Reconstruction of bands in metallic hydrogen

The generalized theory of normal properties of a metal for the case of the properties of the electronic band of electron–phonon systems with a variable electron density of states is used to study the normal phase of metallic hydrogen at a pressure of 500 GPa and a temperature of 200 K. We calculated the frequency dependence of the real ReΣ(ω) and imaginary ImΣ(ω) parts of the self-energy part of the electron Green’s function Σ(ω), as well as the electron density of states N(ε) of the stable phase of metallic hydrogen with the I41/amd symmetry at a pressure of 500 GPa, renormalized by the strong electron–phonon coupling. It is found that the electron conduction band of the I41/amd phase of metallic hydrogen undergoes insignificant reconstruction near the Fermi level because of the renormalization by the electron–phonon coupling.     

电触发二氧化钒纳米线发生金属-绝缘体转变的机理

二氧化钒(VO_2)是一种强关联相变材料,在341 K下发生金属-绝缘体转变.尽管对于VO_2相变的物理机理进行了大量研究,但科学家仍未形成统一认识.与热致VO_2相变相比,电触发VO_2相变应用前景更为广阔,但其机理也更为复杂.本文利用原位通电杆和超快相机技术,在透射电镜下原位观察了单晶VO_2纳米线通电时的相转变过程,记录了相变过程中对应的电压-电流值,并在毫秒尺度下捕捉到了VO_2的过渡相态.发现VO_2电致相变并非由焦耳热引起,推断其机理是载流子注入.同时观察到电子结构相变和晶体结构相变存在解耦现象,进一步支持了上述推断.将VO_2纳米线两端施加非接触式电场,观察到VO_2纳米线在电场中的极化偏移,而未观察到相变发生,该现象同样支持相变的载流子注入机理.研究表明VO_2的金属-绝缘体转变遵循电子-电子关联机理,即根据电子关联的Mott转变进行.     

硼硅酸盐玻璃的电子辐照效应

在高放废物长期地质处置过程中,作为第一层工程屏障的固化体玻璃会受到持续的电子辐照,研究其电子辐照效应对高放废物的长期安全处置具有重要的意义。在透射电子显微镜(TEM)上对硼硅酸盐玻璃样品进行原位电子辐照实验。在电子束的作用下,两种硼硅酸盐玻璃均很快发生相分离现象,这主要是由于电离作用导致Na的迁移或逃逸引起网络体结构重组的结果。引入简单的结构模型解释了两种不同组分硼硅酸盐玻璃相分离的不同,结果表明,相分离的不同与玻璃组分中Na成分的多少密切相关。     

SEM扫描云纹法的相移技术研究

提出一种扫描电镜(SEM)扫描云纹法的相移新技术,通过SEM系统控制电镜电子束扫描线移动,对获取的云纹图像实现0-2π范围内的四步相移,从而获得了更高的位移测量灵敏度。同时对SEM扫描云纹法的测量原理以及相移实验技术的原理进行了详细的阐述。并将该技术应用到电子封装试件栅的相移分析中。实验结果证明了该方法的可行性,该方法为微米云纹法的条纹处理提供了一种新途径。     

Phase transitions in Co nanoclusters grown by pulsed laser deposition

The crystalline structure of Co clusters embedded in an amorphous Al₂O₃ matrix was studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron diffraction (TED). In the first stage of the growth a metastable structure (body-centred-cubic) is observed. A face-centred-cubic phase (fcc) is found when the size of the clusters increases ( diameter > 4 nm). The hexagonal-close-packed phase arises in the fcc phase by a succession of stacking faults at the largest sizes. The mechanisms of phase transformation have been determined by using high resolution electron microscopy (HREM). The chemical nature of the clusters, in particular the existence of Co-O bonds, was investigated by using electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). Received 03 July 2000 and Received in final form 22 December 2000     

Phase of reflection of very low energy electrons at crystal surfaces

The amplitude coefficients of electron reflection at crystal surfaces are complex numbers, each of which may be characterized by a reflection intensity (the squared modulus of the coefficient) and a phase. The phase of reflection of very low energy (? 10 eV) electron reflection is described on the basis of existing theory, and experimental approaches to phase determination are reviewed. Theoretical properties of the phase are described on the basis of the two-beam dynamical theory of diffraction. The model considered is an idealized substrate crystal with an attached selvedge (surface region). The indirect effect of inelastic scattering (absorption) is included by going to complex values of the electron energy or of the surface-normal component K of the propagation vector. In the absence of a selvedge the phase is determined solely by the band structure of the substrate crystal. If a selvedge is present there are large additional effects on the phase associated with zeros of the amplitude coefficient of reflection on the complex K plane. The experimental approaches considered are: (1) measurement of the kinetic energy distributions of ions produced in the field ion microscope, and (2) measurement of the periodic deviations from the Schottky line in field-assisted thermionic emission and photo-emission. Recent results of phase determination for W (011) surface by method (1) are summarized and compared with theoretical expectations.     

利用一维Vlasov和Maxwell方程模拟激光等离子体相互作用

应用一维Vlasov和Maxwell耦合程序详细研究了激光等离子体相互作用中的基本问题——受激拉曼散射(SRS). 通过研究发现, SRS的产生与电子速度分布函数在相空间中的结构密切相关, 当电子速度分布函数形成相空间涡旋时,背向SRS光大幅增加,而当电子等离子体波相速度附近的电子速度分布函数曲线变平坦后, 背向SRS光基本停止发生. 在模拟中观测到了SRS的爆发、电子速度分布函数形成相空间涡旋、电子俘获等清晰的物理图像. 关键词： Vlasov-Maxwell模拟 受激拉曼散射     

The effect of band Jahn-Teller distortion on the magnetoresistivity of manganites: a model study

We present a model study of magnetoresistance through the interplay of magnetisation, structural distortion and external magnetic field for the manganite systems. The manganite system is described by the Hamiltonian which consists of the s-d type double exchange interaction, Heisenberg spin-spin interaction among the core electrons, and the static and dynamic band Jahn-Teller (JT) interaction in the e(g) band. The relaxation time of the e(g) electron is found from the imaginary part of the Green's function using the total Hamiltonian consisting of the interactions due to the electron and phonon. The calculated resistivity exhibits a peak in the pure JT distorted insulating phase separating the low temperature metallic ferromagnetic phase and the high temperature paramagnetic phase. The resistivity is suppressed with the increase of the external magnetic field. The e(g) electron band splitting and its effect on magnetoresistivity is reported here.     

On the formation of amorphous layers by interdiffusion in zirconium-copper system

Formation of amorphous phase by solid state reaction has been observed in bulk copper-zirconium couples. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques have been employed to detect and study the amorphous phase. The experimental observations have been explained with a model, which considers the breakdown of the a-zirconium lattice due to the solute enrichment beyond a certain limit where the nucleation of the amorphous phase becomes thermodynamically possible. The present-experiments convincingly show that amorphous phase can form in bulk diffusion couples made from large-grained well-annealed material and conclusively establish that the presence of crystal defects in high concentrations is not a pre-requisite for the formation of amorphous phase.     

相对论速调管放大器的相位特性研究

理论分析了影响相对论速调管放大器(RKA)输出微波相位的相关因素,同时采用粒子模拟程序分析了RKA输出微波相位随电压、束流、电子束尺寸、电子束前沿和延迟时间等电子束参数以及腔体和漂移管长度等几何参数的变化,另外还开展了RKA相位特性的初步实验研究. 研究结果表明,电压、束流和电子束尺寸的改变,会造成RKA相移的改变,引导磁场、电子束前沿和延迟时间以及注入微波功率在适当范围内改变不会造成明显的RKA相移改变. RKA的相位灵敏度为2.6°,相位抖动小于20°. 关键词： 相对论速调管放大器 相位特性 功率合成 高功率微波     

非旋转对称像差下不同离焦电子显微像的叠加改善传递函数

本文提出用不同离焦的高分辨电子显微像光学方法叠加,改善带有非旋转对称像差的电子显微像相位衬度传递的数.使叠加后传递函数在全场区域同相位,并使传递函数的零值由另一传递函数的峰值填补,改善了电子显微像的像质.     

Monte carlo analysis of a free electron laser in a storage ring

This paper contains studies of the operation of a one-dimensional storage ring free-electron laser (FEL) using a Monte Carlo technique to generate the electron energy fluctuations produced by the FEL. The energy and phase equations of motion have been numerically integrated to calculate equilibrium values of: a) electron energy spread, b) electron phase spread (e.g. electron bunch length), and c) efficiency of conversion of electron energy into laser radiation. The operation of the storage ring free-electron laser was studied for five different FEL magnet designs. It is found that a “one-dimensional” storage ring free-electron laser can operate on a steady-state basis only with reduced overall efficiency due to the inability of the system to damp effectively the electron energy fluctuations produced by the FEL. Results of operation of a SRFEL in a pulsed mode are also presented. Work supported by U.S. Army BMD-ATC, under contract number DASG 60-77-C-0083.     

On structural instabilities in itinerant magnets and superconductors

The influence of a structural distortion on the itinerant antiferromagnetic (IAF) phase and on the superconducting (S) phase is investigated using a free electron band structure for the electron and hole pockets. For equal concentrations of electrons and holes a metastable phase is found in which the lattice distortion coexists with the IAF or S phase. For unequal concentrations of electrons and holes the critical temperature and the value of the order parameter for the IAF or S phase (in the coexistence region) will always be enhanced by the onset of the structural distortion. The theoretical predictions are compared in the IAF case with the occurrence of a spin flip transition in chromium accompanied by a tetragonal distortion, and in the S case with experimental results on A-15 compounds exhibiting a martensitic phase transition.     

Kinetic arrest of the first-order to R3c Pbnm phase transition in supercooled La(x)MnO(3+δ) (x = 1 and 0.9)

We report the occurrence of kinetic arrest of the first-order phase transition from R3c to Pbnm in supercooled La(x)MnO(3±δ) (x = 1 and 0.9, i.e. δ > 0.125). Structural studies have been done, employing low temperature transmission electron microscopy (LT-TEM) and low temperature x-ray diffraction (LT-XRD) techniques. No phase transformation was observed even in La(x)MnO(3±δ) aged for ~12 h at 98 K. The evidence of the occurrence of kinetic arrest was realized at low temperatures through in situ electron beam triggered nucleation and perpetual devitrification of the R3c phase into a Pbnm phase. It was clearly evidenced that the R3c structure of La(x)MnO(3±δ), below its ferromagnetic transition temperature, is metastable and prone to be transformed to a Pbnm orthorhombic structure following initiation by an electron beam trigger. The electron beam transformed Pbnm phase was found to transform back to the R3c phase through a first-order phase transition occurring close to the ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition (T(c)) during heating. The glass-like kinetics of the arrested R3c phase has been investigated through resistance relaxation measurements, showing a decreasing logarithmic rate of decay of the arrested R3c phase towards the stable Pbnm phase with decreasing temperature, down to 5 K. On the basis of the correlations observed in the resistance-versus-temperature, magnetization-versus-temperature, magnetization-versus-field, resistance relaxation and LT-XRD measurements, the occurrence of kinetic arrest has been attributed to the suppression of Jahn-Teller distortion by double exchange across the insulator-metal transition.     

High-resolution electron microscopy observation of a new crystalline approximant W' of Mg-Zn-Y icosahedral quasicrystal

A new ordered structure W' with a lattice parameter (a = 2.05 nm) about three times as large as that of the fundamental face-centered cubic W phase (a = 0.6848 nm) has been found in the Mg-Zn-Y system by means of transmission electron microscopy. The W' and W phases have the cube-to-cube orientation relationship. Moreover, the strong electron diffraction spots of the W' phase showed pseudoicosahedral symmetry, implying that it is a crystalline approximant of the Mg-Zn-Y icosahedral quasicrystal. In the high-resolution electron microscopic images of the W' phase, Penrose tiles of pentagons and boats with an edge length of a(p) = 0.481 nm can be identified. A binary tile of crown subunit has also been deduced from such a tiling. Translation domains of the W' phase have also been observed and the translation vectors at the domain boundary are: a(p), tau x a(p) and (1 + tau) x a(p), respectively, where (1 + tau) x a(p) equals to the edge length a(r) of the big obtuse rhombus of the W' phase and tau = (1 + square root of 5)/2, is the golden ratio.     

Investigation of the morphology of polymer blends by nonconventional techniques

The morphology of polyethylene-silicone blends has been investigated by combining scanning electron microscopy with measurements of permeability to methanol vapor and selective extraction of the silicone phase by diethyl ether. The results show that scanning electron microscopy is the most suitable technique to characterize the microstructure of the blends (size and shape of the dispersed phase). On the other hand, permeability measurements provide the most useful information about the way morphology is changing with composition of the blends and about the composition corresponding to the maximum level of co-continuity of the two phases. Selective extraction of the dispersed phase is not a reliable technique in the system investigated because the extraction process induces physical damage in the matrix.     

A Two-Parameter Model for the Metal–Semiconductor Phase Transition in a One-Dimensional Atomic System

A model is developed for a metal–semiconductor phase transition and a concurrent structural phase transformation in a one-dimensional system of atoms, each having one external electron. The interatomic interaction involves two components. One component is associated with atom shells, while another (of covalent nature) is due to overlap of the electron wave functions of neighboring atoms. It is found experimentally that the phase transition gives rise to the formation of a band gap in the electron spectrum and to the development of static phonon modes. These effects are accounted for by the numerical model under review. The results obtained are used to interpret the experimental data on the metal–semiconductor phase transition in VO₂.     

Persistent current and the existence of a metallic phase flanked by two insulating phases in a quantum ring with both electron–electron and electron–phonon interactions

The persistent current in the ground state of a quantum ring threaded by a magnetic flux is calculated within the framework of the Holstein-Hubbard model. It is found that the persistent current is suppressed by both the electron–electron and electron–phonon interactions. Calculation of Drude weight reveals that the persistent current is diamagnetic in nature. It is observed that as the number of atoms in the quantum ring increases, the persistent current decays in a continuous way. It is finally predicted that there exists an intervening metallic phase flanked in real time by two insulating phases, the SDW phase and the CDW phase.     

Analysis of bifurcation phenomena in the electron internal transport barrier in the large helical device

The electron internal transport barrier (eITB) formation in the Large Helical Device (LHD) is studied with the transport code TOTAL and a GyroBohm-like model. The reduction of anomalous transport by the E x B shear has been introduced by means of the factor [1 + (tauomega(ExB))(gamma)](-1). Simulation results show a clear critical transition between plasma regimes with rather flat electron temperature profiles (non-) to a steeped one (with eITB) when average density is low enough. With the aim of studying the eITB formation as a phase transition phenomenon, the electron average density is taken as the control parameter and the E x B shearing rate as the order parameter. Results show how the eITB formation in LHD is compatible with a continuum phase transition with critical exponent beta = 0.40.     

Low-energy electron diffraction study of the phase transition of Si(001) surface below 40 K

The phase transition of Si(001) surface below 40 K was studied by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED). The temperature dependence of the intensities and widths of the quarter order diffraction spots and LEED intensity versus electron energy curves (I-V curves) were obtained in the temperature region from 20 to 300 K. While the spot intensities of the quarter order spots decrease and the widths broaden, the I-V curves do not change so much below 40 K. This clearly shows that a phase transition occurs from an ordered phase above 40 K to a disordered phase below 40 K.