Magnetic shielding and spin-rotation interaction in ground state alkali molecules

Precision measurements of nuclear magnetic dipole moments in alkali molecules are performed using atom-molecule exchange optical pumping. A comparison with measurements on alkali atoms gives the magnetic shielding differences between atoms and molecules and an approximate value for the spin-rotation interaction constant of the alkali molecules. It is reported on experiments on³⁹K₂ and⁸⁷Rb₂.     

Interrelationship between the polarization moments of different parity upon optical pumping of atoms under magnetic resonance conditions: II. Theory

The mutual coupling between the polarization moments with ranks of different parity is theoretically considered. The manifestation of this mutual coupling has been revealed previously in experiments on magnetic resonance of optically oriented cesium atoms. The two well-known types of the coupling between the polarization moments are considered: the field coupling of these moments that occur due to the breaking of the hyperfine coupling between the electronic and nuclear moments of the alkali atom by the magnetic field and the light coupling of the moments due to the absorption of the pumping light by polarized atoms. The experimentally observed similarity in the shape of resonance signals of alignment and orientation upon circularly polarized pumping can be explained by the fact that, for alkali atoms, the generation of alignment by light at the wavelength of the D ₁ line is of low efficiency. Therefore, alignment arises mainly from orientation by means of either the field or the light coupling of polarization moments. For metastable 2³ S ₁ ⁴He atoms, no influence of the orientation on the alignment was observed because, in these atoms, the field coupling between the polarization moments is absent and the light coupling is not displayed because the generation of alignment by the circularly polarized pumping light is more efficient than the creation of alignment from orientation by means of light coupling of polarization moments.     

On the origin of the giant magnetic moments of Fe and Co in Cs Films

To unravel the mystery of the recently observed giant magnetic moments of Fe and Co in Cs films, orbital-polarization corrected relativistic spin density functional calculations have been performed. Unlike other transition–metal systems where the orbital magnetic moments are quenched, Fe and Co in Cs as well as in other alkali metals are found to possess a giant orbital moment of 2–3 μ_B along with a large spin moment. Also, these free atom-like spin and orbital magnetic moments in Cs would not be squashed under large lattice contractions up to 23% around the impurity atoms. The induced moments on the host atoms are small. The results offer an explanation for the origin of the giant magnetic moments of Fe and Co in Cs films.     

Bohr–Weisskopf effect: influence of the distributed nuclear magnetization on hfs

Nuclear magnetic moments provide a sensitive test of nuclear wave functions, in particular those of neutrons, which are not readily obtainable from other nuclear data. These are taking added importance by recent proposals to study parity non-conservation (PNC) effects in alkali atoms in isotopic series. By taking ratios of the PNC effects in pairs of isotopes, uncertainties in the atomic wave functions are largely cancelled out at the cost of knowledge of the change in the neutron wave function. The Bohr–Weisskopf effect (B–W) in the hyperfine structure interaction of atoms measures the influence of the spatial distribution of the nuclear magnetization, and thereby provides an additional constraint on the determination of the neutron wave function. The added great importance of B–W in the determination of QED effects from the hfs in hydrogen-like ions of heavy elements, as measured recently at GSI, is noted. The B–W experiments require precision measurements of the hfs interactions and, independently, of the nuclear magnetic moments. A novel atomic beam magnetic resonance (ABMR) method, combining rf and laser excitation, has been developed for a systematic study and initially applied to stable isotopes. Difficulties in adapting the experiment to the ISOLDE radioactive ion beam, which have now been surmounted, are discussed. A first radioactive beam measurement for this study, the precision hfs of ¹²⁶Cs, has been obtained recently. The result is 3629.515(∼0.001) MHz. The ability of ABMR to determine with high precision nuclear magnetic moments in free atoms is a desideratum for the extraction of QED effects from the hfs of the hydrogen-like ions. We also point out manifestations of B–W in condensed matter and atomic physics. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Invar effect in iron based fcc alloys

A model of interacting virtual bound states is used to calculate the atomic magnetic moments in iron based fcc alloys. This clearly shows that the magnetic moment not only depends on environment but on magnetic order too. Consequently there is a change in magnetic moment between 0 K and the ordering temperature which leads to a change in cohesive energy. If the iron–iron exchange coupling constant is negative the Invar effect arises from iron atoms surrounded by iron atoms whose magnetic moments are parallel to this of the central atom.     

Nuclear magnetism and the trivalent europium ion

Enhanced nuclear moments occur in atoms, molecules and all the transition groups of the periodic table. They are unusually large for lanthanide ions, with electrons of the 4f group, but the mechanism responsible for enhancement for other ions produces “anti-shielding” effects for the trivalent europium ion. These greatly reduce the effective nuclear magnetic moments in the ground state J=0. Here it is suggested that dynamic nuclear polarization can be used to increase the effective nuclear moments, and off-set the anti-shielding. The substance is europium vanadate, “doped” with a small percentage of samarium ions.     

73Ge NMR spectra in germanium single crystals with different isotopic composition

We have studied the influence of isotopic disorder on the local deformations in Ge single crystals from both experimental and calculation points of view. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of⁷³Ge nuclei (the nuclear spin equals 9/2) in perfect single crystals of germanium with different isotopic content were measured at temperatures 80, 300 and 450 K. Abnormal broadening of the spectrum was found to occur when the magnetic field was aligned along the [111] axis of a crystal. The observed specific angular dependence of the quadrupole broadening was attributed to isotopic disorder among atoms of germanium sited around the⁷³Ge NMR probe. Local lattice deformations in germanium crystal lattice due to isotopic impurity atoms were calculated in the framework of the adiabatic bond charge model. The results obtained were applied to study random noncubic crystal field interactions with the nuclear quadrupole moments and corresponding effects in NMR spectra. Simulated second and fourth moments of resonance frequency distributions caused by the magnetic dipole-dipole and electric quadrupole interactions are used to analyze the lineshapes, theoretical predictions agree qualitatively with the experimental data.     

Adsorption of single alkali atoms on tungsten using field emission and field desorption

Single adatom events have been detected and the binding energies and dipole moments of single sodium, potassium and cesium adatoms have been measured on the (110), (112) and (111) planes of tungsten in a probe hole field emission microscope. The Fowler-Nordheim formulation has been modified to include averaging effects implicit in probe hole measurements on single adsorbed atoms. The work function changes and consequent dipole moments associated with single alkali adatoms on a tungsten surface have been estimated. A model has been proposed to obtain binding energies from measurements of the field required to desorb a single alkali adatom. The results are in good agreement with current theoretical predictions for the adsorption of single alkali atoms on metals.     

A scalable quantum computer with ultranarrow optical transition of ultracold neutral atoms in an optical lattice

We propose a new quantum-computing scheme using ultracold neutral ytterbium atoms in an optical lattice, especially in a monolayer of three-dimensional optical lattice. The nuclear Zeeman sublevels define a qubit. This choice avoids the natural phase evolution due to the magnetic dipole interaction between qubits. The Zeeman sublevels with large magnetic moments in the long-lived metastable state are also exploited to address individual atoms and to construct a controlled-multiqubit gate. Estimated parameters required for this scheme show that this proposal is scalable and experimentally feasible.     

5d过渡金属原子吸附氮化硼纳米管的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法, 研究了氮化硼纳米管六元环中心吸附5d过渡金属原子后体系的几何结构, 电子结构和磁性性质. 研究发现, 吸附原子向一个氮原子或硼原子偏移; 吸附体系在费米能级附近出现明显的杂质能级; 各个体系的总磁矩随原子序数出现规律性变化, 局域磁矩主要分布在吸附原子上.     

玻色气体的磁性

物质磁性一直是凝聚态物理研究的重要课题.以往对磁性的探索主要是以费米子(局域或巡游的电子)为研究对象.由于传统的玻色系统液氦没有自旋,不表现磁性,玻色系统的磁性很少被关注.碱金属原子气体玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的实现,在开辟了冷原子物理研究领域的同时,也打开了研究玻色系统磁性的大门.这是因为碱金属原子通常具有超精细结构,是旋量玻色气体,能够展示磁性.文章通过对比费米气体的相关结果,介绍了旋量玻色气体磁性的研究概况和最新进展,特别是铁磁性玻色气体的磁性相变以及在低温下铁磁性凝聚体的动力学特征.     

Features of the Magnetic Resonance of an Alkali Metal upon Biharmonic Pumping

The dynamics of spin projections of the electron shell of an alkali metal on the coordinate axis is considered in the electron paramagnetic resonance scheme with continuous pumping by biharmonic circularly polarized laser radiation. The working region is a cell with alkali vapor metal vapors and a buffer gas at a high concentration at temperature 60°C. It was found that the use of biharmonic pumping causes not only the expected electron-spin precession, but also pulsations of the electron-spin projection on the axis along which the magnetic field is directed. The frequency of these pulsations depends on the nuclear angular momentum of alkali metal atoms. In the case of the transverse electron magnetic resonance, this effect is absent.     

A method for investigations of solid surfaces by nuclear spin relaxation

A method is presented which allows to investigate hot metal surfaces (1,000 K to 1,600 K) by use of nuclear spin polarized alkali atom beams (⁶Li,⁷Li,²³Na). At these temperatures the atoms are adsorbed for about 10^–4 s to 1 s. During the residence time on the surface the nuclear moments interact with the electromagnetic fields of their environment. The nuclear spin polarization of the ions desorbing from the surface is detected by beam foil spectroscopy. The depolarization gives information on electric field gradients and magnetic fields originating in the surface and on the electronic state of the absorbed alkali atoms.Supported partly by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie, both Bonn, FRG     

Determination of the polarization of deuterium atoms following optical orientation

The redistribution of the electronic polarization in deuterium atoms is analyzed theoretically and the various polarization moments are shown to influence the magnetic resonance signal of deuterium. The analysis gives expressions that relate the amplitudes of the magnetic resonance signals for various Zeemann sublevels of the D atom to the electronic and nuclear polarizations of these atoms and their nuclear alignment. Experimental data on the optical orientation and spin exchange in a D-Cs mixture are used to determine the electronic and nuclear orientation and nuclear alignment of the D atoms, which are found to be 〈S _z〉=0.1, 〈I _z〉=0.27, and 〈Q _zz=0.027. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 22–26 (January 1997)     

Laser spectroscopy and optical pumping of alkali atoms in superfluid helium

In this paper, our recent works on the alkali atoms in superfluid helim (HeII) are reported. At first we mentions the laser-sputtering method for implantation, which is simple but is very efficient to produce various kinds of neutral atoms and molecules in HeII. Secondly, we report on the laser spectroscopy of alkali atoms in HeII. Optical excitation and emission spectra are found to be roughly explained by a spherical atomic bubble model, but the spectra corresponding to the D₂ lines indicate the quadrupole oscillation of the bubble shape. Optical pumping by a circularly polarized laser beam is found to produce perfect polarization, for both electron and nuclear spins. Using the rf-optical double resonance techniques, the magnetic and hyperfine resonances are observed. It is discussed also about the phenomena which have observed in the experiments done so far but have not been fully explained.     

Theoretical study of the magnetic moments and anisotropy energy of CoRh nanoparticles

The role of size, structure and chemical order on the magnetic moments and magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) of CoRh nanoparticles are studied in the framework of a self-consistent real-space tight-binding method. Our results show that a Rh core in a geometry having a large surface/volume ratio and with Co–Rh mixing at the interface is the most likely chemical arrangement. A local analysis reveals that the orbital and spin moments at the Co–Rh interface are largely responsible for the increase of the magnetic moments and magnetic anisotropy. Moreover, the local moments induced at the Rh atoms, which amount to about 20% of the moment per Co atom [ μ_Rh = (0.2–0.3) μ_B] and the orbital moments of Co atoms play a crucial role on the interpretation of experiment. The results are discussed in the context of the interplay between chemical order and magnetic properties.     

Nd(Fe,Si)11Cx化合物的全电子计算(x=0,2)

采用基于第一原理的全势能线性缀加平面波加局域轨道((L)APW lo)方法对Nd(Fe,Si)11Cx化合物(x=0,2)的电子结构进行了计算,得到了化合物态密度和磁矩等信息.计算结果表明NdFe9Si2化合物中Si原子主要与4b和32i位Fe原子产生杂化,导致Fe原子磁矩减小.NdFe9Si2C2化合物C原子使32i位Fe原子磁矩进一步降低,同时减弱了Si原子的影响,使得4b位Fe原子磁矩增大.     

Theory of origin of hyperfine interactions in atomic systems

We shall review recent developments in the theory of magnetic hyperfine interactions, including the influence of many-body and relativistic effects and the finite spreads of nuclear charge and magnetic moment distributions. The present status of the understanding of these effects will be illustrated by analyzing a number of different systems including the alkali atoms, alkaline earth ions and several half-filled shell atomic and ionic systems.     

Formation and ordering of local magnetic moments in Fe–Al alloys

The density functional theory is used to study the local magnetic moments in Fe–Al alloys depending on concentration (from 29 to 44 at% Al) and the Fe nearest environment. We have found three different solutions for the system: a spin-spiral wave (SSW) which has a minimum energy and two collinear states, a ferromagnetic one and a state with both positive and negative Fe magnetic moments (the Fe atoms with many neighboring Al atoms around them have negative magnetic moments, while the other Fe atoms—positive). Both the SSW and the negative Fe moments agree with the experiments. Magnetization curves taken from the literature are analyzed. The assumption of percolation character of the size distribution of magnetic clusters describes well the experimental superparamagnetic behavior above 150 K.     

Mn掺杂ZnS(110)表面的电子结构和磁性

采用基于密度泛函理论的第-性原理方法,研究Mn掺杂ZnS(110)表面的电子结构和磁性.计算分析不同掺杂组态的几何参数、形成能、磁矩、电子态密度以及电荷密度.结果表明:单个Mn原子掺杂,替位于表面第二层的Zn原子时体系形成能最低,说明该层是最稳定的掺杂位置.对于两个Mn原子的掺杂,当Mn与Mn之间呈反铁磁耦合时体系最稳定.体系的总磁矩和自由Mn原子的磁矩差别很小,但是Mn原子的局域磁矩却依赖于Mn原子的3d态和近邻S原子的3p态的杂化作用,即受周围S原子环境的变化影响较大.此外,分析电荷密度图得出Mn原子替换Zn原子后与S原子形成了更强的共价键.