Laser ablation from Lithium niobate

Received: 21 May 1997/Accepted: 4 July 1997     

Determination of the largest lyapunov index for short chaotic time sequences in self-oscillating chemical reactions

A method was developed for the determination of largest Lyapunov index for short chaotic time sequences with allowance for the presence of noise in the response of the system. For this purpose a simple unidimensional representation modelling the dynamics of irregular self-oscillations was investigated. Conditions were found for adequate determination of the largest Lyapunov index from the noise-distorted signals. The results were used to obtain the largest Lyapunov index for the Belousov—Zhabotinskii reaction taking place in an ideal-mixing closed reactor and in a constant-mixing flow-type reactor. Institute of Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 136–142, May–June, 1997.     

Pseudoparabolic variational inequalities without initial conditions

We consider a pseudoparabolic variational inequality in a cylindrical domain semibounded in a variable t. Under certain conditions imposed on the coefficients of the inequality, we prove theorems on the unique existence of a solution for a class of functions with exponential growth as t → ∞. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 919–929, July, 1998.     

Polymorphism of biperiodic stripe domain structures

Magnetic-field-induced polymorphism of biperiodic stripe domain structures of films with a positive anisotropy constant and easy axis parallel to the normal to the surface is studied. A symmetry classification of the observed types of domain structures is performed, and the phase diagram of the films in the (H _⊥, H _∥) plane, where H _⊥ and H _∥ are, respectively, the components of the magnetic field vector perpendicular and parallel to the normal to the surface, is determined. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 67, No. 9, 701–706 (10 May 1998)     

A connection between numerical ranges of selfadjoint matrix polynomials

In this paper, a geometric connection between the joint numerical range and the numerical range for selfadjoint matrix polynomial is presented. Moreover, algebraic properties for these ranges are investigated.     

Influence of composition and annealing on the criteria of superparamagnetism and the interaction of particles in granular electrolytically deposited films of CuCo

Films of nonuniform Cu_100−xCo_x alloys with x = 6, 11, 20, and 35 at. %, obtained by electrolytic deposition, are investigated using quantum magnetometry in fields of up to 5.5 T and temperatures of 2–300 K. In all the compositions a characteristic feature is the deviation from pure superparamagnetic behavior, which increases as the annealing of the films and their cobalt content increase. Institute of Solid State and Semiconductor Physics. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 60–62, March, 1998.     

Scattering of polarized electromagnetic radiation by turbulent fluctuations of a high-temperature plasma

An investigation was made of the process of Raman scattering of polarized electromagnetic radiation by turbulent fluctuations in a plasma with a magnetic field. It was found that a turbulent plasma with a magnetic field scatters left- and right-handed circularly polarized radiation in different ways. The possibility is analyzed of using the results obtained in order to provide diagnostics for different plasma characteristics in thermonuclear fusion devices employing magnetic plasma confinement. Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 102–107, April, 1998.     

Effect of hydrogen on the current-voltage characteristics of tunneling mis diodes based on gallium arsenide

Results are presented for experimental studies of the static current-voltage characteristics of tunneling MIS diodes based on n-type gallium arsenide. It is shown that the forward branch of the current-voltage characteristics can be used to determine the dependence of the surface potential at the dielectric-semiconductor interface on the voltage and the distribution of the surface state density over energy in the forbidden band. The results of studies of these dependences for diodes prepared by thermal annealing at various temperatures are given. The possible causes of changes in the forward and reverse current, and the dependence of the surface potential on the voltage and distribution of surface state density in energy under the action on the diodes of a gaseous mixture containing hydrogen are analyzed. V. D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physicotechnical Institute at Tomsk State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 1, pp. 69–83, January, 1998.     

Entropy of crystallization of materials from a “molten” sublattice of superionic conductors

It is shown that the entropy of crystallization of materials (such as Cu, Ag, Au, and Li) in a “molten” sublattice of superionic conductors→crystal system may substantially exceed the entropy of crystallization of the same materials from a melt. The observed behavior explains the known tendency of various superionic conductors to form filamentary crystals (whiskers) in the solid phase, together with the completely different structure of these whiskers. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 227–228 (February 1998)     

A spectropolarimetric study of theH α radiation from ellerman bombs

Polarization data are given for three whiskers recorded with the large solar vacuum telescope at the Baikal Observatory, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. The observed degree of polarization varies from 2 to 13%. The direction of the polarization plane for the mediumintensity whisker was tangential, while that for the weakest one was radial. The brightest whisker had the polarization plane direction close to radial at the center of the line but tangential at the flanks. It is assumed that the polarization is due to impact excitation of a hydrogen-atom ensemble in the solar chromosphere by an electron beam, and estimates are made of the beam energy. St. Petersburg Fine Mechanics and Optics Institute, St. Petersburg. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 85–89, December 1998.