374 research outputs found
Absence of room temperature ferromagnetism in bulk Mn-doped ZnO
Structural and magnetic properties have been studied for polycrystalline
Zn_1-xMn_xO (x=0.02, 0.03, 0.05). Low-temperature (~500 oC) synthesis leaves
unreacted starting ZnO and manganese oxides. Contrary to a recent report, no
bulk ferromagnetism was observed for single-phase materials synthesized in air
at temperatures above 900 oC. Single-phase samples show paramagnetic
Curie-Weiss behavior.Comment: Accepted for publication in J. Appl. Phys., RevTeX, 3 pages, 4
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Absence of ferromagnetism in Co and Mn substituted polycrystalline ZnO
We discuss the properties of semiconducting bulk ZnO when substituted with
the magnetic transition metal ions Mn and Co, with substituent fraction ranging
from = 0.02 to = 0.15. The magnetic properties were measured as a
function of magnetic field and temperature and we find no evidence for magnetic
ordering in these systems down to = 2 K. The magnetization can be fit by
the sum of a Curie-Weiss term with a Weiss temperature of 100 K and
a Curie term. We attribute this behavior to contributions from both \textit{t}M
ions with \textit{t}M nearest neighbors and from isolated spins. This
particular functional form for the susceptibility is used to explain why no
ordering is observed in \textit{t}M substituted ZnO samples despite the large
values of the Weiss temperature. We also discuss in detail the methods we used
to minimize any impurity contributions to the magnetic signal.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures (revised
The long-term variations of critical frequency in the F2 region of ionosphere and solar activity
Ionospheric effects of solar eclipses at midlatitudes
The influence of solar eclipses on the ionospheric plasma is considered based of the data of midlatitude vertical sounding stations during the entire period from the beginning of ionospheric studies in Russia. Changes in the electron density in the F and E regions during solar eclipses have been quantitatively estimated. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. 2009
Tuning of magnetic and electronic states by control of oxygen content in lanthanum strontium cobaltites
We report on the magnetic, resistive, and structural studies of perovskite
LaSrCoO. By using the relation of synthesis
temperature and oxygen partial pressure to oxygen stoichiometry obtained from
thermogravimetric analysis, we have synthesized a series of samples with
precisely controlled . These samples show three structural
phases at , , , and two-phase
behavior for other oxygen contents. The stoichiometric material with
is a cubic ferromagnetic metal with the Curie temperature K. The increase of to 0.15 is followed by a linear decrease of
to 160 K and a metal-insulator transition near the
boundary of the cubic structure range. Further increase of results in
formation of a tetragonal phase for
and a brownmillerite phase for . At low
temperatures, these are weak ferromagnetic insulators (canted antiferromagnets)
with magnetic transitions at and 120 K, respectively. At
higher temperatures, the phase is -type
antiferromagnetic between 230 K and 360 K. Low temperature magnetic
properties of this system for can be described in terms of a
mixture of Co ions in the low-spin state and Co ions in the
intermediate-spin state and a possible spin transition of Co to the
intermediate-spin state above . For , there appears to
be a combination of Co and Co ions, both in the high-spin state
with dominating antiferromagnetic interactions.Comment: RevTeX, 9 pages, 7 figures, to be published in Physical Review
Carrier-induced ferromagnetism in p-Zn1-xMnxTe
We present a systematic study of the ferromagnetic transition induced by the
holes in nitrogen doped Zn1-xMnxTe epitaxial layers, with particular emphasis
on the values of the Curie-Weiss temperature as a function of the carrier and
spin concentrations. The data are obtained from thorough analyses of the
results of magnetization, magnetoresistance and spin-dependent Hall effect
measurements. The experimental findings compare favorably, without adjustable
parameters, with the prediction of the Rudermann-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY)
model or its continuous-medium limit, that is, the Zener model, provided that
the presence of the competing antiferromagnetic spin-spin superexchange
interaction is taken into account, and the complex structure of the valence
band is properly incorporated into the calculation of the spin susceptibility
of the hole liquid. In general terms, the findings demonstrate how the
interplay between the ferromagnetic RKKY interaction, carrier localization, and
intrinsic antiferromagnetic superexchange affects the ordering temperature and
the saturation value of magnetization in magnetically and electrostatically
disordered systems.Comment: 14 pages, 10 figure
Labor mobility in the system of employment strategies of the region’s population
The issue consideration of labor mobility as an employment strategy is relevant, because it is based on a growing understanding of the importance of labor mobility for the economic development of the country and its regions. The study purpose is to examine the place of labor mobility in the employment strategy of the population. The objectives are to study approaches to the labor mobility definition as an employment strategy, to analyze regional specifics in the labor mobility of the population, to determine the place of labor mobility in the employment strategy of the Tyumen region. General scientific, statistical and sociological methods were used in the research. The main study results are the identification of an increasing trend in the transformation of the population employment strategy and its reflection on the processes of labor mobility, grouped around changes in production and economic conditions. This provision defines not only the basis for the development of scientific discussion, but also the directions for further study of such issue
Photoluminescence and optical absorption of diamond samples containing NV centers
NV center is an impurity defective complex in diamond, obtained by irradiating with highenergy electrons samples containing nitrogen in a substituting position and post radiating annealing. NV centers are observed in several charge states negative (zero phonon line at 638 nm), neutral (ZPL at 575 nm), and, possibly, positive (ZPL at 533 nm). NV centers in diamond are candidates for qubits for quantum computing, the basis of high speed magnetometric sensors, sources of single photons, and also emitting centers of optically active laser media
Temperature dependence of the absorption edge of synthetic diamond
Using optical spectroscopy in the spectral range from 200 to 300 nm, the absorption edge and transmission spectra of 7 samples of synthetic diamond of IIa type in the temperature range from 12 K to 470 K was studied. Using numerical methods, the temperature dependences of optical absorption into the free exciton state were obtained for negative and positive phonon branches
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