Pulsed magnetic resonance as a probe of longitudinal spin waves and magnetic second sound

Under appropriate conditions, longitudinal spin waves and spin wave second sound, a magnetic temperature wave, can be observed in quantum liquids and solid using pulsed magnetic resonance. A “hole-burning” experiment yields directly the spectrum ω(k) of the propagating magnetic wave.     

Origin of longitudinal spin excitations in iron-pnictide parent compounds

We investigate longitudinal spin excitations (LSEs) as a probe of microscopic origin ofmagnetic ordering in parent pnictides BaFe₂As₂ and NaFeAs. Currently adopted interpretation ofLSEs as bottom of particle-hole continuum points unambiguously toward itinerant-electronmagnetism, but is difficult to reconcile with available optical measurements. We study thepossibility that the LSEs originate from multi-magnon processes which are notenergetically constrained by optical spectroscopy and do not sharply distinguish betweenlocal-moment and itinerant scenarios. Two mechanisms, capable of enhancing multi-magnoncontinuum to the level indicated by neutron scattering experiments, are proposed. Thefirst emphasizes itinerant electrons and is based on electronic transitions betweenmagnetically split bands, while the other relies on purely spin fluctuations close to amagnetic quantum phase transition. Electronic excitations enhance multi-magnoncontribution to LSEs for small Fermi surface taking part in the SDW instability, but areinsufficient to account for measured intensities. The correct order of LSEs, on the otherhand, can be reproduced by the spin fluctuation mechanism for a reasonable set ofparameters.     

Longitudinal spin waves as secondary excitations of the spin system of a ferromagnet

The method of two-time Green's functions is used to calculate the natural oscillations of the longitudinal component of the spontaneous magnetization of a ferromagnet. The spectrum of these oscillations or spin waves has no gap, even when magnetic interactions are taken into account. For smallk the spectrum of longitudinal spin waves has the same properties as secondary excitations of the spin system of a ferromagnet In which the primary excitations are transverse (ordinary) spin waves.Translated from Izvestiya VUZ. Fizika, No. 4, pp. 82–85, April, 1970.     

NMR time reversal as a probe of incipient turbulent spin dynamics

We demonstrate time reversal of nuclear spin dynamics in highly magnetized dilute liquid (3)He-(4)He mixtures through effective inversion of long-range dipolar interactions. These experiments, which involve using magic sandwich NMR pulse sequences to generate spin echoes, probe the spatiotemporal development of turbulent spin dynamics and promise to serve as a versatile tool for the study and control of dynamic magnetization instabilities. We also show that a repeated magic sandwich pulse sequence can be used to dynamically stabilize modes of nuclear precession that are otherwise intrinsically unstable. To date, we have extended the effective precession lifetimes of our magnetized samples by more than three orders of magnitude.     

Transmission electron spin resonance as a probe of the metallic interface

Observation of coupled TESR in bilayers of dissimilar pure metals is reported. Positive entropy production and detailed balance are incorporated in general linear relations between non-equilibrium spin densities and currents at the interface. Spin transport coefficients for samples exhibiting both strong and weak coupling are deduced from the data by comparison with computer generated lineshapes.     

Dipole-exchange spin excitations in a thin ferromagnetic nanoshell

In this paper spin excitations in spherical ferromagnetic nanoshells are investigated. The magnetic dipoledipole interaction, the exchange interaction and the anisotropy effects are taken into consideration. For such spin excitations, an equation for the magnetic potential perturbation is obtained. For a nanoshell that is thin compared to its size, the dispersion relation for nonzero spin excitation modes and the only possible frequency for zero-mode spin excitations are found. Limitations on the mode numbers are derived.     

Muon spin relaxation as a probe of molecular dynamics of organometallic compounds

LF‐Muon Spin Relaxation data are reported for the organometallic compounds Pb(C₆H₅)₄, (C₆H₆)Cr(CO)₃ and (C₅H₅)₂Ru. In each case the change in relaxation rate with temperature shows a peak analogous to the T_1 minimum in NMR. The activation parameters were calculated, and the mechanism of muon spin relaxation in the case of (C₆H₆)Cr(CO)₃ is shown to be the reorientation motion of the benzene ring. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Interference as a probe of spin incoherence in strongly interacting quantum wires

We show that interference experiments can be used to identify the spin-incoherent regime of strongly interacting one-dimensional conductors. Two qualitative signatures of spin incoherence are found: a strong magnetic field dependence of the interference contrast and an anomalous scaling of the interference contrast with the applied voltage, with a temperature and magnetic field dependent scaling exponent. The experiments distinguish the spin-incoherent from the spin-polarized regime, and so may be useful in deciding between alternative explanations proposed for the anomalous conductance quantization observed in quantum point contacts and quantum wires at low density.     

Non-linear response of driven spin excitations

Brillouin scattering was used to study the effect of high-power microwave fields on an array of permalloy particles and the results are compared with simulations. The simulations are of two types: one is based on a model in which each particle is treated as a single spin, the second model relies on generalized micromagnetic codes that include external driving fields and enable magnon–magnon coupling. Experimental results as well as simulations show clear, but sometimes different, evidence of non-linear behavior.     

Nonlinear spin excitations in a classical Heisenberg anisotropic helimagnet

The nonlinear spin excitations in an anisotropic helimagnet in the presence of a constant magnetic field are investigated in the classical continuum limit. The helical character is introduced into the model, in analogy with the twist in a cholesteric liquid crystal. After deriving a class of spin wave solutions for the stereographic representation of the Landau-Lifshitz equation, in-plane stationary spin configurations are obtained and their stability is analysed. When the external magnetic field is along the anisotropic axis, modulational instability is observed in the spin lattice, and when the external magnetic field is normal to the anisotropic axis, the spin configurations are unstable. The perturbed spin components show fluctuations in the tail region, while the velocity and amplitude of the soliton remain unaltered.     

Localized spin excitations in magnets with triangular spin ordering

Some types of localized spin excitations in hexagonal antiferromagnets with triangular spin ordering are investigated. The character of relaxation of these spin excitations is studied.     

From spin flip excitations to the spin susceptibility enhancement of a two-dimensional electron gas

The g-factor enhancement of the spin-polarized two-dimensional electron gas was measured directly over a wide range of spin polarizations, using spin flip resonant Raman scattering spectroscopy on two-dimensional electron gases embedded in Cd(1-x)Mn(x)Te semimagnetic quantum wells. At zero Raman transferred momentum, the single-particle spin flip excitation, energy Z*, coexists in the Raman spectrum with the spin flip wave of energy Z, the bare giant Zeeman splitting. We compare the measured g-factor enhancement with recent spin-susceptibility enhancement theories and deduce the spin-polarization dependence of the mass renormalization.     

Singlet-triplet Hamiltonian for spin excitations in a Kondo insulator

In the nonsymmetric version of the periodic Anderson model for a Kondo insulator, an effective singlet-triplet Hamiltonian Ĥ _s−t with indirect antiferromagnetic f-f exchange is constructed, which makes it possible to analyze the dynamic magnetic susceptibility χ _f (k, ω) of f electrons. Hamiltonian Ĥ _s−t is used to describe the experimentally observed dispersion of the three-level spin excitation spectrum in YbB₁₂. A distinguishing feature of this analysis is the introduction of small-radius singlet and triplet collective f-d excitations that form low- and high-lying spin bands during motion over the lattice.     

Zero field spin relaxation studies as a probe of positive muon diffusion mechanisms

A theory of spin relaxation in zero external field is developed for a nonstationary distribution of diffusing particles. Application to μSR experiments in Nb and Bi is made to distinguish between models of muon diffusion in the presence of traps.     

Conditional spin counting statistics as a probe of Coulomb interaction and spin-resolved bunching

Full counting statistics is a powerful tool to characterize the noise and correlations in transport through mesoscopic systems. In this work, we propose the theory of conditional spin counting statistics, i.e., the statistical fluctuations of spin-up (down) current given the observation of the spin-down (up) current. In the context of transport through a single quantum dot, it is demonstrated that a strong Coulomb interaction leads to a conditional spin counting statistics that exhibits a substantial change in comparison to that without Coulomb repulsion. It thus can be served as an effective way to probe the Coulomb interactions in mesoscopic transport systems. In case of spin polarized transport, it is further shown that the conditional spin counting statistics offers a transparent tool to reveal the spin-resolved bunching behavior.     

Conduction electron spin resonance as a probe of zinc diffusion in lithium films

CESR is used to measure the maximum solubility C₀ and the diffusion constant D of zinc in lithium. The sample is a bimetallic layer obtained by thermal evaporation. The first deposited metal (zinc) is 300 Å thick, the second (lithium) 2μm thick. We analyze the resonance lineshape, taking into account the zinc diffusion via the Fick theorem. From the variations of the Li resonance linewidth as a function of time, we measure C₀ = 50 ppm and D = 160 Ų sec^-1 at room temperature.     

Anomalous Hall effect as a probe of the chiral order in spin glasses

The anomalous Hall effect arising from the noncoplanar spin configuration (chirality) is discussed as a probe of the chiral order in spin glasses. It is shown that the Hall coefficient yields direct information about the linear and nonlinear chiral susceptibilities of the spin sector, which has been hard to obtain experimentally from the standard magnetic measurements. Based on the chirality scenario of spin-glass transition, predictions are given on the behavior of the Hall resistivity of canonical spin glasses.     

Nuclear effective interactions and spin excitations

In view of the one-boson-exchange model for the nucleon-nucleon interaction and the Hartree-Fock (HF) interaction, we formulate the effective interactions for particle-hole states in terms of the exchange of the fields which are confined in the nucleus. This theory, as an extension to the nuclear field theory (NFT), takes into account the propagation of the fields which is neglected in NFT. The effective interactions thus obtained reproduce the energies of a sequence of electric giant resonances and the core polarizabilities associated with the resonances. It is found that the coupling constants of the σ- and ω-fields are suppressed for the particle-hole interaction by 60% with respect to the HF interaction. As for the effective interactions involving nucleon spins, we consider the fields coupled to nucleon spins. The effective interactions obtained, essentially different from those in NFT, have a tensor component. We analyse the energies and cross sections for excitation of stretched spin particle-hole states which are the most sensitive to the tensor force. The effective interaction responsible for the stretched spin states is shown to be consistent with that for the magnetic resonances observed in the (p, n) reactions.