Universiẗat, Diss., 2005--Würzburg. / Erscheinungsjahr an der Haupttitelstelle: 2004.

Main focus of the present dissertation was to gain new insight about the interaction between magnetic ions and the conduction band of diluted magnetic semiconductors. This interaction in magnetic semiconductors with carrier concentrations near the metal-insulator transition (MIT) in an external magnetic field is barely researched. Hence, n-doped Zn1−xMnxSe:Cl samples were studied. Resonant Raman spectroscopy was employed at an external magnetic field between 1T and 7T and a temperature of 1.5K. The resulting magnetization of the material amplifies the splitting of states with opposite spins both in the valence and the conduction band. This is known as the "giant-Zeeman-effect". In this thesis, the resonance of the electron spin flip process, i.e. the enhancement of the signal depending on the excitation energy, was used as an indicator to determine the density of states of the charge carriers. The measured resonance profiles of each sample showed a structure, which consist of two partially overlapping Gaussian curves. The analysis of the Gaussian curves revealed that their respective maxima are separated independent of the magnetic field strenght by about 5 meV, which matches the binding energy of the donor bound exciton (D0, X). A widening of the full width at half maximum of the resonance profile was observed with increasing magnetic field. A detailed analysis of this behavior showed that the donor bound exciton spin flip resonance primarily accounts for the widening for all samples with doping concentrations below the metal insulator transition. A model was proposed for the interpretation of this observation. This is based on the fundamental assumptions of a spatially random distribution of the manganese ions on the group-II sublattice of the ZnSe crystal and the finite extension of the excitons. Thus, each exciton covers an individual quantity of manganese ions, which manifest as a local manganese concentration. This local manganese concentration is normally distributed for a set of excitons and hence, the evaluation of the distribution allows the determination of exciton radii Two trends were identified for the (D0, X) radii. The radius of the bound exciton decreases with increasing carrier concentration as well as with increasing manganese concentration. The determination of the (D0, X) radii by the use of resonant spin flip Raman spectroscopy and also the observation of the behavior of the (D0, X) radius depending on the carrier concentration, was achieved for the first time. For all samples with carrier concentrations below the metal-insulator transition, the obtained (X0) radii are up to a factor of 5.9 larger than the respective (D0, X) radii. This observation is explained by the unbound character of the (X0). For the first time, such an observation could be made by Raman spectroscopy.Beside the resonance studies, the shape of the Raman signal of the electron spin flip was analyzed. Thereby an obvious asymmetry of the signal, with a clear flank to lower Raman shifts, was observed. This asymmetry is most pronounced, when the spin flip process is excited near the (D0, X) resonance. To explain this observation, a theoretical model was introduced in this thesis. Based on the asymmetry of the resonantly excited spin flip signal, it was possible to estimate the (D0, X) radii, too. At external magnetic fields between 1.25T and 7T, the obtained radii lie between 2.38nm and 2.75nm. Additionally, the asymmetry of the electron spin flip signal was observed at different excitation energies. Here it is striking that the asymmetry vanishes with increasing excitation energy. At the highest excitation energy, where the electron spin flip was still detectable, the estimated radius of the exciton is 3.92nm. Beside the observations on the electron spin flip, the resonance behavior of the spin flip processes in the d-shell of the incorporated Mn ions was studied in this thesis. This was performed for the direct Mn spin flip process as well as for the sum process of the longitudinal optical phonon with the Mn spin flip. For the Stokes and anti-Stokes direct spin flip process and for the Stokes sum process, each the resonance curve is described by considering only one resonance mechanism. In contrast, resonance for the sum process in which an anti-Stokes Mn spin flip is involved, consists of two partially overlapping resonances due to different mechanisms. A detailed analysis of this resonance profile showed that for (Zn,Mn)Se at the chosen experimental parameters, an incoming and outgoing resonance can be achieved, separated by a few meV. Hereby, at a specific excitation energy range and a high excitation power, it was possible to achieve an inversion of the anti-Stokes to Stokes intensity, because only the anti-Stokes Mn spin flip process was enhanced resonantly. / Ziel der Dissertation war das Erlangen neuer Erkenntnisse zur Wechselwirkung der magnetischen Ionen und des Leitungsbandes von verdünnten magnetischen Halbleitern. Diese Interaktion bei magnetischen Halbleitern mit Ladungsträgerkonzentration nahe des Metall-Isolator Übergangs (metal-insulator transition MIT) in externen Magnetfeldern ist bisher kaum erforscht. Daher wurden Untersuchung n-dotierte Zn1−xMnxSe:Cl untersucht. Als Analysetechnik wurde die resonante Spin Flip Raman-Spektroskopie bei einem externen Magnetfeld zwischen 1T und 7T und einer Temperatur von 1,5 K angewandt. Durch die entstehende Magnetisierung des Materials werden die Aufspaltungen der Zustände mit entgegengesetzten Spins sowohl im Valenz- als auch im Leitungsband verstärkt. Dies ist als "giant-Zeeman effect" bekannt. In dieser Arbeit wurde die Resonanz des Spin Flip Prozesses, d.h. die Signalerhöhung in Abhängigkeit der Anregungsenergie, als Indikator zur Bestimmung der Ladungsträgerzustandsdichte genutzt. Die gemessenen Resonanzprofile aller Proben zeigten dabei eine Struktur, welche aus sich zwei teilweise überlagernden Gaußkurven bestand. Mit steigendem Magnetfeld wurde eine deutliche Zunahme der Halbwertsbreite der Resonanzprofile beobachtet. Die detaillierte Analyse dieses Verhaltens zeigte, dass für alle Proben mit einer Dotierung unterhalb des Metall-Isolator-Übergangs, die Verbreiterung primär auf den Donor gebundenen Exzitonen Anteil der Resonanzkurve entfällt. Zur Deutung dieser Beobachtung wurde ein Modell entwickelt. Dieses beruht auf der grundlegenden Annahme einer räumlich statistisch Verteilung der Mangan-Ionen auf dem Gruppe-II Untergitter des ZnSe Kristalls, sowie der endlichen Ausdehnung der Exzitonen. Somit erfasst jedes einzelne Exziton eine individuelle Anzahl von Mangan-Ionen, was sich als lokale Mangankonzentration manifestiert. Diese lokale Mangankonzentration normalverteilt für ein Set von Exzitonen und deren Auswertung erlauben einen Rückschluss auf die Radien der Exzitonen. Zwei Trends für die (D0, X) Radien konnten identifiziert werden. Sowohl mit steigender Ladungsträgerkonzentration als auch mit steigendem Mangangehalt nimmt der Radius der gebundenen Exzitonen ab. Es gelangte erstmalig die Bestimmung der (D0, X) Radien mittels resonanter Spin Flip Raman-Spektroskopie und die Beobachtung des Verhaltens der (D0, X) Radien in Abhängigkeit der Ladungsträgerkonzentration. Die ermittelten (X0) Radien sind für die Proben mit Ladungsträgerkonzentrationen unterhalb des Metall-Isolator-Übergangs im Vergleich zu den (D0, X) Radien um einen Faktor von bis zu 5,9 größer. Diese Beobachtung lässt sich durch den ungebundenen Charakter der (X0) erklären. Aufgrund dessen erfasst ein (X0) während seiner Lebenszeit im Vergleich zu einem (D0, X) einen räumlich ausgedehnteren Bereich des Kristalls. Hierdurch konnte erstmalig mittels Raman-Spektroskopie solch eine Beobachtung gemacht werden. Neben den Resonanzuntersuchungen des elektronischen Spin Flips wurde dessen Preakform im Ramanspektrum analysiert. Dabei wurde eine deutliche Asymmetrie des Signals beobachtet, sichtbar als Flanke zu niedrigeren Raman- Verschiebungen. Zur Erklärung dieser Beobachtungen kann ebenfalls das eingeführte Modell angewandt werden. Anhand der Asymmetrie des resonant angeregten Spin Flip Signals konnten hiermit die Radien der (D0, X) bestimmt werden. Zusätzlich wurde die Asymmetrie bei unterschiedlichen Anregungsenergien sichtbar. Hierbei fiel auf, dass diese mit steigender Anregungsenergie abnimmt. Desweiteren wurde zusätzlich zu den Beobachtungen des elektronischen Spin Flips, das Resonanzverhalten des Spin Flips der einzelnen Mn-Ionen in dieser Arbeit untersucht. Dies wurde sowohl für den direkten Mn Spin Flip Prozess, als auch den Summenprozesses aus einem longitudinal optischen Phonon und einem Mn Spin Flip durchgeführt. Jeweils eine Resonanz wurde sowohl für die direkten Stokes und anti-Stokes Prozesse, als auch für den Stokes Summenprozess beobachtet. Im Gegensatz hierzu besteht das Resonanzprofil des Summenprozesses, bei dem ein Anti-Stokes Mn Spin Flip involviert ist, aus zwei sich überlappenden Resonanzanteile. Eine genaue Analyse dieses Resonanzprofils ergab, dass es bei (Zn,Mn)Se und den gewählten experimentellen Parametern möglich ist, sowohl eine eingehende als auch eine ausgehende Resonanz für diesen Summenprozess mit einer Energiedifferenz von wenigen meV zu erhalten. Die zusätzlich auftretende eingehende Resonanz konnte dabei dem optischen Übergang von dem mj = 1/2 Valenzband- zum mj = -1/2 Leitungsbandzustand zugeordnet werden. Die daraufhin folgende Anregung eines LO Phonons führt zu einer Reduzierung der Energie des gestreuten Photons. Dies erzeugt die beobachtete Überlagerung der Resonanzen, gemessen in der Energie der gestreuten Photonen. Hierdurch war es möglich, bei geeigneter Anregungsenergie und hoher Anregungsleistung eine Inversion der Anti-Stokes zu Stokes Intensität zu beobachten, da die eingehende Resonanz in diesem Fall nur für den Anti-Stokes Mn Spin Flip auftrat

The intent of this project was founded upon the need to train students in the techniques of radio astronomy with the purpose of establishing a radio telescope in order to teach the principles and practice of radio astronomy.This document describes the theory, research, to establish the 1st generation radio telescope system within the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Brigham Young University. Included are introductions to: (1) The nature of star forming regions in the spiral arm structure of the galaxy, H I (the hydrogen spin-flip transition) and OH MASERS, (2) The of terminology used with the system components and their measurements, (3) The characteristics of the imaging system and its limitations, and (4) Future work and plans. Within the body of this work, I also present an introduction to the purpose, architectural design, as well as a brief description of some of the system level functions and associated equipment that constitute the development infrastructure for the 2nd generation radio astronomy system.The major work accomplished includes history, some of the fundamental theory behind radio astronomy, significant aspects of the theory behind the system, building of the system, its calibration and characteristics as well as next steps

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The main goals of this research were to fabricate magnetic cobalt nanoparticles and study their structural, crystal structure, optical, and magnetic properties. Cobalt nanoparticles with average particle size 8.7 nm were fabricated by the method of high temperature reduction of cobalt salt utilizing trioctylphosphine as a surfactant, oleic acid as a stabilizer, and lithium triethylborohydride as a reducing reagent. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis confirmed the formation of cobalt nanoparticles. High resolution transmission electron microscopy images show that Co NPs form both HCP and FCC crystal structure. The blocking temperature of 7.6 nm Co NPs is 189 K. Above the blocking temperature, Co NPs are single domain and hence showed superparamagnetic behavior. Below the blocking temperature, Co NPs are ferromagnetic. Cobalt nanoparticles with a single-domain crystal structure support a sharp plasmon resonance at 280 nm. Iron nanoparticles with average particle size 4.8 nm were fabricated using chemical reduction method show plasmon resonance at 266 nm. Iron nanoparticles are ferromagnetic at 6 K and superparamagnetic at 300 K.

Orientadores: Stefano De Leo, Marcelo Moraes Guzzo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T16:45:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maia_GabrielGulak_M.pdf: 1857100 bytes, checksum: 8af9898714b92a166704c01eafe1b9fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A interação de elétrons com barreiras de potencial é um problema bem conhecido da teoria quântica não-relativística de Schrödinger. O tratamento intrinsecamente relativístico do sistema, entretanto, por meio da teoria de Dirac, nos revela diferentes aspectos não fornecidos pela teoria precedente. Por exemplo, uma vez que a equação de Dirac contém naturalmente os graus de liberdade de spin, quatro coeficientes são necessários para descrever o processo e assim o fenômeno da inversão de spin, também chamado spin flip, surge. Com o objetivo de introduzir o formalismo teórico e a notação sobre a qual se sustenta este trabalho, o primeiro capítulo é dedicado a uma breve revisão da equação de Dirac, discutindo-se as propriedades de suas matrizes, a equação de continuidade e obtendo-se suas soluções livres. No capítulo 2 o sistema de interesse, a interação planar de partículas de Dirac com barreiras de potencial eletrostático, é apresentado e são destacados os aspectos que o diferenciam de seu equivalente não-relativístico. São definidos os potenciais escalar e eletrostático e as zonas cinemáticas estabelecidas para os casos unidimensional e bidimensional. O terceiro capítulo é reservado à obtenção dos coeficientes de reflexão e transmissão com e sem spin flip para partículas de Dirac difundindo planarmente através de uma barreira quadrada de potencial eletrostático. Este objetivo é alcançado através de dois métodos distintos de interpretações complementares: O método de degraus e o cálculo de barreira. Coeficientes não-nulos são obtidos para todos os casos, exceto para a transmissão através da barreira com inversão de spin, contrastando com o fato de que todos os degraus componentes da barreira apresentam coeficientes associados diferentes de zero. No quarto capítulo analisa-se o spin das partículas incidentes e o efeito da barreira sobre o spin das partículas refletidas. Ainda que o limite para baixas velocidades seja sempre 1/2, como esperado, em regimes relativísticos encontra-se uma dependência do valor médio deste operador com a energia e o ângulo de incidência no potencial. No quinto capítulo o formalismo de pacote de ondas é desenvolvido e a coerência dos pacotes em relação 'a barreira de potencial investigada, mostrando que a probabilidade de transmissão torna-se constante conforme a largura da barreira aumenta, o que caracteriza o regime incoerente de partículas. Ao fim do capítulo são derivadas as expressões para o spin incidente, refletido e transmitido nesse formalismo. Por fim, o sexto capítulo é reservado ao estudo introdutório do valor médio de autoestados do operador de spin através do formalismo desenvolvido no capítulo anterior como primeira mostra das possibilidades de trabalhos futuros. Mostrado que se o bispinor incidente não for um autoestado do Hamiltoniano de Dirac uma dependência temporal é verificada no valor médio / Abstract: The interaction of electrons with potential barriers is a well-known problem of the Schr¨odinger¿s non-relativistic quantum theory. The intrinsically relativistic treatment of the problem, however, through the Dirac¿s theory, reveals us different aspects, do not provided by the preceding theory. For instance, since the Dirac equation naturally contains the spinorial degree of freedom, four coefficients are needed in order to describe the process and so the spin flip phenomenon emerges. To introduce the theoretical formalism and the notation upon which this work is sustained, the first chapter is devoted to a short review of the Dirac equation, discussing the properties of its matrices, the continuity equation and obtaining its free solutions. Chapter 2 presents the system of interest, the planar interaction of Dirac particles with electrostatic potential barriers. It also highlights the aspects that differentiate this system from its non-relativistic analogue. The scalar and electrostatic potentials are defined and the kinematic zones established for the one-dimensional and the two-dimensional cases. The third chapter is reserved for obtaining the spin flip and spin conserving transmission and reflection coefficients for Dirac particles diffusing two-dimensionally through a square electrostatic potential barrier. This goal is achieved by means of two distinct methods of complementary interpretations: The barrier calculation and the steps calculation. Non-zero coefficients are obtained in all the cases except for the spin flip transmission, contrasting with the fact that no coefficient of the individual steps that compose the barrier is null. In the fourth chapter the incident particles¿ spin is analysed as well as the effect of the barrier on the spin of the reflected particles. As expected the low velocities limits gives us a spin value of 1/2 but in relativistic regime there is a dependence of the spin with the energy and the incidence angle into the potential. In the fifth chapter the wave packet formalism is developed and the packets¿ coherence is investigated, showing that the transmission probability becomes constant as the barrier width becomes greater, characterizing the incoherence of the particle limit. At the end of the chapter the expressions for the incident, reflected and transmitted spin in the new formalism are derived. Finally, the sixth chapter is reserved to the introductory study of mean values of the spin operator eigenstates through the formalism developed in the previous chapter as an example of possibilities for future investigations. It is shown that if the incident bispinor is not a Dirac Hamiltonian eigenstate there is a time dependence in the expected value. Key-words: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, potential barriers, wave-packets / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

Im Zentrum dieser Arbeit standen ramanspektroskopische Untersuchungen der elektronischen spin-flip-Übergänge an semimagnetischen (Zn,Mn)Se Proben. Hierbei wurden sowohl Quantentrogstrukturen untersucht als auch volumenartige Proben. Ziel der Forschung war dabei, ein tieferes Verständnis der Wechselwirkungen der magnetischen Ionen mit den Leitungsbandelektronen der Materialien zu gewinnen. Im Hinblick auf mögliche zukünftige spin-basierte Bauelemente lag das Hauptaugenmerk auf dem Einfluss von n-Dotierung bis zu sehr hohen Konzentration. Hierfür standen verschiedene Probenreihen mit unterschiedlichen Dotierungskonzentrationen zur Verfügung. / In the present doctoral thesis, spin flip Raman studies of semimagnetic (Zn,Mn)Se samples were in the focus of interest. Quantum wells as well as bulk-like materials were investigated. The main goal was a better understanding of the exchange interaction behaviour of heavily n-doped semimagnetic samples. The influence of doping on the exchange interaction is of special relevance with regard to spintronics applications. Several series of high quality MBE-grown (Zn,Mn)Se -samples samples were available.

Low-temperature weak-localization (WL) and antilocalization (AL) magnetotransport measurements are sensitive to electron interference, and thus can be used as a probe of quantum states. The spin-dependent interactions between controllable surface magnetism and itinerant electrons in a non-magnetic host provide insight for spin-based technologies, magnetic data storage and quantum information processing. This dissertation studies two different host systems, an In$_{0.53}$Ga$_{0.47}$As quantum well at a distance from the surface of a heterostructure, and an accumulation layer on an InAs surface. Both the systems are two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs), and possess prominent Rashba spin-orbit interaction caused by structural inversion asymmetry, which meets the prerequisites for AL. The surface local moments influence the surrounding electrons in two ways, increasing their spin-orbit scattering, and inducing magnetic spin-flip scattering, which carries information about magnetic interactions. The two effects modify the AL signals in opposing directions: the spin-flip scattering of electrons shrinks the signal, and requires a close proximity to the species, whereas the increase of spin-orbit scattering broadens and increases the signal. Accordingly, we only observe an increase in spin-orbit scattering in the study of the interactions between ferromagnetic Co$_{0.6}$Fe$_{0.4}$ nanopillars and the relatively distant InGaAs quantum well. With these CoFe nanopillars, a decrease in spin decoherence time is observed, attributed to the spatially varying magnetic field from the local moments. A good agreement between the data and a theoretical calculation suggests that the CoFe nanopillars also generate an appreciable average magnetic field normal to the surface, of value $\sim$ 35 G. We also performed a series of comparative AL measurements to experimentally investigate the interactions and spin-exchange between InAs surface accumulation electrons and local magnetic moments of rare earth ions Sm$^{3+}$, Gd$^{3+}$, Ho$^{3+}$, of transition metal ions Ni$^{2+}$, Co$^{2+}$, and Fe$^{3+}$, and of Ni$^{2+}$-, Co$^{2+}$-, and Fe$^{3+}$-phthalocyanines deposited on the surface. The deposited species generate magnetic scattering with magnitude dependent on their electron configurations and effective moments. Particularly for Fe$^{3+}$, the significant spin-flip scattering due to the outermost 3d shell and the fairly high magnetic moments modifies the AL signal into a WL signal. Experiments indicate a temperature-independent magnetic spin-flip scattering for most of the species except for Ho$^{3+}$ and Co$^{2+}$. Ho$^{3+}$ yields electron spin-flip rates proportional to the square root of temperature, resulting from transitions between closely spaced energy levels of spin-orbit multiplets. In the case of Co$^{2+}$, either a spin crossover or a spin-glass system forms, and hence spin-flip rates transit between two saturation regions as temperature varies. Concerning the spin-orbit scattering rate, we observe an increase for all the species, and the increase is correlated with the effective electric fields produced by the species. In both 2DESs, the inelastic time is inversely proportional to temperature, consistent with phase decoherence via the Nyquist mechanism. Our method provides a controlled way to probe the quantum spin interactions of 2DESs, either in a quantum well, or on the surface of InAs. / Ph. D.

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