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Imaginary in all directions: an elegant formulation of special relativity and classical electrodynamics
A suitable parameterization of space-time in terms of one complex and three
quaternionic imaginary units allows Lorentz transformations to be implemented
as multiplication by complex-quaternionic numbers rather than matrices.
Maxwell's equations reduce to a single equation.Comment: 8 page
Spin-dependent phenomena and device concepts explored in (Ga,Mn)As
Over the past two decades, the research of (Ga,Mn)As has led to a deeper
understanding of relativistic spin-dependent phenomena in magnetic systems. It
has also led to discoveries of new effects and demonstrations of unprecedented
functionalities of experimental spintronic devices with general applicability
to a wide range of materials. In this article we review the basic material
properties that make (Ga,Mn)As a favorable test-bed system for spintronics
research and discuss contributions of (Ga,Mn)As studies in the general context
of the spin-dependent phenomena and device concepts. Special focus is on the
spin-orbit coupling induced effects and the reviewed topics include the
interaction of spin with electrical current, light, and heat.Comment: 47 pages, 41 figure
Control of Coercivities in (Ga,Mn)As Thin Films by Small Concentrations of MnAs Nanoclusters
We demonstrate that low concentrations of a secondary magnetic phase in
(Ga,Mn)As thin films can enhance the coercivity by factors up to ~100 without
significantly degrading the Curie temperature or saturation magnetisation.
Magnetic measurements indicate that the secondary phase consists of MnAs
nanoclusters, of average size ~7nm. This approach to controlling the coercivity
while maintaining high Curie temperature, may be important for realizing
ferromagnetic semiconductor based devices.Comment: 8 pages,4 figures. accepted for publication in Appl. Phys. Let
Solving a "Hard" Problem to Approximate an "Easy" One: Heuristics for Maximum Matchings and Maximum Traveling Salesman Problems
We consider geometric instances of the Maximum Weighted Matching Problem
(MWMP) and the Maximum Traveling Salesman Problem (MTSP) with up to 3,000,000
vertices. Making use of a geometric duality relationship between MWMP, MTSP,
and the Fermat-Weber-Problem (FWP), we develop a heuristic approach that yields
in near-linear time solutions as well as upper bounds. Using various
computational tools, we get solutions within considerably less than 1% of the
optimum.
An interesting feature of our approach is that, even though an FWP is hard to
compute in theory and Edmonds' algorithm for maximum weighted matching yields a
polynomial solution for the MWMP, the practical behavior is just the opposite,
and we can solve the FWP with high accuracy in order to find a good heuristic
solution for the MWMP.Comment: 20 pages, 14 figures, Latex, to appear in Journal of Experimental
Algorithms, 200
Reorientation Transition in Single-Domain (Ga,Mn)As
We demonstrate that the interplay of in-plane biaxial and uniaxial anisotropy
fields in (Ga,Mn)As results in a magnetization reorientation transition and an
anisotropic AC susceptibility which is fully consistent with a simple single
domain model. The uniaxial and biaxial anisotropy constants vary respectively
as the square and fourth power of the spontaneous magnetization across the
whole temperature range up to T_C. The weakening of the anisotropy at the
transition may be of technological importance for applications involving
thermally-assisted magnetization switching.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
DC-transport properties of ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As semiconductors
We study the dc transport properties of (Ga,Mn)As diluted magnetic
semiconductors with Mn concentration varying from 1.5% to 8%. Both diagonal and
Hall components of the conductivity tensor are strongly sensitive to the
magnetic state of these semiconductors. Transport data obtained at low
temperatures are discussed theoretically within a model of band-hole
quasiparticles with a finite spectral width due to elastic scattering from Mn
and compensating defects. The theoretical results are in good agreement with
measured anomalous Hall effect and anisotropic longitudinal magnetoresistance
data. This quantitative understanding of dc magneto-transport effects in
(Ga,Mn)As is unparalleled in itinerant ferromagnetic systems.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
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