Orientador: Carlos Alberto dos Reis Filho / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T21:29:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 OtaloraBuitrago_DianaPatricia_M.pdf: 4654440 bytes, checksum: 441fc975cdf8f7e9af7978587263e135 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Este trabalho descreve os procedimentos experimentais e as justificativas que levaram à determinação de uma relação entre a densidade de tensão de ruído em altas frequências e a temperatura da junção de um LED branco de alta eficiência. As medições da densidade de tensão de ruído foram realizadas polarizando o LED com correntes na faixa de 1'mi'A até 326mA e temperaturas de junção desde 24ºC até 120ºC. A realização deste trabalho, que é de cunho exploratório, foi motivada pela busca de mecanismos que permitam a avaliação contínua da temperatura da junção de um LED em operação, tendo em vista sua grande influência na durabilidade do LED. A crescente expansão do uso do LED em lugar das lâmpadas incandescentes e fluorescentes está mudando a indústria da iluminação, trazendo com isto novos desafios. Um destes desafios está na melhoria dos circuitos de acionamento (drivers e fontes de alimentação), que hoje respondem por 59% das falhas nos LEDs. Pesa na confiabilidade destes circuitos a falta do controle da temperatura de junção. Os resultados deste trabalho, apesar de restritos à caracterização de apenas duas amostras de um LED branco de alta eficiência, mostraram nitidamente a presença de um ruído de excesso cuja amplitude tem forte correlação com a temperatura da junção. Foi constatado, nas duas amostras caracterizadas, que a densidade de tensão de ruído medida é equivalente ao que produz um resistor de aproximadamente 13K'ômega' / Abstract: This paper describes the experimental procedures and the reasons that led to determining a relationship between the high-frequencies noise voltage density and the junction temperature of a highefficiency white LED. the measurements of noise voltage density were performed biasing the LED with currents in the range of 1'mi'A up to 326mA and temperatures junction from 24ºC to 120ºC. This work, which is exploratory, was motivated by the search for mechanisms that allow to continually assess the junction temperature of an LED in operation, given its great influence on the lifetime of the LED. The growing expansion of the use of LEDs instead of incandescent and fluorescent bulbs is changing the lighting industry, bringing with it new challenges. One of these challenges is the improvement of the power supplies and driver circuits, which now account for 59% of failures in LEDs. The lack of control of the LED junction temperature in these circuits is one of the issues that respond to their reduces reliability. The outcome of the herein presented work, although only restricted to the characterization of two samples of a high-efficiency white LED, clearly showed the presence of an excess noise whose amplitude has strong correlation with the junction temperature. It was found from the two tested samples, that the measure noise voltage density is equivalent to what is produced by a resistor of approximately 13K'omega' / Mestrado / Eletrônica, Microeletrônica e Optoeletrônica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in 1986 in copper-oxide materials have opened up new avenues to investigate new families of quantum materials that were previously not known. Understanding the mechanism of superconductivity in high-T[sub]c superconductors has been an important research theme in condensed matter physics, as it is believed to be essential to realize the next generation engineered materials that become superconducting at room temperature. Discovered in 2006, iron based superconductors are a new addition to the family of high-T[sub]c superconductors, these materials exhibit several interesting properties and show some vivid similarities with cuprates and other families of high-temperature superconductors. In this thesis, I will present the spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy (SPSTM) study carried out on the parent compound of iron chalcogenide high temperature superconductor Fe[sub](1+y)Te to investigate the bi-collinear antiferromagnetic order. Magnetic tips in this work are prepared using a novel preparation technique by picking up excess iron atoms and clusters of FeTe from the surface of the sample. Next, I will present the SP-STM results obtained in the spin glass phase of Fe[sub](1+y)SeₓTe₁₋ₓ visualizing the interplay between the short ranged bi-directional bi-collinear antiferromagnetic order and superconductivity at the atomic scale. In this thesis, I will also present the scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS) study of the native and engineered defect bound states in the iron-pnictide superconductor LiFeAs. This study addresses the pairing symmetry of the superconducting order parameter and understanding of dip-hump features seen in STM spectra outside the superconducting gap in iron pnictide superconductor LiFeAs.

Les supraconducteurs à hautes températures sont considérablement utilisés dans des applications telles que des machines électriques. La conception de telles machines requiert une évaluation précise des pertes AC générées par leurs bobinages de câbles supraconducteurs multifilamentaires torsadés. Ainsi, des outils numériques robustes et précis sont indispensables afin de modéliser rapidement en 3D le comportement de tels câbles. Dans ce manuscrit, deux approches numériques dont une approche de type galerkin discontinue furent développées afin de simplifier considérablement la modélisation 3D de ce type de câbles. Elles furent appliquées à la formulation en H couplée aux effets thermiques. La modélisation de cas simples a permis de valider ces approches en les comparant à celle des éléments finis implémentée sur Comsol. Puis, une transformation géométrique fut proposée afin de modéliser de façon équivalente en 3D, quelque soit la configuration en champ magnétique, des câbles à filaments supraconducteurs droits à la place de filaments torsadés. De cette transformation, un modèle d'ordre réduit fut développé et validé afin de simplifier considérablement la modélisation 3D de ce type de câbles. À partir de ce modèle réduit, l'influence du champ elliptique sur les pertes par aimantation d'un échantillon de 100 câbles de 54 filaments de MgB ₂ torsadés fut modélisé en moins d'une journée. Par ailleurs, des premières études empiriques montrant la faisabilité d'une homogénéisation furent brièvement présentées et validées pour des câbles ayant une seule couche de filament. / High temperature superconductors are increasingly being used for several applications such as electrical machines. Thus the design of suchdevices ultimately requires an accurate evaluation of AC losses generated by superconducting coils sometimes made of twisted multifilamentary wires.The development of robust numerical tools geared towards the 3 D modeling of such wires is therefore needed. In this manuscript, the main objective isto develop numerical approaches allowing considerable simplifications of the modelling of twisted multi-filamentary superconducting wires in 3 D. First, two numerical approaches such as the discontinuous galerkin method applied on the thermally coupled H -formulation were developed. They were compared and validated on simple cases using the finite element method implemented in Com-sol. Then, a well-defined mapping was proposed to simply model in 3 D, for any magnetic field configuration, straight multifilamentary wires instead oftwisted ones. An application of this mapping allowed the development of a model-order reduction approach which simplify considerably the mod-elling of twisted wires in 3 D. Thus, the elliptical magnetic fields impact on magnetization losses was accurately modeled in less than a day with the reduced approach applied on 100 MgB ₂ wires with 54 twisted filaments. As a research perspective on the reduced model advanced applications, an homogenization, empirically defined, was briefly presented for wires with single layer only.

High temperature superconductors (HTS) and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) both offer the possibility for dramatic improvements in efficiency in power applications such as generation, transmission and use of electrical energy. However, production costs and energy losses prohibit widespread adoption of these technologies. This thesis investigates low-cost methods to tailor the structures of HTS wires and SOFCs to reduce these energy losses. Section I focusses on methods to produce filamentary HTS coated conductors that show reduced AC losses. This includes spark-discharge striation to pattern existing HTS tapes and inkjet printing of different filamentary architectures. The printed structures are directly deposited filaments and ‘inverse’ printed tracks where an initially deposited barrier material separates superconducting regions. Furthermore, the concept and first stages of a more complex ‘Rutherford’ cable architecture are presented. Additionally, Section I investigates how waste material produced during the manufacture of an alternative low-AC loss cable design, the Roebel cable, can be used to make trapped field magnets that produce a uniform magnetic field profile over a large area. This trapped field magnet work is extended to study self-supporting soldered stacks of HTS tape that demonstrate unprecedented magnetic field uniformity. Section II looks at how nanostructuring porous SOFC electrodes via solution infiltration of precursors can improve long-term stability and low temperature performance. Inkjet printing is utilised as a scalable, low-cost technique to infiltrate lab-scale and commercial samples. Anode infiltration via inkjet printing is demonstrated and methods to increase nanoparticle loading beyond ~1 wt% are presented. Symmetric cells with infiltrated cathodes are shown to have improved performance and stability during high temperature aging. Additionally, the sequence of solution infiltration is found to be important for samples dual-infiltrated with two different nanoparticle precursors.

Orientador: Oscar Ferreira de Lima / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataglin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-24T18:20:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_TarcisoMesquitade_M.pdf: 3236428 bytes, checksum: f8799c6f4d4ac1a196ca499b0ad67efb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Nesta tese estudamos possíveis origens do Segundo Pico da Magnetização (SPM) em supercondutores de alta e baixa temperatura crítica, usando amostras monocristalinas de Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d e de Nb. Para estudar o SPM fizemos medidas de curvas de magnetização M x H e suscetibilidade AC (vs. h e T). Através da aplicação de uma lei de escala, para suscetibilidade AC, obtivemos o expoente de creep na região do SMP. Em amostras de Nb verificamos os efeitos sobre as curvas M x H de não homogeneidades na amostra: deslocamentos de planos e oxigênio intersticial. Em amostras de alta pureza (bulk e monocristalina) observamos que as curvas M x H não apresentam o SPM nem o Efeito Pico, próximo a Hc2.Ao adicionar não homogeneidades nas amostras, através de dopagem com oxigênio e deformação por elongação, observamos o aparecimento do Efeito Pico, de instabilidades termomagnéticas e de anisotropia do campo Hc2. Em amostras de Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d observamos que o SPM está associado com a componente do campo aplicado paralela à direção c da rede cristalina, ou seja, que o SPM está relacionado com vórtices de Abrikosov e que vórtices Josephson parecem não influenciar no SPM. Ao clivarmos a amostra observamos que a intensidade do SPM se reduz e diminui a janela de temperatura onde ele é visto. Obtivemos o expoente de creep e observamos que na região do SPM o arrasto dos vórtices diminui em campos que antecedem o HSPM , mas na região de HSPM o arrasto aumenta rapidamente e depois volta a cessar. Interpretamos a variação brusca no expoente de creep como uma mudança de fase no sistema de vórtices, que passa de um estado de quase-rede para um estado emaranhado de vórtices / Abstract: In this thesis we have studied possible origins for the Second Magnetization Peak (SMP) in high and low critical temperature superconductors, using samples of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d and Nb single crystals. To study the SMP we did measurements of magnetization curves (M x H) and AC susceptibility (vs. h and T). We obtained the creep exponent in the SMP region, using a scaling law for the AC susceptibility data. In the Nb samples we have verified the effects on M x H curves due to inhomogeneities like dislocations and interstitial oxygen. In high pure samples (bulk and single crystals) we have observed that the M x H curves do not present either SMP or Peak Effect, near H2c . By adding inhomogeneities in the samples, like doping them with oxygen or deforming by elongation, we have observed the appearance of Peak Effect, thermomagnetic instabilities, and H2c anisotropy. In Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d samples we have observed that the SMP is associated with the magnetic field component parallel to the crystal c direction of crystal net. This means that the SMP is related to Abrikosov¿s vortices and that Josephson¿s vortices seem not to influence the SMP. After cleaving the sample we observed that the SMP intensity was reduced and the temperature window were it occurs was decreased. We have obtained the creep exponent and have observed that in the SMP region the vortices creep diminish for fields below HSPM , but around HSPM the creep increases abruptly and after the SPM it decreases again. We have interpreted the abrupt creep exponent variation as a phase transition in the vortex system, that pass from a quasi-lattice state to an entangled vortex state / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

High-temperature superconductors have been intensely studiedsince the discovery, almost 20 years ago. Their layeredstructure, extreme type-II behavior, large anisotropy, andstrong fluctuations have led to a large number of new andinteresting problems. In this work the resistive transitionhave been studied in YBa2Cu3O7-δsingle crystals, from the superconductingfluctuations above Tcdown to the vortex matter near the onset of resistivity.Superconducting fluctuations above Tcare suitably studied by measuring themagnetoconductivity Δσ = 1/ρ(B)-1/ρ(0).Such experiments were performed on untwinned, optimally dopedsamples, forI||ab. ForH||c, fluctuations in the CuO-chains was not important, andfluctuations in the CuO2 planes seemed isotropic. The in-planecoherence length anisotropy was determined to be close tounity. ForH||ab, Δσbdepended on the field direction, indicating an effect ofthe chains on the magnetoconductivity in thisconfiguration. The nature of the vortex phase below Tccan be examined through vortex-correlation measurements.Using a modified pseudo-flux transformer (PFT) geometry forin-plane experiments, the magnetic field could be appliedparallel to both the a, b, and c axis. A strong Lorentz forcewas detected, and observed to be a requirement for the meltingstep feature. The resistive anisotropy close to Tcwas strongly field and temperature dependent, which wasexplained by an almost isotropic fluctuation contribution. The effect of anisotropy on vortex-liquid correlation infieldsH||ab, was studied byc-axis transport measurements in oxygen-deficientsamples, using a PFT configuration. Increasing disordersuppressed both longitudinal and transverse correlation. Inheavily underdoped samples, vortex correlation was enhanced formagnetic fields exactly aligned with theabplane because of the strong anisotropy. Also, thesolid-to-liquid transition temperature became nearly fieldindependent. Attempts were also made to connect the fluctuation regime ofthe resistive transition with the vortex region,by accountingfor critical fluctuations close to the transition. Keywords:high-temperature superconductors, YBa2Cu3O7-δ, untwinned YBCO, oxygen deficiency,superconducting fluctuations, magnetoconductivity, in-planeanisotropy, vortex liquid, vortex solid, vortex correlation

The experimental work presented in this thesis is based on a wide assortment of very advanced and highly sophisticated photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) techniques. The objective of the present study has been to reveal and understand the electronic structure and electron dynamics in a broad spectrum of materials, ranging from wide band gap oxides, via semiconductors along with metals, and finally high-temperature superconductors. The first part of the thesis concerns laser-based pump-and-probe PES. This unique experimental technique has permitted a study of the excited electronic structure and the electron dynamics of several semiconductor surfaces. An insight into details of the adatom to restatom charge-transfer of the Ge(111)c(2x8) surface is presented, as well as an estimate for the timescale in which the dynamic adatoms of the Ge(111):Sn(sqrt3xsqrt3)R30deg surface operate. Further results comprise a novel unoccupied surface state at the GaSb(001) surface as well as a time-resolved study of the charge accumulation layer at the InAs(111)A/B surfaces. In the second part, high-resolution synchrotron based angle-resolved PES (ARPES) data from the cuprate high-temperature superconductor La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4) (LSCO) is presented. This extensive study, reveals detailed information about how the Fermi surface and electronic excitations evolve with doping in the superconducting state. The results comprise support for a connection between high- and low-energy electronic responses, the characteristics of the superconducting gap, and indication of a quantum phase transition between two different superconducting phases. In the third group of experiments we move away from the two-dimensional systems and concentrate on fully three-dimensional compounds. By the use of soft x-ray ARPES it is possible to extract the three-dimensional electronic structure in a straightforward manner with increased k(perpendicular)-resolution. As a result the first high-quality ARPES data from Cu2O is presented, as well as a novel method for extracting the (real space) electron density by ARPES. These experiments clearly display the advantages of using soft x-ray ARPES. If the material and type of experiment is chosen wisely, the benefit of the increased k||-window and the free electron final state, surpass the drawbacks of decreased count-rate and inferior energy resolution. Finally we return to the high-temperature superconductors (NCCO & Nd-LSCO) and make use of the increased bulk-sensitivity. From an evident change in the shape of the Fermi surface when moving from low to high photon energies, the durface to bulk difference in electronic structure is highlighted. / QC 20100810

Das Forschungsgebiet der Kuprat- oder Hochtemperatursupraleiter (HTSL) ist bis heute einer der lebendigsten Bereiche der Physik kondensierter Materie. Ein besonderer Stellenwert kommt dem normalleitenden Zustand oberhalb TC zu, dessen Verständnis wesentlich zu einer Theorie der Hochtemperatur-Supraleitung beitragen könnte. Gegenstand dieser Arbeit ist die Untersuchung der Elektronenstruktur von HTSLn der Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+[delta](Bi2212)-Familie nahe der Fermifläche im normalleitenden Zustand. Die Experimente wurden mittels winkelaufgelöster Photoemissionsspektroskopie (ARPES) durchgeführt, wobei die hohe Auflösung in Energie und Impuls recht genaue Rückschlüsse auf die Spektralfunktion und die Übergangs-Matrixelemente erlaubt. Die wichtigsten experimentellen Ergebnisse sind: 1) Hochaufgelöste ARPES-Fermiflächenkarten von Bi2212 und (Pb,Bi)2212 zeigen folgendes Bild: Die Hauptfermifläche ist lochartig und um die Ecken der Brillouinzone zentriert. Weiterer Bestandteil der Elektronenstruktur ist die Schattenfermifläche. Bei reinem Bi2212 treten außerdem extrinsische Beugungskopien der Fermifläche auf. 2) ARPES-Messungen entlang der -M-Richtung von Bi2212 zeigen eine starke Abhängigkeit von der Anregungsenergie, die auf starken Matrixelement-Effekten beruht. Verschiedene Methoden zur Bestimmung von kF zeigen, dass die Daten konsistent mit einer lochartigen Topologie der Hauptfermifläche sind. Des Weiteren wird die Qualität verschiedener Methoden zur Bestimmung von kF bei starken Matrixelement-Effekten bewertet. 3) Die Hauptfermifläche von (Pb,Bi)2212 behält ihre lochartige Topologie über einen großen Dotierungsbereich nahe optimaler Dotierung. 4) Erste hochaufgelöste ARPES-Messungen des Zirkulardichroismus wurden an (Pb,Bi)2212 durchgeführt. In der verwendeten nicht-chiralen Messanordnung wird ein CDAD (Circular Dichroism in the Angular Distribution of Photoelectrons)-Effekt beobachtet, dessen Asymmetrie antisymmetrisch bezüglich der Zweischicht-aufgespaltenen Zustände ist.

<p>High-temperature superconductors have been intensely studiedsince the discovery, almost 20 years ago. Their layeredstructure, extreme type-II behavior, large anisotropy, andstrong fluctuations have led to a large number of new andinteresting problems. In this work the resistive transitionhave been studied in YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δsingle crystals, from the superconductingfluctuations above T<i>c</i>down to the vortex matter near the onset of resistivity.Superconducting fluctuations above T<i>c</i>are suitably studied by measuring themagnetoconductivity Δσ = 1/ρ(B)-1/ρ(0).Such experiments were performed on untwinned, optimally dopedsamples, for<b>I</b>||<b>ab</b>. For<b>H</b>||<b>c</b>, fluctuations in the CuO-chains was not important, andfluctuations in the CuO2 planes seemed isotropic. The in-planecoherence length anisotropy was determined to be close tounity. For<b>H</b>||<b>ab</b>, Δσ<i>b</i>depended on the field direction, indicating an effect ofthe chains on the magnetoconductivity in thisconfiguration.</p><p>The nature of the vortex phase below T<i>c</i>can be examined through vortex-correlation measurements.Using a modified pseudo-flux transformer (PFT) geometry forin-plane experiments, the magnetic field could be appliedparallel to both the a, b, and c axis. A strong Lorentz forcewas detected, and observed to be a requirement for the meltingstep feature. The resistive anisotropy close to T<i>c</i>was strongly field and temperature dependent, which wasexplained by an almost isotropic fluctuation contribution.</p><p>The effect of anisotropy on vortex-liquid correlation infields<b>H</b>||<b>ab</b>, was studied by<i>c</i>-axis transport measurements in oxygen-deficientsamples, using a PFT configuration. Increasing disordersuppressed both longitudinal and transverse correlation. Inheavily underdoped samples, vortex correlation was enhanced formagnetic fields exactly aligned with the<i>ab</i>plane because of the strong anisotropy. Also, thesolid-to-liquid transition temperature became nearly fieldindependent.</p><p>Attempts were also made to connect the fluctuation regime ofthe resistive transition with the vortex region,by accountingfor critical fluctuations close to the transition.</p><p><b>Keywords:</b>high-temperature superconductors, YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ, untwinned YBCO, oxygen deficiency,superconducting fluctuations, magnetoconductivity, in-planeanisotropy, vortex liquid, vortex solid, vortex correlation</p>

Electronic structure calculations constitute a valuable tool to predict the properties of materials. In this study we propose an efficient scheme to study correlated electron systems with essentially only one free parameter, the screening length of the Coulomb potential. A general reformulation of the exchange energy of the correlated electron shell is combined with this method in order to analyze the calculations. The results are interpreted in terms of different polarization channels, due to different multipoles. The method is applied to various actinide compounds, in order to increase the understanding of the complicate behaviour of 5f electrons in these systems. We studied the non-magnetic phase of δ-Pu, where the spin polarization is taken over by a spin-orbit-like term that does not break the time reversal symmetry. We also find that a non-trivial high multipole of the magnetization density, the triakontadipole, constitutes the ordering parameter in the mysterious hidden order phase of the heavy-fermion superconductor URu2Si2. This type of multipolar ordering is also found to play an essential role in the hexagonal-based superconductors UPd2Al3,  UNi2Al3 and UPt3 and in the dioxide insulators UO2, NpO2 and PuO2. The triakontadipole moments are also present in all magnetic actinides we considered, except for Cm. These results led us to formulate a new set of rules for the ground state of a system, that are valid in presence of strong spin-orbit coupling interaction instead of those of Hund; the Katt's rules. Finally, we applied our method to a new class of high-Tc superconductors, the Fe-pnictides, where the Fe 3d electrons are moderately correlated. In these materials we obtain the stabilization of a low spin moment solution, in agreement with experiment, over a large moment solution, due to the gain in exchange energy in the formation of large multipoles of the spin magnetization density. / Felaktigt tryckt som Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 705