Saving transverse magnetization

A magnetization storage sequence, ALT-1 (alternating longitudinal and transverse components), is reported. The ALT-1 sequence is a hybrid of two types of storage sequences, the Carr–Purcell type and store-and-restore sequences. During incremental storage periods within the ALT-1 sequence, essentially half of the initially transverse magnetization is stored along the z-axis and the other half is prolonged by an echo-generating pulse. The portions of initial magnetization that are stored as longitudinal components or transverse components are alternated by a π/2 pulse during the cycle. Both transverse components of the initial magnetization are treated the same in the ALT-1 sequence and orientational (phase) information of the initial magnetization is kept during the storage period. The ALT-1 sequence can preserve magnetization more effectively than a published class of modified Carr–Purcell type sequences, because essentially half of the magnetization during incremental storage periods is not subjected to relaxation from T₂ effects.     

13C selective polarization and spin diffusion in a lipid bilayer-bound polypeptide by solid-state NMR.

While (15)N solid-state NMR has proven to be very advantageous for the development of structural biological methods, (13)C spectroscopy has increased sensitivity and spectral dispersion. However, large natural abundance signals and homonuclear dipolar interactions pose significant problems. Here we have used a pair of (13)C-labeled sites in a lipid-solubilized polypeptide to show the selective polarization can be used in combination with spin diffusion to achieve simplified spectra. Both unoriented and oriented samples have been used, with the latter providing a well-resolved homonuclear dipolar splitting.     

Solid-state 13C and 1H spin diffusion NMR analyses of the microfibril structure for bacterial cellulose

To obtain further information about the cause for the rather large splitting of the C4 resonance line into the downfield (C4D) and upfield (C4U) lines in CP/MAS ¹³C NMR spectra for native cellulose, ¹³C and ¹H spin diffusion measurements have been conducted by using different types of bacterial cellulose samples. In ¹³C spin diffusion measurements, the C4D resonance line is selectively inverted by the Dante π pulse sequence and the ¹³C spin diffusion is allowed to proceed from the C4D carbons to other carbons including the C4U carbons with use of the ¹³C4-enriched bacterial cellulose sample. The analysis based on the simple spin diffusion theory for the process experimentally observed reveals that the C4U carbons may be located at distances less than about 1 nm from the C4D carbons. In ¹H spin diffusion measurements, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) films in which ribbon assemblies of bacterial cellulose are dispersed are employed and the ¹H spin diffusion process is examined from the water-swollen PVA continuous phase to the dispersed ribbon assemblies by the ¹³C detection through the ¹H–¹³C CP technique. As a result, it is found that the C4D and C4U carbons are almost equally subjected to the ¹H spin diffusion from the PVA phase, indicating that the C4U carbons are not localized in some limited area, e.g. in the surfacial region, but are distributed in the whole area in the microfibrils. These experimental results suggest that the C4U carbons may exist as structural defects probably due to conformational irregularity associated with disordered hydrogen bonding of the CH₂OH groups in the microfibrils.     

Slow-down of 13C spin diffusion in organic solids by fast MAS: a CODEX NMR Study.

One- and two-dimensional 13C exchange nuclear magnetic resonance experiments under magic-angle spinning (MAS) can provide detailed information on slow segmental reorientations and chemical exchange in organic solids, including polymers and proteins. However, observations of dynamics on the time scale of seconds or longer are hampered by the competing process of dipolar 13C spin exchange (spin diffusion). In this Communication, we show that fast MAS can significantly slow down the dipolar spin exchange effect for unprotonated carbon sites. The exchange is measured quantitatively using the centerband-only detection of exchange technique, which enables the detection of exchange at any spinning speed, even in the absence of changes of isotropic chemical shifts. For chemically equivalent unprotonated 13C sites, the dipolar spin exchange rate is found to decrease slightly less than proportionally with the sample-rotation frequency, between 8 and 28 kHz. In the same range, the dipolar spin exchange rate for a glassy polymer with an inhomogeneously broadened MAS line decreases by a factor of 10. For methylene groups, no or only a minor slow-down of the exchange rate is found.     

Selective assignments in 13C NMR spectra of chloroalkanes by J-Modulated 13C spin echo

The application of the J_CH-modulated ¹³C spin echo is extended to chloroalkanes. One-bond coupling constants of protonated carbons are increased significantly by chlorine substitution. Nulling of resonance signals from CH_x and chlorine substituted carbons is observed at selected echo delays. Assignments in ¹³C spectra of mixtures of chloroalkanes are derived from subspectra recorded at suitably chosen echo delays.     

自旋阀中电流诱导磁化翻转行为的研究

通过实验研究了一种特殊的反对称自旋阀结构．研究发现,随着外加磁场的增大,该结构纳米器件表现出了一种由“逆CIMS”向“正常CIMS”的转变．这种现象是因为：该反对称自旋阀在不同的外加磁场下有不同的磁化取向,因而引起不同的CIMS行为． 关键词： CPP ESPV CIMS     

Biased quasiballistic spin torque magnetization reversal

We explore the ultrafast limit of spin torque magnetization reversal time. Spin torque precession during a spin torque current pulse and free magnetization ringing after the pulse is detected by time-resolved magnetotransport. Adapting the duration of the pulse to the precession period allows coherent control of the final orientation of the magnetization. In the presence of a hard axis bias field, we find optimum quasiballistic spin torque magnetization reversal by a single precessional turn directly from the initial to the reversed equilibrium state.     

On the nonergodicity of the transverse magnetization in the transverse Ising model

The nonergodic behavior exhibited by the transverse spin correlation function _q=0 ^xx (t) the transverse Ising model obtained as the solution of approximate kinetic equations (derived on the basis of Résibois and De Leener's method), is shown to be an intrinsic property of the model and not the result of the approximations made in the derivation of the kinetic equations.Chargé de Recherches au Fonds National Belge de la Recherche Scientifique.     

On the linear dependence of 13C spin polarization parameters

The Jahn-Teller (J-T) effect in systems of four-fold symmetry is well known to differ from that in all other point groups with respect to the nature of the J-T active normal modes of vibration. The present report addresses some previously unnoticed features which are of intrinsic importance in recognizing and understanding the unique manifestations of quadrate symmetry in both the static and dynamic Jahn-Teller effects. We first consider the nature of the static J-T potential surfaces when coupling to and strains in two modes, b ₁ and b ₂, are included in the hamiltonian.

The second part of this paper is devoted to an examination of the dynamic J-T effect in four-fold systems. Utilizing both perturbation theory and numerical solution to the Schrödinger equation, we examine the spin-hamiltonian parameters for a metalloporphyrin ³ E_u triplet state and discuss some dynamical processes, including reorientation of the system between minima, spin-lattice relaxation, and the dependences of these phenomena on the nature and magnitude of the off-diagonal terms in the hamiltonian. There emerge from this analysis several signal differences between the Jahn-Teller effect for a doubly degenerate state in four-fold systems and in the more usual cubic or tetrahedral situation.     

Heteronuclear 1H-13C spin echoes mediated by cross-polarization

Heteronuclear spin echoes having the spin coherence transferred by means of cross-polarization (CP) under Hartmann-Hahn condition are reported. The particular characteristic of heteronuclear spin echoes is that the dephasing and refocusing processes take place within different nuclear species. Originally, they were demonstrated using the heteronuclear scalar interaction to transfer the spin coherence between the two spin systems. In this work, it is shown that spin coherence transferred by CP can also lead to the formation of heteronuclear spin echoes. A semiclassical formalism was used to explain the mechanism of generation of the spin echoes. These spin echoes were observed so far in elastomeric materials.     

Self-consistent treatment of spin and magnetization dynamic effect in spin transfer switching

The effect of itinerant spin moment (m) dynamic in spin transfer switching has been ignored in most previous theoretical studies of the magnetization (M) dynamics. Thus in this paper, we proposed a more refined micromagnetic model of spin transfer switching that takes into account in a self-consistent manner of the coupled m and M dynamics. The numerical results obtained from this model further shed insight on the switching profiles of m and M, both of which show particular sensitivity to parameters such as the anisotropy field, the spin torque field, and the initial deviation between m and M.     

Parameter dependence of resonant spin torque magnetization reversal

We numerically study ultra fast resonant spin torque (ST) magnetization reversal in magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJ) driven by current pulses having a direct current (DC) and a resonant alternating current (AC) component. The precessional ST dynamics of the single domain MTJ free layer cell are modeled in the macro spin approximation. The energy efficiency, reversal time, and reversal reliability are investigated under variation of pulse parameters like direct and AC current amplitude, AC frequency and AC phase. We find a range of AC and direct current amplitudes where robust resonant ST reversal is obtained with faster switching time and reduced energy consumption per pulse compared to purely direct current ST reversal. However, for a certain range of AC and direct current amplitudes a strong dependence of the reversal properties on AC frequency and phase is found. Such regions of unreliable reversal must be avoided for ST memory applications.     

Self-consistent calculation of spin transport and magnetization dynamics

A spin-polarized current transfers its spin-angular momentum to a local magnetization, exciting various types of current-induced magnetization dynamics. So far, most studies in this field have focused on the direct effect of spin transport on magnetization dynamics, but ignored the feedback from the magnetization dynamics to the spin transport and back to the magnetization dynamics. Although the feedback is usually weak, there are situations when it can play an important role in the dynamics. In such situations, simultaneous, self-consistent calculations of the magnetization dynamics and the spin transport can accurately describe the feedback. This review describes in detail the feedback mechanisms, and presents recent progress in self-consistent calculations of the coupled dynamics. We pay special attention to three representative examples, where the feedback generates non-local effective interactions for the magnetization after the spin accumulation has been integrated out. Possibly the most dramatic feedback example is the dynamic instability in magnetic nanopillars with a single magnetic layer. This instability does not occur without non-local feedback. We demonstrate that full self-consistent calculations generate simulation results in much better agreement with experiments than previous calculations that addressed the feedback effect approximately. The next example is for more typical spin valve nanopillars. Although the effect of feedback is less dramatic because even without feedback the current can make stationary states unstable and induce magnetization oscillation, the feedback can still have important consequences. For instance, we show that the feedback can reduce the linewidth of oscillations, in agreement with experimental observations. A key aspect of this reduction is the suppression of the excitation of short wavelength spin waves by the non-local feedback. Finally, we consider nonadiabatic electron transport in narrow domain walls. The non-local feedback in these systems leads to a significant renormalization of the effective nonadiabatic spin transfer torque. These examples show that the self-consistent treatment of spin transport and magnetization dynamics is important for understanding the physics of the coupled dynamics and for providing a bridge between the ongoing research fields of current-induced magnetization dynamics and the newly emerging fields of magnetization-dynamics-induced generation of charge and spin currents.     

Zero temperature magnetization of a one-dimensional spin glass

We calculate the zero temperature magnetizationm of a one-dimensional Ising spin glass is a weak magnetic fieldh. We show thatmCh _x and give closed expressions for the constantC and the exponentx which both depend on the probability distribution of nearest-neighbor interactions.     

Efficient magnetization reversal with noisy currents

We propose to accelerate reversal of the ferromagnetic order parameter in spin valves by electronic noise. By solving the stochastic equations of motion we show that the current-induced magnetization switching time is drastically reduced by a modest level of externally generated current (voltage) noise. This also leads to a significantly lower power consumption for the switching process.     

Observation of transverse spin freezing by TDPAC

Mössbauer spectroscopy investigation of superconducting Sm_0.85Ba_0.15FeAsO_0.7F_0.3 (T _c = 37 K) has been performed. The spectra appear to be a singlet pattern throughout the temperature range of 20–290 K. The value of Debye temperature is obtained (θ _D ～ 390 K). Unusual behavior of the central shift as a function of temperature is observed below 60 K. Unlike cuprate superconductors, phonon softening is not observed near T _c of the iron pnictide.