Electronic transport spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes in a magnetic field

We report magnetic field spectroscopy measurements in carbon nanotube quantum dots exhibiting fourfold shell structure in the energy level spectrum. The magnetic field induces a large splitting between the two orbital states of each shell, demonstrating their opposite magnetic moment and determining transitions in the spin and orbital configuration of the quantum dot ground state. We use inelastic cotunneling spectroscopy to accurately resolve the spin and orbital contributions to the magnetic moment. A small coupling is found between orbitals with opposite magnetic moment leading to anticrossing behavior at zero field.     

Effects of spin paramagnetism on the magnetic field behavior of thin superconducting beryllium films

Tunneling measurements on thin superconducting Be in a parallel magnetic field show splitting of the quasiparticle states and other effects of Pauli paramagnetism with small spin-orbit scattering.     

Valley polarization in Si(100) at zero magnetic field

The valley splitting, which lifts the degeneracy of the lowest two valley states in a SiO(2)/Si(100)/SiO(2) quantum well, is examined through transport measurements. We demonstrate that the valley splitting can be observed directly as a step in the conductance defining a boundary between valley-unpolarized and -polarized regions. This persists to well above liquid helium temperature and shows no dependence on magnetic field, indicating that single-particle valley splitting and valley polarization exist in (100) silicon even at zero magnetic field.     

On reasons for the hysteresis of melting and crystallization of nanoparticles

The specific features of the EPR spectra of Tm³⁺ impurity ions in synthetic forsterite have been studied by continuous-wave EPR spectroscopy in the frequency range of 270–310 GHz at a temperature of 4.2 K in weak magnetic fields. Narrow resonance signals unrelated to the modulation of the resonance conditions of EPR under the modulation of the external magnetic field have been discovered in measurements at frequencies corresponding to the zero field splitting between the ground and first excited singlet electron states of Tm³⁺ ions in zero magnetic field. The origin of these narrow lines is discussed.     

Cyclotron resonance in the InAs/GaSb heterostructure in an inclined magnetic field

The mechanism of cyclotron resonance line splitting in the InAs/GaSb heterostructure in an inclined magnetic field has been studied experimentally and theoretically. It is shown that the admixing of electron and hole states leads to anticrossing of the Landau levels and, hence, to splitting of the cyclotron resonance line. In the case of an inclined magnetic field, the splitting is not observed, which is explained by the suppression of the admixing of electron and hole states due to the occurrence of an additional barrier for electrons and holes given a longitudinal magnetic field component.     

Effect of a magnetic field on energy transfer of band states to the Mn<Superscript>2+</Superscript> 3<Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis> shell in the CdMgTe matrix with ultrathin CdMnTe layers

The effect of external magnetic fields on two radiative (band-to-band and on-site) recombination channels in II–VI dilute magnetic semiconductors and related nanostructures has been considered. The 3d on-site emission of manganese ions in CdMgTe matrices containing periodic inclusions of CdMnTe narrow-band-gap layers with thicknesses of 0.5, 1.5, and 3.0 monolayers has been investigated in magnetic fields of up to 6 T. It has been shown that, in a magnetic field, luminescence of manganese ions weakens because of the decrease in the rate of spin-dependent excitation transfer from band states to the Mn²⁺ 3d shell. The maximum suppression of 3d luminescence has been observed in the matrix with a CdMnTe layer 3.0 monolayers thick. This indicates that the main factor responsible for the energy transfer is the internal field near the CdMnTe layers, which determines the magnetic splitting and spin polarization of band states.     

Splitting Phenomenon Induced by Magnetic Field in Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

In the framework of the tight-binding model,the excitons states and linear absorption spectra are calculated in the metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes,with the axial magnetic field applied.From our calculations,it is found that for the M_(11) and M_(22) transitions,the exciton states are split into four separate column states by the applied magnetic field due to the symmetry breaking.More interesting is that the splitting can be directly reflected from the linear absorption spectra,which are dominated by four main absorption peaks.In addition,the splitting with increasing the axial magnetic field is also calculated,which increases linearly with the applied magnetic field.The obtained results are expected to be detected by the future experiments.     

Time-resolved studies of single quantum dots in magnetic fields

We present time-resolved and time-integrated spectroscopy of single InAs quantum dots grown in a GaAs matrix. We observe a number of interesting features in the spectra, including the zero field splitting of exciton and biexciton lines due to quantum dot asymmetry. By the application of an in-plane magnetic field, the normally optically active and inactive exciton states become mixed, enabling us to optically probe the normally inaccessible ‘dark’ states. Time resolved measurements on the mixed states show decay times several times longer than the exciton lifetime at zero field, which we show to be consistent with a dark exciton lifetime orders of magnitude longer than that for bright exciton.     

197Au Mössbauer Study of Bimetallic Nanoparticles Prepared by Sonochemical Technique

Mössbauer measurements with circularly polarized radiation were performed on a nanocrystalline, disordered Fe₄₈Al₅₂ alloy. The analysis of the data for various polarization states resulted in the characterization of the hyperfine magnetic field distribution and the dependence of the average z-component of hyperfine field on the chemical environment. An increasing number of Al in the first coordination shell causes not only a decrease of magnetic moments but also introduces noncollinearity.     

Acoustic wave in a suspension of magnetic nanoparticle with sodium oleate coating

The ultrasonic propagation in the water-based magnetic fluid with doubled layered surfactant shell was studied. The measurements were carried out both in the presence as well as in the absence of the external magnetic field. The thickness of the surfactant shell was evaluated by comparing the mean size of magnetic grain extracted from magnetization curve with the mean hydrodynamic diameter obtained from differential centrifugal sedimentation method. The thickness of surfactant shell was used to estimate volume fraction of the particle aggregates consisted of magnetite grain and surfactant layer. From the ultrasonic velocity measurements in the absence of the applied magnetic field, the adiabatic compressibility of the particle aggregates was determined. In the external magnetic field, the magnetic fluid studied in this article becomes acoustically anisotropic, i.e., velocity and attenuation of the ultrasonic wave depend on the angle between the wave vector and the direction of the magnetic field. The results of the ultrasonic measurements in the external magnetic field were compared with the hydrodynamic theory of Ovchinnikov and Sokolov (velocity) and with the internal chain dynamics model of Shliomis, Mond and Morozov (attenuation).     

de Haas-van Alphen effect in ZrZn2 under pressure: crossover between two magnetic states

We report measurements of the de Haas-van Alphen effect in ZrZn2 under hydrostatic pressures up to 21 kbar where the Curie temperature vanishes. The exchange splitting of a Fermi surface changes in behavior with increasing magnetic field, which is qualitatively consistent with the behavior of the high-field magnetization, suggesting the existence of a crossover between two distinct magnetic states. These and previously unexplained findings may be understood in terms of a p-T-B phase diagram qualitatively similar to that of the ferromagnetic superconductor UGe2.     

Giant exciton Faraday rotation in Cd1−xMnxTe mixed crystals

New semiconductor compound Cd_1?xMn_xTe exhibits strong Faraday rotation in the interband region. It is shown by measurements of magneto-optical Kerr effect and reflection in magnetic field that unusually large exciton Zeeman splitting plays an essential role in the observed Faraday rotation. A possible explanation of the observed splitting (corresponding to a “g factor” value up to 100) by exchange interaction of excitons with manganese d states is suggested.     

Effect of perturbations in an active medium on the instability of the difference frequency of laser radiation

A frequency-stabilized helium-neon laser with Zeeman frequency splitting in the magnetic field was studied. A series of pulses with repetition frequency equal to the frequency difference caused by the splitting of the gain profile by the magnetic field was used as a reference signal for a laser interferometer. The modulation of discharge current by electric noise or natural oscillations of the discharge current were found to lengthen the edges of these pulses, which decreases the accuracy of measurements with a laser interferometer.     

Excitation spectrum of two correlated electrons in a lateral quantum dot with negligible Zeeman splitting

The excitation spectrum of a two-electron quantum dot is investigated by tunneling spectroscopy in conjunction with theoretical calculations. The dot made from a material with negligible Zeeman splitting has a moderate spatial anisotropy leading to a splitting of the two lowest triplet states at zero magnetic field. In addition to the well-known triplet excitation at zero magnetic field, two additional excited states are found at finite magnetic field. The lower one is identified as the second excited singlet state on the basis of an avoided crossing with the first excited singlet state at finite fields. The measured spectra are in remarkable agreement with exact-diagonalization calculations. The results prove the significance of electron correlations and suggest the formation of a state with Wigner-molecular properties at low magnetic fields.     

Effects of dzialoshinskii exchange interaction in Mössbauer spectra of trimeric clusters

An interaction of the electronic shell of trimetric exchange cluster with Mössbauer nuclei has been examined. A new type of quadrupole splitting depending essentially on the distortions and magnetic field has been predicted. Noncollinear spin structure of the exchange cluster and the effective magnetic fields on Mössbauer nuclei have been uncovered. The theory explains qualitatively the peculiarities of Mössbauer spectra of iron three-nuclear carboxilate crystals.     

An investigation of competition on the dynamic magnetic properties of the core/shell nanowire

In this study, we investigate the dynamic magnetic properties of Ising-type core/shell nanowires (NW) for different spin systems. The model of NW X_(Spin-1/2)@Y with Y = Spin-1/2, Spin-1 and Spin-3/2 are considered for discussing an effect of the nature of shell particle on the dynamic properties. The mean-field theory and Glauber-type stochastic dynamics have been successfully applied to this, and the results of the dynamic magnetic properties for the core/shell NW are obtained. Different shell spin states are employed to the analysis of dynamic magnetic behavior for core/shell NW. Results of numerical calculation for the magnetization and coercivity curves are discussed for the effect of shell particles, shell interaction and oscillating field frequency. All results present that dynamic magnetic properties of the NW strongly dependent on the shell particle and the shell interaction.     

Mössbauer relaxation spectra of an Ising pseudo-doublet: Influence of the off-diagonal hyperfine coupling

The influence of direct relaxation between the states of an Ising pseudo-doublet on the paramagnetic Mössbauer spectra is examined. An analytic expression for the line shape is obtained, and this is used to show the importance of accounting for the off-diagonal hyperfine coupling, even when the crystal field splitting of the electronic states is very much greater than the hyperfine interaction. The fast relaxation limit is found to be independent of the crystal field splitting, and shows the full magnetic hyperfine structure associated with an unsplit Ising doublet. The influence of a small applied magnetic field is examined and the conditions under which the off-diagonal hyperfine coupling may be ignored are delineated.     

High frequency modes in vortex-state nanomagnets

The magnon mode excitation spectrum is obtained from a linearized set of Landau-Lifshitz equations for vortex ground state cylindrical nanomagnets in an external magnetic field. It is shown that there is a rich spectrum of doublet states, and the splitting can be amplified in an external magnetic field.     

Anomalous magnetic splitting of the kondo resonance

The splitting of the Kondo resonance in the density of states of an Anderson impurity in a finite magnetic field is calculated from the exact Bethe-ansatz solution. The result gives an estimate of the electron spectral function for a nonzero magnetic field and the Kondo temperature, with consequences for transport experiments on quantum dots in the Kondo regime. The strong correlations of the Kondo ground state cause a significant low-temperature reduction of the peak splitting. Explicit formulas are found for the shift and broadening of the Kondo peaks. A likely cause of the problems of large- N approaches to spin- 1 / 2 impurities at finite magnetic field is suggested.     

自旋对磁量子反点能谱和磁电导的影响

利用分区求解单粒子薛定谔方程的方法,研究了电子自旋对磁量子反点中电子能级和磁电导的影响.结果表明,电子自旋与非均匀磁场的相互作用使电子能级发生劈裂,其特征与均匀磁场中电子自旋引起的劈裂显著不同,磁量子反点中能级的劈裂与角动量量子数密切相关.电子共振隧穿到磁边缘态,导致了磁电导随磁场的非周期性振荡.考虑电子自旋与不考虑电子自旋相比,磁电导谱中谷的数目增多且深度减小. 关键词：