layers on transparent substrates have been calculated by using a modified Drude dielectric function including a frequency-dependent relaxation rate of the form γ(ω) = γ₀+bω². Due to multiple reflections within the semiconductor film, weak structures in the bulk reflectivity spectra are enlarged in the film spectra. The sensitivity of the film reflectivity to variations of the relaxation rate is much larger than the bulk reflectivity for frequencies above the plasma edge and consequently this type of measurement is a very promising method for obtaining information about the scattering mechanisms of free carriers.     

Parametric-resonance-induced cable vibrations in network cable-stayed bridges. A continuum approach

There is a wealth of evidence to suggest that the bearing cables of cable-stayed bridges may experience large-amplitude oscillations, attributed in general to parametric resonance with the girder vibrations. A common coutermeasure consists of connecting the principal stays together with secondary cables to form a network and, here, optimal cable arrangments will be discussed when such a network is uniform and triangular meshed. The present approach is qualitative, and basically consists of homogenizing the cable net to an orthotropic elastic membrane, and then considering an auxiliary structure where the bridge girder, instead of being supported by the cable network, is supported by wedge-shaped membranes. The elastic solution under uniformly distributed loads, found using Lekhnitskii's approach, is the starting point for the discussion of the system in dynamic equilibrium. Having established a correspondence between the cable-net size and shape and the elastic moduli of the homogenized membrane, simple formulas are obtained to describe the global bridge vibration, as well as the local oscillations of the cables. It is then possible to estimate the girder and cable-net characteristic frequencies, to evaluate those conditions possibly leading to parametric resonance and, with respect to these variables, to determine optimal cable arrangements. This method is finally applied to the paradigmatic example of the Normandy Bridge.     

左手材料的反射特性与负折射率行为

利用平板波导法研究了不同入射角度下周期排列开口谐振环负磁导率材料、周期排列金属杆负介电常数材料以及左手材料微波反射特性，并利用劈尖法研究了左手材料的负折射特性.实验结果表明：负磁导率材料反射率曲线形成反射峰，其对应的反射峰频率与材料的谐振频率一致；负介电常数材料反射率接近0dB；左手材料出现单个反射较小的反射峰，其峰值反射率随入射角度的增大而变大，即反射能力增强，且反射峰与透射峰有相对频移.劈尖法测量还表明，左手材料在9800MHz频率附近出现负折射现象，其折射率n为-0.796. 关键词： 左手材料 反射 负折射率     

Microwave reflection properties of planar anisotropy FesoNi50 powder/paraffin composites

The reflection properties of planar anisotropy Fe50Ni50 powder/paraffin composites have been studied in the microwave frequency range.The permeability of Fe50Ni50 powder/paraffin composites is greatly enhanced by introducing the planar anisotropy,and can be further enhanced by using a rotational orientation method.The complex permeability can be considered as the superposition of two types of magnetic resonance.The resonance peak at high frequency is attributed to the natural resonance,while the peak at low frequency is attributed to the domain-wall resonance.The simulated results of the microwave reflectivity show that the matching thickness,peak frequency,permeability,and permittivity are closely related to the quarter wavelength matching condition.The Fe50Ni50 powder/paraffin composites can be attractive candidates for thinner microwave absorbers in the L-band(1-2 GHz).     

Grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance in conical mounting with polarization modulation

A grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance (GCSPR) technique based on polarization modulation in conical mounting is presented. A metallic grating is azimuthally rotated to support double-surface plasmon polariton excitation and exploit the consequent sensitivity enhancement. Corresponding to the resonance polar angle, a polarization scan of incident light is performed, and reflectivity data are collected before and after functionalization with a dodecanethiol self-assembled monolayer. The output signal exhibits a harmonic dependence on polarization, and the phase term is used as a parameter for sensing. This technique offers the possibility of designing extremely compact, fast, and cheap high-resolution plasmonic sensors based on GCSPR.     

Abrupt change of reflectivity from the strongly anisotropic metamaterial

The wave reflection from a non-magnetic anisotropic metamaterial, whose principal elements of the permittivity tensor have different signs, is investigated in this paper. It is found that, if the orientation of the optical axis is properly chosen, an extremely small change of the transverse wave number will lead to a dramatically change of the reflectivity at the glancing incidence. The physical insight for this abrupt change of reflectivity is also given by the analysis of the imaginary part of the k-surface. Since the metamaterial discussed here have been experimental realized from GHz to optical frequencies, the proposed abrupt change property of reflectivity may find some potential applications in various calibration devices, because of its extremely sensitivity to the transverse wave number.     

Microwave reflection properties of planar anisotropy Fe50Ni50 powder/paraffin composites

The reflection properties of planar anisotropy Fe₅₀Ni₅₀ powder/paraffin composites have been studied in the microwave frequency range. The permeability of Fe₅₀Ni₅₀ powder/paraffin composites is greatly enhanced by introducing the planar anisotropy, and can be further enhanced by using a rotational orientation method. The complex permeability can be considered as the superposition of two types of magnetic resonance. The resonance peak at high frequency is attributed to the natural resonance, while the peak at low frequency is attributed to the domain-wall resonance. The simulated results of the microwave reflectivity show that the matching thickness, peak frequency, permeability, and permittivity are closely related to the quarter wavelength matching condition. The Fe₅₀Ni₅₀ powder/paraffin composites can be attractive candidates for thinner microwave absorbers in the L-band (1-2 GHz).     

Technique under compressive stress for determining the magneto-elastic effects in ferrites

A method for determining the magneto-elastic effects in spinel ferrites at high frequencies is presented. To investigate the high-frequency properties of different ferrite materials under stress, a reflection/transmission cell had been designed. In the measurement technique described here, we use a cell which based on a modified reflection/transmission line. This setup allows measurement of permeability under stress up to 20 MPa from 1 MHz to 10 GHz. Specific retrieval procedures have been developed to take into account the modifications in the line geometry. In this study, the permeability properties of spinel ferrites versus frequency between 1 MHz and 6 GHz as a function of the applied stress are showed. The two most important contributions of the permeability are the wall bulging and the gyro-magnetism which have a different behavior versus the applied stress.     

Post-growth tailoring of quantum-dot saturable absorber mirrors by chemical etching

We have designed and grown a resonant, low-finesse quantum-dot saturable absorber mirror and subsequently modified the important parameters using chemical etching. The modulation depth and saturation fluence at the design wavelength of 1064 nm were modified by etching the sample to tune the cavity resonance. The device properties were characterised using normal incidence spectroscopic reflectivity measurements, intensity dependent reflectivity measurements and modelled using a transfer matrix approach. The saturable absorber mirror was used to facilitate self-starting, passively mode locked pulses in a neodymium vanadate laser operating at 1064 nm. The etching was found to affect the duration of the pulses, leading to temporal width tuning over a range of 94 ps. The shortest pulse duration of 84 ps was achieved for the cavity resonance close to 1064 nm, with an output power of 3 W. This method is an effective technique for post-growth engineering of the properties of semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) with nanometre precision.     

Measurement of relevant elastic and damping material properties in sandwich thick plates

An easy-to-implement method to measure relevant elastic and damping properties of the constituents of a sandwich structure, possibly with a heterogeneous core, is proposed. The method makes use of a one-point dynamical measurement on a thick-plate. The hysteretic model for each (possibly orthotropic) constituent is written generically as “E(1+jη)” for all mechanical parameters. The estimation method of the parameters relies on a mixed experimental/numerical procedure. The frequencies and dampings of the natural modes of the plate are obtained from experimental impulse responses by means of a high-resolution modal analysis technique. This allows for considerably more experimental data to be used. Numerical modes (frequencies, dampings, and modal shapes) are computed by means of an extended Rayleigh-Ritz procedure under the “light damping” hypothesis, for given values of the mechanical parameters. Minimising the differences between the modal characteristics yields an estimation of the values of the mechanical parameters describing the hysteretic behaviour. A sensitivity analysis assesses the reliability of the method for each parameter. Validations of the method are proposed by (a) applying it to virtual plates on which a finite-element model replaces the experimental modal analysis, (b) some comparisons with results obtained by static mechanical measurements, and (c) by comparing the results on different plates made of the same sandwich material.     

Optical measurements of silicon wafer temperature

An optical technique for precise, non-contact, and real time measurement of silicon wafer temperature that uses the polarized reflectivity ratio R_p/R_s is described. The proposed method is based on temperature dependence of the optical functions of silicon. Expected strong temperature sensitivity is obtained near band gap. Simultaneous monitoring of temperature and oxide layer thickness is discussed using measurements at four wavelength 365 nm, 405 nm, 546 nm, and 820 nm.     

Highly sensitive room-temperature method of non-invasive in vivo detection of magnetic nanoparticles

Methods of non-invasive in vivo quantification of magnetic nanoparticles (MP) have been proposed and realized. The methods are based on non-linear MP magnetization at two frequencies and measuring the response at combinatorial frequencies. The first method is developed for real-time study of MP dynamics and their clearance from the blood system of animals. High sensitivity of 3 ng of Fe₃O₄ in 0.1 ml was achieved for MP detection in mice tail veins. The second technique is proposed for MP detection inside animal tissues by an external probe. The proposed methods could essentially widen capabilities of biomedical research which involves magnetic nanoparticles.     

Phonon spectra and lattice dynamics of lithium nitride

Lithium nitride, Li₃N, belongs to the hexagonal structure with the symmetry point group D_6h. The structure is ionic with four atoms per unit cell and N^3- coordinated in a regular way with eight Li⁺ ions. Polarized Raman scattering and infrared reflectivity spectra are reported. The frequencies of zone center phonons are determined from a Kramers-Kronig analysis and the oscillator fits to the reflectivity data. A rigid shell model with eight parameters, including the anisotropic polarizability of nitrogen ions, yields an excellent fit to the observed phonon frequencies.     

Modulation Characteristics of Tunable Quantum-Well Heterolasers at the Radiation Frequency Tuning

The influence of the tuning of the radiation frequency of quantum-well heterolasers within the limits of their amplification band on the output laser radiation parameters at different frequencies of pump-current modulation has been numerically simulated using two optical models of an active medium under the assumption that the excess of the invariable component of the pump current over its threshold value at any point of the amplification band is constant. It has been established that the amplitude-detuning characteristics of the lasers studied are linear at high current-modulation frequencies and nonlinear at medium ones. The behavior of the nonlinear spectral response of a laser diode is explained by its multiresonance structure and is mainly determined by the ratio between the pump-current modulation frequency and the maximum resonance frequency of the laser. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 473–478, July–August, 2005.     

Modeling of magnetostatic resonances in small-size metamaterials

This work studies the resonant behavior of nanoscale magnetic materials. This behavior, henceforth referred to as magnetostatic resonance, occurs at frequencies where the permeability is negative and the particle is much smaller than the wavelength. A surface integral equation is formulated on the boundary of the particle to calculate the resonance frequencies and modes. Unique physical properties of these resonances such as scale invariance of resonance frequency and orthogonality properties of resonant modes are studied. A numerical technique is presented to calculate the magnetostatic resonance frequencies of an arbitrary shape. Possible applications of these phenomena are outlined.     

Magnetic resonance absorption in isolated metal/insulator/metal nanodot arrays with transmission geometry

In this study, we have systematically investigated a magnetic resonance absorption and tunability of absorption wavelength in isolated metal-insulator-metal (MIM) nanodot arrays with transmission geometry. The elemental electromagnetic resonances and their hybridizations are studied using 3-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculation and resonance properties including the resonance peak tunability, magnetic permeability and quality (Q) factor are characterized with respect to the coupling strength. We have found the existence of electric and magnetic resonance mode in the MIM (Au/MgF₂/Au) structure and the magnetic resonance has larger wavelength tunability than the electric resonance. The absorption cross section calculation revealed that absorption is the dominant extinction process at the magnetic resonance only. Magnetic permeability (μ) calculations for the various MIM parameters showed the maximum value of the imaginary part of μ is 16.1 with Q factor of 9.2 when the size of nanodot is 200 nm and the inter-dot distance is 300 nm. The presented calculations can be used to tune the response of the magnetic resonance absorption with a variable resonance wavelength and Q factor by using the simple MIM structures with transmission geometry.     

影响Salisbury屏高频响应的若干因数

应用传输线理论研究了金属薄膜Salisbury屏的反射率频谱特性，得到了Salisbury屏的反射系数公式和带宽系数的表达式.理论和数值分析表明，Salisbury屏的反射频谱是谐振型的；在谐振频率处，反射率的大小仅与金属薄膜的归一化面电阻α有关，而在其他频率处则取决于α和隔离层波阻抗η₂.反射率带宽系数Δ取决于反射率的考察值Γ_α,η₂和α.当α→α_c,η₂→η₀时，Δ取得极 关键词： Salisbury屏 反射率 频带宽度 金属薄膜     

Determination of thickness and optical constants of metal films from an extended ATR spectrum by using a statistical method

Sudden changes in reflectivity within a small angle or wavelength range are very sensitive to both the metal film thickness and optical constants. Metal films such as silver or gold display two sudden changes in their reflectance curve ? the first occurring at the critical angle, which is then followed by a sharp surface plasmon resonance (SPR) dip at an incident angle that is a few degrees greater than the critical angle. In this report, we describe a method involving the optimization of the sum of squared difference (SSQ) to produce good fitting amongst the reflectivity data points from a function curve derived from theory. The standard errors on each output parameter for the best curve fit are determined from the covariant matrix eigenvalues.