On the Application of Zeeman Spatial Beam Splitting in Polarized Neutron Reflectometry

Zeeman spatial neutron beam splitting is considered upon reflection from a homogeneous magnetic film placed in an external magnetic field applied at an angle to the surface of a sample. Two ways of applying the Zeeman beam-splitting phenomenon in polarized neutron reflectometry are discussed. One of them is the construction of polarizing devices with a high polarization efficiency. The other is investigations of magnetically noncollinear films at a low spin-flip probability of reflected neutrons. The experimental results are presented for illustration.     

Experimental study of the feasibility of a spin valve based on superconductor/ferromagnet proximity effect

The feasibility of a superconducting spin valve based on superconductor/ferromagnet proximity effect is discussed. Experimental results obtained by the authors to date in studies of this problem are presented.     

Superconducting probe of electronic correlations and exchange field based on the proximity effect in F/S nanostructures

The proximity effect and competition between the BCS and LOFF states are studied in the Cooper limit for thin F/S and F/S/F nanostructures, where F is a ferromagnet and S is a superconductor. The dependences of the critical temperature on the exchange field I, electron correlations λ _f, and the thickness d _f of the F layer are derived for F/S bilayers and F/S/F trilayers. In addition, two new π-phase superconducting states with electron-electron repulsion in the F layers of F/S/F trilayers are predicted. A two-dimensional LOFF state in F/S/F trilayers is possible only in the presence of a weak magnetic field and the appropriate parameters of the F and S layers. The absence of the suppression of three-dimensional superconductivity in short-period Gd/La superlattices is explained and the electron-electron coupling constant in gadolinium is predicted. A method of superconducting sounding spectroscopy based on the proximity effect is proposed for determining the symmetry of the order parameter, the magnitude and sign of electron correlations, and the exchange field in various nanomagnets F.     

Unconventional proximity effect and inverse spin-switch behavior in a model manganite-cuprate-manganite trilayer system

The proximity effect in a model manganite-cuprate system is investigated theoretically. We consider a situation in which spin-polarized electrons in manganite layers antiferromagnetically couple with electrons in cuprate layers as observed experimentally. The effect of the interfacial magnetic coupling is found to be much stronger than the injection of spin-polarized electrons into the cuprate region. As a result, the superconducting transition temperature depends on the thickness of the cuprate layer significantly. Since the magnetic coupling creates negative polarization, an applied magnetic field and the negative polarization compete, resulting in the inverse spin-switch behavior where the superconducting transition temperature is increased by applying a magnetic field.     

The interrelation between the Faraday effect and the inverse Faraday effect in a magnetic medium and the terahertz inverse Faraday effect in single molecule magnets

The interrelation between the Faraday and the inverse Faraday effects when the magneto-dipole interaction of a sample with an electromagnetic wave is essential has been phenomenologically investigated. This investigation was carried out in the spirit of well-known Pitaevsky’s approach. The terahertz inverse Faraday effect in single molecule magnets has been theoretically studied, the conditions favorable for observing this effect have been formulated.     

Neutron depolarization and transmission by a nickel single crystal near Tc

We report the preliminary results of a series of neutron transmission experiments on a nickel single crystal. A marked and complicated temperature dependence of the two neutron polarization states of the transmitted beam is observed.     

Inhomogeneous superconductivity induced in a ferromagnet by proximity effect

Planar tunneling spectroscopy reveals damped oscillations of the superconducting order parameter induced into a ferromagnetic thin film by the proximity effect. The oscillations are due to the finite momentum transfer provided for Cooper pairs by the splitting of the spin-up and spin-down bands in the ferromagnet. As a consequence, for negative values of the superconducting order parameter the tunneling spectra are capsized ("pi state"). The oscillations' damping and period are set by the same length scale, which depends on the spin polarization.     

Proximity Effect in a Superconducting Triplet Spin Valve S1/F1/S2/F2

Physics of the Solid State - Сritical temperatures of multilayer structures of the superconductor/ferromagnet/ferromagnet (S/F/F) type are obtained using the matrix method for solving the...     

Detection of the contribution of the inverse flexoelectric effect to the photorefractive response in a bismuth titanium oxide single crystal

Relations determining the contribution of the inverse flexoelectric effect to the photorefractive response have been determined for the case of the interaction of a steady pump wave conserving left-hand circular polarization with a phase-modulated signal wave that has circular polarization of the opposite sign on the input face of a crystal that has the (100) orientation and symmetry group 23. The experimental studies of such an interaction in a Bi₁₂TiO₂0:Fe,Cu crystal make it possible to estimate its flexoelectric coefficient as f ₁₁ = 5.3 nC/m.     

On the conductance oscillations in a mesoscopic proximity system

A fork-shapedN-branch Andreev interferometer is considered and the conductance of the system is calculated as a function of the phase difference in the superconducting order parameters across the interferometer. The results obtained from the quasiclassical, and the scattering-matrix theories are quantitatively compared, which were in good qualitative agreement showing a typical 2π-periodic interference pattern with certain fine structures.     

Critical temperature oscillations and reentrant superconductivity due to the FFLO like state in F/S/F trilayers

Ferromagnet/Superconductor/Ferromagnet (F/S/F) trilayers, in which the establishing of a Fulde‐Ferrell Larkin‐Ovchinnikov (FFLO) like state leads to interference effects of the superconducting pairing wave function, form the core of the superconducting spin valve. The realization of strong critical temperature oscillations in such trilayers, as a function of the ferromagnetic layer thicknesses or, even more efficient, reentrant superconductivity, are the key condition to obtain a large spin valve effect, i.e. a large shift in the critical temperature. Both phenomena have been realized experimentally in the Cu₄₁Ni₅₉/Nb/Cu₄₁Ni₅₉ trilayers investigated in the present work.     

中子衍射法研究单晶镍基高温合金热机械疲劳引起的应力和晶格错配

采用中子衍射法对热机械疲劳后的单晶镍基高温合金样品内部中心点进行了实验测量,数据处理采用了双相叠加峰和单峰分析两种方法,计算得到了样品材料的宏观等效应力、应力偏量、γ相和γ′相的等效应力和晶格错配度等.实验结果表明,两种分析方法得到的宏观等效应力基本一致.在热机械疲劳循环100周出现最大宏观等效应力和应力偏量,此时位错等微缺陷达到饱和,偏离中心点处γ′相应力减小显著;在热机械疲劳开始阶段负错配度明显减小,随循环周次增多基体塑性应变累积又使负错配度以每次81×10^-6的速度逐渐线形增大. 关键词： 中子衍射 单晶高温合金 等效应力 应力偏量     

Specific features of the Hall effect in Cr/Co bilayer films

The Hall effect and magnetoresistance in Cr(50 Å)/Co(200 Å) bilayer films prepared by ion sputtering on a silicon substrate are investigated at room temperature. The planar Hall effect revealed in the bilayer films differs from the planar Hall effect observed usually in that it is symmetric with respect to the sign of the change in the rotation angle of the magnetic moment in the film plane. Under conditions where the symmetric planar Hall effect is realized, the change in the Hall resistance is more than 10% and exceeds the anisotropic magnetoresistance by two orders of magnitude. The hysteresis loops are measured at different orientations of magnetic fields. The planar Hall effect is studied in a weak longitudinal magnetic field. The results obtained demonstrate that the symmetric planar Hall effect is associated with the multidomain structure of the cobalt film in Cr/Co bilayer composites.     

Spontaneous symmetry breaking and a boundary value problem for the proximity effect in ferromagnet/superconductor nanostructures

A three-dimensional (3D) boundary value problem for the Eilenberger function has been microscopically derived. It is applicable for describing the proximity effect in ferromagnet/superconductor (F/S) nanostructures, where the superconductivity is the superposition of the BCS pairing with zero total momentum in the S layers and the pairing through the Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell (LOFF) mechanism with nonzero 3D momentum of pairs k in the F layers. It has been shown that continuous matching at the F/S interface occurs only for the pair amplitudes with the same space symmetry. When two pairing types are simultaneously present, the processes of mutual transformations between LOFF and BCS pairs at the F/S interface occur as Umklapp processes through surface states. The phase diagrams of the surface states with the mixed BCS + LOFF pairing type have been analyzed. Superconductivity localized at the F/S interface has been predicted.     

On the Possibility of Measuring the Ratio GA/GV by means of Polarized Ultracold Neutrons

The possibility of experimentally determining the ratio λ of the axial weak-interaction constant G_A to the vector weak-interaction constant G_V by simultaneously measuring the electron and neutrino asymmetries at the same setup is discussed. The proposed measurement and data-processing procedures are described in detail. The determination of λ by the method in question permits disregarding the possible contribution of the Fierz interference term and dispensing with an accurate measurement of the neutron polarization. It is shown that this method makes it possible to measure λ to a precision at a level of 10⁻⁴.

     

Magnetic Properties of Monocrystal 57Fe/V Multilayers Investigated by CEMS,Nuclear Resonance Reflectivity in the Time Domain and Polarized Neutron Scattering

Hyperfine Interactions - We have performed a depth selective investigation of monocrystalline samples with composition [57Fe(10 ML)/V(5 ML)]20 and [57Fe(7 ML)/V(10 ML)]29 by means of synchrotron...     

Biased bilayer graphene: semiconductor with a gap tunable by the electric field effect

We demonstrate that the electronic gap of a graphene bilayer can be controlled externally by applying a gate bias. From the magnetotransport data (Shubnikov-de Haas measurements of the cyclotron mass), and using a tight-binding model, we extract the value of the gap as a function of the electronic density. We show that the gap can be changed from zero to midinfrared energies by using fields of less, approximately < 1 V/nm, below the electric breakdown of SiO2. The opening of a gap is clearly seen in the quantum Hall regime.     

Monte Carlo study of magnetization reversal in the model of a hard/soft magnetic bilayer

Magnetization reversal in the model of a hard/soft magnetic bilayer under the action of an external magnetic field has been investigated by the Monte Carlo method. Calculations have been performed for three systems: (i) the model without a soft-magnetic layer (hard-magnetic layer), (ii) the model with a soft-magnetic layer of thickness 25 atomic layers (predominantly exchange-coupled system), and (iii) with 50 (weak exchange coupling) atomic layers. The effect of a soft-magnetic phase on the magnetization reversal of the magnetic bilayer and on the formation of a 1D spin spring in the magnetic bilayer has been demonstrated. An inf lection that has been detected on the arch of the hysteresis loop only for the system with weak exchange coupling is completely determined by the behavior of the soft layer in the external magnetic field. The critical fields of magnetization reversal decrease with increasing thickness of the soft phase.