Magnetization reversal of micropattern Fe bar array: Combination of vector and Bragg magneto-optical Kerr effect measurements

We report on a magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) investigation of alternating wide and narrow Fe bars, forming a two-dimensional periodic array. The magnetization reversal was studied by regular longitudinal Vector-MOKE in specular geometry as well as in Bragg-MOKE geometry, using the diffraction spots from the grating for hysteresis measurements. With Vector-MOKE a two-step switching process for the wide and narrow Fe bars is observed, indicative for a narrow switching field distribution in this array. In addition, hysteresis loops were determined as a function of the diffraction order for the hard and easy axis direction. The loops at different orders of diffraction can qualitatively and quantitatively be described by Fourier transformations of micromagnetic simulations.     

Magnetization reversal in submicron disks: exchange biased vortices

Submicron, circular, ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic dots exhibit different magnetization reversal mechanisms depending on the direction of the magnetic applied field. Shifted, constricted hysteresis loops, typical for vortex formation, are observed for fields along the exchange bias direction. However, for fields applied close to perpendicular to the exchange bias direction, magnetization reversal occurs via coherent rotation. Magnetic force microscopy imaging together with micromagnetic simulations are used to further clarify the different magnetic switching behaviors.     

交叉电磁场中氢原子外势阱态的有效布居

在交叉的电场和磁场中,氢原子势能面具有双阱结构.本文通过施加时变的电场,将库伦内阱量子态绝热转移到外阱的叠加态.使用量子力学方法对制备方案开展了数值模拟,研究了电场的非绝热效应对末态波函数几率分布、原子存活几率、波函数位置期望值及能级分布的影响.结果表明,较大的时间参数能够更加高效的将电子波包布居到外阱中能级较低且能量分布较窄的叠加态,且末态原子表现出巨大的电偶极矩.     

Resistive switching behaviour of highly epitaxial CeO2 thin film for memory application

We report on the remarkable potential of highly epitaxial and pure (001)‐oriented CeO₂ thin films grown on conducting Nb‐doped SrTiO₃ (NSTO) substrates by laser molecular beam epitaxy for nonvolatile memory application. Resistive switching (RS) devices with the structure of Au/epi‐CeO₂/NSTO exhibit reversible and steady bipolar RS behaviour with large high/low resistance ratio and a narrow dispersion of the resistance values. Detailed analysis of the conduction mechanisms reveals that the trapping/detrapping processes and oxygen vacancies migration play important roles in the switching behaviour. In the light of XPS measurement results, the CeO₂/NSTO interface with oxygen vacancies or defects is responsible for the RS effect. Furthermore, a model is proposed to explain this resistance switching behaviour. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

布氏角放置的双折射滤光片在腔内倍频中的作用

详细研究了双折射滤光片在宽带增益激光器腔内倍频中的作用以及双折射滤光片在腔内位置对倍频效率的影响。以钛宝石激光器为例,实验分析了不同厚度的双折射滤光片对基频光线宽和倍频效率的影响;以及腔内倍频中,热效应的来源、双折射滤光片对热诱导相位延迟的补偿、双折射滤光片在腔内的最佳位置。实验发现,双折射滤光片不仅可以压缩基频光线宽,还可以有效补偿腔内元件的热致双折射,减小腔内损耗,大幅度提高腔内倍频效率和激光的稳定性。     

Switching properties of free-standing epitaxial ring magnets

We present the results of a study of the magnetic switching properties of arrays of narrow Co(1 0 0) epitaxial ring magnets, with outer diameters between 1 and 2 μm, varying inner diameters and varying film thickness. We discuss measurements and the results of numerical computations of the switching fields for the transition from the vortex state to the ‘onion’ state. A large dependence on the ring width and the film thickness is found.     

强外电场作用下BF分子结构和激发特性

采用密度泛函(DFT)方法LSDA在6-311++G(d,p)基组水平上优化得到了分子轴方向不同电场(-0.03～0.05a.u.)作用下,BF分子的基态结构参数、电偶极矩μ、电荷分布、HOMO能级、LUMO能级等。在优化构型下,用同样的基组采用杂化CIS-DFT方法(CIS-LSDA)研究了同样外电场条件下对BF分子的激发能和振子强度的影响。结果表明:随着电场的增加,分子结构与外电场有着强烈的依赖关系,且对电场方向的依赖呈现非对称性。分子总能量先增大后减小,电偶极矩μ先增大,后减小,最后不断增大。电场对振子强度的影响比较复杂,有的增大有的减小,表明电子跃迁光谱强度受外场影响。     

Magnetization switching in single-domain particles and a response to a field pulse

An equation in the Gilbert form that describes the motion of the magnetization vector in intense high-frequency magnetic fields is solved numerically. The solution obtained is used to study switching of the magnetization of a single-domain ferromagnetic particle that has the shape of an ellipsoid of revolution and possesses cubic anisotropy from the position parallel to an easy axis to the position normal to this axis. The ranges of amplitudes and frequencies of the magnetic field where magnetization switching is observed are determined. An expression for the response of an ensemble of variously oriented particles is derived. It is shown that a particle ensemble generated by an rf field may serve as a data carrier on which information is written and read out by means of nonlinear and linear ferromagnetic resonances.     

Investigation of L1_0 FePt-based soft/hard composite bit-patterned media by micromagnetic simulation

The soft/hard composite patterned media have potential to be the next generation of magnetic recording,but the composing modes of soft and hard materials have not been investigated systematically.L10 Fe Pt-based soft/hard composite patterned media with an anisotropic constant distribution are studied by micromagnetic simulation.Square arrays and hexagonal arrays with various pitch sizes are simulated for two composing types:the soft layer that encloses the hard dots and the soft layer that covers the whole surface.It is found that the soft material can reduce the switching fields of bits effectively for all models.Compared with the first type,the second type of models possess low switching fields,narrow switching field distributions,and high gain factors due to the introduction of inter-bit exchange coupling.Furthermore,the readout waveforms of the second type are not deteriorated by the inter-bit soft layers.Since the recording density of hexagonal arrays are higher than that of square arrays with the same center-to-center distances,the readout waveforms of hexagonal arrays are a little worse,although other simulation results are similar for these two arrays.     

Multi-phase field simulation of competitive grain growth for directional solidification

The multi-phase field model of grain competitive growth during directional solidification of alloy is established. Solving multi-phase field models for thin interface layer thickness conditions, the grain boundary evolution and grain elimination during the competitive growth of SCN-0.24-wt% camphor model alloy bi-crystals are investigated. The effects of different crystal orientations and pulling velocities on grain boundary microstructure evolution are quantitatively analyzed. The obtained results are shown below. In the competitive growth of convergent bi-crystals, when favorably oriented dendrites are in the same direction as the heat flow and the pulling speed is too large, the orientation angle of the bi-crystal from small to large size is the normal elimination phenomenon of the favorably oriented dendrite, blocking the unfavorably oriented dendrite, and the grain boundary is along the growth direction of the favorably oriented dendrite. When the pulling speed becomes small, the grain boundary shows the anomalous elimination phenomenon of the unfavorably oriented dendrite, eliminating the favorably oriented dendrite. In the process of competitive growth of divergent bi-crystal, when the growth direction of favorably oriented dendrites is the same as the heat flow direction and the orientation angle of unfavorably oriented grains is small, the frequency of new spindles of favorably oriented grains is significantly higher than that of unfavorably oriented grains, and as the orientation angle of unfavorably oriented dendrites becomes larger, the unfavorably oriented grains are more likely to have stable secondary dendritic arms, which in turn develop new primary dendritic arms to occupy the liquid phase grain boundary space, but the grain boundary direction is still parallel to favorably oriented dendrites. In addition, the tertiary dendritic arms on the developed secondary dendritic arms may also be blocked by the surrounding lateral branches from further developing into nascent main axes, this blocking of the tertiary dendritic arms has a random nature, which can have aninfluence on the generation of nascent primary main axes in the grain boundaries.     

Response of prestretched nematic elastomers to external fields

We investigate the response of prestretched nematic side-chain liquid single-crystal elastomers to superimposed external shear, electric, and magnetic fields of small amplitude. The prestretching direction is oriented perpendicular to the initial nematic director orientation, which enforces director reorientation. Furthermore, the shear plane contains the direction of prestretch. In this case, we obtain a strongly decreased effective shear modulus in the vicinity of the onset and the completion of the enforced director rotation. For the same regions, we find that it becomes comparatively easy to reorient the director by external electric and magnetic fields. These results were derived using conventional elasticity theory and its coupling to relative director-network rotations.     

LO-phonon instability in semiconductors in the presence of two laser radiation fields

The rate of change of the LO-phonon population due to scattering by free carriers in the presence of two laser fields is calculated. It is found that LO-phonon propagating parallel to the direction of polarization of the radiation fields may become unstable over a relatively narrow range of phonon wavenumbers.     

Spin wave excitation in magnetic semiconductors in two laser fields

The magnon scattering by free carriers in the simultaneous presence of two laser fields is considered. A kinetic equation for the magnon population is derived. It is foubd that spin waves propagating parallel to the direction of polarization of the fields may be amplified over a relatively narrow band of magnon wavenumbers.     

Individual bit island reversal and switching field distribution in perpendicular magnetic bit patterned media

The switching of single bit magnetic islands in bit patterned media (BPM) for two cases with 10 times difference in coercivity, as well as the switching field distribution (SFD) of the islands, has been studied using magnetic force microscopy (MFM) measurements. The intrinsic SFD is measured to be ∼9-11% of the remanence coercivity (H_cr), which contributes only ∼20-50% of the total SFD broadening (∼23-41% of H_cr). High resolution MFM observations clearly showed the influence of surrounding islands on the switching behaviour and switching fields of individual bit islands, resulting in significant contributions in SFD broadening due to non-intrinsic dipolar interactions. It was further observed that single magnetic islands could be switched within a very narrow switching field range as small as 4 Oe, which indicates very sharp and uniform switching for each individual island of BPM.     

Ferromagnetic resonance features in anisotropic magnetic films with a metastable state of magnetic moment

In experiments on single-domain magnetic films with uniaxial in-plane anisotropy, a new homogeneous ferromagnetic resonance peak was observed in a planar magnetic field oriented at an angle to the easy magnetization axis and directed opposite to the magnetization projection onto the field direction. The peak was observed in fields smaller than the magnetization reversal field of the film, and the origin of the peak was found to be related to the metastable state of the magnetic moment. A good agreement was obtained between phenomenological calculations and experimental data.     

Magnetic flux trapping and broken Abrikosov vortices in yttrium HTSC ceramic samples

Direct evidence of the existence of broken Abrikosov vortices is obtained from measurements of the distribution and values of residual magnetic fields in ceramic yttrium HTSC samples after the switching off of a transport current. In this case, the intergrain magnetic induction averaged over the sample volume has the same direction as the field that was in the sample before the current was switched off.     

Janus Device Based on Liquid Crystal Regulation with a Large Incidence Angle: Analogous Quantum Optical Effect and Absorption

In this paper, a Janus metastructure device (JMD) is proposed. The JMD design introduces asymmetric structures, which leads to the generation of analogous quantum optical effects when light is incident at large angles. Specifically, forward electromagnetic-induced transparency (EIT) and backward narrowband absorption (NA) are achieved when light is incident along different directions, displaying Janus characteristics in the forward and backward directions. Additionally, the operating frequency of JMD can be controlled through the use of liquid crystal. Such features hold promising potential for various applications in photonic and optoelectronic fields. When the axial direction of the liquid crystal is oriented along the x-direction, the JMD achieves a transparent window over 90% within 0.46–0.51 THz at forward incidence, and an absorption peak of 84.1% appears at 0.331 THz at backward incidence. When the axial direction is oriented along the y-direction, the JMD achieves EIT in the range of 0.51–0.575 THz at forward incidence, and a backward absorption peak of 93.3% occurs at 0.305 THz. In addition, the performance changes at different polarization and incidence angles are presented. The mechanism of absorption generation, the method of suppressing excess absorption, and the parametric inversion of the electromagnetic characteristics of JMD are also discussed.     

Tomography Methods for Vector Field Study Using Space-Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors with Integral Sensitivity

The problem of tomographic reconstruction of vector physical fields is studied. This problem can be solved by using fiber optic measuring lines (MLs) of special shape. In the case that the ML output signal is proportional to the vector's projection, the ML must be shaped like a narrow loop. This problem can be solved by means of the integral theorem. If an ML output signal is proportional to projection of a vector derivative with respect to ML direction, the ML with a step shape can be used. In this case the potential component of a vector field can be reconstructed. This approach can be applied to research on distributions of electromagnetic, deforming, and other vector fields and can be used for developing systems to monitor vector physical fields.     

双折射滤光片消除激光热致双折射的研究

详细研究了双折射滤光片(BF)在宽带增益激光器中对腔内倍频效率的影响,发现它不仅可以压缩基频光线宽,还可以有效补偿腔内元件的热致双折射,减小腔内损耗,大幅度提高腔内倍频效率.另外,由于补偿了热致双折射,提高基频光的偏振度,减小了两个正交偏振模耦合,有效改善了谐波的稳定性.实验中发现热效应不仅来源于激光晶体,非线性晶体也有相当大的贡献,还分析了滤光片的位置对热致双折射补偿的效果和腔内损耗的影响.     

MFM study of magnetic vortex cores in circular permalloy dots: behavior in external field

In a circular dot of permalloy with an appropriate size, a vortex structure with perpendicular (turned-up) magnetization at the core is realized. The existence of the perpendicular magnetization spot has been confirmed and the direction of the magnetization, up or down, has been determined by magnetic force microscopy (MFM) for permalloy dots with the diameter of 0.1–1 μm. The switching field of turned-up magnetization is determined by applying external fields perpendicularly and in tilted directions to the plane. By comparing the MFM results and the magnetization curves measured by a SQUID magnetometer, the switching process of turned-up magnetization is argued.