411 research outputs found
Pt-based metallization of PMOS devices for the fabrication of monolithic semiconducting/YBa2Cu3O7-d superconducting devices on silicon
Mo, Pt, Pt/Mo and Pt/Ti thin films have been deposited onto Si and SiO2
substrates by RF sputtering and annealed in the YBa2Cu3O7-d growth conditions.
The effect of annealing on the sheet resitance of unpatterned layers was
measured. A Pt-based multilayered metallization for the PMOS devices was
proposed and tested for the monolithic integration of PMOS devices and YBCO
sensors on the same silicon substrate. The best results were obtained with a
Pt/Ti/Mo-silicide structure showing (0.472 \Omega_{\Box}) interconnect sheet
resistivity and specific contact
resistivity after annealing for (60) minutes at (700^{\circ})C in (0.5) mbar
O(_{2}) pressure.Comment: 6 pages, accepted for Microelectronic Engineering, elsevie
Effect of ferroelectric layers on the magnetocapacitance properties of superlattices-based oxide multiferroics
A series of superlattices composed of ferromagnetic
LaCaMnO (LCMO) and ferroelectric/paraelectric
BaSrTiO (0x1) were deposited on SrTiO
substrates using the pulsed laser deposition. Films of epitaxial nature
comprised of spherical mounds having uniform size are obtained.
Magnetotransport properties of the films reveal a ferromagnetic Curie
temperature in the range of 145-158 K and negative magnetoresistance as high as
30%, depending on the type of ferroelectric layers employed for their growth
(\QTR{it}{i.e.} '\QTR{it}{x'} value). Ferroelectricity at temperatures ranging
from 55 K to 105 K is also observed, depending on the barium content. More
importantly, the multiferroic nature of the film is determined by the
appearance of negative magnetocapacitance, which was found to be maximum around
the ferroelectric transition temperature (3% per \QTR{it}{tesla}). These
results are understood based on the role of the ferroelectric/paraelectric
layers and strains in inducing the multiferroism.Comment: Accepted to Applied Physics Letter
YBCO Transition Edge Sensors Used For Very Low Noise Thermal Control
In electrically substituted radiometers, the ultra low noise control of the
temperature is required. In this framework, we present results dedicated to the
temperature regulation of copper plates, 3 cm diameter and 1 mm thick, using
YBa2Cu3O7-d (YBCO) transition edge sensors (TES). One of the TES was used as
the active thermometer of the temperature control unit, whereas the two others
measured the plate temperature behavior. Two heating resistors were wound along
a spiral pattern, just underneath the copper plate, to minimize the heating
delay. The correlation between the two TES was clearly highlighted by applying
a small heat perturbation through the second distributed resistor, the path of
which closely follows that of the main resistor. Calibrated temperature
oscillations of 30 microK rms at 10mHz together with spectral analysis were
measured and a temperature resolution in the range of a few microK rms was
achieved.Comment: 6 pages, ASC 2002 (Applied Superconductivity Conference), Houston, TX
USA (Aout 2002): Oral contribution, to be published in IEEE Trans. Appl.
Supercond. June 200
Correlation between structure and properties in multiferroic LaCaMnO/BaTiO superlattices
Superlattices composed of ferromagnetics, namely LaCaMnO
(LCMO), and ferroelectrics, namely, BaTiO(BTO) were grown on SrTiO at
720C by pulsed laser deposition process. While the out-of-plane lattice
parameters of the superlattices, as extracted from the X-ray diffraction
studies, were found to be dependent on the BTO layer thickness, the in-plane
lattice parameter is almost constant. The evolution of the strains, their
nature, and their distribution in the samples, were examined by the
conventional sin method. The effects of structural variation on the
physical properties, as well as the possible role of the strain on inducing the
multiferroism in the superlattices, have also been discussed.Comment: To be published in Journal of Applied Physic
La manipulation des espèces animales. Réflexion anthropologique sur la qualification du sauvage
La réintroduction et le contrôle des populations réintroduites, de certaines espèces sauvages (l’ours, le lynx, le hamster commun, le castor par exemple) nécessitent la mise en place de protocoles biologique, juridique, économique, sociologique complexes. Ils demandent aussi la prise en compte de la représentation de ces espèces lorsque leur "retour" sur des territoires donnés se fait par l’intermédiaire de techniques de capture, de déplacement, d’élevage et de contrôle sophistiqués. Cet article explore les relations homme/animal dans une perspective anthropologique et s’interroge sur l’apparition d’un "sauvage réinventé". S’inscrivant dans le prolongement d’une réflexion sur l’ambiguïté catégorielle du sauvage et de son statut, la question des méthodes et les pratiques, développées en matière d’"élevage" d’espèces réintroduites, est posée ainsi que les problèmes sociétaux qui en découlent.The reintroduction and monitoring of reintroduced populations of some wildlife (bear, lynx, common hamsters, beavers, for example) require the establishment of complex protocols (biological, legal, economic, sociological). They also require taking into account the representation of these species when they "come back" through capture techniques, breeding and sophisticated control. This text explores the human / animal relationship from an anthropological perspective and examines the emergence of a "reinvented savage" that challenges the conventional classification systems. It enrolled in the Following reflection on the categorical ambiguity of wild and status. It questions, from field data, on one hand the methods and practices developed in terms of "breeding" of reintroduced species, on the other hand societal problems which arise
Resistive hystersis effects in perovskite oxide-based heterostructure junctions
In this paper, we report the electrical and structural properties of the
oxide-based metal/ferroelectric/metal (MFM) junctions. The heterostructures are
composed of ultrathin layers of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 (LCMO) as a metallic layer and,
BaTiO3 (BTO) as a ferroelectric layer. Junction based devices, having the
dimensions of 400 x 200 micom2, have been fabricated upon LCMO/BTO/LCMO
heterostructures by photolithography and Ar-ion milling technique. The DC
current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the MFM junctions were carried out. At
300 K, the devices showed the linear (I-V) characteristics, whereas at 77 K,
(I-V) curves exhibited some reproducible switching behaviours with well-defined
remnant currents. The resulting resistance modulation is very different from
what was already reported in ultrathin ferroelectric layers displaying
resistive switching. A model is presented to explain the datasComment: To be publised in Applied Physics Letter
Sizing of an Electric Power Steering system on dynamic and energetic criteria
International audienceThis paper presents the methodology to size a mechatronic system on dynamic and energetic criteria. The methodology is based on the establishment of the inverse model from the bond graph representation of the system by using the bicausality concept. By means of an automotive example, we illustrate the methodology and we present a solution to extend it to more complex problem
Nonresonant microwave absorption in epitaxial La-Sr-Mn-O films and its relation to colossal magnetoresistance
We study magnetic-field-dependent nonresonant microwave absorption and
dispersion in thin LaSrMnO films and show that it
originates from the colossal magnetoresistance. We develop the model for
magnetoresistance of a thin ferromagnetic film in oblique magnetic field. The
model accounts fairly well for our experimental findings, as well as for
results of other researchers. We demonstrate that nonresonant microwave
absorption is a powerful technique that allows contactless measurement of
magnetic properties of thin films, including magnetoresistance, anisotropy
field and coercive field.Comment: 20 pages, 11 figure
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