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Magnetization Reversal of Three-Dimensional Nickel Anti-Sphere Arrays

December 23, 2016
Author(s)
Le Yu, Zhongying Yan, Han-Chang Yang, Xuzhao Chai, Bingqing Li, Sina Moeendarbari, Yaowu Hao, Di Zhang, Gang Feng, Ping Han, Dustin A. Gilbert, Kai Liu, Kristen S. Buchanan, Xuemei Cheng
Three-dimensional anti-sphere arrays (3DAAs) of Ni have been fabricated using electrochemical deposition into self-assembled polystyrene sphere templates, which offers the advantage of straightforward scalability. Using the first-order reversal curve (FORC

Identification of the Low-Energy Excitations in a Quantum Critical System

December 20, 2016
Author(s)
Tom Heitmann, Jagat Lamsal, Shannon M. Watson, Ross Erwin, Wangchun Chen, Yang Zhao, Wouter Montfrooij
We have identified low-energy magnetic excitations in a doped quantum critical system by means of polarized neutron scattering experiments. The presence of these excitations could explain why Cd(Fe 0.76Ru 0.24) 2Ge 2 displays dynamical scaling in the

Atomically precise device fabrication

December 7, 2016
Author(s)
Joseph A. Hagmann, Xiqiao Wang, Pradeep N. Namboodiri, Richard M. Silver, Curt A. Richter
An improved capacity to control matter at the atomic scale is central to the advancement of nanotechnology. The complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) devices that power existing computing technology, which continue to scale down in size as

Large Anomalous Hall Effect in a Half-Heusler Antiferromagnet

December 1, 2016
Author(s)
T. Suzuki, Robin Michael Daub Chisnell, A. Devarakonda, Y.-T. Liu, W. Feng, D. Xiao, Jeffrey W. Lynn, J. G. Checkelsky
The quantum mechanical (Berry) phase of the electronic wavefunction has profound effects on spin-dependent behavior in solids [2,2]. In the context of electronic transport, the Berry phase plays a critical role as a fundamental origin of the anomalous [3,4

Membrane-Based Environmental Cells for SEM in Liquids

December 1, 2016
Author(s)
Andrei A. Kolmakov
Environmental electron microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in liquids are among the most active research areas in modern electron microscopy and spectroscopy. Research interest in these techniques is broad as they are enabling the nanoscale

Intermediate Regime between Metal and Superconductor Below T = 100 K in NiSi

November 28, 2016
Author(s)
Ashutosh Dahal, Jagath Gunasekera, Leland Harriger, S. H. Lee, Y. S. Hor, David J. Singh, Deepak K. Singh
Magnetic response of a metal to an external magnetic field is termed as paramagnetic or diamagnetic, depending on the parallel or antiparallel alignment of electron's moment to the applied field, respectively. 1-3 It remains independent of temperature of

Oscillatory Non-Collinear Magnetism Induced by Interfacial Charge Transfer in Metallic Oxide Superlattices

November 22, 2016
Author(s)
Jason D. Hoffman, Brian Kirby, Jihwan Kwon, Gilberto Fabbris, John W. Freeland, Ivar Martin, Olle G. Heinonen, Paul Steadman, Hua Zhou, Christian M. Schleputz, Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis, Jian-Min Zuo, Anand Bhattacharya
Interfaces between correlated complex oxides are promising avenues to realize new forms of magnetism that arise as a result of charge transfer, proximity effects and locally broken symmetries. We report upon the discovery of a non-collinear magnetic

Unified scaling law for flux pinning in practical superconductors: Part 2. Parameter testing, scaling constants, and the extrapolative scaling expression

November 17, 2016
Author(s)
John (Jack) W. Ekin, Najib Cheggour, Loren F. Goodrich, Jolene D. Splett, Bernardo Bordini, David Richter
A scaling study of several thousand Nb3Sn critical-current (Ic) measurements is used to derive the extrapolative scaling expression (ESE), a relation that can quickly and accurately interpolate and extrapolate full three-dimensional Ic(B,T,ε) datasets from

Fragile Morphotropic Phase Boundary and Phase Stability in the Near-Surface Region of Relaxor Ferroelectric (1-x)Pb(Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3-x PbTiO 3 : [001] Field-Cooled Phase Diagrams

November 10, 2016
Author(s)
Yaojin Wang, Ding Wang, Guoliang Yuan, He Ma, Feng Xu, Jiefang Li, D. Viehland, Peter M. Gehring
We have examined the effects of field cooling on the phase diagram of the relaxor system (1-X)Pb(Zn 1/3Nb 2/3)O6d3-x^PbTiO 3 (PZN-xPT) for compositions near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). High-resolution diffraction measurements using CuK αx-rays

Circular Photogalvanic Effect in Organometal Halide Perovskite CH3NH3PbI3

November 7, 2016
Author(s)
Junwen Li, Paul M. Haney
We study the circular photogalvanic effect in the organometal halide perovskite solar cell absorber CH$_3$NH$_3$PbI$_3$. The calculated photocurrent density is about $10^{-9}$ A/W, comparable to the previously studied quantum well and bulk Rashba systems

Calibration of Effective Tunneling Bandgap in GaAsSb/InGaAs for improved TFET Performance Prediction

November 3, 2016
Author(s)
Quentin Smets, Anne S. Verhulst, Salim El Kazzi, David J. Gundlach, Curt A. Richter, Anda Mocuta, Nadine Collaert, Aaron Thean, Marc Heyns
The effective bandgap for heterojunction band-to-band tunneling (Eg,eff) is a crucial design parameter for heterojunction TFET. However, there is significant uncertainty on Eg,eff, especially for In0.53Ga0.47As/GaAs0.5Sb0.5. This makes TFET performance

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of two-dimensional Rashba ferromagnets

November 3, 2016
Author(s)
Kyoung-Whan Kim, Kyung Jin Lee, Hyun-Woo Lee, Mark D. Stiles
We compute the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy within two-dimensional Rashba models. For a free- electron Rashba model with infinite band width and infinite Brillouin zone, the anisotropy is exactly zero no matter how strong the Rashba coupling is

Origin and Reduction of 1=f Magnetic Flux Noise in Superconducting Devices

October 18, 2016
Author(s)
P Kumar, David P. Pappas, Robert Mcdermott, J.W. Freeland, Clare Yu, M Beck, Hui Wang, Ruqian Wu
Magnetic flux noise is a dominant source of dephasing and energy relaxation in superconducting qubits. The noise power spectral density varies with frequency as 1=f^α, with α ≲ 1, and spans 13 orders of magnitude. Recent work indicates that the noise is

Magnetic microscopy and simulation of strain-mediated control of magnetization in Ni/PMN-PT nanostructures

October 17, 2016
Author(s)
Ian J. Gilbert, Andres C. Chavez, Daniel T. Pierce, John Unguris, Wei-Yang Sun, Cheng-Yen Liang, Gregory P. Carman
Strain-mediated thin film multiferroics comprising piezoelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructures enable the electrical manipulation of magnetization with much greater efficiency than other methods; however, the investigation of nanostructures fabricated

Non-equilibrium Transport of Light

October 16, 2016
Author(s)
Jacob M. Taylor, Chiao-Hsuan Wang
Understanding the behavior of light in non-equilibrium scenarios underpins much of quantum optics and optical physics. While lasers provide a severe example of a non-equilibrium problem, recent interests in the near-equilibrium physics of photon `gases'

A Thin-Film Cryotron Suitable For Use as an Ultra-Low-Temperature Switch

October 6, 2016
Author(s)
Peter J. Lowell, John A. Mates, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kelsey M. Morgan, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom, Daniel R. Schmidt
Low-temperature superconducting circuits have become important in modern science. However, there are presently no high-current-capacity switches with low power dissipation for sub-Kelvin operation. One candidate for a sub-Kelvin switch is the cryotron, a

Exploring frustrated magnetism with artificial spin ice

September 26, 2016
Author(s)
Ian J. Gilbert, Bojan R. Ilic
Nanomagnet arrays known as artificial spin ice provide insight into the microscopic details of frustrated magnetism because, unlike natural frustrated magnets, the individual moments can be experimentally resolved and the lattice geometry can be easily

Nanoscale imaging of magnetization reversal driven by spin-orbit torque

September 23, 2016
Author(s)
Ian J. Gilbert, Andrew P. Chen, Daniel B. Gopman, Andrew L. Balk, Daniel T. Pierce, Mark D. Stiles, John Unguris
We use scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA) to image deterministic, spin-orbit torque driven magnetization reversal of in-plane magnetized CoFeB rectangles in zero applied magnetic field. The spin-orbit torque is generated by

Spin-Orbit Coupled Molecular Quantum Magnetism Realized in Inorganic Solid

September 21, 2016
Author(s)
Sang-Youn Park, S.-H. Do, K.-Y. Choi, J.-H. Kang, Dongjin Jang, B. Schmidt, Manuel Brando, B.-H. Kim, D.-H. Kim, Nicholas Butch, Seongsu Lee, Sungdae Ji
The molecular magnetism, representing an isolated spin state, is of particular interest due to characteristics of quantum magnetism with quantum tunneling phenomena underlying qubits or molecular spintronics for the quantum information devices. Such

NIST Electron Elastic-Scattering Cross-Section Database, Version 4.0

September 14, 2016
Author(s)
Cedric J. Powell, Aleksander Jablonski, Francesc Salvat, Angela Y. Lee
Version 4.0 of this database (SRD 64) provides values of differential elastic-scattering cross sections, total elastic-scattering cross sections, phase shifts, and transport cross sections for elements with atomic numbers from 1 to 96 and for electron

Magnetic Yoking and Tunable Interactions in FePt-Based Hard/Soft Bilayers

September 8, 2016
Author(s)
Dustin Allen Gilbert, Jung-Wei Liao, Brian J Kirby, Michael Winklhofer, Chih-Huang Lai, Kai Liu
Assessing and controlling magnetic interactions in magnetic nanostructures are critical to nanomagnetic and spintronic explorations, such as magnetic recording media, permanent magnets, magnetic memory and logic devices, etc. Here we demonstrate an
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