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Explosive events associated with a surge
The solar atmosphere contains a wide variety of small-scale transient
features. Here, we explore the inter-relation between some of them such as
surges, explosive events and blinkers via simultaneous spectral and imaging
data taken with the TRACE imager, the SUMER, and CDS spectrometers on board
SoHO, and SVST La Palma. The alignment of all data both in time and solar XY
shows that SUMER line profiles, which are attributed to explosive events, are
due to a surge phenomenon. The surge is triggered, most probably, by one or
more Elerman bombs which are best visible in Halpha +-350 A but were also
registered by TRACE Fe IX/X 171 A and correspond to a strong radiance increase
in the CDS Mg IX 368.07 A line. With the present study we demonstrate that the
division of small-scale transient events into a number of different subgroups,
for instance explosive events, blinkers, spicules, surges or just brightenings,
is ambiguous, implying that the definition of a feature based only on either
spectroscopic or imaging characteristics as well as insufficient spectral and
spatial resolution can be incomplete.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figures, 1 tabl
Predictability of reset switching voltages in unipolar resistance switching
In unipolar resistance switching of NiO capacitors, Joule heating in the
conducting channels should cause a strong nonlinearity in the low resistance
state current-voltage (I-V) curves. Due to the percolating nature of the
conducting channels, the reset current IR, can be scaled to the nonlinear
coefficient Bo of the I-V curves. This scaling relationship can be used to
predict reset voltages, independent of NiO capacitor size; it can also be
applied to TiO2 and FeOy capacitors. Using this relation, we developed an error
correction scheme to provide a clear window for separating reset and set
voltages in memory operations
Direct observation of the proliferation of ferroelectric loop domains and vortex-antivortex pairs
We discovered "stripe" patterns of trimerization-ferroelectric domains in
hexagonal REMnO3 (RE=Ho, ---, Lu) crystals (grown below ferroelectric
transition temperatures (Tc), reaching up to 1435 oC), in contrast with the
vortex patterns in YMnO3. These stripe patterns roughen with the appearance of
numerous loop domains through thermal annealing just below Tc, but the stripe
domain patterns turn to vortex-antivortex domain patterns through a freezing
process when crystals cross Tc even though the phase transition appears not to
be Kosterlitz-Thouless-type. The experimental systematics are compared with the
results of our six-state clock model simulation and also the Kibble-Zurek
Mechanism for trapped topological defects
Observation of First-Order Metal-Insulator Transition without Structural Phase Transition in VO_2
An abrupt first-order metal-insulator transition (MIT) without structural
phase transition is first observed by current-voltage measurements and
micro-Raman scattering experiments, when a DC electric field is applied to a
Mott insulator VO_2 based two-terminal device. An abrupt current jump is
measured at a critical electric field. The Raman-shift frequency and the
bandwidth of the most predominant Raman-active A_g mode, excited by the
electric field, do not change through the abrupt MIT, while, they, excited by
temperature, pronouncedly soften and damp (structural MIT), respectively. This
structural MIT is found to occur secondarily.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Correlated metallic state of vanadium dioxide
The metal-insulator transition and unconventional metallic transport in
vanadium dioxide (VO) are investigated with a combination of spectroscopic
ellipsometry and reflectance measurements. The data indicates that electronic
correlations, not electron-phonon interactions, govern charge dynamics in the
metallic state of VO. This study focuses on the frequency and temperature
dependence of the conductivity in the regime of extremely short mean free path
violating the Ioffe-Regel-Mott limit of metallic transport. The standard
quasiparticle picture of charge conduction is found to be untenable in metallic
VO.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Asymmetry in fatigue and recovery in ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 thin-film capacitors
We investigate the fatigue and refreshment by dc-electrical field of the
electrical properties of Pt/Pb(Ti,Zr)O/Pt ferroelectric capacitors. We find
an asymmetry in the refreshment, that is, the fatigued state can be refreshed
by application of negative high dc-voltage to the top electrode, but no
refreshment is measured by positive dc-voltage application. We also find that
the fatigue can be prevented by driving the capacitor asymmetrically.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
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