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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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131

Thermische Tieftemperatureigenschaften von Magnesium-Diborid und Seltenerd-Nickel-Borkarbiden / Thermal Properties of Magnesium Diboribe and Rare Earth Nickel Borocarbides at Low Temperatures

Schneider, Matthias 16 August 2005 (has links) (PDF)
In the present study the results of investigations on polycrystalline MgB2 and on single crystals of YNi2B2C and HoNi2B2C are presented. In particular, measurementes of specific electrical resistance, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric power, and of the linear thermal expansion coefficient were performed. Moreover, the specific heat of polycristalline borocarbide samples was evaluated. From the measured data, the temperature dependencies of the Lorenz number and of the Grueneisen parameter can be determined, also the pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature using the Ehrenfest relation. At low temperatures a characteristic deviation of the resistivity from the Bloch-Grueneisen law in the normal state for all investigated substances was observed. A reentrant behaviour in resistivity and thermoelectric power occurs at the antiferromagnetic phase transition of HoNi2B2C. The thermal conductivity of MgB2 below 7 K is dominated by the scattering of phonons at grain boundaries. The absence of both, a maximum of thermal conductivity in the superconducting state, and the change of its slope at the superconducting transition temperature points to the validity of the two-band model that also describes the temperature dependence of specific heat. Measurements of thermoelectric power confirm the different normal-state character of the charge carriers of the investigated superconductors. Diffusion thermopower and phonon drag describe the measured data of all investigated compounds ov a wide range of temperature. The thermal expansion of HoNi2B2C below 10 K is dominated by the magnetic contribution. For all investigated substances the Grueneisen parameter features very large values in selected temperature ranges. In the case of MgB2, its temperature dependence is evidently connected with the properties of the relevant phonon mode. For the borocarbides, the electrical resistance depends very weakly on the crystallographic direction, but in contrast the thermal conductivity does in a quite strong manner. Despite of the antiferromagnetic phase transition in the case of HoNi2B2C, thermoelectric power and thermal expansion show minor anisotropy. / In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden Ergebnisse von Untersuchungen an polykristallinem MgB2 sowie an YNi2B2C- und HoNi2B2C-Einkristallen analysiert. Dafür erfolgten Messungen des spezifischen elektrischen Widerstands, der Wärmeleitfähigkeit, der Thermokraft und des linearen thermischen Ausdehnungskoeffizienten. Zudem wurde die spezifische Wärmekapazität polykristalliner Borkarbide bestimmt und aus den erhaltenen Daten die Temperaturabhängigkeit der Lorenz-Zahl und des Grüneisen-Parameters sowie mittels der Ehrenfest-Relation die Druckabhängigkeit der Sprungtemperatur ermittelt. Bei tiefen Temperaturen findet man im normalleitenden Zustand für alle betrachteten Substanzen ein charakteristisches Abweichen des Widerstands vom Bloch-Grüneisen-Gesetz. Bei HoNi2B2C tritt beim antiferromagnetischen Phasenübergang im Widerstand und in der Thermokraft ein reentrant-Verhalten auf. Die thermische Leitfähigkeit von MgB2 wird unterhalb von 7 K durch die Streuung der Phononen an Korngrenzen bestimmt. Das Fehlen eines Maximums in der Wärmeleitfähigkeit im supraleitenden Zustand und einer Anstiegsänderung bei der Sprungtemperatur liefert einen Hinweis auf die Gültigkeit des Zweibandmodells, mit welchem auch der Temperaturverlauf der Wärmekapazität erklärt werden kann. Messungen der Thermokraft bestätigen den unterschiedlichen Charakter der Ladungsträger im normalleitenden Zustand der untersuchten Supraleiter, wobei Elektronendiffusion und Phonon Drag die Messdaten aller betrachteten Verbindungen in weiten Temperaturbereichen beschreiben. Für HoNi2B2C wird die thermische Ausdehnung unterhalb von 10 K durch den Beitrag der magnetischen Ordnung bestimmt. Der Grüneisen-Parameter weist für alle untersuchten Substanzen in Teilbereichen sehr große Beträge auf. Sein Temperaturverlauf hängt bei MgB2 offenbar mit Eigenschaften der maßgeblichen Phononenmode zusammen. Für die Borkarbide ist die Richtungsabhängigkeit des elektrischen Widerstandes sehr schwach, in der Wärmeleitfähigkeit hingegen recht stark ausgeprägt. Abgesehen vom antiferromagnetischen Phasenübergang bei HoNi2B2C weisen Thermokraft und Ausdehnungskoeffizient eine geringe Anisotropie auf.
132

Etude ab initio du pnicture de fer supraconducteur LaOFeAs

Plante, Bénédict 12 1900 (has links)
Le présent mémoire traite de la description du LaOFeAs, le premier matériau découvert de la famille des pnictures de fer, par la théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité (DFT). Plus particulièrement, nous allons exposer l’état actuel de la recherche concernant ce matériau avant d’introduire rapidement la DFT. Ensuite, nous allons regarder comment se comparent les paramètres structuraux que nous allons calculer sous différentes phases par rapport aux résultats expérimentaux et avec les autres calculs DFT dans la littérature. Nous allons aussi étudier en détails la structure électronique du matériau sous ses différentes phases magnétiques et structurales. Nous emploierons donc les outils normalement utilisés pour mieux comprendre la structure électronique : structures de bandes, densités d’états, surfaces de Fermi, nesting au niveau de Fermi. Nous tirerons profit de la théorie des groupes afin de trouver les modes phononiques permis par la symétrie de notre cristal. De plus, nous étudierons le couplage électrons-phonons pour quelques modes. Enfin, nous regarderons l’effet de différentes fonctionnelles sur nos résultats pour voir à quel point ceux-ci sont sensibles à ce choix. Ainsi, nous utiliserons la LDA et la PBE, mais aussi la LDA+U et la PBE+U. / We present DFT calculations of the electronic structure of LaOFeAs, the parent compound of the new family of superconductors, the iron pnictides, in this master thesis. Specifically, we are going to take a look at the present state of the research done on this material before giving a quick introduction to DFT. Then, we will compare the optimized structural parameters as calculated by our DFT code with the experimental data as well as results obtained by other groups. We studied the electronic structure of LaOFeAs using the standard set of tools : band structure, density of state (DOS), fermi surface and fermi surface nesting. We used theoretical methods to determine the allowed phonon modes in this crystal structure. This, in turn, enabled us to explore the electron-phonon coupling in our material for the most important modes. We’ll also discuss the influence different functionals may have for calculating the electronic structure. This will allow us to validate our results. In detail, we will compare results obtained with the following functionals: LDA and PBE, as well as LDA+U and PBE+U.
133

Thermische Tieftemperatureigenschaften von Magnesium-Diborid und Seltenerd-Nickel-Borkarbiden

Schneider, Matthias 26 August 2005 (has links)
In the present study the results of investigations on polycrystalline MgB2 and on single crystals of YNi2B2C and HoNi2B2C are presented. In particular, measurementes of specific electrical resistance, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric power, and of the linear thermal expansion coefficient were performed. Moreover, the specific heat of polycristalline borocarbide samples was evaluated. From the measured data, the temperature dependencies of the Lorenz number and of the Grueneisen parameter can be determined, also the pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature using the Ehrenfest relation. At low temperatures a characteristic deviation of the resistivity from the Bloch-Grueneisen law in the normal state for all investigated substances was observed. A reentrant behaviour in resistivity and thermoelectric power occurs at the antiferromagnetic phase transition of HoNi2B2C. The thermal conductivity of MgB2 below 7 K is dominated by the scattering of phonons at grain boundaries. The absence of both, a maximum of thermal conductivity in the superconducting state, and the change of its slope at the superconducting transition temperature points to the validity of the two-band model that also describes the temperature dependence of specific heat. Measurements of thermoelectric power confirm the different normal-state character of the charge carriers of the investigated superconductors. Diffusion thermopower and phonon drag describe the measured data of all investigated compounds ov a wide range of temperature. The thermal expansion of HoNi2B2C below 10 K is dominated by the magnetic contribution. For all investigated substances the Grueneisen parameter features very large values in selected temperature ranges. In the case of MgB2, its temperature dependence is evidently connected with the properties of the relevant phonon mode. For the borocarbides, the electrical resistance depends very weakly on the crystallographic direction, but in contrast the thermal conductivity does in a quite strong manner. Despite of the antiferromagnetic phase transition in the case of HoNi2B2C, thermoelectric power and thermal expansion show minor anisotropy. / In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden Ergebnisse von Untersuchungen an polykristallinem MgB2 sowie an YNi2B2C- und HoNi2B2C-Einkristallen analysiert. Dafür erfolgten Messungen des spezifischen elektrischen Widerstands, der Wärmeleitfähigkeit, der Thermokraft und des linearen thermischen Ausdehnungskoeffizienten. Zudem wurde die spezifische Wärmekapazität polykristalliner Borkarbide bestimmt und aus den erhaltenen Daten die Temperaturabhängigkeit der Lorenz-Zahl und des Grüneisen-Parameters sowie mittels der Ehrenfest-Relation die Druckabhängigkeit der Sprungtemperatur ermittelt. Bei tiefen Temperaturen findet man im normalleitenden Zustand für alle betrachteten Substanzen ein charakteristisches Abweichen des Widerstands vom Bloch-Grüneisen-Gesetz. Bei HoNi2B2C tritt beim antiferromagnetischen Phasenübergang im Widerstand und in der Thermokraft ein reentrant-Verhalten auf. Die thermische Leitfähigkeit von MgB2 wird unterhalb von 7 K durch die Streuung der Phononen an Korngrenzen bestimmt. Das Fehlen eines Maximums in der Wärmeleitfähigkeit im supraleitenden Zustand und einer Anstiegsänderung bei der Sprungtemperatur liefert einen Hinweis auf die Gültigkeit des Zweibandmodells, mit welchem auch der Temperaturverlauf der Wärmekapazität erklärt werden kann. Messungen der Thermokraft bestätigen den unterschiedlichen Charakter der Ladungsträger im normalleitenden Zustand der untersuchten Supraleiter, wobei Elektronendiffusion und Phonon Drag die Messdaten aller betrachteten Verbindungen in weiten Temperaturbereichen beschreiben. Für HoNi2B2C wird die thermische Ausdehnung unterhalb von 10 K durch den Beitrag der magnetischen Ordnung bestimmt. Der Grüneisen-Parameter weist für alle untersuchten Substanzen in Teilbereichen sehr große Beträge auf. Sein Temperaturverlauf hängt bei MgB2 offenbar mit Eigenschaften der maßgeblichen Phononenmode zusammen. Für die Borkarbide ist die Richtungsabhängigkeit des elektrischen Widerstandes sehr schwach, in der Wärmeleitfähigkeit hingegen recht stark ausgeprägt. Abgesehen vom antiferromagnetischen Phasenübergang bei HoNi2B2C weisen Thermokraft und Ausdehnungskoeffizient eine geringe Anisotropie auf.
134

Interplay of magnetic, orthorhombic, and superconducting phase transitions in iron-based superconductors

Schmiedt, Jacob 07 October 2014 (has links)
The physics of iron pnictides has been the subject of intense research for half a decade since the discovery of superconductivity in doped LaFeAsO in 2008. By now there exists a large number of different materials that are summarized under the term "pnictides'' with significant differences in their crystal structure, electronic properties, and their phase diagrams. This thesis is concerned with the investigation of the various phase transitions that are observed in the underdoped compounds of the pnictide subgroups RFeAsO, where R is a rare-earth element, and AFe_2As_2, where A is an alkaline-earth element. These compounds display two closely bound transitions from a tetragonal to an orthorhombic phase and from a paramagnetic to an antiferromagnetic metal. Both symmetry-broken phases are suppressed by doping or pressure and close to their disappearance superconductivity sets in. The superconducting state is stabilized until some optimal doping or pressure is reached and gets suppressed thereafter. The central goal of this thesis is to improve our understanding of the interplay between these three phases and to describe the various phase transitions. We start from an itinerant picture that explains the magnetism as a result of an excitonic instability and show how the other phases can be included into this picture. This approach is based on the the observation that the compounds we are interested in have a Fermi surface with multiple nested electron and hole pockets and that they have small to intermediate interaction strengths. The thesis starts with a study of the doping dependence of the antiferromagnetic phase transition in four different five-orbital models. We use the random-phase approximation to determine the transition temperature, the dominant ordering vector, and the contribution of the different orbitals to the ordering. This allows us to identify the more realistic models, which give results that are in good agreement with experimental observations. In addition to the frequently made assumption of orbital-independent interaction potentials we study the effect of a reduction of the interaction strengths that involve the d_{xy} orbital. We find that this tunes the system between two different nesting instabilities. A reduction of the interactions that involve the d_{xy} orbital also enhances the tendency towards incommensurate (IC) order. For a weak reduction this tendency is compensated by the presence of the orthorhombic phase. However, for a reduction of 30%, as it is suggested by constrained random-phase-approximation calculations, we always find large doping ranges, where a state with IC order has the highest transition temperature. We continue the investigation of the magnetic phase transition by studying the competition of different possible types of antiferromagnetic order that arises from the presence of two degenerate nesting instabilities with the ordering vectors (pi,0) and (0,pi). We derive a Ginzburg-Landau free energy from a microscopic two-band model and find that the presence of the experimentally observed stripe phase strongly depends on the number and size of the hole pockets in the system and on the doping. We show that within the picture of a purely magnetically driven nematic phase transition, which breaks the C_4 symmetry and induces the orthorhombic distortion, the nematic phase displays exactly the same dependence on the model parameters as the magnetic stripe phase. We propose that in addition to the purely magnetically driven nematic instability there is a ferro-orbital instability in the system that stabilizes the nematic transition and, thus, explains the experimentally observed robustness of the orthorhombic transition. We argue that including a ferro-orbital instability into the picture may also be necessary to reproduce the transition from simultaneous first-order transitions into an orthorhombic antiferromagnetic state to two separate second-order transitions, which is observed as a function of doping. Finally, a study of the superconducting phase transition inside the antiferromagnetic phase that is observed in some pnictide compounds is presented. We present an approach to calculate the fluctuation-mediated pairing interaction in the spin-density-wave phase of a multiband system, which is based on the random-phase approximation. This approach is applied to a minimal two-band model for the pnictides to study the effect of the various symmetry-allowed bare on-site interactions on the gap symmetry and structure. We find a competition between various even- and odd-parity states and over a limited parameter range a p_x-wave state is the dominant instability. The largest part of the parameter space is dominated by even parity states but the gap structure sensitively depends on the bare interactions. We propose that the experimentally observed transition from a nodeless to a nodal gap can be due to changes in the on-site interaction potentials.
135

Etude ab initio du pnicture de fer supraconducteur LaOFeAs

Plante, Bénédict 12 1900 (has links)
No description available.
136

Topological order in a broken-symmetry state

Müller, Roger Alexander 05 1900 (has links)
No description available.
137

Tailoring the interlayer exchange-dominated magnetic reversal in synthetic antiferromagnet with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Böhm, Benny 12 June 2023 (has links)
In dieser Dissertation wird die gute Einstellbarkeit von synthetischen Antiferromagneten mit dem kollektiven Surface Spin-Flop-Verhalten kombiniert. Es wird der Einfluss der Gesamtschichtdicke untersucht, welche mit dem Abstand der magnetische Oberflächen korreliert. Zudem werden die Dicken der ferromagnetischen Untereinheiten an den Außenseiten verändert, womit die Beiträge der Oberflächen unterdrückt oder verstärkt werden können. Darauffolgend wird die Kontrolle der Oberflächenbeiträge angewendet, um Exchange Bias-Strukturen auf Basis synthetischer Antiferromagnete zu erzeugen. Da diese nicht aus Heterostrukturen intrinsischer Antiferromagnete und Ferromagnete bestehen, wird nicht nur eine gute Abstimmbarkeit erreicht, sondern auch die Materialwahl wird potentiell vereinfacht. Zudem kann der Exchange Bias in synthetischen Antiferromagneten vollständig bei Raumtemperatur beobachtet und gesteuert werden. Im Weiteren wird ein zuvor untersuchtes Konzept zur Stabilisierung der vom Surface Spin-Flop erzeugten vertikalen antiferromagnetischen Domänenwände erweitert. Es wird demonstriert, wie ein Paar koexistierender antiferromagnetischer Domänenwände in Abwesenheit äußerer Magnetfelder und bei tiefen Temperaturen stabil gehalten werden kann. Damit können in Erweiterung der ursprünglichen Konzeptes nun acht anstatt sechs remanenter Zustände durch geeignete Magnetfeldroutinen eingestellt werden.:1. Introduction 2. Theoretical background 2.1. Micromagnetic energy terms 2.1.1. Zeeman energy 2.1.2. Demagnetization energy 2.1.3. Anisotropy energy 2.1.4. Exchange energy 2.2. Magnetic multilayers 2.2.1. Magnetic anisotropy in magnetic multilayers 2.2.2. Synthetic antiferromagnets 2.3. Exchange Bias 2.4. The bulk and surface spin-flop 3. Methods 3.1. Sputter deposition 3.2. X-ray diffraction and reflectometry 3.3. Magnetometry 3.4. Magnetic force microscopy 3.5. Micromagnetic simulations 4. Results 4.1. From collective reversal to exchange bias 4.1.1. Total thickness dependency of the surface spin flop 4.1.2. Influence of the surface block thickness 4.1.3. Exchange bias in synthetic antiferromagnets 4.2. Tailoring the surface spin flop 4.2.1. Coexistence of two vertical domain walls 4.2.2. Alternative anisotropy profile 5. Conclusions and Outlook A. Supplemental material A.1. Supplemental material for Section 2.4 A.2. Supplemental material for Section 4.1.1 A.3. Supplemental material for Section 4.1.2 A.4. Supplemental material for Section 4.1.3 A.5. Supplemental material for Section 4.2.1 A.6. Supplemental material for Section 4.2.2 A.7. Supplemental material for the outlook in Chapter 5 A.7.1. Synthetic ferrimagnets ans ferromagnetic resonance A.7.2. Synthetic antiferromagnets based on Co/Ni A.7.3. Initial magneto-resistance measurements A.8. Micromagnetic simulations MuMax3 code B. Bibliography C. List of Samples D. Selbstständigkeitserklärung E. Danksagung F. Lebenslauf G. Publikationsliste / In this thesis, the high degree of tunability in the SAFs is combined with the collective surface spin-flop reversal. The influence of the total thickness and thus the distance of the magnetic surfaces is explored. Furthermore, the thickness of the ferromagnetic surface subunits is altered to selectively suppress or enhance the surface contribution. The control of the surface contribution is subsequently employed to create magnetic exchange bias structures based on the synthetic antiferromagnets. If compared to conventional exchange bias systems in heterostructures of intrinsic antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic materials, an exchange bias with full room temperature operation, high tunability and a potential potential much more flexible choice of materials becomes available. Additionally, a previously established concept to stabilize the vertical antiferromagnetic domain walls that originate from the surface spin-flop at remanence is extended to a coexisting pair of antiferromagnetic domain walls. At low temperatures, the coexisting vertical antiferromagnetic domain walls can be stabilized at remanence, too. Furthermore, the total number of different remanent states, which are accessible through different field routines, can be increased from six in the original concept to eight in the more sophisticated concept presented here.:1. Introduction 2. Theoretical background 2.1. Micromagnetic energy terms 2.1.1. Zeeman energy 2.1.2. Demagnetization energy 2.1.3. Anisotropy energy 2.1.4. Exchange energy 2.2. Magnetic multilayers 2.2.1. Magnetic anisotropy in magnetic multilayers 2.2.2. Synthetic antiferromagnets 2.3. Exchange Bias 2.4. The bulk and surface spin-flop 3. Methods 3.1. Sputter deposition 3.2. X-ray diffraction and reflectometry 3.3. Magnetometry 3.4. Magnetic force microscopy 3.5. Micromagnetic simulations 4. Results 4.1. From collective reversal to exchange bias 4.1.1. Total thickness dependency of the surface spin flop 4.1.2. Influence of the surface block thickness 4.1.3. Exchange bias in synthetic antiferromagnets 4.2. Tailoring the surface spin flop 4.2.1. Coexistence of two vertical domain walls 4.2.2. Alternative anisotropy profile 5. Conclusions and Outlook A. Supplemental material A.1. Supplemental material for Section 2.4 A.2. Supplemental material for Section 4.1.1 A.3. Supplemental material for Section 4.1.2 A.4. Supplemental material for Section 4.1.3 A.5. Supplemental material for Section 4.2.1 A.6. Supplemental material for Section 4.2.2 A.7. Supplemental material for the outlook in Chapter 5 A.7.1. Synthetic ferrimagnets ans ferromagnetic resonance A.7.2. Synthetic antiferromagnets based on Co/Ni A.7.3. Initial magneto-resistance measurements A.8. Micromagnetic simulations MuMax3 code B. Bibliography C. List of Samples D. Selbstständigkeitserklärung E. Danksagung F. Lebenslauf G. Publikationsliste

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