SR evidence of low frequency spin fluctuations in the AF phase of hole-doped NiO

μSR measurements in the antiferromagnetic (AF) phase of Ni_1-xLi_xO for are reported. While in pure NiO the muon longitudinal depolarization rate is found almost temperature independent, in the Li-doped compounds broad maxima around 130 K are observed. These maxima are associated with the progressive freezing of the spin fluctuations of S =1/2 defects induced by the localization of the extra-holes. From the temperature dependence of and the stretched exponential form of the depolarization, insights on the distribution of correlation times for the fluctuating field at the muon site are derived. Received: 27 April 1998 / Received in final form and Accepted: 21 August 1998     

Damping and ferromagnetic resonance linewidth broadening in nanocrystalline soft ferromagnetic Fe–Co–Hf–N films

In order to describe high-frequency damping mechanisms of ferromagnetic films by means of the imaginary part of the frequency-dependant permeability, CMOS compatible ferromagnetic Fe₃₆Co₄₄Hf₉N₁₁ films were deposited by reactive r.f. magnetron sputtering on oxidised 5×5 mm²×380 μm (1 0 0)-silicon substrates with a 6-in. Fe₃₈Co₄₇Hf₁₅ target, as well as magnetic field annealing between 300 and 600 °C. An in-plane uniaxial anisotropy of around 4.5 mT as well as an excellent soft magnetic behaviour with a saturation polarisation of approximately 1.4 T could be observed after heat treatment at the above-mentioned temperatures, which drives these films to a high-frequency suitability. Ferromagnetic resonance frequencies of approximately up to 2.4 GHz could be obtained. The frequency-dependant permeability was measured with a broadband permeameter. Depending on the heat treatment, an increase of the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the imaginary part of the frequency-dependant permeability is discussed in terms of two-magnon scattering, anisotropy-type competition and local resonance generation through predominant grain growth causing magnetisation and anisotropy inhomogeneities in the magnetic films. The grain size of the films was determined by (HRTEM) imaging and amounts from a few nanometres for films heat treated at 300 °C to more than 10 nm at 600 °C where the FWHM Δf_eff and the Landau–Lifschitz–Gilbert equation damping parameter α_eff increases with d_nm² and d_nm (e.g. d_nm is the grain diameter of the nonmagnetic Hf–N phase), respectively.     

Anisotropy and dynamic properties of Co2MnGe Heusler thin films

Co₂MnGe films of 30 and 50 nm in thickness were grown by RF-sputtering. Their magnetic anisotropies, dynamic properties and the different excited spin wave modes have been studied using conventional ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) and Microstrip line FMR (MS-FMR). From the in-plane and the out-of-plane resonance field values, the effective magnetization (4πM_eff) and the g-factor are deduced. These values are then used to fit the in-plane angular-dependence of the uniform precession mode and the field-dependence of the resonance frequency of the uniform mode and the first perpendicular standing spin wave to determine the in-plane uniaxial, the four-fold anisotropy fields, the exchange stiffness constant and the magnetization at saturation. The samples exhibit a clear predominant four-fold magnetic anisotropy besides a smaller uniaxial anisotropy. This uniaxial anisotropy is most probably induced by the growth conditions.     

Influence of relaxation phenomena in dynamic magnetization processes on magnetic power losses of non-oriented electrical steel sheets

We have reported that the magnetic power losses per magnetizing cycle change with the magnetization pausing time in a constant rate of magnetization change and some relaxation phenomena exist in the magnetization pausing period. We discuss the influence of the relaxation phenomena on the dynamic magnetic power losses and suggest that the relaxation phenomena seems to be causes of the frequency dependence of the magnetic losses and of the variation of losses that cannot be expressed only by magnetization speed dependence of losses.     

The magneto-optical Barnett effect: Circularly polarized light induced femtosecond magnetization reversal

Magnetization reversal by a femtosecond circularly polarized laser pulse has been recently demonstrated in rare-earth doped transition metals (RE-TM). The switching mechanism has been attributed to an inverse Faraday effect and thermal effects. Based on the parameters provided in the experimental work, we show that this claim is unlikely to give rise to femtosecond reversal. Using a hybrid itinerant-localized picture of the RE-TM system, we propose a new mechanism that requires the presence of the rare earth element to reduce the symmetry of the system as well as a strong enhancement of spin-orbit coupling between the d electrons and the f moments in the presence of the laser. Our model does not require the heating close to the Curie temperature of the sample.     

Extracting anisotropy energy barrier distributions of nanomagnetic systems from magnetization/susceptibility measurements

Anisotropy barrier distributions of single domain particle systems are an important issue in the nanomagnetism and its applications. Different methods to extract the distribution from temperature, field, or time-dependent magnetization/susceptibility are reviewed and compared. A single domain particle system is measured to test the methods.     

Copper vs. iron: Microwave magnetism in the metamaterial age

It is now well established that metamaterials based on copper patterns can exhibit significant permeability levels, but can such materials outdo conventional magnetic materials? In the case where permeability levels and bandwidth are the key figures-of-merit, it is acknowledged that copper-based metamaterials can exceed the performance of ferrites at operating frequencies above 10 GHz. As for low-frequency operation, magnetic metamaterials may also be preferred to conventional magnetic materials when requirements include excellent temperature stability or immunity to external magnetic fields. However, in many cases, metamaterials need to include certain conventional magnetic constituents in order to compete with conventional magnetic materials.     

具有电色散补偿的10 Gb/s脉冲转换器的研制

设计并研制了带电色散补偿功能的10 Gb/s脉冲转换器。电色散补偿通过时域均衡的方法,消除光纤色散带来的码间串扰;将电色散补偿芯片纳入脉冲转换器设计中,从而提高了其传输距离。所研制的样品光发射部分采用分布反馈激光器加电吸收调制器集成光源,接收部分采用带互阻放大器的雪崩光电二极管光电探测器模块,电色散补偿芯片对光电探测器输出的码流执行色散补偿算法。对样品进行的测试结果表明该脉冲转换器背对背接收灵敏度为-24.6 dBm,经过100 km G.652光纤传输后接收灵敏度为-20.8 dBm。未加电色散补偿功能时,采用相同的光源传输距离仅为50 km。     

Off equilibrium dynamics in disordered quantum spin chain

We study the non-equilibrium time evolution of the average transverse magnetisation and end-to-end correlation functions of the random Ising quantum chain. Starting with fully magnetised states, either in the x or z direction, we compute numerically the average quantities. They show similar behaviour to the homogeneous chain, that is an algebraic decay in time toward a stationary state. During the time evolution, the spatial correlations, measured from one end to the other of the chain, are building up and finally at long time they reach a size-dependent constant depending on the distance from criticality. Analytical arguments are given which support the numerical results. Received 11 July 2002 / Received in final form 9 September 2002 Published online 29 October 2002