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Anomalous impurity effect on magnetization in frustrated one-dimensional ferro- and ferrimagnets
Significant decrease of spontaneous magnetization in frustrated
one-dimensional ferro- and ferrimagnets due to non-magnetic impurities is
predicted. Using the density-matrix renormalization group method and the exact
diagonalization method, we confirm that the total spin can vanish due to a
single impurity in finite chains. Introducing the picture of magnetic domain
inversion, we numerically investigate the impurity-density dependence of
magnetization. In particular, we show that even with an infinitesimal density
of impurities the magnetization in the ground state is reduced by about 40%
from that of the corresponding pure system. Conditions for the materials which
may show this anomalous impurity effect are formulated.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure
Tunable magnetization damping in transition metal ternary alloys
We show that magnetization damping in Permalloy, Ni80Fe20 (``Py''), can be
enhanced sufficiently to reduce post-switching magnetization precession to an
acceptable level by alloying with the transition metal osmium (Os). The damping
increases monotonically upon raising the Os-concentration in Py, at least up to
9% of Os. Other effects of alloying with Os are suppression of magnetization
and enhancement of in-plane anisotropy. Magnetization damping also increases
significantly upon alloying with the five other transition metals included in
this study (4d-elements: Nb, Ru, Rh; 5d-elements: Ta, Pt) but never as strongly
as with Os.Comment: 4 pages, submitted to Appl. Phys. Let
Theoretical spin-wave dispersions in the antiferromagnetic phase AF1 of MnWO based on the polar atomistic model in P2
The spin wave dispersions of the low temperature antiferromagnetic phase
(AF1) MnWO have been numerically calculated based on the recently reported
non-collinear spin configuration with two different canting angles. A
Heisenberg model with competing magnetic exchange couplings and single-ion
anisotropy terms could properly describe the spin wave excitations, including
the newly observed low-lying energy excitation mode =0.45 meV
appearing at the magnetic zone centre. The spin wave dispersion and intensities
are highly sensitive to two differently aligned spin-canting sublattices in the
AF1 model. Thus this study reinsures the otherwise hardly provable hidden polar
character in MnWO.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Rotating system for four-dimensional transverse rms-emittance measurements
Knowledge of the transverse four-dimensional beam rms-parameters is essential
for applications that involve lattice elements that couple the two transverse
degrees of freedom (planes). Of special interest is the removal of inter-plane
correlations to reduce the projected emittances. A dedicated ROtating System
for Emittance measurements (ROSE) has been proposed, developed, and
successfully commissioned to fully determine the four-dimensional beam matrix.
This device has been used at the High Charge injector (HLI) at GSI using a beam
line which is composed of a skew quadrupole triplet, a normal quadrupole
doublet, and ROSE. Mathematical algorithms, measurements, and results for ion
beams of 83Kr13+ at 1.4 MeV/u are reported in this paper.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figure
Nanoplasmonics beyond Ohm's law
In tiny metallic nanostructures, quantum confinement and nonlocal response
change the collective plasmonic behavior with important consequences for e.g.
field-enhancement and extinction cross sections. We report on our most recent
developments of a real-space formulation of an equation-of-motion that goes
beyond the common local-response approximation and use of Ohm's law as the
central constitutive equation. The electron gas is treated within a
semi-classical hydrodynamic model with the emergence of a new intrinsic length
scale. We briefly review the new governing wave equations and give examples of
applying the nonlocal framework to calculation of extinction cross sections and
field enhancement in isolated particles, dimers, and corrugated surfaces.Comment: Invited paper for TaCoNa-Photonics 2012 (www.tacona-photonics.org),
to appear in AIP Conf. Pro
Demonstration of efficient scheme for generation of "Event Ready" entangled photon pairs from single photon source
We present a feasible and efficient scheme, and its proof-of-principle
demonstration, of creating entangled photon pairs in an event-ready way using
only simple linear optical elements and single photons. The quality of
entangled photon pair produced in our experiment is confirmed by a strict
violation of Bell's inequality. This scheme and the associated experimental
techniques present an important step toward linear optics quantum computation.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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