Pressure-induced structural and electronic transition in KTb(MoO4)2 through Raman and optical studies

Raman and optical absorption studies under pressure have been conducted on KTb(MoO₄)₂ up to 35.5 GPa. A phase transformation occurs at 2.7 GPa when the crystal is pressurized at ambient temperature in a hydrostatic pressure medium. The sample changes to a deep yellow color at the transition and visibly contracts in theα-axis direction. The color shifts to red on further pressure increase. The Raman spectral features and the X-ray powder pattern change abruptly at the transition indicating a structural change. The pressure-induced transition appears to be a property of the layer-type alkali rare earth dimolybdates. However, the color change at the transition in KTb(MoO₄)₂ is rather unusual and is attributed to a valence change in Tb initiated by the structural transition and consequent intervalence charge transfer between Tb and Mo.In situ high pressure X-ray diffraction data suggest that phase II could be orthorhombic with a unit cell having 3 to 4% smaller volume than that of phase I.     

Scattering of acoustic phonons by rare earth substitutional atoms in yttrium aluminum garnets

The diffusive maxima of phonon signals, and in particular their arrival timest _m are examined for a number of solid solutions of rare earth atoms in yttrium aluminum garnets. The phonon pulses are generated by metallic films of the characteristic lengthl _h heated by current pulses to the temperatureT _h slightly higher than the ambient temperatureT. The injected phonons travel in wafers of the thicknessL _z. They are scattered by substitutional atoms of rare earth occupying the yttrium dodecahedral sites, rare earth and yttrium atoms occupying the aluminum octahedral sites and by another lattice imperfections generated in the process of sample growing. The qualitative analysis based on our exact formula for the diffusion coefficientD allows us to extract the contribution of rare earth atoms substituting the Y atoms toD. Considering the dependence oft _m/L _z ² on the temperature and the ratiol _h/L_z we conclude thatD∼T _h ⁻⁴ and that the energy of phonons forming the diffusive maxima ranges from 3.2k _BT_H to 4.2k _BT_H, which is in reasonable agreement with the existing estimates.     

Thermal expansion and relaxation of magnetostriction in a metastable state of dysprosium orthoaluminate

A study of thermal expansion and magnetostriction caused by the metamagnet phase transition in a rare earth sublattice was performed for a DyAlO₃ single crystal, which is the model object of a wide family of rare earth oxides with the structure of distorted perovskite. The sharp variation of the relative strains along the b axis 3.6 × 10⁻⁵ was found at T ≌ 2.18 K. The nature of the observed anomaly is caused by the occurrence of a metastable state of the magnetic subsystem achieved in the conditions of the experimental process. The relaxation of magnetostriction is studied and the exponential character is found. The possible mesoscopic nature of thermal and quantum mechanisms of magnetic relaxation is considered.     

Interplay of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in SmRh4B4

A microscopic theory of interplay of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in rare earth ternary systems is developed from first principles for less than half filledf atomic shells. Self consistent equations for the superconducting order parameter Δ and magnetic order parameter Γ, are derived using a Green’s function technique and equation of motion method. The theory is applied to explain the experimental results in the antiferromagnetic superconductor SmRh₄B₄. The present model explains true coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism and the suppression of superconductivity by antiferromagnetism. The behaviour of superconducting order parameter (Δ), magnetic order parameter (Γ), the specific heat, the density of states, free energy and critical field (H _c) is also studied for the system SmRh₄B₄.     

Origin of the X‐ray magnetic circular dichroism at the L‐edges of the rare‐earths in RxR1−x′Al2 systems

An X‐ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) study performed at the rare‐earth L_2,3‐edges in the R_xR_1?x′Al₂ compounds is presented. It is shown that both R and R′ atoms contribute to the XMCD recorded at the L‐edges of the selected rare‐earth, either R or R′. The amplitude of the XMCD signal is not directly correlated to the magnetization or to the value of the individual (R, R′) magnetic moments, but it is related to the molecular field acting on the rare‐earth tuned in the photoabsorption process. This result closes a longstanding study of the origin of the XMCD at the L‐edge of the rare‐earths in multi‐component systems, allowing a full understanding of the exact nature of these signals.     

Effect of frequency on acoustic parameters in a binary mixture of polar liquids

The densities (α) and ultrasonic velocities (C) of binary mixtures of a polar liquid like acetone and toluene have been measured at different frequencies (lMHz, 3MHz and 5MHz) over the entire range of mole fraction of acetone at temperature 303.16k. The intermolecular free length (L _f ), isentropic compressibility (β), acoustic impedance (Z), excess values of isentropic compressibility (β ^E ) and acoustic impedance (Z ^E ) have been computed using values of ultrasonic velocity (C) and density (α). The ultrasonic velocity (C), intermolecular free length (L _f ) and excess values of isentropic compressibility are positive whereas excess values of acoustic impedance is negative for the entire composition range which indicates the specific interaction between unlike molecules. The results are discussed in the light of intermolecular interactions occurring in the solutions.     

稀土含量对速凝工艺制备(Nd,Dy)-(Fe,Al)-B合金结构和磁性能的影响

采用双合金法制备了不同稀土含量的(Nd,Dy)-(Fe,Al)-B合金系列,研究了稀土含量的多寡对薄带和最终烧结磁体的微观结构和磁性能的影响.研究结果表明,适量的稀土含量(～3145%)不仅能改善速凝带主相(Nd,Dy)₂Fe₁₄B的单相性,还有利于富稀土(Nd,Dy)相在晶界的均匀分布.当主相薄带的稀土含量在接近2∶14∶1相稀土含量时,磁体的内禀矫顽力和磁能积显著提高.当稀土含量较少时,对速凝薄带的合适时效热处理将能有效地提高最终烧结NdFeB磁体的磁特性. 关键词： 双相烧结 速凝技术 微观结构 磁性能     

Rare earth doped lithium titanate (Li2TiO3) for potential phosphor applications

Lithium titanate ceramics doped with three rare earth (RE) ions namely Eu³⁺, Dy³⁺ and Tb³⁺ were synthesized and their photoluminescence (PL) properties were investigated. PL spectra of Eu doped sample showed peaks corresponding to the ⁵D₀→⁷F_j (j=0, 1, 2, 3 and 4) transitions under 230 nm excitation. Strong red emission coming from the hypersensitive ⁵D₀→⁷F₂ transition of Eu³⁺ ion suggested the presence of the dopant ion in a highly asymmetric environment. Dy doped samples showed the Dy³⁺ emission characteristic due to ⁴F_9/2→⁶H_15/2 and ⁴F_9/2→⁶H_13/2 transitions. Their relative intensity ratios also suggested the presence of asymmetric environment around the metal ion. In case of the Tb³⁺ doped sample blue-green emission corresponding to the ⁵D₄→⁷F_j (j=6, 5 and 4) transitions was seen. The fluorescence lifetimes of Eu³⁺, Dy³⁺ and Tb³⁺ ions were found to be 645, 900 and 740 μs, respectively. PL intensity of the individual rare earth doped samples was compared with commercial red and green phosphors. It was found that the emission from Eu doped titanate sample was 46% of the commercial red phosphor and in case of the Tb samples it was 30% when excited at 230 nm. However, the synthesized Eu doped titanate sample showed better color purity as compared to the commercial phosphor. The titanate host was doped with all the three rare earths to get white light emission from the system. The individual rare earth ion content was optimized so as to get a near white light emission. The color coordinates of the triple doped systems were evaluated and plotted on the CIE x–y diagram. Our results suggest that lithium titanate has enough potential to be a phosphor material.     

Thermodynamic properties of BaRuO3

We have investigated the specific heat, thermal expansion and thermodynamic properties of BaRuO₃ in rhombohedral, hexagonal and cubic phase using the modified rigid ion model (MRIM) by incorporating the effect of lattice distortions. The calculated Debye temperature, specific heat and other thermal properties reproduce well with the available experimental data, implying that MRIM represents properly the nature of the perovskite-type BaRuO₃. Besides, we have reported the thermal expansion (α), bulk modulus (B), cohesive energy (?), molecular force constant (f), Reststrahlen frequency (υ), Debye temperature (θ _D), and Gruneisen parameter (γ).     

The Shear‐Dependent Phase Separation Behavior of the Ternary Blend Polystyrene/Polyvinyl Methyl Ether/Styrene–Acrylonitrile Copolymer

The phase behavior and phase separation dynamics of a PS/PVME/SAN ternary blend using light scattering under a shear rate range of 0.1～40 s^?1 were investigated. The cloud point temperature first increases and then decreases with the increase of shear rates. At higher shear rates, the cloud point temperature again increases. The phase separation behavior in the early and later stages under shear field can be explained by the Cahn–Hilliard theory and the exponential growth law, respectively. The delay time τ _d ?, the apparent diffusion coefficient D _app, the growth rate R(q), and the exponent term show strong dependence on the difference between the experimental temperature and the cloud point temperature (ΔT), and on the shear rates. Compared with PS/PVME binary blends at lower shear rates, τ _d for a PS/PVME/SAN ternary blend is smaller, while at higher shear rates τ _d is larger. At higher shear rates, the introduction of the third component SAN to a PS/PVME binary blends slows the phase separation process.     

Mechanism of stratification of turbulent heat transfer in a sound field in the presence of rotational anisotropy of the flow

It is established that the stratification of the heat transfer intensity coefficients into n discrete levels, as discovered previously in the turbulent flow accompanying rotation of a supersonic flow, is described by the formula α _n ² /α ₁ ² =2 ⁿ⁻¹, n=1,2,3,.... It is found that the ratio of the measured amplitudes of the discrete components of the pressure-pulsation spectrum is of a similar form and corresponds to the pressure field from multipole sources. As expected, similarly to the case of acoustic paramagnetic resonance, the selection of discrete frequencies of intense acoustic radiation from the external flow occurs under the influence of resonances with the radiation of multipoles of turbulent vortices oriented in the rotational anisotropy field. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 65, No. 2, 145–149 (25 January 1997)     

用超短光脉冲简并四波混频测量介质弛豫率的研究

本文讨论用ps光脉冲简并四波混频测量非线性介质弛豫率和在适度或强的相位调制情况下测量激光脉冲宽度的方法,通过用计算机模拟及与实验结果比较,得出结论:对t_p>>τ_r和t_p<<τ_r两种极限情况,该方法是足够精确的.对τ_r/t_p的中间情况,该方法只能给出一个估计.     

Time-resolved time-dependent photo-acoustic spectroscopy of NO2 in a high frequency multi-resonant cavity

The paper reports the pulsed laser-based time-resolved time-dependent Photo-acoustic (PA) spectroscopy of NO₂ gas in a specially designed multi mode-Resonant PA Cell which is made of Stainless Steel and has a “Q” value of the order of 79. Furthermore the designed cell allows us to excite some of the longitudinal, radial and azimuthal resonance modes of the photo-acoustic signals simultaneously in a very efficient manner. The presence of many newly excited modes occur at 7050 Hz, 10350 Hz and 14650 Hz frequencies is observed for the first time in NO₂ at room temperature. These results are obtained by employing second harmonics i.e. λ=532 nm pulses from Q-switched Nd:YAG laser having 7 ns pulse duration. Some of the new acoustic spectrum lines at higher frequencies are recorded between 0.5–10 ms data acquisition time, which also extends the frequency monitoring range of our system. The study also highlights some of the important aspects such as the decaying behavior of some of these resonant acoustic spectrum lines occur on the expense of others as well as the saturation behavior of some other modes in the NO₂ gas sample. The estimated low level detection limit of NO₂ buffered in air is of the order of 17.9 ppbV.     

Specific heat below 1k some examples in magnetism

The measurement of specific heat below 1 K by means of a quasi-adiabatic calorimeter, employing adiabatic demagnetization for cooling, is described. The lattice, hyperfine and electronic contributions in the temperature domain 0.05 < T < 4 K are discussed briefly as an introduction to the analysis and exploitation of the magnetic contribution to the specific heat in magnetic insulators. The comparison with simple magnetic models is illustrated by the analysis of the specific heat data of the NdMO₃ perovskites, with M = nonmagnetic atom. The action of a magnetic field, albeit an internal field, is discussed using NdMO₃, M = Fe, Cr and Ni perovskite as examples. Finally, two molecular magnetic materials are discussed; Gd₂(ox)[Cu(pba)]₃[Cu(H₂O)₅]· 20H₂O as a candidate for ferromagnetic order in a rare earth transition metal complex, and Gd(hfac)₃NITR, with the nitronyl nitroxide magnetic radical interacting with the rare earth.     

High pressure behavior of alkaline earth tellurides

We have predicted high pressure structural behavior and elastic properties of alkaline earth tellurides (AETe; AE = Ca, Sr, Ba) by using two body interionic potential approach with modified ionic charge (Z _m e). This method has been found quite satisfactory in case of the rare earth compounds. The equation of state curve, structural phase transition pressure from NaCl (B1) to CsCl (B2) phase and associated volume collapse at transition pressure of alkaline earth tellurides (AETe) obtained from this approach, so have been compared with experimentally measured data reveal good agreement. We have also investigated bulk modulus, second and third order elastic constants and pressure derivatives of second order elastic constants at ambient pressure which shows predominantly ionic nature of these compounds. First time, we have calculated the Poisson ratio, Young and Shear modulus of these compounds.      

Determination of Judd-Ofelt intensity parameters of pure samarium(III) complexes

This work reports an alternative aproach to obtain the Judd-Ofelt intensity parameters of Sm(III) complexes with the general formula: [Sm(tta)₃(L)_n], with L = H₂O, triphenylphosphine oxide (tppo), 2,2′-bipyridine (bipy) and 1,10-phenantroline (phen); n = 2 for H₂O and tppo and n = 1 for phen and bipy, using the absorption spectra of rare earth complexes where the powders are dispersed in KBr pellets. This approach can be applied to other complexes of rare earth ions that have spin allowed transitions and it is validated by comparing the emission spectra of the complexes with those dispersed in KBr pellets.     

Effect of A-site cation radius on thermodynamic properties of ARuO3 (A = Ca, Sr, and Ba)

The thermodynamic properties of alkaline earth ruthenate ARuO₃ (A?=?Ca, Sr, and Ba) perovskites have been investigated for the first time by means of a modified rigid ion model at temperature 1 K?≤?T?≤?300 K. As strong electron–phonon interactions are present in these compounds, the lattice contribution to the specific heat deserves proper attention. The values of specific heat calculated by us have shown remarkably good agreement with corresponding experimental data. We have found that in ARuO₃ (A?=?Ca, Sr, and Ba) ruthenate family, Debye temperature increases inversely with the ionic radius of the alkaline earth A cations. In addition, the results on the temperature dependence of thermal expansion coefficient (α), cohesive energy (?), molecular force constant (f), Reststrahlen frequency (υ), Debye temperature (θ _D), and Grüneisen parameter (γ) are also reported.     

High process gain opto-electronic matched filters for communications applications

This paper is concerned with the application of opto-electronic signal processing to a certain class of interference-resistant communications techniques. The processing techniques are applicable to spread spectrum digital transmissions which are processed by a matched filter at the receiver. The analysis of optical delay line matched filters of the diffraction type is discussed. The analysis considers the basic ultrasonic light modulator, that is, the modulation of a light source by a sonic wave. The sonic wave may represent a received spread spectrum signal or received noise or a combination of both. Two ultrasonic modulators in cascade perform the desired correlation or matched filter function. The analysis considers the effects of intermodulation of signal and noise and also the effects of the beamspreading and attenuation of the sonic signal in the delay lines. Finally, the design of a matched filter having 40 dB process gain is presented together with an estimate of its communications performance.Notation angular frequency of light source - wavelength of light source - t time - velocity of sonic wave - s ₁(t)+ ₁ phase of signal input to first delay line - n(t) phase of noise input to first delay line - s ₂(t)+ ₂ phase of signal input to second delay line - ₁, ₂, _n angular frequencies of the carriers ofs ₁(t),s ₂(t) andn(t) respectively - ₁, ₂, _n wavelength, in quartz, corresponding to ₁, ₂ and _n respectively - ₁, ₂, _n maximum change in refractive index due to signals corresponding tos ₁(t),s ₂(t) andn(t), respectively - J _r(X) Bessel function of first kind, orderr and argumentX - L width of sonic beam in direction of incident light - SNR signal-to-noise ratio - IM intermodulation - IMN intermodulation noise - M process gain factor - f _c,_c frequency and wavelength of sonic carrier - 2f _d bandwidth of sonic signal - m f _d/f_c - Kbps kilo-bits-per-second - Mbps mega-bits-per-second - Kpps kilo-pulses-per-second The studies reported in this paper were performed under contract AF30 (602)-4268, Optical Signal Processing, under the direction of Mr R. R. Menard of Rome Air Development Center, Rome, New York, USA.Presented at AGARD (NATO) Avionics Panels, XVIIth Technical Symposium, Tonsberg, Norway, 1969.     

Superconductivity and magnetic properties in Pr0.2Yb0.8−xLaxBa2Cu3O7−δ

The crystal structure, superconductivity and magnetic properties of the title compounds have been investigated. The results revealed that with the concentration of Pr being constant, the transition temperatureT _c of this system decreases with the increasing of La, or rather with the increasing of effective ionic radii of rare earth elements and the superconductivity disappears at aboutx=0.6. The coefficient of electron specific heat and the density statesN (0) which were infered from the magnetic measurements also decrease with the increasing of the effective radii. The relation between the radii of rare earth elements and hybridization is briefly discussed.     

High‐resolution Brillouin scattering and heat capacity studies of bis(guanidinium)zirconium bis(nitrilotriacetate)hydrate, [C(NH2)3]2Zr[N(CH2COO)3]2·H2O

High‐resolution micro‐Brillouin scattering and heat capacitiy studies of polar bis(guanidinium)zirconium bis(nitrilotriacetate)hydrate were performed in the temperature range 230–305 K. Strong anomalies in the Brillouin shift and the attenuation were observed near 290 K upon cooling for the sound waves corresponding to the c₂₂ elastic constant. For this elastic constant, the coupling between the order parameter and the elastic strains is linear quadratic. In case of the c₄₄ and c₆₆, the coupling is biquadratic, giving rise to an increase of these parameters below 290 K. The analysis of the acoustic anomalies and heat capacity results near 290 K revealed that they correspond to a second‐order, cell‐multiplying, displacive phase transition. The second phase transition leads to weak acoustic anomalies at approximately 284 K. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.