Realization and properties of ramp-type YBa2Cu3O7−δ/Au/Nb junctions

All-thin-film ramp type Josephson junctions between YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ and Nb have been fabricated. This procedure allows connections between high-T_c and low-T_c superconductors at different crystal sides of the high-T_c superconductor on one chip, which is of great interest for novel phase devices. A thin Au layer is incorporated as a chemical barrier to avoid oxygen transfer from the YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ to the Nb. Critical current densities up to 600 A/cm² are obtained at T=4.2 K, with typical R_nA values of 0.8 μΩ cm². The variation of the magnetic field dependence of the critical current with the angle between the junction barrier and the YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ crystal axes is explained by considering a predominant d_x²−y² order parameter symmetry of the YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ. The successful fabrication of these junctions allows the implementation of novel superconducting electronics, such as complementary Josephson circuitry or proposed qubit concepts, using the unconventional order parameter symmetry of the high-T_c superconductor.     

Spectral intensities in the ν1 band of NH3

Intensities have been measured for individual transitions in the Q and R branches of the ν₁ band of NH₃ using a difference-frequency laser spectrometer. The data yield an integrated band strength of S⁰_v=219.36±1.03 cm^-2/MPa at 297 K, corresponding to a transition moment of μ_v = 8.535(20) × 10^-32 C·m, and a Herman-Wallis correction factor, (1 + _jm)², where _j = 0.0209(20). The intensities of a few lines for K 7 were noticeably perturbed by a perpendicular Coriolis interaction with 2ν₄ (E, L = 2), so were excluded from the fit. A small sample of ν₃ band lines occurring in the ν₁ band scans also yields a rough estimate of the ν₃ band intensity with evident irregular perturbations.     

Hyperon-Nucleon bound states and electroproduction of strangeness on He

The A(e, e′K⁺)YX reaction has been investigated in Hall C at Jefferson Lab. Data were taken for Q² ≈ 0.35 and 0.5 GeV² at a beam energy of 3.245 GeV for ³He, ⁴He. The missing mass spectra are fitted with Monte Carlo simulations including Λ, Σ⁰, Σ⁻ hyperon production. Models for quasifree production are compared to the data, excess yields close to threshold are attributed to FSI. Evidence for Λ-hypernuclear bound states is seen for ^3,4He targets.     

Magnetic anisotropy in the paramagnetic phase of TbAl2

The magnetic anisotropy of a single crystal of TbAl₂ has been measured by torque magnetometry from below the Curie point up to 170 K, well into the paramagnetic phase. Within a (110) plane the torque can be described by the expression L(θ) = {P sin 2θ} H² + {Q sin 2θ + S sin 4θ} H⁴ + {T sin 4θ} H⁶, where θ is the an gle formed by the magnetization vector with a [001] axis. The first term (in H²) is interpreted as produced by arrays of defects with axial symmetry. The second (in H⁴) and third (in H⁶) terms arise from anisotropic fourth and sixth rank tensor paramagnetic susceptibilities. On the other hand if the anisotropy is described in terms of effective conventional anisotropy constants K₁ and K₂ within the temperature range 90–170 K it is found that both constants change continuously across the Curie temperature and furthermore the [111] direction remains the easy direction in the paramagnetic range. Anisotropy measurements reveal themselves as a sensitive indicator of the level of macroscopic defects in magnetic crystals.     

Study on the local structure of (CrO6) complex in garnet crystals by optical and EPR spectrum

The local lattice structure distortions for YAG and YGG systems doped with Cr³⁺ have been investigated by the d³ configuration complete energy matrices which contain the Zeeman energy besides the electron–electron interaction, the trigonal crystal field as well as the spin–orbit coupling interaction. The local lattice structure parameters R and θ of (CrO₆)⁹⁻ complex are determined for Cr³⁺ in YAG and YGG systems, respectively. The calculated results show that the local lattice structures have expansion distortions, which almost tend to the same after distortions. Meanwhile, the EPR parameter D, g factors (g_||, g) and optical spectrum of these systems have been interpreted uniformly by quantitative calculation. It is shown that the effect of the orbit reduction factor k on g factors (g_||, g) cannot be ignored.     

Secondary ion emission from clean and K-covered Ni surfaces near threshold impact energies

Clean and K-covered Ni surfaces are bombarded with low energy (10–500 eV) beams of He⁺, Ne⁺, Ar²⁺, and Kr⁺ ions, and the emitted ion yield is measured as a function of beam energy. The apparent threshold energies for K⁺ and Ni⁺ emission are proportional to the ionic binding energies of K⁺ and Ni⁺ to the Ni surface. From comparison of the ion and neutral yield curves, it is suggested that these ions are emitted via momentum transfer collisions similar to neutral sputtering.     

Effect of magnetic ordering on optical and magneto-optical properties of Fe/Cr superlattices

Optical reflectance/transmittance and magneto-optical Kerr effect of Fe/Cr superlattices (SL) are studied by using the first principles full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method. Equilibrium atomic structures are optimized through total energy and atomic force approaches. Pronounced peaks in the ellipticity and optical spectra are obtained around 3000 cm⁻¹ for the ferromagnetic SL due to the inter-band electron excitations. The change in magnetic ordering from ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic cases alters optical functions, namely, the reflectance, R and transmittance T. The calculated ΔR/R and ΔT/T have a pronounced maximum around 2000 cm⁻¹ and decay almost linearly thereafter toward high photon energies, a result that agrees qualitatively well with experiment.     

Tuning the multiferroic properties of Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 by cationic substitution

A series of substituted lead iron niobate compounds with the general formula Pb²⁺_(1−x)A^Z_x(Fe_{{(1−(2−Z)x)/2}}Nb_{{(1+(2−Z)x)/2}})O₃ (0<x<0.6 and A=La³⁺, K⁺ or Sr²⁺) were prepared by a modified solid-state synthesis. The relative concentrations of Fe³⁺ and Nb⁵⁺ were adjusted to compensate the charge imbalance due to the aliovalent substitution. The dielectric constant and magnetic susceptibilities were studied as a function of temperature. The temperature of the dielectric maximum, T_M, of the substituted compounds decreased linearly with increasing concentration of the substituent ions. The magnetic measurements showed an antiferromagnetic transition at temperatures T_N1 due to the superexchange interactions mediated by Fe–O–Fe and an additional antiferromagnetic-type transition at T_N2. T_N1 linearly increased with the increasing concentration of Fe³⁺ ion at the B-site of ABO₃-type substituted compounds. T_M is shown to be directly dependent on the concentration of the ferroactive Nb⁵⁺ ions at the B-site and Pb²⁺ ions at the A-site.     

Minimal renormalization without ε-expansion: Three-loop amplitude functions of the 0(n) symmetric Φ theory in three dimensions below Tc

We present an analytic three-loop calculation for thermodynamic quantities of the O(n) symmetric Φ⁴ theory below T_c within the minimal subtraction scheme at fixed dimension d = 3. Goldstone singularities arising at an intermediate stage in the calculation of O(n) symmetric quantities cancel among themselves leaving a finite result in the limit of zero external field. From the free energy we calculate the three-loop terms of the amplitude functions ƒ_Φ, F₊ and F₋ of the order parameter and the specific heat above and below Tc, respectively, without using the e = 4-d expansion. A Borel resummation for the case n = 2 yields resummed amplitude functions f_Φ and F₋ that are slightly larger than the one-loop results. Accurate knowledge of these functions is needed for testing the renormalization-group prediction of critical-point universality along the λ₋line of superfluid ⁴He. Combining the three-loop result for F₋ with a recent five-loop calculation of the additive renormalization constant of the specific heat yields excellent agreement between the calculated and measured universal amplitude ratio A⁺/A^- of the specific heat of ⁴He. In addition we use our result for f_Φ to calculate the universal combination Rc of the amplitudes of the order parameter, the susceptibility and the specific heat for n = 2 and n = 3. Our Borel-resummed three-loop result for R_c is significantly more accurate than the previous result obtained from the ε-expansion up to O(ε².     

Electro-pion production on O to bou nd states of the residual nuclei

Differential cross sections for the reactions 16O(γ, π−π+−)16F16F to the sum of the four lowest lying states in 16F and 16N have been measured as a function of angle for pions with a kinetic energy of 30 MeV. The extracted ratios R = σ(γ, π−)/σ(γ, π+), the first ones to discrete final states as a function of angle, are in fair agreement with results obtained for the nucleon. For positive pions the energy dependence of the cross section has been measured at the angles of 45° and 90°. Distorted wave impulse approximation calculations fail to describe the energy dependence.     

LiYF4:Nd3+的电子喇曼散射与双光子荧光

首次观察到下列LiYF₄:Nd³⁺的光谱:用波长λ为4880?的Ar⁺激光激发的⁴I_11/2能级所属斯塔克子能级Y₁—Y₆的电子和电-声子喇曼散射谱;用波长λ为6943?的红宝石激光激发的双光子荧光和电-声子荧光谱。 关键词：     

Raman spectra of KTP crystal in an in situ electric field

Raman spectra of the KTP single crystal are recorded in electric fields (dc and ac) applied along the polar axis c. Spectra with the laser beam focused near the cathode end, anode end and the centre of the crystal are recorded. The cathode end of the crystal develops a spot ‘grey track’ where the laser beam is focused after a lapse of 5 h from the application of a dc electric field of 38 V/cm. The spectra recorded at the cathode end after the application of field show variations in intensity of bands. A new band appears at 177 cm⁻¹. Changes in band intensities are explained on the basis of changes in polarizability of the crystal due to the movement of K⁺ ions along the polar axis. K⁺ ions accumulate at the cathode end, where the ‘Grey track’ formation occurs. The intensity enhancement observed for almost all bands in the ac field is attributed to the improvement of crystalline quality.     

The thermodynamics of purely elastic scattering theories and conformal perturbation theory

We discuss the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz, and explain how it allows one to reduce the infinite-volume thermodynamics of a (1 + 1)-dimensional purely elastic scattering theory to the solution of a set of integral equations for the one-particle excitation energies. The free energy at zero chemical potential(s) and temperature T is related to the ground state energy E₀(R) of the theory on a cylinder of circumference R = 1/T. E₀(R) determines properties of the CFT describing the UV limit of the given massive theory. These include the central charge (which we investigated in earlier work), the scaling dimension d of the conformal field whose perturbation leads to the massive theory, the coefficients in the conformal perturbation theory (CPT) expansion of E₀(R) in powers of R^2−d, and the bulk term in the CPT calculation of the ground-state energy. We determine the bulk term analytically, and obtain numerically the first six coefficients in the expansion of E₀(R) for many purely elastic scattering theories, including the scaling limit of the T = T_c Ising model in a magnetic field. The perfect agreement with (more limited) direct CPT results provides further strong support for the identification of these theories as specific perturbed CFTs. We suggest that the singularities of E₀(R), the first of which is responsible for the finite radius of convergence of CPT, are square-root branch points and related to the zeros of the partition function of the corresponding lattice model.     

Heavy ion interactions of (14.0 MeV/u) Pb with U

The interactions of ²⁰⁸Pb projectiles with ^natU target have been studied at 14.0 MeV/u beam energy using two different threshold detectors; mica and lexan. The elastic scattering data have been separated from the binary events and used for the determination of quarter-point angle θ_1/4 (≡ grazing angle θ_gr). The values of maximum angular momentum , radius of interaction R_int and reaction cross-section σ_R^exp(el.) were then deduced by making use of the value of θ_1/4. The data of inelastic events of different multiplicities have been used to determine partial reaction cross-sections. The sum of the partial cross-sections, therefore, yielded another independent value of reaction cross-section σ_R^exp(inel.) that in turn was used to derive the alternative values of , θ_gr, and R_int independently. The average of these quantities provided the experimental values of the reaction parameters that are comparable to the theoretical predictions.     

Creation of variable concentrations of defects on TiO2(110) using low-density electron beams

Low density (˜μA/cm²) 0.48 and 1.0 keV electron beams have been used to create surface defects on a TiO₂(110) surface. These electron-beam induced defects were examined primarily by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) with supporting ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS). Glancing and normal emission XPS spectra of nearly defect-free surfaces revealed that Ti atoms on the surface were similar to the bulk Ti, while some surface oxygen atoms were different from the bulk oxygen. XPS of Ti 2p_3/2 was used to quantify the defect concentration and to examine the defect electronic structure. Based on our calculation of defect concentrations and the comparison of our results with results and models from the literature, we conclude that oxygen vacancies induced by electron beams in the current study are mostly from the bridging oxygen sites, in agreement with the previous work. A range of defect concentrations with similar electronic structure, mainly composed of Ti³⁺, have been induced by low-density electron beams. Beam energy and exposure were the experimental variables. The rates of defect formation at low beam exposure were beam-energy dependent, with a faster growth rate at 0.48 keV than at 1.0 keV. These defects were similar to those by thermal annealing in vacuum, but a higher concentration of defects could be obtained with longer beam exposure. However, the e-beam induced defects were different from those produced by Ar⁺ ion bombardment since both this and previous studies have found defects produced by Ar⁺ ion bombardment to be complex, with a variety of different local environments where oxygen and titanium surface atoms coexist.     

Preferential sputtering and radiation enhanced segregation in palladium-platinum alloys

Five palladium-platinum alloys of different compositions ranging from 10 to 90 at% Pd were sputtered with 1 keV Ar⁺ ions. The surface concentrations were then determined with Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS). The observed concentrations differed largely from bulk values. This difference is explained in terms of the difference in sputtering yields for platinum and palladium and the radiation enhanced segregation of palladium. The surface was then mechanically cleaned in situ. The surface concentrations measured subsequently corresponded excellently with the bulk values confirming the calibration procedure for the calculation of the surface concentrations. A recently developed model for surface segregation was used to fit the experimental data. Values for the surface segregation energy ΔG and the radiation enhanced diffusion coefficient D were obtained in the range 2000–8000 J/mol and (1.2–8.0)×10⁻²⁰ m²/s, respectively.     

Raman study of HgBa2Can−1CunO2n+2+δ (n=1,2,3,4 and 5) superconductors

Polarized micro-Raman scattering measurements have been performed on the five members of the HgBa₂Ca_n−1Cu_nO_2n+2+δ (n=1,2,3,4 and 5) high-T_c superconductor family using different laser frequencies. Local laser annealing measurements were carried out to investigate the variation of the Raman spectra with the excess oxygen content, δ. A systematic evolution of the spectra, which display mainly peaks near 590, 570, 540 and 470 cm⁻¹, with increasing number of CuO₂ layers has been observed; its origin has been shown to lie in the variation of the interstitial oxygen content. In addition to confirming that the 590 cm⁻¹ mode represents vibration of apical oxygens in the absence of neighboring excess oxygen, the 570 cm⁻¹ mode, which may be composed of some finer structures, has been assigned to the vibration of the apical oxygen modified by the presence of the neighboring excess oxygens. The 540 and 470 cm⁻¹ modes may represent the direct vibration of excess oxygens. The implication of possible different distribution sites of excess oxygens is discussed. All other observed lower-frequency modes are also assigned.     

Influence of the Tl- and Hg-content on magnetic and transport properties of the Pb, Sr-doped Tl-1223 and Hg-1223 superconductors

The effects of the thallium and mercury content x on the as-sintered and post annealed samples of M_xPb_0.4Sr_1.6Ba_0.4Ca₂Cu₃O_8+δ {M: Tl (0.32≤x≤0.74) or Hg (0.18≤x≤0.68)} have been studied by magnetization and transport measurements. For Tl-1223 we have found the optimum Tl doping level to be x=0.53 regarding the grain properties, the content of superconducting phase, the first penetration field H_pl^wl, the transport (J_c^tr), magnetic intergrain (J_c^M) and intragrain (J_c^g) critical current densities. The critical temperature T_c of the as-sintered Tl-1223 sample decreased with increasing Tl content. Post-annealing in oxygen improved the T_c for Tl contents of x≥0.53 and had generally positive effects on the critical current densities. The intergrain properties of the Hg-1223 samples were much worse than those of the Tl-based superconductors.     

Polarisation circulaire du rayonnement gamma de Sb, Cs et Ag

The βγ circular polarization correlation of the 3⁻(β⁻ 621 keV)3⁻(γ 1692)2⁺ cascade in ¹²⁴Sb, the 4⁺(β⁻ 662)4⁺ (γ 796)2⁺ (γ 605)0⁺ in ^13Z4Cs and the 6⁺(β⁻529)6⁺ (γ 937)4⁺ (γ 885)2⁺ (γ 658)0⁺ in ^110mAg have been studied by using a Compton effect polarimeter. The measured asymmetry parameters are 0.172±0.004, −0.0702 ±0.0024 and 0.0549±0.0013 respectively.