327 research outputs found
Engineering of spin-lattice relaxation dynamics by digital growth of diluted magnetic semiconductor CdMnTe
The technological concept of "digital alloying" offered by molecular-beam
epitaxy is demonstrated to be a very effective tool for tailoring static and
dynamic magnetic properties of diluted magnetic semiconductors. Compared to
common "disordered alloys" with the same Mn concentration, the spin-lattice
relaxation dynamics of magnetic Mn ions has been accelerated by an order of
magnitude in (Cd,Mn)Te digital alloys, without any noticeable change in the
giant Zeeman spin splitting of excitonic states, i.e. without effect on the
static magnetization. The strong sensitivity of the magnetization dynamics to
clustering of the Mn ions opens a new degree of freedom for spin engineering.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
Electric field control of magnetization dynamics in ZnMnSe/ZnBeSe diluted-magnetic-semiconductor heterostructures
We show that the magnetization dynamics in diluted magnetic semiconductors
can be controlled separately from the static magnetization by means of an
electric field. The spin-lattice relaxation (SLR) time of magnetic Mn2+ ions
was tuned by two orders of magnitude by a gate voltage applied to n-type
modulation-doped (Zn,Mn)Se/(Zn,Be)Se quantum wells. The effect is based on
providing an additional channel for SLR by a two-dimensional electron gas
(2DEG). The static magnetization responsible for the giant Zeeman spin
splitting of excitons was not influenced by the 2DEG density
Tuning the electron energy by controlling the density perturbation position in laser plasma accelerators
A density perturbation produced in an underdense plasma was used to improve
the quality of electron bunches produced in the laser-plasma wakefield
acceleration scheme. Quasi-monoenergetic electrons were generated by controlled
injection in the longitudinal density gradients of the density perturbation. By
tuning the position of the density perturbation along the laser propagation
axis, a fine control of the electron energy from a mean value of 60 MeV to 120
MeV has been demonstrated with a relative energy-spread of 15 +/- 3.6%,
divergence of 4 +/- 0.8 mrad and charge of 6 +/- 1.8 pC.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
Control of Strong-Laser-Field Coupling to Electrons in Solid Targets with Wavelength-Scale Spheres
Irradiation of a planar solid by an intense laser pulse leads to fast electron acceleration and hard x-ray production. We have investigated whether this high field production of fast electrons can be controlled by introducing dielectric spheres of well-defined size on the target surface. We find that the presence of spheres with a diameter slightly larger than half the laser wavelength leads to Mie enhancements of the laser field which, accompanied by multipass stochastic heating of the electrons, leads to significantly enhanced hard x-ray yield and temperature
Synchrotron x-ray radiation from laser wakefield accelerated electron beams in a plasma channel
Synchrotron x-ray radiation from laser wakefield accelerated electron beams was characterized at the HERCULES facility of the University of Michigan. A mono-energetic electron beam with energy up to 400 MeV was observed in the interaction of an ultra-short laser pulse with a super-sonic gas jet target. The experiments were performed at a peak intensity of 5Ă—1019 W/cm2 by using an adaptive optic. The accelerated electron beam undergoes a so called "betatron" oscillation in an ion channel, where plasma electrons have been expelled by the laser ponderomotive force, and, therefore, emits synchrotron radiation. We observe broad synchrotron x-ray radiation extending up to 30 keV. We find that this radiation is emitted in a beam with a divergence angle as small as 12Ă—4 mrad2 and can have a source size smaller than 3 microns and a peak brightness of 1022 photons/mm2/mrad2/second/0.1% bandwidth, which is comparable to currently existing 3rd generation conventional light sources. This opens up the possibility of using laser-produced "betatron" sources for many applications that currently require conventional synchrotron sources.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85402/1/jpconf10_244_042026.pd
Dynamic Control of Laser Produced Proton Beams
The emission characteristics of intense laser driven protons are controlled
using ultra-strong (of the order of 10^9 V/m) electrostatic fields varying on a
few ps timescale. The field structures are achieved by exploiting the high
potential of the target (reaching multi-MV during the laser interaction).
Suitably shaped targets result in a reduction in the proton beam divergence,
and hence an increase in proton flux while preserving the high beam quality.
The peak focusing power and its temporal variation are shown to depend on the
target characteristics, allowing for the collimation of the inherently highly
divergent beam and the design of achromatic electrostatic lenses.Comment: 9 Pages, 5 figure
A Bright Spatially-Coherent Compact X-ray Synchrotron Source
Each successive generation of x-ray machines has opened up new frontiers in
science, such as the first radiographs and the determination of the structure
of DNA. State-of-the-art x-ray sources can now produce coherent high brightness
keV x-rays and promise a new revolution in imaging complex systems on nanometre
and femtosecond scales. Despite the demand, only a few dedicated synchrotron
facilities exist worldwide, partially due the size and cost of conventional
(accelerator) technology. Here we demonstrate the use of a recently developed
compact laser-plasma accelerator to produce a well-collimated,
spatially-coherent, intrinsically ultrafast source of hard x-rays. This method
reduces the size of the synchrotron source from the tens of metres to
centimetre scale, accelerating and wiggling a high electron charge
simultaneously. This leads to a narrow-energy spread electron beam and x-ray
source that is >1000 times brighter than previously reported plasma wiggler and
thus has the potential to facilitate a myriad of uses across the whole spectrum
of light-source applications.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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