Broadening processes in GaAsδ-doped quantum wire superlattices

We use both Quantum Hall and Shubnikov de Haas experiments at high magnetic field and low temperature to analyse broadening processes of Landau levels in a δ -doped 2D quantum well superlattice and a 1D quantum wire superlattice generated from the first one by controlled dislocation slips. We deduce first the origin of the broadening from the damping factor in the Shubnikov de Haas curves in various configurations of the magnetic field and the measured current for both kinds of superlattice. Then, we write a general formula for the resistivity in the Quantum Hall effect introducing a dephasing factor we link to the process of localization.     

Elementary Many‐Particle Processes in Plasma Microfields

The effect of electric and magnetic plasma microfields on elementary many‐body processes in plasmas is considered. As detected first by Inglis and Teller in 1939, the electric microfield controls several elementary processes in plasmas as transitions, line shifts and line broadening. We concentrate here on the many‐particle processes ionization, recombination, and fusion and study a wide area of plasma parameters. In the first part the state of art of investigations on microfield distributions is reviewed in brief. In the second part, various types of ionization processes are discussed with respect to the influence of electric microfields. It is demonstrated that the processes of tunnel and rescattering ionization by laser fields as well as the process of electron collisional ionization may be strongly influenced by the electric microfields in the plasma. The third part is devoted to processes of microfield action on fusion processes and the effects on three‐body recombination are investigated. It is shown that there are regions of plasma densities and temperatures, where the rate of nuclear fusion is accelerated by the electric microfields. This effect may be relevant for nuclear processes in stars. Further, fusion processes in ion clusters are studied. Finally we study in this section three‐body recombination effects and show that an electric microfield influences the three‐body electron‐ion recombination via the highly excited states. In the fourth part, the distribution of the magnetic microfield is investigated for equilibrium, nonequilibrium, and non‐uniform magnetized plasmas. We show that the field distribution in a neutral point of a non‐relativistic ideal equilibrium plasma is similar to the Holtsmark distribution for the electrical microfield. Relaxation processes in nonequilibrium plasmas may lead to additional microfields. We show that in turbulent plasmas the broadening of radiative electron transitions in atoms and ions, without change of the principle quantum number, may be due to the Zeeman effect and may exceed Doppler and Stark broadening as well. Further it is shown that for optical radiation the effect of depolarization of a linearly polarized laser beams propagating through a magnetized plasma may be rather strong. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

High-field high-speed MAS resolution enhancement in 1H NMR spectroscopy of solids

Resolution in ¹H NMR spectra of solids can be significantly enhanced with fast magic-angle spinning and high magnetic fields. A variable field and spinning speed study up to 25 T and 40 kHz shows that the homogeneous line broadening is inversely proportional to the product of magnetic field strength and spinning speed. The combination of high field and fast speed yields a ¹H linewidth approaching the intrinsic limit determined by anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility. An analysis of the anisotropic magnetic susceptibility line broadening is presented.     

电子-杂质和电子-声子相互作用对石墨烯磁光导的影响

在外加垂直磁场的石墨烯系统中,基于格林函数方法以自能的形式理论研究了电荷杂质散射和光学声子散射中心对朗道能谱的影响,采用久保(Kubo)公式研究了单层石墨烯的磁光电导谱以及跃迁选择定则。具体计算中电子-杂质库仑相互作用考虑了介电环境的屏蔽效应,对由散射引起的自能以及单粒子格林函数做自洽计算,另外在强磁场下单杂质散射是一个很好的近似模型。理论计算结果表明电荷杂质散射引起朗道能级对称展宽;同时考虑电荷杂质和光学声子两类散射后态密度表现为非对称的展宽。研究结果表明磁光电导谱的峰值和强度强烈依赖于填充因子和态密度。     

Thermally activated magnetization reversal in magnetic tunnel junctions

In this paper, the magnetization reversal of the ferromagnetic layers in the IrMn/CoFe/AlO_x/CoFe magnetic tunnel junction has been investigated using bulk magnetometry. The films exhibit very complex magnetization processes and reversal mechanism. Thermal activation phenomena such as the training effect, the asymmetry of reversal, the loop broadening and the decrease of exchange field while holding the film at negative saturation have been observed on the hysteresis loops of the pinned ferromagnetic layer while not on those of the free ferromagnetic layer. The thermal activation phenomena observed can be explained by the model of two energy barrier distributions with different time constants.     

Magneto-oscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas: A simplified analytic formulation

We derive a simplified thermodynamical formulation for a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a uniform magnetic field, with a large Landau level width and at low temperatures. Our analytic results clearly bring out dependences of magneto-oscillations on the Landau level broadening.1. In contrast with Gaussian broadening, different Landau levels do not overlap in the case of semi-elliptic density of states (Ando and Uemura, 1974), were such a normalization constant needs not to be introduced.     

BROADENING OF RESISTIVE TRANSITION AND IRREVERSIBILITY LINE FOR EPITAXIAL YBa2Cu3O7-$\delta$ THIN FILM

The broadening of resistive transition of c axis oriented epitaxial YBCO thin film has been measured for three configurations: (1) H∥c and H⊥I; (2) H∥ab plane and H⊥I; (3) H∥ab plane and H∥I in magnetic field up to 8 Teala(T), and for different angle θ of magnetic field relative to the ab plane with H = 4T. The results obtained indicate that the broadening of resistive transition is mainly determined by the angle θ, but is hardly related to the angle α made between magnetic field and tran sport current in ab plane. This means that the broadening of resistive transition is not determined by flux motion drived by apparent Lorentz force. Au expression of angular dependence of irreveraibility line has been given.     

Direct measurement of the Fermi energy in graphene using a double-layer heterostructure

We describe a technique which allows a direct measurement of the relative Fermi energy in an electron system by employing a double-layer heterostructure. We illustrate this method by using a graphene double layer to probe the Fermi energy as a function of carrier density in monolayer graphene, at zero and in high magnetic fields. This technique allows us to determine the Fermi velocity, Landau level spacing, and Landau level broadening. We find that the N=0 Landau level broadening is larger by comparison to the broadening of upper and lower Landau levels.     

Effect of the Doppler broadening on the nonlinear amplification of a polarized wave that propagates in a resonant medium without population inversion

The general nonlinear stationary theory of propagation of an elliptically polarized pulse that resonantly interacts with the 1/2-1/2 transition is developed taking into account relaxation processes. It is shown that interference of magnetic sublevels in the field of polarized radiation that optically pumps atoms results in inversionless amplification of radiation. Taking into account the Doppler broadening of spectral lines shows that there exists a certain optimal length of the resonant medium along which the radiation that emerges from the medium is maximally amplified.     

ESR determination of lipid translational diffusion coefficients at low spin-label concentrations in biological membranes,using exchange broadening,exchange narrowing,and dipole-dipole interactions

Spin-spin interactions between phosphatidylcholine nitroxide spin labels in fluid-phase dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine bilayers have been studied in the concentration range 0.1–2.0 mol%. The total line broadening has been separated into its Gaussian and Lorentzian components. The Gaussian linewidth exhibits exchange narrowing of the unresolved proton hyperfine structure, with an approximate quadratic concentration dependence for the square of the linewidth, over this spin-label concentration range. The Lorentzian linewidth has a linear dependence on the spin-label concentration over the same range. The temperature dependence of the gradient of the Lorentzian broadening with respect to spin-label concentration is biphasic over the range 30–80°C, indicating a dominant contribution from magnetic dipole-dipole broadening at the lower temperatures. The contributions from the dipole-dipole and exchange interactions to the Lorentzian broadening have been separated by fitting the temperature dependence using an unconstrained optimization procedure and assuming a single effective activation energy for both diffusion-controlled processes. The lipid lateral diffusion coefficient has been determined from the concentration dependence of both the exchange broadening of the nitrogen hyperfine structure and the exchange narrowing of the proton hyperfine structure using a two-dimensional lattice diffusion model, and also from the concentration dependence of the dipole-dipole interaction using a three-dimensional Fick's law diffusion model. All three methods yield consistent values for the diffusion coefficient, although because of the approximate nature of some of the theoretical models the exchange broadening is expected to give the most reliable results. An experimental protocol for determining the actual spin concentration in the membrane sample is also presented.     

Magneto-transport study of Landau level broadening in a gated AlGaAs/GaAs parabolic quantum well structure

We study the Landau level broadening by analyzing the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in a gated AlGaAs/GaAs parabolic quantum well structure when only one electronic subband is occupied. Small-angle scattering is determined to be important in this system. The Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations are described equally well by employing Gaussian or Lorentzian broadening of the Landau levels at low magnetic field where the quantum localization effect is not important. A possible explanation is that the electron-electron interactions lead to the overlapping of adjacent Landau levels and one can not distinguish between the two broadening types.     

Kinetic spectroscopy of orientational states of solvated dye molecules in polar solutions

Some intermolecular processes, especially those due to a change of orientational structure of the medium surrounding a dye molecule in solution, are studied by means of kinetic spectroscopy. The first part of the paper is devoted to the question of inhomogenous orientational broadening of electronic transitions of dyes in polar solutions, in particular, the dynamic character of such broadening is demonstrated. Then we discuss the importance of inhomogeneous orientational broadening of dye spectra for the mechanism of directed energy transfer in rigid solutions including biological systems. Finally we try to show how the orientational relaxation, i.e. the temporal change of the spatial configuration of the solvate, influences the kinetics of the energy transfer between two different dyes in a mixed liquid solution.     

Evidence of magnetic broadening in Mössbauer spectra of superconducting FeTe 0.8 S 0.2

Magnetic properties of the FeTe_0.8S_0.2 superconductor were studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. Low-velocity Mössbauer spectra that were recorded in the temperature range from 5.7 K up to 300 K show a paramagnetic doublet with a broadening at temperatures below 77 K. The broadening can be explained by the appearance of a distribution of hyperfine magnetic fields due to the magnetic ordering of a part of the sample. The magnetically ordered fraction starts to decrease at temperatures below 20 K indicating a possible competition with the onsetting superconductive state.     

Line Broadening and Enthalpy: Some Empirical Calibrations of Solid Solution Behaviour from IR Spectra

Following recent developments in the application of autocorrelation analysis of line broadening in powder absorption IR spectra, the possibility that elastic strain heterogeneities are responsible both for such broadening and for enthalpy variations in solid solutions has been explored systematically. Recent data for five silicate solid solutions, augite-jadeite, almandine-grossular, albite-anorthite, anthophyllite-grunerite and clinoenstatite-clinoferrosilite, are reviewed. Variations in the autocorrelation parameter for line broadening, j corr, scale linearly with calorimetric data for enthalpy variations, j H , associated with cation substitutions and ordering in these systems. It is proposed that, while there may not be a universal calibration of j H in terms of j corr for all structures, it should be possible to produce empirical calibrations for groups of solid solutions with the same basic structure. Variations in j corr at different phonon frequency ranges provide additional insights into the structural mechanisms by which ordering, mixing, displacive and reconstructive processes occur in silicate solid solutions.     

Positronium formation in ice

Applying a new method, based on integral measurements, we demonstrate that there is a broadening of the narrow component in the gamma angular distribution curve when positrons annihilate in ice. This broadening seems to be imputable to the existence of Bloch states and justifies the discordance between theoretical and experimental values of the magnetic quenching.     

Proximal magnetometry in thin films using betaNMR

Low energy ion implantation of hyperpolarized radioactive magnetic resonance probes allows the NMR study of thin film heterostructures by enabling depth-resolved measurements on a nanometer lengthscale. By stopping the probe ions in a layer adjacent to a layer of interest, it is possible to study magnetic fields proximally. Here we show that, in the simplest case of a uniformly magnetized layer, this yields an unperturbed in situ frequency reference. We also discuss demagnetization contributions to measured shifts for this case. With a simple illustrative calculation, we show how a nonuniformly magnetized layer causes a strongly depth-dependent line broadening in an adjacent layer. We then give some experimental examples of resonance line broadening in heterostructures.     

Detection of undistorted continuous wave (CW) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra with non-adiabatic rapid sweep (NARS) of the magnetic field

A continuous wave (CW) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum is typically displayed as the first harmonic response to the application of 100 kHz magnetic field modulation, which is used to enhance sensitivity by reducing the level of 1/f noise. However, magnetic field modulation of any amplitude causes spectral broadening and sacrifices EPR spectral intensity by at least a factor of two. In the work presented here, a CW rapid-scan spectroscopic technique that avoids these compromises and also provides a means of avoiding 1/f noise is developed. This technique, termed non-adiabatic rapid sweep (NARS) EPR, consists of repetitively sweeping the polarizing magnetic field in a linear manner over a spectral fragment with a small coil at a repetition rate that is sufficiently high that receiver noise, microwave phase noise, and environmental microphonics, each of which has 1/f characteristics, are overcome. Nevertheless, the rate of sweep is sufficiently slow that adiabatic responses are avoided and the spin system is always close to thermal equilibrium. The repetitively acquired spectra from the spectral fragment are averaged. Under these conditions, undistorted pure absorption spectra are obtained without broadening or loss of signal intensity. A digital filter such as a moving average is applied to remove high frequency noise, which is approximately equivalent in bandwidth to use of an integrating time constant in conventional field modulation with lock-in detection. Nitroxide spectra at L- and X-band are presented.     

Theoretical Approach to Energy Resolution of Semiconductor Detectors

All processes occurring in semiconductor detectors during detection of primary monoenergetic particles lead to broadening of spectral lines. In this work, a general expression for the energy resolution of semiconductor detectors is obtained using the theory of branching cascade processes. It is shown that the general formula involves all contributions to the spectral line broadening described in the literature and additional contributions associated with fluctuations of electron and hole lifetimes caused by inhomogeneity of traps in the semiconductor material and fluctuations of the electronic channel gain.     

Magnetic properties of the tetranitrosyl-iron complex Fe<Subscript>2</Subscript>(SC<Subscript>3</Subscript>H<Subscript>5</Subscript>N<Subscript>2</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript>(NO)<Subscript>4</Subscript>

The magnetic properties of the binuclear nitrosyl-iron complexes Fe₂(SC₃H₅N₂)₂(NO)₄ are investigated. It is demonstrated that several types of particles, such as dimers with a pair of spins 1/2, dimers with a pair of spins 5/2, and paramagnetic particles with spin 3/2, make a contribution to the magnetic properties of the complexes. A decrease in the temperature below 25 K leads to a change in the shape of the EPR spectra corresponding to these dimers, so that Lorentzian lines (homogeneous broadening) transform into Gaussian lines (inhomogeneous broadening). This is accompanied by a stepwise change in the EPR line width and g factors. The change in the line shape indicates that complexes become asymmetric at low temperatures, possibly, due to the decrease in the spin exchange frequency below the frequency of the microwave field of the spectrometer.     

A test of magnetic field effects on an electron-transfer system: adiabatic or not?

Electron transfer (ET) systems in solution where the rate of transfer can be directly measured could in certain cases be expected to undergo modification by large magnetic fields. This possibility was tested on the classical manganate-permanganate system in solution. Rates were measured by NMR line broadening in significantly different magnitudes of NMR spectrometer magnetic fields. (Field throughout means a magnetic not an electric field.) Any rate changes fell within the bounds of error. This accords with the adiabatic Marcus model of such transfers, corresponding with the Robin-Day Class 2 mixed-valence interaction with a Landau–Zener transition probability of unity. Studies of the solid-state system at low temperatures have implied possibly limited electron delocalization (i.e. Robin-Day Class 1).