magnetic measurements based on magneto optical kerr effect on pnictide ba fe1 x cox 2as2 fe thin film

We present characterization of Ba(Fe1−x Cox)2As2 thin film using a magneto-optical Kerr effect setup based on photoelastic modulation. The magneto optical technique has been used to analyse the thickness and the temperature dependence of the magnetic properties of epitaxial Ba(Fe1−x Cox)2As2/Fe thin films grown on MgO substrate. The first harmonics, of the reflected laser beam intensity from pnictide thin films is compared with a reference Fe thin film. The hysteretic loops of such samples at room temperature and at 5K are presented

Magnetic measurements based on magneto-optical Kerr effect on pnictide Ba(Fe1?xCox)2As2/Fe thin film

We present characterization of Ba(Fe1-x Cox) 2As2 thin film using a magneto-optical Kerr effect setup based on photoelastic modulation. The magneto optical technique has been used to analyse the thickness and the temperature dependence of the magnetic properties of epitaxial Ba(Fe1-x Cox)2As2/Fe thin films grown on MgO substrate. The first harmonics, of the reflected laser beam intensity from pnictide thin films is compared with a reference Fe thin film. The hysteretic loops of such samples at room temperature and at 5K are presented

Magnetic measurements based on magneto-optical Kerr effect on pnictide Ba(Fe 1−x

We present characterization of Ba(Fe1−x Cox)2As2 thin film using a magneto-optical Kerr effect setup based on photoelastic modulation. The magneto optical technique has been used to analyse the thickness and the temperature dependence of the magnetic properties of epitaxial Ba(Fe1−x Cox)2As2/Fe thin films grown on MgO substrate. The first harmonics, of the reflected laser beam intensity from pnictide thin films is compared with a reference Fe thin film. The hysteretic loops of such samples at room temperature and at 5K are presented

Beam divergence of high-order harmonics generated in the few-optical cycle regime

The beam divergence of high-order harmonics generated in Helium by an ultra-short Ti:sapphire laser (7 fs and 30 fs) is experimentally characterized by means of a flat-field, high-resolution spectrometer. The harmonic beam divergence is also analysed as a function of the gas-jet position relative to the laser beam waist. Results, which are partly different from previous measurements performed at longer laser pulse duration, are discusse

Probing the Reaction Mechanism of Aluminum/Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Composites

Energetic thin films with high mass loadings of nanosized components have been recently fabricated using electrospray deposition. These films are composed of aluminum nanoparticles (nAl) homogeneously dispersed in an energetic fluoropolymer binder, poly­(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). The nascent oxide shell of the nAl has been previously shown to undergo a preignition reaction (PIR) with fluoropolymers such as polytetra­fluoro­ethylene (PTFE). This work examines the PIR between alumina and PVDF to further explain the reaction mechanism of the Al/PVDF system. Temperature jump (T-jump) ignition experiments in air, argon, and vacuum environments showed that the nAl is fluorinated by gas phase species due to a decrease in reactivity in a vacuum. Thermogravimetric analysis coupled with differential scanning calorimetry (TGA/DSC) was used to confirm the occurrence of a PIR, and gas phase products during the PIR and fluorination of nAl were investigated with temperature jump time-of-flight mass spectrometry (T-jump TOFMS). Results show a direct correlation between the amount of alumina in the PVDF film and the relative signal intensity of hydrogen fluoride release (HF). Although the PIR between alumina and PVDF plays an important role in the Al/PVDF reaction mechanism, burn speeds of Al/PVDF films containing additional pure alumina particles showed no burn speed enhancement