Transport features in laser-plasma-deposited InMnAs layers in strong magnetic fields

We have studied the magnetotransport properties of p-InMnAs layers in strong (up to 30 T) pulsed magnetic fields. The p-InMnAs layers were obtained by laser plasma deposition with subsequent annealing by radiation of a pulsed ruby laser. Under anomalous Hall effect conditions in a strong magnetic field (above 20 T), the Hall resistance in the paramagnetic region of temperatures is greater than that in the ferromagnetic region (below 40 K). It has also been established that, at helium temperatures, the negative magnetoresistance exhibits saturation in a field of about 10 T, whereas the anomalous Hall effect is saturated at about 2 T. At T ≈ 4 K, the resistance in a field of 10 T exhibits a more than tenfold decrease. The results are explained by a mesoscopically inhomogeneous distribution of the acceptor (Mn) impurity, a local ferromagnetic transition, and a percolation character of the conductivity of p-InMnAs films in a state close to the insulator-metal phase transition. The characteristic scale of magnetoelectric inhomogeneity in the system is evaluated based on an analysis of mesoscopic fluctuations of the nondiagonal component of the magnetoresistance tensor.     

Investigation of atomic transitions of cesium in strong magnetic fields by an optical half-wavelength cell

It has been demonstrated that the use of the λ/2 method allows one to effectively investigate individual atomic levels of the D ₂ line of Cs (with the most complicated spectrum among all alkali metals) in strong magnetic fields up to 7 kG. The method is based on strong narrowing of the absorption spectrum (which provides sub-Doppler resolution) of a cesium-filled thin cell with the thickness L equal to a half-wavelength (L = λ/2) of the laser radiation (λ = 852 nm) resonant with the D ₂ line. In particular, the λ/2 method has allowed us to resolve 16 atomic transitions (in two groups of eight atomic transitions each) and to determine their frequency positions, fixed (within each group) frequency slopes, the probability characteristics of the transitions, and other important characteristics of the hyperfine structure of Cs in the Paschen-Back regime. Possible applications are mentioned. Two theoretical models have been implemented. The values of the magnetic field have been indicated at which the models describe the experiment well.     

Grantmakher-Kaner effect in strong magnetic fields

Gantmakher-Kaner (GK) effect in a compensated metal is studied theoretically. The dependence of the amplitude of GK oscillations from the polarization of exciting radio-frequency field is found. Effect results from the excitation of doppleron in the plate. In polarization, in which the doppleron exists, the part of skin-layer field energy, contained in harmonics with the length close to cyclotron displacement of resonant carriers, is carried into the slab by doppleron. This results in decreasing of GK oscillations in this polarization in comparison with an opposite one.     

Exciton condensation in strong magnetic fields

The density correction to the chemical potential of excitons in a strong magnetic field was calculated. The possibilities of Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons and their condensation into electron-hole liquid (EHL) were studied. Magnetic field ranges in which these processes can be observed were determined.     

Coulomb collisions in strong magnetic fields

Summary Scattering cross-sections, reflection and transmission coefficients are derived for charged-particle potential scattering in the presence of a quantizing constant magnetic field within the Green's function approach. The optical theorem and the limit of the cross-section for vanishing values of the magnetic field have also been obtained. A numerical analysis of the total cross-section for different magnetic-field intensities and values of the screening constant has been performed. The total cross-sections are found to differ significantly from the field-free ones only for magnetic-field intensities and incident particle energies such that only few Landau channels are open. To speed up publication, the authors of this paper have agreed to not receive the proofs for correction.     

Radiative process in strong magnetic fields

Abstract

The behavior of electromagnetic processes in strong magnetic fields is currently of great interest in high-energy astrophysics. Observations of neutron stars indicate that magnetic fields larger than 10¹² Gauss exist in nature. In fields this strong, where electrons behave much as if they were in bound atomic states, familiar processes undergo profound changes and exotic processes become important. Strong magnetic fields affect the physics in several fundamental ways: energies prependicular to the field are quantized, transverse momentum is not conserved and electron/positron spin is important. The relaxation of transverse mometum conservation allows first order processes and their inverses: one-photon pair production and annihilation, synchrotron/cyclotron radiation and absorption, which are kinematically forbidden under field-free conditions. The first two are essentially quantum-mechanical and hence significant only in fields whose strength approaches the critical field, B _cr = 4.414 × 10¹³ Gauss. One-photon pair production is likely to be the dominant source of e ⁺ -e ^? pairs in fields exceeding 10¹² Gauss. While synchrotron radiation and absorption are observable as classical electromagnetic processes in weak fields, they are considerably different in high fields, where the classical synchrotron radiation formulae can violate conservation of energy, and predict too large an emissivity and electron energy loss rate. The second-order processes: two-photon pair production and annihilation and Compton Scattering, are also modified in strong fields. The discreteness of e ⁺ - e^? pair states causes resonant behavior in the cross sections and decreases the second-order rates from their free-space values. These processes play an important role in modelling high energy emission from pulsars and gamma-ray bursts.     

Andreev reflection in strong magnetic fields

We have studied the interplay of Andreev reflection and cyclotron motion of quasiparticles at a superconductor-normal-metal interface with a strong magnetic field applied parallel to the interface. Bound states are formed due to the confinement introduced by both the external magnetic field and the superconducting gap. These bound states are a coherent superposition of electron and hole edge excitations similar to those realized in finite quantum-Hall samples. We find the energy spectrum for these Andreev edge states and calculate transport properties.     

铷原子热蒸气中强非线性效应产生激光模式图样的实验研究

研究了具有高斯横向分布的连续激光束单次通过铷原子蒸气后,在近共振附近铷原子蒸气中,由强的非线性克尔效应导致激光分裂成细丝的现象,并且这些细丝的衍射图样在远场通过相干叠加,可以形成具有规则结构的斑图模式.实验上研究了输入光功率,铷泡温度和抽运激光频率相对于⁸⁵Rb原子D₂线的不同失谐位置等因素对斑图模式的影响.由于铷原子的超精细能级结构,在铷原子蒸气中同时存在与三阶非线性效应相关的四波混频现象,通过扫描探测光的频率同时观察到具有斯托克斯和反斯托克斯光子的拉曼增益现象. 关键词： 铷原子蒸气 克尔效应 自聚焦 斑图     

Shape of the signal of double radio-optical resonance in 85Rb atomic vapors in strong fields

A transmission peak has been experimentally observed in the center of the signal of double radio-optical resonance in rubidium atomic vapors at the hyperfine splitting frequency of the ground state. It has been shown that this structure appears due to the Doppler detuning of the optical field and the corresponding optical shift of the microwave field. An analytical expression has been obtained for the shape of this resonance and the effect has been qualitatively explained.     

Energy level crossing and magnetic anomalies in PrVO4 in strong fields

The magnetic anomalies due to the interaction of the energy levels of a rare-earth ion in a strong magnetic field are studied experimentally and theoretically for the van-Vleck paramagnet PrVO₄. A maximum is discovered in the differential susceptibility dM/dH in a field H _c ≈ 45 T, where the lower energy levels cross. The magnetocaloric effect in pulsed fields is calculated assuming the magnetization process to be adiabatic. This effect is characterized by the absence of initial heating of the sample when the field is turned on and strong cooling as H _c is approached. It is shown that in PrVO₄, which is an enhanced nuclear magnet, the hyperfine interaction plays an extremely important role for the magnetic anomalies associated with crossover. For another van-Vleck paramagnet, HoVO₄, it is shown that a second crossover occurs near 310 T and the magnetocaloric effect is calculated.     

Nuclear magnetic resonance in inhomogeneous magnetic fields

The response of the spin system has been investigated by numerical simulations in the case of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiment performed in inhomogeneous static and radiofrequency fields. The particular case of the NMR-MOUSE was considered. The static field and the component of the radiofrequency field perpendicular to the static field were evaluated as well as the spatial distribution of the maximum NMR signal detected by the surface coil. The NMR response to various pulse sequences was evaluated numerically for the case of an ensemble of isolated spins (1/2). The behavior of the echo train in Carr-Purcell-like pulse sequences used for measurements of transverse relaxation and self-diffusion was simulated and compared with the experiment. The echo train is shown to behave qualitatively differently depending on the particular phase schemes used in these pulse sequences. Different echo trains are obtained, because of the different superposition of Hahn and stimulated echoes forming mixed echoes as a result of the spatial distribution of pulse flip angles. The superposition of Hahn and stimulated echoes originating from different spatial regions leads to distortions of the mixed echoes in intensity, shape, and phase. The volume selection produced by Carr-Purcell-like pulse sequences is also investigated for the NMR-MOUSE. The developed numerical simulation procedure is useful for understanding a variety of experiments performed with the NMR-MOUSE and for improving its performance. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Anisotropy of atoms in strong magnetic fields

The anisotropy of the atomic electronic density caused by strong magnetic fields is discussed here in the context of the statistical theory. In the framework of the current-density functional theory, a derivation is given of the gradient terms, necessary for anisotropy, based on the polarizability of free electrons in a magnetic field. Numerical results for the electronic density show a strong elongation of the electronic density along the field direction. In very high magnetic fields the electronic density is localized in thin columns along the field.     

Screening of impurities in strong magnetic fields

Charged impurities inserted in an electron gas in strong magnetic fields and at low temperatures are considered. Using the random phase and the generalized Born approximations, a self-consistent calculation of the screening of the impurities and the broadening of the electronic energy levels due to the scattering by these impurities is presented. Concrete results obtained in numerical form show that for typical semiconductors the anisotropy of te screening induced by the magnetic field is strongly reduced by collisional damping. The screening length, however, depends rather strongly on the field.On leave of absence from the Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.     

Positronium and Muonium in strong magnetic fields

The relativistic two-body problem in a constant magnetic field B of arbitrary strenght is elaborated. A new spin operator quadratic in B is derived and a change of sign in a relativistic Zeeman correction is pointed out.     

Two-dimensional excitonic phase in strong magnetic fields

The excitonic phase of the coupled electron-hole system which consists of p- and n-channel inversion layers separated by a thin insulating layer and subjected to a strong magnetic field, is investigated in the mean field approximation. The spectrum of the symmetry-restoring collective excitation mode is shown to be consistent with the possible superfluidity of excitons.