Photofield emission spectroscopy and surface density of states

A novel procedure for the investigation of optical excitations on the metal surface by the photofield emission method is reviewed. A separation procedure of thermocurrent, accompanying the measured photocurrent, induced by the chopped light beam, is described. A differentiation of the true photocurrent curve allows one to obtain an energy distribution of photoelectrons. For the (0 0 0 1) face of Ti, it exhibits very small and densely spaced maxima, confirmed by theory as surface resonances. The dependence of the density on the thickness of the Ti crystal, grown by evaporation of Ti on the W field emitter surface, was verified experimentally. The possibility of observing surface resonances on a microcrystal of a homogeneous field emitter is discussed.     

Chiral magnetism of the nucleona

We study the quark mass expansion of the magnetic moments of the nucleon in a chiral effective field theory including nucleons, pions and delta-resonances as explicit degrees of freedom. We point out that the usual power counting applied so far to this problem misses important quark mass structures generated via an intermediate isovector M1 nucleon-delta transition. We propose a modified power counting and compare the resulting chiral extrapolation function to available (quenched) lattice data. The extrapolation is found to work surprisingly well, given that the lattice data result from rather large quark masses. Our calculation raises the hope that extrapolations of lattice data utilizing chiral effective field theory might be applicable over a wider range in quark masses than previously thought, and we discuss some open questions in this context. Furthermore, we observe that within the current lattice data uncertainties the extrapolations presented here are consistent with the Padé fit ansatz introduced by the Adelaide group a few years ago. Received: 23 April 2002 / Accepted: 18 July 2002 / Published online: 17 December 2002 RID="c" ID="c"e-mail: themmert@physik.tu-muenchen.de RID="d" ID="d"e-mail: weise@ect.it Communicated by A. Sch?fer     

Field of View Increase for Optical Heterodyne Receivers

The field of view of optical heterodyne systems are usually limited by a simple criterion- namely, that A_RR ², where A_R is an effective aperture, _R the corresponding field of view and the optical wavelength. This paper will demonstrate that with a simple change of systems geometry and the possible use of array detectors, this severe restriction can be alleviated considerably and, in some cases, eliminated. Both coherent sources and thermal radiation sources are considered. This might suggest that heterodyne systems that were eliminated in the past because of that criterion alone, could turn out to be, not only possible, but even advantageous compared to other techniques.     

Origin of cathodic degradation and new phase formation at the La0.9Sr0.1MnO3/YSZ interface

New phase formation at the La_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃/YSZ interface and its effects on the cathodic performances were studied at 900 °C in air. The resistance caused by the interfacial product layer kept increasing with time to reach up to 40% of the total resistance after 500 h. The interfacial product was identified as La₂Zr₂O₇ by XRD measurement. The electrical conductivity of La₂Zr₂O₇ (2.4 × 10⁻⁵ S cm⁻¹ at 1000 °C), measured by AC impedance and current interruption methods, was 4 to 7 orders of magnitude smaller than those of La_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃ electrode or YSZ electrolyte. Either the electronic conductivity or the electrochemical O₂ reduction activity of La₂Zr₂O₇ was negligible. Combining these results, a conclusion was made that the cathodic degradation comes mainly from the growth of interfacial product layer and its contribution to the cell resistance increment is ohmic in nature.     

低混杂波电流驱升与等离子体平衡

本文研究了低混杂波电流驱动与等离子体平衡问题．考虑了感应电场，得到了自洽方程组，并把它应用于托卡马克工程实验混合堆电流驱升阶段的某一时刻，研究了该时刻低混杂波电流驱动与ＭＨＤ平衡。计算中采用了一个较宽的波谱，得到了电流与安全因子ｑ的分布。     

Work function of metals: Relation between theory and experiment

Theoretical approaches to calculation of work function within jellium model and the problem of extension of this model to include the lattice corrections to the work function are briefly discussed. Lattice corrections to the work function obtained from the experiment are estimated and compared with those calculated theoretically.

It is found that the mean value of the experimental lattice correction <δψ_hkl>_hkl compared to the mean work function is negligible. It is stated that the mean work function can be treated as a material constant characterizing a given metal, such as, e.g., binding energy.An expression for the dependence of jellium work function on r_s, valid in a metallic range of r_s, is given. A comparison between then theoretical and experimental results is presented and the role of correlation energy is examined. It is shown that more accurate approximations of the correlation energy than that given by Wigner's formula lead to a better agreement with experiment. A simple model is presented for explanation of work function changes on single crystal planes. Some recent results concerning the thermal dependence of work function are given. The dependence of the work function on the degree of coverage is discussed both for alkali and non-alkali atoms adsorption. Theoretical models are briefly reviewed and comparison between theory and experiment is made. A simple model is presented for explanation of the work function variation on rough planes in metallic non-alkali atoms chemisorption.     

Optically detected nuclear magnetic resonance at the sub-micron scale

Nuclear magnetic resonance is arguably one of the most powerful techniques available today to characterize diverse systems. However, the low sensitivity of the standard detection method constrains the applicability of this technique to samples having effective dimensions not less than a few microns. Here, we propose a novel scheme and device for the indirect detection of the nuclear spin signal at a submicroscopic scale. This approach--for which the name Dipolar Field Microscopy is suggested--is based on the manipulation of the long-range nuclear dipolar interaction created between the sample and a semiconductor tip located close to its surface. After a preparation interval, the local magnetization of the sample is used to modulate the nuclear magnetization in the semiconductor tip, which, in turn is determined by an optical inspection. Based on results previously reported, it is shown that, in principle, images and/or localized high-resolution spectra of the sample can be retrieved with spatial resolution proportional to the size of the tip.     

Orientational anisotropic studies by field rotation technique: near zero-field pulsed EPR experiments of pentacene doped in p-terphenyl

We report a new technique to map the orientational anisotropy of paramagnetic systems without physically changing the crystal orientations in near zero-field (NZF) pulsed EPR experiments. By implementing three sets of orthogonal coils around the sample, we are ble to create a magnetic vector up to 2 mT in any three-dimensional orientation in space. In NZF region, the hyperfine tensor elements are comparable to the electronic Zeeman interaction energy, thus very rich spectral patterns can be obtained by "dialing" in a magnetic field vector without moving the sample. The technique further allows us to examine the site symmetry of organic crystals and powdered solids doped with chromophores which can be photo-excited to the triplet state by laser light. The technique is exemplified in the study of pentacene in p-terphenyl crystals.     

Constant time steady gradient NMR diffusometry using the secondary stimulated echo

A pulse sequence producing a second stimulated echo is suggested for the compensation of relaxation and residual dipolar interaction effects in steady gradient spin echo diffusometry. Steady field gradients of considerable strength exist in the fringe field of NMR magnets, for instance. While the absolute echo time of the second stimulated echo is kept constant throughout the experiment, the interval between the first two radiofrequency pulses is augmented leading to a modulation of the amplitude of that second stimulated echo by self-diffusion only. The unique feature of this technique is that it is of a single-scan/single-echo-signal nature. That is, no reference signals neither of the same pulse sequence nor of separate experiments are needed. The new method was tested with poly(ethylene oxide) melts and proved to provide reliable data for (time dependent) self-diffusion coefficients down to the physical limit (D approximately 10(-15)m(2)/s) when flip-flop spin diffusion starts to become effective.