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2 Jul 2007

Volume 91, Issue 1, Articles (01xxxx)

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Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 013501 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753120 (3 pages)

J. Verd, A. Uranga, G. Abadal, J. Teva, F. Torres, F. Pérez-Murano, J. Fraxedas, J. Esteve, and N. Barniol
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Broadband efficient second harmonic generation in media with a short-range order

Yan Sheng, Junhong Dou, Boqin Ma, Bingying Cheng, and Daozhong Zhang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011101 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754365 (3 pages) | Cited 27 times

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The authors demonstrate broadband efficient quasiphase matched second harmonic generation (SHG) in nonlinear LiNbO3 crystals. The distribution of ferroelectric domains in a short-range order provides the possibility for broadband second harmonic generation in the visible range. This process is similar to the broadband SHG in random media, but it results in much higher conversion efficiency. The unique distribution of reciprocal vectors provided by the structural short-range order plays an important role in the enhancement. The achieved broadband SHG with high conversion efficiency will aid in the development of optics integration and multiple-channel devices.
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42.65.Ky Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation
42.70.Gi Light-sensitive materials
78.20.Ci Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity)

Terahertz wave emission and detection using photoconductive antennas made on low-temperature-grown InGaAs with 1.56 μm pulse excitation

A. Takazato, M. Kamakura, T. Matsui, J. Kitagawa, and Y. Kadoya

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011102 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754370 (3 pages) | Cited 19 times

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Photoconductive antennas made on low-temperature-grown Be doped InxGa1−xAs (0.45 ⩽ x ⩽ 0.53) have been investigated focusing on the terahertz emission properties. In the antenna of x = 0.45, the resistance as high as 3 MΩ enabled us to increase the bias field up to 60 kV/cm, and the terahertz waves emitted from the antenna were significantly enhanced. In addition, terahertz waves with the spectral range over 2.5 THz and the peak to noise ratio of 45 dB were generated and detected using only 1.56 μm pulses.
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84.40.-x Radiowave and microwave (including millimeter wave) technology
07.57.Kp Bolometers; infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave receivers and detectors
85.60.-q Optoelectronic devices

Transition voltage of asymmetric H state to bend in pi cell

Yubao Sun, Li Jiang, Zaidong Li, Hongmei Ma, and Zhidong Zhang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011103 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753492 (3 pages) | Cited 1 time

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The dynamic behavior for the splay to bend transition of pi cell is investigated numerically in detail. When a pi cell has asymmetric pretilt angles, the initial splay configuration changes to asymmetric H state driven by a low voltage, then to bend configuration driven by a pulse voltage that is larger than a transition voltage. The author’s results show that the transition voltage decreases with the increasing pretilt angle, and increases with the increasing anchoring energy and surface viscosity. The transition time is less than 50 ms which is much faster than that of other methods.
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42.79.Kr Display devices, liquid-crystal devices
85.60.Pg Display systems

Silicon-based light emitters fabricated by embedding Ge self-assembled quantum dots in microdisks

J. S. Xia, K. Nemoto, Y. Ikegami, Y. Shiraki, and N. Usami

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011104 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754356 (3 pages) | Cited 10 times

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Silicon-based light emitters have been fabricated on silicon-on-insulator substrates by embedding Ge self-assembled quantum dots in microdisk resonators. Strong room-temperature resonant luminescence is observed from the microdisks under optical pumping. Photoluminescence from Ge quantum dots is significantly enhanced by the microdisk resonators. Different kinds of cavity modes, whispering-gallery modes, and Fabry-Pérot modes are observed in the wavelength range from 1.2 to 1.6 μm for microdisks with different diameters.
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85.60.Jb Light-emitting devices
85.35.-p Nanoelectronic devices

Amplification of optical pulse sequences at a high repetition rate in a polymer slab waveguide

D. Amarasinghe, A. Ruseckas, A. E. Vasdekis, G. A. Turnbull, and I. D. W. Samuel

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011105 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753542 (3 pages) | Cited 10 times

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Amplification of three short light pulses in a 140 ps time window at 5 kHz repetition rate has been demonstrated using a compact amplifier based on the conjugated polymer poly(9,9′-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole). The amplifier was optically pumped and gratings were used to couple the signal into and out of the film. A gain of 22 dB was observed for a signal pulse temporally aligned with the pump pulse in a 1 mm waveguide. For a signal pulse delayed by 140 ps, the maximum gain achieved was 14 dB. The results are a step towards the use of polymer amplifiers in data communications.
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42.55.Rz Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers
42.60.By Design of specific laser systems
42.65.Re Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression

Scalable fabrication of electrowetting displays with self-assembled oil dosing

B. Sun, K. Zhou, Y. Lao, J. Heikenfeld, and W. Cheng

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011106 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753697 (3 pages) | Cited 15 times

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Scalable fabrication of electrowetting displays with self-assembled oil dosing is reported. Electrowetting pixel structures consisted of flexible substrate/electrode/hydrophobic dielectric/hydrophilic grid. 20 electrowetting display prototypes were constructed with four pixel sizes ranging from 300×900 to 50×150 μm2 and with five grid thicknesses ranging from 16.2 to 3.3 μm. Self-assembled oil dosing was achieved by dip coating the substrate through an oil film suspended on water. The oil films in pixels were geometrically flat. Operating voltage increased with pixel aspect ratio. Electrical capacitance and optical absorption calculations confirm that oil thickness is within ±5% of the hydrophilic grid height.
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42.79.Kr Display devices, liquid-crystal devices

Optical phonons assisted infrared absorption in VO2 based bolometer

Changhong Chen and Zhiping Zhou

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011107 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753746 (3 pages) | Cited 12 times

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Optical phonons assisted infrared absorption in VO2 based bolometer is demonstrated to be free, low, or over damping oscillation over different spectral ranges depending on the passivation thickness. In particular, it will become saturated due to the over damping oscillation in the spectral range corresponding to the absorption bands from strong phonon vibrations. The device reaches a peak absorbance of 99.9% at wavelength of 9.1 μm and shows a broadband absorption, independent of metal-insulator transition and radiation incident angle up to 30° in the long wavelength (8–14 μm) infrared region.
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07.57.Kp Bolometers; infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave receivers and detectors
63.20.D- Phonon states and bands, normal modes, and phonon dispersion
78.30.-j Infrared and Raman spectra

Dielectric properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the terahertz frequency range

Hisaaki Nishimura, Nobutsugu Minami, and Ryo Shimano

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011108 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753747 (3 pages) | Cited 15 times

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The authors report on the terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) dispersed in a polymer film in a broad frequency range from 0.2 to 20 THz. The complex dielectric function of the composite film is obtained without using Kramers-Kronig analysis, from which the dielectric function of SWCNTs is extracted by using the effective medium theory. The real part of the dielectric function exhibits very large values at low frequency below 2 THz. The conductivity spectrum shows a peak around 3 THz. The spectral behavior is consistent with overdamped Lorentz oscillator model, indicating the response of curvature-induced small-gap SWCNTs.
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77.22.Ch Permittivity (dielectric function)
73.63.Fg Nanotubes
72.30.+q High-frequency effects; plasma effects
78.70.Gq Microwave and radio-frequency interactions

Differential atomic magnetometry based on a diverging laser beam

E. Hodby, E. A. Donley, and J. Kitching

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011109 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753763 (3 pages) | Cited 3 times

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The authors demonstrate a novel atomic magnetometer that uses differential detection of the spatially diverging components of a light field to monitor the Larmor precession frequency of atoms in a thermal vapor. The design is implemented in compact form with a micromachined alkali vapor cell and a naturally divergent light field emitted by a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser. Operating the magnetometer in differential mode cancels common-mode noise and improves the sensitivity by a factor of 26 over single-channel operation. They also suggest ways in which the current sensitivity of 28 pT/√Hz may be improved further without sacrificing size or simplicity.
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07.55.Ge Magnetometers for magnetic field measurements
07.07.Df Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing
37.20.+j Atomic and molecular beam sources and techniques
32.80.-t Photoionization and excitation

Multikilowatt chemical oxygen-iodine laser with chemical generation of molecular iodine

Yuelong Zhang, Fengting Sang, Peng Zhang, Yuqi Jin, Benjie Fang, Weili Zhao, Fang Chen, Qingwei Li, and Mingxiu Xu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011110 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754363 (3 pages) | Cited 1 time

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A multikilowatt chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) using molecular iodine generated chemically as the iodine source was developed and tested. The COIL, with a gain length of 26.5 cm, was energized by a square pipe-array jet singlet oxygen generator (JSOG), with a nozzle bank having a designed Mach number of 2.5. The JSOG, operating without a primary buffer gas, has a much better operation stability during basic hydrogen peroxide pumping circulations. Iodine injectors/nozzles made of polyimide were used. An output power of 7.8 kW and a chemical efficiency of 24.5% were achieved with a chlorine flow rate of 353 mmole/s.
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42.55.Ks Chemical lasers
42.60.By Design of specific laser systems
82.40.-g Chemical kinetics and reactions: special regimes and techniques

Aggregation-induced emissions of tetraphenylethene derivatives and their utilities as chemical vapor sensors and in organic light-emitting diodes

Yongqiang Dong, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Anjun Qin, Jianzhao Liu, Zhen Li, Ben Zhong Tang, Jiaxin Sun, and Hoi Sing Kwok

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011111 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753723 (3 pages) | Cited 64 times

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Nonemissive tetraphenylethene (TPE) 1 and its diphenylated derivative 2 were induced to emit intensely by aggregate formation. Crystalline aggregates of the dyes emitted bluer lights than their amorphous counterparts. The emissions of the TPE dyes could be switched off and on continuously and reversibly by wetting and dewetting with solvent vapors, respectively, manifesting their ability to optically sense volatile organic compounds. The light-emitting diodes fabricated from 1 and 2 were turned on at ∼ 2.9 and ∼ 5 V and emitted blue lights with maximum luminance of ∼ 1800 and ∼ 11 000 cd/m2, respectively.
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07.07.Df Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing
85.60.Jb Light-emitting devices
68.08.Bc Wetting

Differential phase shift quantum key distribution using single-photon detectors based on a sinusoidally gated InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode

Naoto Namekata, Go Fujii, Shuichiro Inoue, Toshimori Honjo, and Hiroki Takesue

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011112 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753767 (3 pages) | Cited 13 times

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The authors report a quantum key distribution experiment, in which they implemented a differential phase shift quantum key distribution protocol, using single-photon detectors based on InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes operated with a sinusoidal gating. The single-photon detectors were operated at a repetition frequency of 500 MHz with low after pulsing probabilities and low dark counts. A sifted key generation rate of 1.5 Mbit/s was achieved over a communication distance of 15 km. Taking account of the security of the protocol against general individual attacks, secure keys can be generated with a rate of 0.33 Mbit/s.
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42.79.Sz Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers
03.67.Dd Quantum cryptography and communication security
84.40.Ua Telecommunications: signal transmission and processing; communication satellites
85.60.Gz Photodetectors (including infrared and CCD detectors)
85.60.Dw Photodiodes; phototransistors; photoresistors

Low driving voltage and high stability organic light-emitting diodes with rhenium oxide-doped hole transporting layer

Dong-Seok Leem, Hyung-Dol Park, Jae-Wook Kang, Jae-Hyun Lee, Ji Whan Kim, and Jang-Joo Kim

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011113 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754635 (3 pages) | Cited 54 times

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The authors report a promising metal oxide-doped hole transporting layer (HTL) of rhenium oxide (ReO3)-doped N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis (1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamine (NPB). The tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum-based organic light-emitting diodes with ReO3-doped NPB HTL exhibit driving voltage of 5.2–5.4 V and power efficiency of 2.2–2.3 lm/W at 20 mA/cm2, which is significantly improved compared to those (7.1 V and 2.0 lm/W, respectively) obtained from the devices with undoped NPB. Furthermore, the device with ReO3-doped NPB layer reveals the prolonged lifetime than that with undoped NPB. Details of ReO3 doping effects are described based on the UV-Vis absorption spectra and characteristics of hole-only devices.
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85.60.Jb Light-emitting devices
85.40.Ry Impurity doping, diffusion and ion implantation technology

Controlling the polarization correlation of photon pairs from a charge-tunable quantum dot

R. J. Young, S. J. Dewhurst, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, and D. A. Ritchie

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011114 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754641 (3 pages) | Cited 5 times

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Correlation between the rectilinear polarizations of the photons emitted from the biexciton decay in a single quantum dot is investigated in a device which allows the charge state of the dot to be controlled. Optimizing emission from the neutral exciton states maximizes the operating efficiency of the biexciton decay. This is important for single dot applications such as a triggered source of entangled photons. As the bias on the device is reduced correlation between the two photons is found to fall dramatically as emission from the negatively charged exciton becomes significant. Lifetime measurements demonstrate that electronic spin-scattering is the likely cause.
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73.21.La Quantum dots
71.35.-y Excitons and related phenomena

Fabrication of low loss Ge33As12Se55 (AMTIR-1) planar waveguides

Duk-Yong Choi, Steve Madden, Andrei Rode, Rongping Wang, and Barry Luther-Davies

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011115 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754360 (3 pages) | Cited 9 times

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The authors describe the fabrication of low loss Ge33As12Se55 rib waveguides. Pulsed laser deposition was used to obtain high quality, dense films with the same stoichiometry as the bulk glass, while standard semiconductor processing was used to pattern the waveguides. They obtained rib waveguides of 3, 4, and 5 μm wide with propagation losses (0.3 dB/cm at 1550 nm) more than ten times lower than previously reported for this material.
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42.82.Et Waveguides, couplers, and arrays
42.79.Gn Optical waveguides and couplers
42.82.Cr Fabrication techniques; lithography, pattern transfer
81.15.Fg Pulsed laser ablation deposition

Quality factors of nonideal micro pillars

N. Gregersen, T. R. Nielsen, B. Tromborg, and J. Mørk

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011116 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2751586 (3 pages) | Cited 9 times

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The influence of fabrication-induced imperfections and material absorption on the quality (Q) factor of a microcavity pillar is studied numerically. The dependence on sidewall inclination, selective underetch, and intrinsic loss is quantified. The authors show that imperfections can lead to an improvement in Q and that a sidewall inclination angle of less than 1° causes a dramatic change in the Q factor. The variations in Q can be attributed to a delicate balance between effective index contrasts, mode overlap, and higher-order mode contributions.
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42.79.-e Optical elements, devices, and systems

Local reconstruction in computed tomography of diffraction enhanced imaging

Zhi-Feng Huang, Li Zhang, Ke-Jun Kang, Zhi-Qiang Chen, Pei-Ping Zhu, Qing-Xi Yuan, and Wan-Xia Huang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011117 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2749427 (3 pages) | Cited 3 times

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Computed tomography of diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI-CT) based on synchrotron radiation source has extremely high sensitivity of weakly absorbing low-Z samples in medical and biological fields. The authors propose a modified backprojection filtration(BPF)-type algorithm based on PI-line segments to reconstruct region of interest from truncated refraction-angle projection data in DEI-CT. The distribution of refractive index decrement in the sample can be directly estimated from its reconstruction images, which has been proved by experiments at the Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility. The algorithm paves the way for local reconstruction of large-size samples by the use of DEI-CT with small field of view based on synchrotron radiation source.
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07.85.Qe Synchrotron radiation instrumentation
42.30.Wb Image reconstruction; tomography

Particle acceleration by subcycle laser pulse in vacuum

Bai-Song Xie, Ming-Ping Liu, Nai-Yan Wang, and M. Y. Yu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011118 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754357 (3 pages) | Cited 4 times

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An analytical model based on the diffraction-induced transformation [ A. E. Kaplan, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 951 (1998) ] for an ultrashort subcycle laser pulse propagating in vacuum is considered. The pulse is initially Gaussian. To the lowest order of the diffraction angle its evolution satisfies Maxwell’s equations. The model is used to study the motion of charged particles in the pulse. It is shown that the delta-function representation is an excellent approximation of a subcycle pulse for studying charged-particle dynamics in subcycle pulse.
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42.65.Re Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression
41.75.Jv Laser-driven acceleration
37.10.Vz Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, and ions
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Resistance to time-dependent deformation of nanoparticle/polymer composites

Jinglei Yang, Zhong Zhang, Klaus Friedrich, and Alois K. Schlarb

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011901 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753494 (3 pages) | Cited 2 times

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Dimensional stability and structural reliability are major concerns for thermoplastics due to their nature of high mobility of polymer chains. Here the authors report the creep experiments on polypropylene filled with 1 vol % TiO2 nanoparticles with diameter of 21 or 300 nm at different load levels and temperatures, which show that the dimensional stability of the nanocomposites is significantly improved, especially by loading small sized nanoparticles. The creep strain and creep rate of nanoparticle-filled polypropylene are reduced by 46% and 80%, respectively, compared to those of the neat matrix. Additionally, creep lifetime is extended by 330% due to the addition of small nanoparticles.
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81.40.Lm Deformation, plasticity, and creep
62.20.Hg Creep
61.46.-w Structure of nanoscale materials
62.25.-g Mechanical properties of nanoscale systems

Influence of temperature and photoexcitation density on the quantum efficiency of defect emission in ZnO powders

J. V. Foreman, H. O. Everitt, J. Yang, and J. Liu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011902 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753540 (3 pages) | Cited 8 times

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The effect of laser excitation power density on the efficiency of intrinsic defect emission in ZnO powders was characterized by varying the laser irradiance over three orders of magnitude and monitoring changes in the samples’ photoluminescence. The external quantum efficiency of the visible wavelength, broadband defect photoluminescence was found to depend not only on laser irradiance but also on temperature and prior annealing conditions. This material system is potentially useful as an ultraviolet-photoexcited, white light phosphor under low-power excitation (<0.2 W/cm2) at room temperature and below.
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78.55.Et II-VI semiconductors
61.43.Gt Powders, porous materials
61.72.Cc Kinetics of defect formation and annealing

Ferrimagnetic and half-metallic CaCu3Fe4O12: Prediction from first principles investigation

H. P. Xiang, X. J. Liu, E. J. Zhao, J. Meng, and Z. J. Wu

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011903 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753734 (3 pages) | Cited 9 times

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The structural stability and physical properties of CaCu3Fe4O12 were studied by the use of the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method. The authors’ calculated result indicates that the title compound is stable both thermodynamically and mechanically. It is ferrimagnetic and half-metallic. The calculated magnetic structure reveals that the coupling of Cu–Fe is antiferromagnetic, while those of Cu–Cu and Fe–Fe are ferromagnetic.
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75.25.-j Spin arrangements in magnetically ordered materials (including neutron and spin-polarized electron studies, synchrotron-source x-ray scattering, etc.)
75.50.Gg Ferrimagnetics
75.30.Et Exchange and superexchange interactions

Optical second-order nonlinearity of the infrared transmitting 82GeS2∙18CdGa2S4 nanocrystallized chalcogenide glass

Haizheng Tao, Changgui Lin, Shaoxuan Gu, Chengbin Jing, and Xiujian Zhao

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011904 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754361 (3 pages) | Cited 5 times

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The infrared (IR) transmitting nanocrystallized chalcogenide glass only containing α-CdGa2S4 IR nonlinear optical crystallites, which were confirmed by x-ray diffraction and Raman scattering measurements, was fabricated through the controllable nucleation and crystallization of the glass with the composition 82GeS2∙18CdGa2S4 at a temperature of 325 °C far below the glass transition temperature (Tg:415 °C) for a long duration. A clear second harmonic generation (green light, 532 nm) could be observed in the transparent 82GeS2∙18CdGa2S4 nanocrystallized chalcogenide glass, demonstrating the IR frequency-doubling function of the prepared nanocrystallized composite material.
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42.70.Ce Glasses, quartz
42.70.Nq Other nonlinear optical materials; photorefractive and semiconductor materials
42.65.Ky Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation
61.43.Fs Glasses
64.70.P- Glass transitions of specific systems
64.70.Q- Theory and modeling of the glass transition
78.35.+c Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering; other light scattering

High resolution structural characterization of giant magnetoresistance structures containing a nano-oxide layer

C. Y. You, A. Cerezo, P. H. Clifton, L. Folks, M. J. Carey, and A. K. Petford-Long

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011905 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754364 (3 pages) | Cited 7 times

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The microstructure and chemistry of a current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance structure containing a nano-oxide layer (NOL) have been studied using a combination of high resolution transmission electron microscopy and three-dimensional atom probe analysis. It was found that the morphology of the NOL changes from a planar layer to discrete particles on annealing, indicating the dominance of surface energy on the morphology evolution. Direct evidence was obtained for significant Mn diffusion from the IrMn antiferromagnetic layer and partitioning to the oxide region during annealing.
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61.46.-w Structure of nanoscale materials
75.47.De Giant magnetoresistance
81.40.Gh Other heat and thermomechanical treatments
68.35.Md Surface thermodynamics, surface energies
66.30.-h Diffusion in solids

Time resolved measurements of melting and solidification in Si using third harmonic generation of light

Bryan C. Gundrum, Robert S. Averback, and David G. Cahill

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011906 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2752731 (3 pages) | Cited 4 times

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Time resolved measurements of melting and solidification on (001) Si using third harmonic generation (THG) were performed with subpicosecond time resolution. Following 120 fs laser pulses at fluences above the melt threshold, the circularly polarized THG signal decreases by over three orders of magnitude. It regains its original intensity on solidification after ≈ 2 ns. The authors show that the THG signal is sensitive to specimen temperature, decreasing by a factor of ≈ 5 between 298 K and the melting temperature. The work demonstrates that complete thermal and phase histories can be obtained during ultrafast laser heating using single-shot THG experiments.
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78.47.-p Spectroscopy of solid state dynamics
42.65.Ky Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation
64.70.D- Solid-liquid transitions
81.30.Fb Solidification
42.65.Re Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression
07.20.Dt Thermometers

First-principles calculations of the effect of Pt on NiAl surface energy and the site preference of Pt

R. Yu and P. Y. Hou

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 011907 (2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2754355 (3 pages) | Cited 10 times

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Pt-modified NiAl is widely used as a coating material in industry. In this study, the surface energies of NiAl with and without Pt are investigated using first-principles calculations. The presence of Pt in NiAl takes the surface electronic states to higher energies, resulting in an increased surface energy, which explains some of the beneficial effects of Pt on the oxidation resistance of NiAl. The electronic structure of NiAl–Pt alloys is also analyzed in terms of the site preference of Pt in NiAl. Results show that Pt bonds strongly to Al, giving its site preference on the Ni site.
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68.35.Md Surface thermodynamics, surface energies
73.20.At Surface states, band structure, electron density of states
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