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On the mechanism of irradiation enhanced exchange bias
By means of layer resolved ion irradiation the mechanisms involved in the
irradiation driven modifications of the exchange bias effect in NiFe/FeMn
bilayers have been investigated. It is shown that not only the locations of the
defects but also the magnetic coupling between both layers during the
irradiation process is of crucial importance. This requires an extension of
current models accounting for defects in exchange bias systems.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, revised version, added results from further
structural characterization by TEM, submitted to Europhysics Letter
Lorentz TEM imaging of stripe structures embedded in a soft magnetic matrix
N\'eel walls in soft magnetic NiFe/NiFeGa hybrid stripe structures surrounded
by a NiFe film are investigated by high resolution Lorentz transmission
electron microscopic imaging. An anti-parallel orientation of magnetization in
1000 nm wide neighboring unirradiated-irradiated stripes is observed by forming
high angle domain walls during magnetization reversal. Upon downscaling the
stripe structure size from 1000 nm to 200 nm a transition from a discrete
domain pattern to an effective magnetic medium is observed for external
magnetic field reversal. This transition is associated with vanishing ability
of hosting high angle domain walls between adjacent stripes. The investigation
also demonstrated the potentiality of Lorentz microscopy to image periodic
stripe structures well under micron length-scale.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Origin of magnetic moments in defective TiO2 single crystals
In this paper we show that ferromagnetism can be induced in pure TiO2 single
crystals by oxygen ion irradiation. By combining x-ray diffraction,
Raman-scattering, and electron spin resonance spectroscopy, a defect complex,
\emph{i.e.} Ti ions on the substitutional sites accompanied by oxygen
vacancies, has been identified in irradiated TiO2. This kind of defect complex
results in a local (TiO) stretching Raman mode. We elucidate that
Ti ions with one unpaired 3d electron provide the local magnetic
moments.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to be published at Phys. Rev.
The reversal of the SF-density relation in a massive, X-ray selected galaxy cluster at z=1.58: results from Herschel
Dusty, star-forming galaxies have a critical role in the formation and
evolution of massive galaxies in the Universe. Using deep far-infrared imaging
in the range 100-500um obtained with the Herschel telescope, we investigate the
dust-obscured star formation in the galaxy cluster XDCP J0044.0-2033 at z=1.58,
the most massive cluster at z >1.5, with a measured mass M200= 4.7x10
Msun. We perform an analysis of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 12
cluster members (5 spectroscopically confirmed) detected with >3
significance in the PACS maps, all ULIRGs. The individual star formation rates
(SFRs) lie in the range 155-824 Ms/yr, with dust temperatures of 2435 K.
We measure a strikingly high amount of star formation (SF) in the cluster core,
SFR ( 1875158 Ms/yr, 4x higher than the amount of star
formation in the cluster outskirts. This scenario is unprecedented in a galaxy
cluster, showing for the first time a reversal of the SF-density relation at
z~1.6 in a massive cluster.Comment: Letter accepted for publication in MNRAS, ESA Press Release on 18
December 201
Control of interlayer exchange coupling in Fe/Cr/Fe trilayers by ion beam irradiation
The manipulation of the antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling in the
epitaxial Fe/Cr/Fe(001) trilayer system by moderate 5 keV He ion beam
irradiation has been investigated experimentally. It is shown that even for
irradiation with very low fluences (10^14 ions/cm^2) a drastic change in
strength of the coupling appears. For thin Cr-spacers (below 0.6 - 0.7 nm) the
coupling strength decreases with fluence, becoming ferromagnetic for fluences
above (2x10^14 ions/cm^2). The effect is connected with the creation of
magnetic bridges in the layered system due to atomic exchange events caused by
the bombardment. For thicker Cr spacers (0.8 - 1.2 nm) an enhancement of the
antiferromagnetic coupling strength is found. A possible explanation of the
enhancement effect is given.Comment: Submitted to PR
Evidence for Kosterlitz-Thouless type orientational ordering of CFBr monolayers physisorbed on graphite
Monolayers of the halomethane CFBr adsorbed on graphite have been
investigated by x-ray diffraction. The layers crystallize in a commensurate
triangular lattice. On cooling they approach a three-sublattice
antiferroelectric pattern of the in-plane components of the dipole moments. The
ordering is not consistent with a conventional phase transition, but points to
Kosterlitz-Thouless behavior. It is argued that the transition is described by
a 6-state clock model on a triangular lattice with antiferromagnetic nearest
neighbor interactions which is studied with Monte-Carlo simulations. A
finite-size scaling analysis shows that the ordering transition is indeed in
the KT universality class.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Spinel ferrite nanocrystals embedded inside ZnO: magnetic, electronic and magneto-transport properties
In this paper we show that spinel ferrite nanocrystals (NiFe2O4, and CoFe2O4)
can be texturally embedded inside a ZnO matrix by ion implantation and
post-annealing. The two kinds of ferrites show different magnetic properties,
e.g. coercivity and magnetization. Anomalous Hall effect and positive
magnetoresistance have been observed. Our study suggests a
ferrimagnet/semiconductor hybrid system for potential applications in
magneto-electronics. This hybrid system can be tuned by selecting different
transition metal ions (from Mn to Zn) to obtain various magnetic and electronic
properties.Comment: 12 pages, 14 figs. accepted for publication at PR
Crystallographically oriented magnetic ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles synthesized by Fe implantation into ZnO
In this paper, a correlation between structural and magnetic properties of Fe
implanted ZnO is presented. High fluence Fe^+ implantation into ZnO leads to
the formation of superparamagnetic alpha-Fe nanoparticles. High vacuum
annealing at 823 K results in the growth of alpha-Fe particles, but the
annealing at 1073 K oxidized the majority of the Fe nanoparticles. After a long
term annealing at 1073 K, crystallographically oriented ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles
were formed inside ZnO with the orientation relationship of
ZnFe2O4(111)[110]//ZnO(0001)[1120]. These ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles show a
hysteretic behavior upon magnetization reversal at 5 K.Comment: 21 pages, 7 figures, accepted by J. Phys. D: Appl. Phy
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