Voigt lineshape function as a solution of the parabolic partial differential equation

The goal of this paper is to show that the Voigt function may be found as a solution of a parabolic partial differential equation, like the heat conduction equation or other diffusion equations. A square of the Gaussian half-width of the Voigt function plays the role of 'time' and initial conditions are determined by a Lorentz function. Some questions concerning the practical application of the numerical grid methods for the calculation of the Voigt function are discussed. It is shown, that in some cases the offered calculation algorithm can be both faster and more accurate than other known algorithms. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Instrumental broadening of spectral line profiles due to discrete representation of a continuous physical quantity

It is the usual situation in spectroscopy that a continuous physical quantity, which plays the role of a spectral function argument (i.e. the abscissa of a spectrum), is sampled electronically as discrete point clouds or channels. Each channel corresponds to the midpoint of a small interval of the continuous argument. The experimentally registered value of intensity in the channel describes the averaged spectral intensity in this interval. However, an approximation of spectra by a continuous theoretical model function often assumes that the interval is small enough, and tabulation of the theoretical model function may be used without appreciable disadvantages for the fitting results. At this point, a new type of approximation error appears, such as the error of midpoint approximation to a definite integral in the rectangle method of numeric integration. This paper aims at quantitative estimation of this error in the cases of a pure Lorentz lineshape and a generalized Voigt contour. It is shown that discrete representation of continuous spectral data leads to some non-physical broadening in comparison with the tabulated model function. As a first approximation it is normal broadening. We show that even in the case of a Lorentz true lineshape we must use the tabulated Voigt function measured in channels fixed Gauss linewidth rather than a tabulated Lorentzian. Application of the results of this paper is demonstrated on Mössbauer spectra. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

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A method of simultaneous measurement of Mössbauer spectra for a set of discrete values of an external parameter is proposed. The method proposed makes it possible to simplify series measurements and replaces a number of specialized techniques. The possibilities of the spectrometer have been experimentally demonstrated by the example of observation of the dependences of the Mössbauer spectra of an α-Fe foil on the external magnetic field strength. © Allerton Press, Inc. 2007

Microstructure and magnetic properties of strontium titanate implanted with iron

© 2017, Allerton Press, Inc. The magnetic phase composition of strontium titanate surface layers implanted with iron ions is studied by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy, and by measuring alternating current magnetic susceptibility. It is shown that the interaction between α-Fe nanoclusters at high concentrations of the implanted admixture produces ferromagnetic order in samples at room temperature

Mössbauer spectrometer providing measurement of spectral dependences on external parameters

A method of simultaneous measurement of Mössbauer spectra for a set of discrete values of an external parameter is proposed. The method proposed makes it possible to simplify series measurements and replaces a number of specialized techniques. The possibilities of the spectrometer have been experimentally demonstrated by the example of observation of the dependences of the Mössbauer spectra of an α-Fe foil on the external magnetic field strength. © Allerton Press, Inc. 2007

Mössbauer study of the magnetic phase composition of single-crystalline rutile (TiO2) implanted with iron ions

Depth-resolved Mössbauer measurements have been performed for four ferromagnetic samples obtained by the implantation of iron ions (enriched to ∼ 50% with 57Fe isotope) into single-crystalline rutile (TiO2) substrates with two crystallographic orientations [(100) and (001)] at different temperatures (300 and 900 K). It is established that the ferromagnetic properties of iron-implanted rutile samples at room temperature are determined by the presence of α-Fe and Fe3O4 phases. The phase composition of samples obtained by iron implantation into substrates heated to 900 K depends on the crystallographic orientation of the substrate, which is explained by a significant anisotropy of the diffusion of iron atoms in rutile. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2009

Magnetic phase composition of strontium titanate implanted with iron ions

Thin magnetic films were synthesized by means of implantation of iron ions into single-crystalline (1 0 0) substrates of strontium titanate. Depth-selective conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy (DCEMS) indicates that origin of the samples magnetism is α-Fe nanoparticles. Iron-substituted strontium titanate was also identified but with paramagnetic behaviour at room temperature. Surface magneto-optical Kerr effect (SMOKE) confirms that the films reveal superparamagnetism (the low-fluence sample) or ferromagnetism (the high-fluence sample), and demonstrate absence of magnetic in-plane anisotropy. These findings highlight iron implanted strontium titanate as a promising candidate for composite multiferroic material and also for gas sensing applications. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Structural and magnetic studies of Co and Fe implanted BaTiO 3 crystals

Singly-charged Co or Fe ions with energy 40 keV were implanted into single-domain ferroelectric plates of barium titanate (BaTiO 3) with high fluences in the range of (0.5-1.5) × 10 17 ion/cm 2 to create new magnetoelectric materials. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy (CEMS) studies have shown that high-fluence implantation with 3d-ions results in formation of cobalt or iron nanoparticles in the near-surface irradiated region of perovskite-type crystal. With increasing the fluence, the both Co- and Fe-implanted BaTiO 3 samples reveal at first superparamagnetic, and then ferromagnetic properties at room temperature. Analysis of magnetic hysteresis loops measured in the in-plane and out-of-plane geometries have shown that ferromagnetic BaTiO 3:Co(Fe) nanocomposite layers display the "easy plane" magnetic anisotropy similar to that found for thin granular magnetic films. Together with our previous observation of the magnetoelectric effect in these samples, our structural and magnetic investigations show that the ion implantation is suitable to synthesize the desired magnetoelectric nanocomposite materials. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Structural and magnetic studies of thin Fe⁵⁷ films formed by ion beam assisted deposition

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Thin Fe57 films with the thickness of 120 nm have been prepared on glass substrates by using the ion-beam-assisted deposition technique. X-ray diffraction, electron microdiffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy studies have shown that as-deposited films are in a stressful nanostructured state containing the nanoscaled inclusions of α-phase iron with the size of ∼10 nm. Room temperature in-plane and out-of-plane magnetization measurements confirmed the presence of the magnetic α-phase in the iron film and indicated the strong effect of residual stresses on magnetic properties of the film as well. Subsequent thermal annealing of iron films in vacuum at the temperature of 450 °C stimulates the growth of α-phase Fe crystallites with the size of up to 20 nm. However, electron microdiffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopic data have shown the partial oxidation and carbonization of the iron film during annealing. The stress disappeared after annealing of the film. The magnetic behaviour of the annealed samples was characterized by the magnetic hysteresis loop with the coercive field of ∼10 mT and the saturation magnetization decreased slightly in comparison with the α-phase Fe magnetization due to small oxidation of the film