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Spectroscopic determination of hole density in the ferromagnetic semiconductor GaMnAs
The measurement of the hole density in the ferromagnetic semiconductor
GaMnAs is notoriously difficult using standard transport
techniques due to the dominance of the anomalous Hall effect. Here, we report
the first spectroscopic measurement of the hole density in four
GaMnAs samples () at room temperature
using Raman scattering intensity analysis of the coupled plasmon-LO-phonon mode
and the unscreened LO phonon. The unscreened LO phonon frequency linearly
decreases as the Mn concentration increases up to 8.3%. The hole density
determined from the Raman scattering shows a monotonic increase with increasing
for , exhibiting a direct correlation to the observed .
The optical technique reported here provides an unambiguous means of
determining the hole density in this important new class of ``spintronic''
semiconductor materials.Comment: two-column format 5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Physical Review
Observation of the spin-charge thermal isolation of ferromagnetic Ga_{0.94}Mn_{0.06}As by time-resolved magneto-optical measurement
The dynamics of magnetization under femtosecond optical excitation is studied
in a ferromagnetic semiconductor Ga_{0.94}Mn_{0.06}As with a time-resolved
magneto-optical Kerr effect measurement with two color probe beams. The
transient reflectivity change indicates the rapid rise of the carrier
temperature and relaxation to a quasi-thermal equilibrium within 1 ps, while a
very slow rise of the spin temperature of the order of 500ps is observed. This
anomalous behavior originates from the thermal isolation between the charge and
spin systems due to the spin polarization of carriers (holes) contributing to
ferromagnetism. This constitutes experimental proof of the half-metallic nature
of ferromagnetic Ga_{0.94}Mn_{0.06}As arising from double exchange type
mechanism originates from the d-band character of holes
Self-Motion Holds a Special Status in Visual Processing
Agency plays an important role in self-recognition from motion. Here, we investigated whether our own movements benefit from preferential processing even when the task is unrelated to self-recognition, and does not involve agency judgments. Participants searched for a moving target defined by its known shape among moving distractors, while continuously moving the computer mouse with one hand. They thereby controlled the motion of one item, which was randomly either the target or any of the distractors, while the other items followed pre-recorded motion pathways. Performance was more accurate and less prone to degradation as set size increased when the target was the self-controlled item. An additional experiment confirmed that participant-controlled motion was not physically more salient than motion recorded offline. We found no evidence that self-controlled items captured attention. Taken together, these results suggest that visual events are perceived more accurately when they are the consequences of our actions, even when self-motion is task irrelevant
Magnetoconductivity of quantum wires with elastic and inelastic scattering
We use a Boltzmann equation to determine the magnetoconductivity of quantum
wires. The presence of a confining potential in addition to the magnetic field
removes the degeneracy of the Landau levels and allows one to associate a group
velocity with each single-particle state. The distribution function describing
the occupation of these single-particle states satisfies a Boltzmann equation,
which may be solved exactly in the case of impurity scattering. In the case
where the electrons scatter against both phonons and impurities we solve
numerically - and in certain limits analytically - the integral equation for
the distribution function, and determine the conductivity as a function of
temperature and magnetic field. The magnetoconductivity exhibits a maximum at a
temperature, which depends on the relative strength of the impurity and
electron-phonon scattering, and shows oscillations when the Fermi energy or the
magnetic field is varied.Comment: 21 pages (revtex 3.0), 5 postscript figures available upon request at
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Combined approach of density functional theory and quantum Monte Carlo method to electron correlation in dilute magnetic semiconductors
We present a realistic study for electronic and magnetic properties in dilute
magnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As. A multi-orbital Haldane-Anderson model
parameterized by density-functional calculations is presented and solved with
the Hirsch-Fye quantum Monte Carlo algorithm. Results well reproduce
experimental results in the dilute limit. When the chemical potential is
located between the top of the valence band and an impurity bound state, a
long-range ferromagnetic correlations between the impurities, mediated by
antiferromagnetic impurity-host couplings, are drastically developed. We
observe an anisotropic character in local density of states at the
impurity-bound-state energy, which is consistent with the STM measurements. The
presented combined approach thus offers a firm starting point for realistic
calculations of the various family of dilute magnetic semiconductors.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
On the Energy Transfer Performance of Mechanical Nanoresonators Coupled with Electromagnetic Fields
We study the energy transfer performance in electrically and magnetically
coupled mechanical nanoresonators. Using the resonant scattering theory, we
show that magnetically coupled resonators can achieve the same energy transfer
performance as for their electrically coupled counterparts, or even outperform
them within the scale of interest. Magnetic and electric coupling are compared
in the Nanotube Radio, a realistic example of a nano-scale mechanical
resonator. The energy transfer performance is also discussed for a newly
proposed bio-nanoresonator composed of a magnetosomes coated with a net of
protein fibers.Comment: 9 Pages, 3 Figure
Regularization of the Coulomb scattering problem
Exact solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation for the Coulomb potential are
used in the scope of both stationary and time-dependent scattering theories in
order to find the parameters which define regularization of the Rutherford
cross-section when the scattering angle tends to zero but the distance r from
the center remains fixed. Angular distribution of the particles scattered in
the Coulomb field is investigated on the rather large but finite distance r
from the center. It is shown that the standard asymptotic representation of the
wave functions is not available in the case when small scattering angles are
considered. Unitary property of the scattering matrix is analyzed and the
"optical" theorem for this case is discussed. The total and transport
cross-sections for scattering of the particle by the Coulomb center proved to
be finite values and are calculated in the analytical form. It is shown that
the considered effects can be essential for the observed characteristics of the
transport processes in semiconductors which are defined by the electron and
hole scattering in the fields of the charged impurity centers.Comment: 20 pages, 6 figure
Magnetic Interactions and Transport in (Ga,Cr)As
The magnetic, transport, and structural properties of (Ga,Cr)As are reported.
Zincblende GaCrAs was grown by low-temperature molecular beam
epitaxy (MBE). At low concentrations, x0.1, the materials exhibit unusual
magnetic properties associated with the random magnetism of the alloy. At low
temperatures the magnetization M(B) increases rapidly with increasing field due
to the alignment of ferromagnetic units (polarons or clusters) having large
dipole moments of order 10-10. A standard model of
superparamagnetism is inadequate for describing both the field and temperature
dependence of the magnetization M(B,T). In order to explain M(B) at low
temperatures we employ a distributed magnetic moment (DMM) model in which
polarons or clusters of ions have a distribution of moments. It is also found
that the magnetic susceptibility increases for decreasing temperature but
saturates below T=4 K. The inverse susceptibility follows a linear-T
Curie-Weiss law and extrapolates to a magnetic transition temperature
=10 K. In magnetotransport measurements, a room temperature resistivity
of =0.1 cm and a hole concentration of cm
are found, indicating that Cr can also act as a acceptor similar to Mn. The
resistivity increases rapidly for decreasing temperature below room
temperature, and becomes strongly insulating at low temperatures. The
conductivity follows exp[-(T/T)] over a large range of
conductivity, possible evidence of tunneling between polarons or clusters.Comment: To appear in PRB 15 Mar 200
CaB_6: a new semiconducting material for spin electronics
Ferromagnetism was recently observed at unexpectedly high temperatures in
La-doped CaB_6. The starting point of all theoretical proposals to explain this
observation is a semimetallic electronic structure calculated for CaB_6 within
the local density approximation. Here we report the results of parameter-free
quasiparticle calculations of the single-particle excitation spectrum which
show that CaB_6 is not a semimetal but a semiconductor with a band gap of 0.8
eV. Magnetism in La_xCa_{1-x}B_6 occurs just on the metallic side of a Mott
transition in the La-induced impurity band.Comment: 4 pages, 1 postscript figur
Local biases drive, but do not determine, the perception of illusory trajectories
When a dot moves horizontally across a set of tilted lines of alternating orientations, the dot appears to be moving up and down along its trajectory. This perceptual phenomenon, known as the slalom illusion, reveals a mismatch between the veridical motion signals and the subjective percept of the motion trajectory, which has not been comprehensively explained. In the present study, we investigated the empirical boundaries of the slalom illusion using psychophysical methods. The phenomenon was found to occur both under conditions of smooth pursuit eye movements and constant fixation, and to be consistently amplified by intermittently occluding the dot trajectory. When the motion direction of the dot was not constant, however, the stimulus display did not elicit the expected illusory percept. These findings confirm that a local bias towards perpendicularity at the intersection points between the dot trajectory and the tilted lines cause the illusion, but also highlight that higher-level cortical processes are involved in interpreting and amplifying the biased local motion signals into a global illusion of trajectory perception
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