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Phenomenology of current-induced skyrmion motion in antiferromagnets
2016
We study current-driven skyrmion motion in uniaxial thin film antiferromagnets in the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions and in an external magnetic field. We phenomenologically include relaxation and current-induced torques due to both spin-orbit coupling and spatially inhomogeneous magnetic textures in the equation for the N\'eel vector of the antiferromagnet. Using the collective coordinate approach we apply the theory to a two-dimensional antiferromagnetic skyrmion and estimate the skyrmion velocity under an applied DC electric current.
Quantitative modeling of spin relaxation in quantum dots
2011
Physics Department, Harvard University, 02138 Cambridge MA, USA(Dated: December 16, 2011)We use numerically exact diagonalization to calculate the spin-orbit and phonon-induced triplet-singlet relaxation rate in a two-electron quantum dot exposed to a tilted magnetic field. Our schemeincludes a three-dimensional description of the quantum dot, the Rashba and the linear and cubicDresselhaus spin-orbit coupling, the ellipticity of the quantum dot, and the full angular descriptionof the magnetic field. We are able to find reasonable agreement with the experimental results ofMeunier et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 126601 (2007)] in terms of the singlet-triplet energy splittingand the spin relaxation …
Multicomponent Density-Functional Theory
2006
The coupling between electronic and nuclear motion plays an essential role in a wide range of physical phenomena.
Microscopic dynamics of molecular liquids and glasses: Role of orientations and translation-rotation coupling
2001
We investigate the dynamics of a fluid of dipolar hard spheres in its liquid and glassy phase, with emphasis on the microscopic time or frequency regime. This system shows rather different glass transition scenarios related to its rich equilibrium behavior which ranges from a simple hard sphere fluid to a long range ferroelectric orientational order. In the liquid phase close to the ideal glass transition line and in the glassy regime a medium range orientational order occurs leading to a softening of an orientational mode. To investigate the role of this mode we use the molecular mode-coupling equations to calculate the spectra $\phi_{lm}^{\prime \prime}(q,\omega)$ and $\chi _{lm}''(q,\ome…
Relaxation and phonons in viscous and glassy orthoterphenyl by neutron scattering
1993
We present an extended set of incoherent neutron scattering measurements on the van der Waals liquido-terphenyl, obtained by time-of-flight and backscattering spectroscopy. In the supercooled liquid regime, data from three instruments are combined and analysed in terms of the selfcorrelationS(Q, t). In the time range 1...100 ps, the crossover from α-to β-relaxation is well described by the masterfunction of mode coupling theory, and fitted parameters are consistent with the previously established critical temperatureT c [Z. Phys. B83, 175 (1991)]. In the glassy regime, vibrations are harmonic and can be described by a density of states. Deviations at lowQ are quantitatively explained by a m…
Modified Mode Coupling Theory of Glassy Dynamics Generated by Entanglement
2004
Increasing the density in systems with strong excluded volume interactions leads simultaneously to an increase of static correlations and a slowing down of the relaxational dynamics. Mode coupling theory in its present form describes this mechanism, satisfactorily. In contrast, for systems where entanglement is dominant, e.g. infinitely thin hard rods on a lattice, glassy dynamics is not driven by increasing static correlations but by entanglement. We show how mode coupling approximation can be modified such that non-vanishing vertices occur which might account for such pure entanglement effects.
Pairing based cooling of Fermi gases
2007
We propose a pairing-based method for cooling an atomic Fermi gas. A three component (labels 1, 2, 3) mixture of Fermions is considered where the components 1 and 2 interact and, for instance, form pairs whereas the component 3 is in the normal state. For cooling, the components 2 and 3 are coupled by an electromagnetic field. Since the quasiparticle distributions in the paired and in the normal states are different, the coupling leads to cooling of the normal state even when initially $T_{paired}\geq T_{normal}$ (notation $T_S\geq T_N$). The cooling efficiency is given by the pairing energy and by the linewidth of the coupling field. No superfluidity is required: any type of pairing, or ot…
Low-energy spectrum and finite temperature properties of quantum rings
2002
Recently it was demonstrated that the rotational and vibrational spectra of quantum rings containing few electrons can be described quantitatively by an effective spin-Hamiltonian combined with rigid center-of-mass rotation and internal vibrations of localized electrons. We use this model Hamiltonian to study the quantum rings at finite temperatures and in presence of a nonzero magnetic field. Total spin, angular momentum and pair correlation show similar phase diagram which can be understood with help of the rotational spectrum of the ring.
Long lifetime of the E1u in-plane infrared-active modes of h -BN
2020
We present an infrared reflectivity study of the ${E}_{1u}$ in-plane phonons of hexagonal BN as a function of temperature in the 40--680 K range. The infrared reflectance spectra of high-quality lamellar single crystals are accurately fitted using Lowndes' factorized form of the dielectric response, where the longitudinal-optic (LO) frequency is an independent adjustable parameter. From this analysis we obtain reliable values for the phonon damping of the IR-active ${E}_{1u}$ phonons which couple to light and give rise to the phonon-polariton excitations in this hyperbolic material. Anharmonic coupling potentials are estimated from the temperature dependence of the damping parameters. The $…
Identification of Néel Vector Orientation in Antiferromagnetic Domains Switched by Currents in NiO/Pt Thin Films
2021
Understanding the electrical manipulation of the antiferromagnetic order is a crucial aspect to enable the design of antiferromagnetic devices working at THz frequencies. Focusing on collinear insulating antiferromagnetic $\mathrm{Ni}\mathrm{O}/\mathrm{Pt}$ thin films as a materials platform, we identify the crystallographic orientation of the domains that can be switched by currents and quantify the N\'eel-vector direction changes. We demonstrate electrical switching between different T domains by current pulses, finding that the N\'eel-vector orientation in these domains is along [$\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}5$ $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}5$ 19], different compared to the bulk $⟨112⟩$ d…