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Charge dynamics of the spin-density-wave state in BaFeAs
We report on a thorough optical investigation of BaFeAs over a broad
spectral range and as a function of temperature, focusing our attention on its
spin-density-wave (SDW) phase transition at K. While
BaFeAs remains metallic at all temperatures, we observe a depletion in
the far infrared energy interval of the optical conductivity below ,
ascribed to the formation of a pseudogap-like feature in the excitation
spectrum. This is accompanied by the narrowing of the Drude term consistent
with the transport results and suggestive of suppression of scattering
channels in the SDW state. About 20% of the spectral weight in the far infrared
energy interval is affected by the SDW phase transition
Anisotropic charge dynamics in detwinned Ba(FeCo)As
We investigate the optical conductivity as a function of temperature with
light polarized along the in-plane orthorhombic - and -axes of
Ba(FeCo)As for =0 and 2.5 under uniaxial pressure.
The charge dynamics at low frequencies on these detwinned, single domain
compounds tracks the anisotropic transport properties across their
structural and magnetic phase transitions. Our findings allow us to estimate
the dichroism, which extends to relatively high frequencies. These results are
consistent with a scenario in which orbital order plays a significant role in
the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural transition
All-optical switching in a two-channel waveguide with cubic-quintic nonlinearity
We consider dynamics of spatial beams in a dual-channel waveguide with
competing cubic and quintic (CQ) nonlinearities. Gradually increasing the power
in the input channel, we identify four different regimes of the pulses coupling
into the cross channel, which alternate three times between full pass and full
stop, thus suggesting three realizations of switching between the channels. As
in the case of the Kerr (solely cubic) nonlinearity, the first two regimes are
the linear one, and one dominated by the self-focusing nonlinearity, with the
beam which, respectively, periodically couples between the channels, or stays
in the input channel. Further increase of the power reveals two novel
transmission regimes, one characterized by balance between the competing
nonlinearities, which again allows full coupling between the channels, and a
final regime dominated by the self-defocusing quintic nonlinearity. In the
latter case, the situation resembles that known for a self-repulsive
Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a double-well potential, which is
characterized by strong symmetry breaking; accordingly, the beam again abides
in the input channel, contrary to an intuitive expectation that the
self-defocusing nonlinearity would push it into the cross channel. The
numerical results are qualitatively explained by a simple analytical model
based on the variational approximation.Comment: Journal of Physics B (in press
Spin-Hall interface resistance in terms of Landauer type spin dipoles
We considered the nonequlibrium spin dipoles induced around spin independent
elastic scatterers by the intrinsic spin-Hall effect associated with the Rashba
spin-orbit coupling. The normal to 2DEG spin polarization has been calculated
in the diffusion range around the scatterer. We found that although around each
impurity this polarization is finite, the corresponding macroscopic spin
density, obtained via averaging of individual spin dipole distributions over
impurity positions is zero in the bulk. At the same time, the spin density is
finite near the boundary of 2DEG, except for a special case of a hard wall
boundary. The boundary value of the spin polarization can be associated with
the interface spin-Hall resistance determining the additional energy
dissipation due to spin accumulation.Comment: 7 page
Spin-Hall effect on edge magnetization and electric conductance of a 2D semiconductor strip
The intrinsic spin-Hall effect on spin accumulation and electric conductance
in a diffusive regime of a 2D electron gas has been studied for a 2D strip of a
finite width. It is shown that the spin polarization near the flanks of the
strip, as well as the electric current in the longitudinal direction exhibit
damped oscillations as a function of the width and strength of the Dresselhaus
spin-orbit interaction. Cubic terms of this interaction are crucial for spin
accumulation near the edges. As expected, no effect on the spin accumulation
and electric conductance have been found in case of Rashba spin-orbit
interaction.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, some changes in the tex
Incommensurate Magnetic Order in TbTe
We report a neutron diffraction study of the magnetic phase transitions in
the charge-density-wave (CDW) TbTe compound. We discover that in the
paramagnetic phase there are strong 2D-like magnetic correlations, consistent
with the pronounced anisotropy of the chemical structure. A long-range
incommensurate magnetic order emerges in TbTe at = 5.78 K as a
result of continuous phase transitions. We observe that near the temperature
the magnetic Bragg peaks appear around the position (0,0,0.24) (or
its rational multiples), that is fairly close to the propagation vector
associated with the CDW phase transition in TbTe. This
suggests that correlations leading to the long-range magnetic order in TbTe
are linked to the modulations that occur in the CDW state
An Interstellar Conduction Front Within a Wolf-Rayet Ring Nebula Observed with the GHRS
With the High Resolution Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope we
obtained high signal-to-noise (S/N > 200 - 600 per 17 km/s resolution element)
spectra of narrow absorption lines toward the Wolf-Rayet star HD 50896. The
ring nebula S308 that surrounds this star is thought to be caused by a
pressure-driven bubble bounded by circumstellar gas (most likely from a red
supergiant or luminous blue variable progenitor) pushed aside by a strong
stellar wind. Our observation has shown for the first time that blueshifted
(approximately 70 km/s relative to the star) absorption components of C IV and
N V arise in a conduction front between the hot interior of the bubble and the
cold shell of swept-up material. These lines set limits on models of the
conduction front. Nitrogen in the shell appears to be overabundant by a factor
~10. The P Cygni profiles of N V and C IV are variable, possibly due to a
suspected binary companion to HD 50896.Comment: 32 pages, Latex, to appear in the Astrophysical Journal, April, 199
Evidence for Possible Phase-Separations in RuSr2(Gd,Ce)2Cu2O10-delta
An unusual thermal-magnetic hysteresis was observed between a minor magnetic
transition around 120 K and the main one at 80 K in superconducting
RuSr2(R,Ce)2Cu2O10-delta (Ru1222R) samples, where R = Gd or Eu, down to a
submicron length-scale. The observation suggests a possible phase-separation
and is consistent with the very small but universal demagnetizing factor
observed, which is difficult to reconcile with the canted spin-structure
previously proposed. In such a scenario, the unusual superconducting properties
of the Ru-based cuprates can also be understood naturally.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B, "Rapid Communications"
(September 26, 2001
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