A simple explanation for the inverse Faraday effect in metals

The orbit of an electron driven by a circularly polarized light beam is generally a solenoid with axis parallel to its shifted initial velocity. The motion of the electron yields a solenoidal current which generates a magnetic moment depending on direction of the shifted initial velocity. Average of these magnetic moments per unit volume in a free electron gas provides a simple microscopic explanation for the theory of the inverse Faraday effect in metals recently given by Hertel [J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 303 (2006) L1].     

金属中逆法拉第效应的经典理论

研究电子在圆偏振光驱动下的经典动力学问题以及金属中逆法拉第效应(IFE)的经典微观机制.得到电子在圆偏振光驱动下的一个解,表明其运动轨道是螺旋线.忽略电子与磁场的相互作用,电子作绕平行于其初速度的轴、横截面为椭圆的螺旋线运动,产生了一个平行于其初速度、方向由圆偏振光的手征性决定的磁矩.磁矩的统计结果与Hertel从电子气整体出发得到的结果一致.     

The interaction of three fields in ECE theory: The inverse Faraday effect

The simultaneous interaction of three fundamental fields is illustrated in Einstein Cartan Evans (ECE) theory with reference to the effect of gravitation on the inverse Faraday effect. The three-field interaction in this case is that of the fermionic, electromagnetic and gravitational fields. The interaction of the first two is developed in a well-defined semi-classical approximation of the ECE wave equation and the effect of gravitation incorporated through the index reduced canonical energy momentum density T. The exercise is repeated using the ECE wave equations and a general rule developed for the effect of gravitation on the fermionic, electromagnetic weak and strong fields.     

Anomalous field dependence of the inverse magnetocaloric effect in Ce(Fe0.93Ru0.07)2

A summary of detailed isothermal magnetization along with the ac susceptibility measurements on Ce(Fe_0.93Ru_0.07)₂ is presented. Near the first-order transition, i.e. near 110 K, Ce(Fe_0.93Ru_0.07)₂ displays a large positive magnetic entropy change, ΔSm, of 7.8 J/kg K in fields of only 2 T, i.e. it displays a strong inverse magnetocaloric (MCE) effect, as expected, on entering an antiferromagnetic (AF) state. However, the variation of the magnitude and width of this entropy change with field are anomalous when compared with model predictions, the former increasing with applied field below 2 T, while the latter exceeds 60 K in a field of 8 T.     

Upconversion of whistler waves by gyrating ion beams in a plasma

A gyrating ion beam, with a ring-shaped distribution in velocity, supports negative energy beam modes near the harmonics of beam gyro-frequency. An investigation of the non-linear interaction of high-frequency whistler waves with the negative energy beam cyclotron mode is made. A non-linear dispersion relation is derived for the coupled modes. It is shown that a gyrating ion-beam frequency upconverts the whistler waves separated by harmonics of beam gyro-frequency. The expression for the growth rate of whistler mode waves has been derived. In Case 1, a high-amplitude whistler wave decays into two lower frequency waves, called a low-frequency mode and a side band of frequency lower than that of pump wave. In Case 2 a high-amplitude whistler wave decays into two lower frequency daughter waves, called the low-frequency mode and whistler waves. Generation mechanism of these waves has application in space and laboratory plasmas.     

Dynamics of paramagnetic agents by off-resonance rotating frame technique in the presence of magnetization transfer effect

The simple method for measuring the rotational correlation time of paramagnetic ion chelates via off-resonance rotating frame technique is challenged in vivo by the magnetization transfer effect. A theoretical model for the spin relaxation of water protons in the presence of paramagnetic ion chelates and magnetization transfer effect is described. This model considers the competitive relaxations of water protons by the paramagnetic relaxation pathway and the magnetization transfer pathway. The influence of magnetization transfer on the total residual z-magnetization has been quantitatively evaluated in the context of the magnetization map and various difference magnetization profiles for the macromolecule conjugated Gd-DTPA in cross-linked protein gels. The numerical simulations and experimental validations confirm that the rotational correlation time for the paramagnetic ion chelates can be measured even in the presence of strong magnetization transfer. This spin relaxation model also provides novel approaches to enhance the detection sensitivity for paramagnetic labeling by suppressing the spin relaxations caused by the magnetization transfer. The inclusion of the magnetization transfer effect allows us to use the magnetization map as a simulation tool to design efficient paramagnetic labeling targeting at specific tissues, to design experiments running at low RF power depositions, and to optimize the sensitivity for detecting paramagnetic labeling. Thus, the presented method will be a very useful tool for the in vivo applications such as molecular imaging via paramagnetic labeling.     

Possible influence of two-band superconductivity on the behaviour of the second magnetization peak in La2−xSrxCuO4 single crystals

An anomalous temperature T dependence of the field H_on for the onset of the second magnetization peak (SMP) in La_1.81Sr_0.19CuO₄ single crystals (with the external magnetic field H oriented parallel to the c axis) is discussed. While the peak field H_p and the magnetization at H_p have a continuous variation with T, H_on exhibits a sudden decrease with increasing T for T  11 K–15 K. The analysis of the nature of the SMP in La_2−xSr_xCuO₄ single crystals in terms of a simple dynamic energy balance relation suggests that the observed behaviour could be related to the particular T dependence of the superfluid density in the case of two-band superconductivity, affecting the T variation of the elastic energy of the vortex system at low H.     

Hydrostatic pressure and magnetic field effect on the excited states in inverse parabolic quantum dot

The hydrostatic pressure (P) influence of the degenerate energy states inside an inverse parabolic quantum dot (IPQD), with and without an external magnetic field, was performed within the frame of the effective mass approximation. Our theoretical results showed that the effect of relatively high pressure clearly appeared to induce a crossing between the excited states in the strong confinement region. But in the weak confinement region, such crossing disappeared and, in addition, the excited states got reordered. In the presence of an external magnetic field the hydrostatic pressure modified the crossing points of the degenerate states. We investigated the electron-heavy hole transition energy. It displayed a blue shift with increasing the pressure values and the magnetic field strength. But it showed an adhesive red shift by increasing the IPQD size.     

Peculiarities of the inverse Faraday effect induced in iron garnet films by femtosecond laser pulses

The inverse Faraday effect in iron garnet films subjected to femtosecond laser pulses is experimentally investigated. It is found that the magnitude of the observed effect depends nonlinearly on the energy of the optical pump pulses, which is in contradiction with the notion that the inverse Faraday effect is linear with respect to the pump energy. Thus, for pump pulses with a central wavelength of 650 nm and an energy density of 1 mJ/cm², the deviation from a linear dependence is as large as 50%. Analysis of the experimental data demonstrates that the observed behavior is explained by the fact that the optically induced normal component of the magnetization is determined, apart from the field resulting from the inverse Faraday effect, by a decrease in the magnitude of the precessing magnetization under the influence of the femtosecond electromagnetic field.     

Micromagnetic study of magnetic domain structure and magnetization reversal in amorphous wires with circular anisotropy

In this work we present a detailed numerical investigation on the magnetic domain formation and magnetization reversal mechanism in sub-millimeter amorphous wires with negative magnetostriction by means of micromagnetic calculations. The formation of circular magnetic domains surrounding a multidomain axially oriented central nucleus was observed for the micromagnetic model representing the amorphous wire. The magnetization reversal explained by micromagnetic computations for the M-H curve is described in terms of a combined nucleation-propagation−rotational mechanism after the saturated state. Results are interpreted in terms of the effective magnetic anisotropy.     

Magnetocaloric effect in the La0.8Ce0.2Fe11.4−xCoxSi1.6 compounds

The effects of substitution of Co for Fe on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of La_0.8Ce_0.2Fe_11.4−xCo_xSi_1.6 (0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0) compounds have been investigated. X-ray diffraction shows that all compounds crystallize in the NaZn₁₃-type structure. Magnetic measurements show that the Curie temperature (T_C) can be tuned between 184 and 294 K by changing the Co content from 0 to 1. A field-induced methamagnetic transition occurs in samples with x=0, 0.2 and 0.4. The magnetic entropy changes of the compounds have been determined from the isothermal magnetization measurements by using the Maxwell relation.     

On the Reconstruction of the Scalar Mode of GW170817 in Scalar-Tensor Gravity Theory

In general metric theory of gravity, a gravitational wave is allowed to have up to six polarizations: two scalar and two vector modes in addition to tensor modes. In case the number of laser-interferometric gravitational wave telescopes is larger than the number of polarizations of a gravitational wave, all the polarizations can be individually reconstructed. Since it depends on theories of gravity which polarizations the gravitational waves have, the investigation of polarizations is important for the test of theories of gravity. In order to test the scalar–tensor gravity theory, one of important alternative theories of gravity, the scalar mode of GW170817 observed by LIGO Livingstone, Hanford and Virgo is reconstructed without prior information about any tensor–scalar gravity theories. The upper limit of the scalar mode in term of the band-limited root-sum-square of the amplitude is $$ with the time window of 2 [s] and frequency window of ≈60–120 [Hz]. It is also studied how much the tensor modes are leaked into the reconstructed scalar mode, and it is found that the reconstructed scalar mode contains roughly 30% of energy leaked from the tensor modes.     

Effect of a high magnetic field on the morphology and magnetic properties of the MnBi compound during the Mn1.08Bi-MnBi phase transformation process

Effect of a 10 T high magnetic field on the morphology and magnetic properties of the MnBi compounds during the Mn_1.08Bi-MnBi phase transformation has been investigated. Results indicate that the field has split the MnBi crystal along the (0 0 1)-crystal plane during the Mn_1.08Bi-MnBi phase transformation process and the split MnBi crystals align and aggregate along the magnetic field direction. Along with the change of the MnBi phase morphology, the magnetic property changes greatly. Indeed, with the alignment and aggregation of the spit MnBi phases, the saturation magnetization M_s and the magnetic susceptibility χ increase, and the coercive field H_c and the remnant magnetization M_r decrease. This implies that a high magnetic field may have caused the magnetic property of the MnBi phase to transform towards soft magnetism. Above results may be attributed to the enhancement of the magnetization and the Mn_1.08Bi-MnBi phase transformation in a high magnetic field.     

Direct measurement of carrier spin relaxation times in opaque solids using the specular inverse Faraday effect

Using a spectroscopic technique based on the transient specular inverse Faraday effect (SIFE) we found the electron spin relaxation time in bulk GaAs at room temperature to be 11 ± 1 ps. The hole spin dynamics gives a SIFE signal of the opposite sign and may be resolved in the time-domain.     

离子对电磁波传播特性的影响

对等离子体中电磁波传播的平板几何模型进行了修正, 讨论了离子对电磁波在大气压均匀非磁化弱电离等离子体中的反射、吸收和透射等传播特性的影响。数值分析的结果表明: 大气条件下, 离子对电磁波在均匀非磁化弱电离等离子体中传播特性的影响是显著的, 同时给出等离子体对电磁波的最大吸收值和吸收宽带。     

On the determination of the magnetic entropy change in materials with first-order transitions

An accurate method to determine the magnetic entropy change in materials with hysteretic first-order transitions is presented, which is needed to estimate their potential for applications. We have investigated the effect of the maximal entropy change derived from magnetization measurements performed in different measurement processes. The results show that the isothermal entropy change can be derived from the Maxwell relations even for samples with large thermal hysteresis. In the temperature region with hysteresis, overestimating the entropy change can be avoided by measuring the isothermal magnetization of the sample after it is cooled from the paramagnetic state to the measurement temperature. In this way the so-called peak effect is not observed as shown here for a few compounds.     

Theory for the Exciton Magnetic Polaron in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors with Thermodynamic Fluctuations of Magnetization

The photoinduced self-trapped exciton magnetic polaron (ST-EMP) in diluted magnetic semiconductors has been the subject of intensive investigations related to the observed photoluminescence during the last two decades. The stability, however, seems still controversial. In this article we study the stability of ST-EMP theoretically, including thermodynamic fluctuations of magnetization. The calculation suggests that the EMP in CdTe(Mn) (Mn: 10-20%) is not self-trapped except at low temperatures below ¨ 1 K, but the other primary localization mechanisms, for example, alloy potential fluctuations, are necessary to the localization of EMP above ¨ 1 K.