Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification(OPCPA)shows great potential in producing ultrashort high-intensity pulses because of its large gain bandwidth.Quasi-parametric chirped pulse amplification(QPCPA)may furth...Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification(OPCPA)shows great potential in producing ultrashort high-intensity pulses because of its large gain bandwidth.Quasi-parametric chirped pulse amplification(QPCPA)may further extend the bandwidth.However,behavior of QPCPA at a limited pump intensity(e.g.,≤5 GW/cm^(2) in a nanosecond pumped QPCPA)has not yet been investigated fully.We discuss detailedly the ultra-broadband amplification and the noncollinear phasematching geometry in QPCPA,model and develop a novel noncollinear geometry in QPCPA,namely triple-wavelength phase-matching geometry,which provides two additional phase-matching points around the phase-matching point at the central wavelength.Our analysis demonstrates that the triple-wavelength phase-matching geometry can support stable,ultra-broadband amplification in QPCPA.The numerical simulation results show that ultrashort pulse with a pulse duration of 7.92 fs can be achieved in QPCPA when the pump intensity is limited to 5 GW/cm^(2),calculated using the nonlinear coefficient of YCa;O(BO;);.展开更多
Our world is composed of various materials with different structures,where spin structures have been playing a pivotal role in spintronic devices of the contemporary information technology.Apart from conventional coll...Our world is composed of various materials with different structures,where spin structures have been playing a pivotal role in spintronic devices of the contemporary information technology.Apart from conventional collinear spin materials such as collinear ferromagnets and collinear antiferromagnetic ally coupled materials,noncollinear spintronic materials have emerged as hot spots of research attention due to exotic physical phenomena.In this review,we first introduce two types of noncollinear spin structures,i.e.,the chiral spin structure that yields real-space Berry phases and the coplanar noncollinear spin structure that could generate momentum-space Berry phases,and then move to relevant novel physical phenomena including topological Hall effect,anomalous Hall effect,multiferroic,Weyl fermions,spin-polarized current and spin Hall effect without spin-orbit coupling in these noncollinear spin systems.Afterward,we summarize and elaborate the electric-field control of the noncollinear spin structure and related physical effects,which could enable ultralow power spintronic devices in future.In the final outlook part,we emphasize the importance and possible routes for experimentally detecting the intriguing theoretically predicted spin-polarized current,verifying the spin Hall effect in the absence of spin-orbit coupling and exploring the anisotropic magnetoresistance and domain-wall-related magnetoresistance effects for noncollinear antiferromagnetic materials.展开更多
Noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn_(3)Sn has shown remarkable efficiency in charge-spin conversion,a novel magnetic spin Hall effect,and a stable topological antiferromagnetic state,which has resulted in great interest f...Noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn_(3)Sn has shown remarkable efficiency in charge-spin conversion,a novel magnetic spin Hall effect,and a stable topological antiferromagnetic state,which has resulted in great interest from researchers in the field of spin-orbit torque.Current research has primarily focused on the spin-orbit torque effect of epitaxially grown noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn_(3)Sn films.However,this method is not suitable for large-scale industrial preparation.In this study,amorphous Mn_(3)Sn films and Mn_(3)Sn/Py heterostructures were prepared using magnetron sputtering on silicon substrates.The spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance measurement demonstrated that only the conventional spin-orbit torque effect generated by in-plane polarized spin currents existed in the Mn_(3)Sn/Py heterostructure,with a spin-orbit torque efficiency of 0.016.Additionally,we prepared the perpendicular magnetized Mn_(3)Sn/CoTb heterostructure based on amorphous Mn_(3)Sn film,where the spin-orbit torque driven perpendicular magnetization switching was achieved with a lower critical switching current density(3.9×10^(7)A/cm^(2))compared to Ta/CoTb heterostructure.This research reveals the spin-orbit torque effect of amorphous Mn_(3)Sn films and establishes a foundation for further advancement in the practical application of Mn_(3)Sn materials in spintronic devices.展开更多
Antiferromagnets(AFMs)with chiral noncollinear spin structure have attracted great attention in recent years.However,the existing research has mainly focused on hexagonal chiral AFMs,such as Mn3Sn,Mn3Ga,Mn3Ge with low...Antiferromagnets(AFMs)with chiral noncollinear spin structure have attracted great attention in recent years.However,the existing research has mainly focused on hexagonal chiral AFMs,such as Mn3Sn,Mn3Ga,Mn3Ge with low crystalline symmetry.Here,we present our systematical study for the face-centered cubic noncollinear antiferromagnetic Mn3Pt.By varying the alloy composition(x),we have successfully fabricated antiferromagnetic Mn1-xPtx epitaxial films on MgO substrates and have observed a crystalline structure transition from L10 MnPt to L12 Mn3Pt.The Mn3Pt exhibits a large anomalous Hall effect,which is in the same order of magnitude as those of ferromagnetic materials.Moreover,a large thickness-evolved strain effect is revealed in Mn3Pt films by X-ray diffraction(XRD)analysis based on the Scherrer method.Our work explores Mn3Pt as a promising candidate for topological antiferromagnetic spintronics.展开更多
By inversing the signal and idler in a two-stage noncollinear optical parametric amplifier which is,respectively,pumped by the second harmonic and fundamental wave of femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser at repetition rate o...By inversing the signal and idler in a two-stage noncollinear optical parametric amplifier which is,respectively,pumped by the second harmonic and fundamental wave of femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser at repetition rate of1 kHz,the carrier-envelope phase(CEP)passively stabilized pulses with a tunable wavelength from 1.1 to 1.6 lm are obtained with maximum energy of 95 lJ at 1.3 lm under the pump energy of 500 lJ.The CEP jitter of pulses is 108 mrad measured by an f-2f interferometer.This work demonstrates a new way to efficiently generate tunable near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses with self-stabilized CEP.展开更多
The new magnetic degree of freedom provided by the noncollinear structure plays an important role in the development of spintronic devices.In this work,we conducted a systematic study on the magnetic and electrical tr...The new magnetic degree of freedom provided by the noncollinear structure plays an important role in the development of spintronic devices.In this work,we conducted a systematic study on the magnetic and electrical transport properties of the hexagonal noncollinear ferromagnetic MnFeGe alloy.Abnormal Hall effect and moderate magnetoresistance(MR)were observed below the Curie temperature(~200 K)of MnFeGe,in both bulk and thin-film forms.Notably,the perpendicular MR in all samples firstly grows,then quasi-linearly descends with magnetic field increasing,making an irregular M-type MR in the low-field region.It is speculated that the abnormal MR is related to the magnetic domain change,and combined with micromagnetic simulations,the labyrinth domain and sparse bubble formation are verified to exist in MnFeGe.Our work offers an understanding of the lowfield-positive MR in a ferromagnet,as well as raises the possibility of magnetic bubble formation in this noncollinear system.展开更多
The magnetic states of the strongly correlated system plutonium dioxide(PuO_(2)) are studied based on the density functional theory(DFT) plus Hubbard U(DFT +U) method with spin–orbit coupling(SOC) included. A series ...The magnetic states of the strongly correlated system plutonium dioxide(PuO_(2)) are studied based on the density functional theory(DFT) plus Hubbard U(DFT +U) method with spin–orbit coupling(SOC) included. A series of typical magnetic structures including the multiple-k types are simulated and compared in the aspect of atomic structure and total energy. We test LDA, PBE, and SCAN exchange–correlation functionals on PuO_(2) and a longitudinal 3k antiferromagnetic(AFM) ground state is theoretically determined. This magnetic structure has been identified to be the most stable one by the former computational work using the hybrid functional. Our DFT +U + SOC calculations for the longitudinal 3k AFM ground state suggest a direct gap which is in good agreement with the experimental value. In addition, a genetic algorithm is employed and proved to be effective in predicting magnetic ground state of PuO2. Finally, a comparison between the results of two extensively used DFT +U approaches to this system is made.展开更多
Layered magnetic materials,such as MnBi_(2)Te_(4),have drawn much attention owing to their potential for realizing twodimensional(2D)magnetism and possible topological states.Recently,FeBi_(2)Te_(4),which is isostruct...Layered magnetic materials,such as MnBi_(2)Te_(4),have drawn much attention owing to their potential for realizing twodimensional(2D)magnetism and possible topological states.Recently,FeBi_(2)Te_(4),which is isostructural to MnBi_(2)Te_(4),has been synthesized in experiments,but its detailed magnetic ordering and band topology have not been clearly understood yet.Here,based on first-principles calculations,we investigate the magnetic and electronic properties of FeBi_(2)Te_(4)in bulk and 2D forms.We show that different from MnBi_(2)Te_(4),the magnetic ground states of bulk,single-layer,and bilayer FeBi_(2)Te_(4)all favor a 120°noncollinear antiferromagnetic ordering,and they are topologically trivial narrow-gap semiconductors.For the bilayer case,we find that a quantum anomalous Hall effect with a unit Chern number is realized in the ferromagnetic state,which may be achieved in experiment by an external magnetic field or by magnetic proximity coupling.Our work clarifies the physical properties of the new material system of FeBi_(2)Te_(4)and reveals it as a potential platform for studying magnetic frustration down to 2D limit as well as quantum anomalous Hall effect.展开更多
We have reported previously the ultrafast energy transfer process with a time constant of 0.8 ps from a monomeric to a dimeric subunit within a perylenetetracarboxylic diimide trimer, which was derived indirectly from...We have reported previously the ultrafast energy transfer process with a time constant of 0.8 ps from a monomeric to a dimeric subunit within a perylenetetracarboxylic diimide trimer, which was derived indirectly from a model fitting into the transient absorption experimental data. Here we present a direct ultrafast fluorescence quenching measurement by employing fs time-resolved transient fluorescence spectroscopy based on noncollinear optical parametric amplification technique. The rapid decay of the monomer＇s emission due to energy transfer was observed directly with a time constant of about 0.82 ps, in good agreement with the previous result.展开更多
We report a pulsed surface-emitted THz-wave parametric oscillator based on two MgO：LiNbO3 crystals pumped by a multi-longitudinal mode Q-switched Nd：YAG laser. Through varying the phase matching angle, the tunable T...We report a pulsed surface-emitted THz-wave parametric oscillator based on two MgO：LiNbO3 crystals pumped by a multi-longitudinal mode Q-switched Nd：YAG laser. Through varying the phase matching angle, the tunable THzwave output from 0.79 THz to 2.84 THz is realized. The maximum THz-wave output was 193.2 n J/pulse at 1.84 THz as the pump power density was 212.5 MW/cm2, corresponding to the energy conversion efficiency of 2.42Х10-6 and the photon conversion efficiency of about 0.037%. When the pump power density changed from 123 MW/cm^2 to 148 MW/cm^2 and 164 MW/cm^2, the maximum output of the THz-wave moved to the high frequency band. We give a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51832009)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Grant No.2019YJS209)。
文摘Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification(OPCPA)shows great potential in producing ultrashort high-intensity pulses because of its large gain bandwidth.Quasi-parametric chirped pulse amplification(QPCPA)may further extend the bandwidth.However,behavior of QPCPA at a limited pump intensity(e.g.,≤5 GW/cm^(2) in a nanosecond pumped QPCPA)has not yet been investigated fully.We discuss detailedly the ultra-broadband amplification and the noncollinear phasematching geometry in QPCPA,model and develop a novel noncollinear geometry in QPCPA,namely triple-wavelength phase-matching geometry,which provides two additional phase-matching points around the phase-matching point at the central wavelength.Our analysis demonstrates that the triple-wavelength phase-matching geometry can support stable,ultra-broadband amplification in QPCPA.The numerical simulation results show that ultrashort pulse with a pulse duration of 7.92 fs can be achieved in QPCPA when the pump intensity is limited to 5 GW/cm^(2),calculated using the nonlinear coefficient of YCa;O(BO;);.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51822101,51861135104,51771009 and 11704018).
文摘Our world is composed of various materials with different structures,where spin structures have been playing a pivotal role in spintronic devices of the contemporary information technology.Apart from conventional collinear spin materials such as collinear ferromagnets and collinear antiferromagnetic ally coupled materials,noncollinear spintronic materials have emerged as hot spots of research attention due to exotic physical phenomena.In this review,we first introduce two types of noncollinear spin structures,i.e.,the chiral spin structure that yields real-space Berry phases and the coplanar noncollinear spin structure that could generate momentum-space Berry phases,and then move to relevant novel physical phenomena including topological Hall effect,anomalous Hall effect,multiferroic,Weyl fermions,spin-polarized current and spin Hall effect without spin-orbit coupling in these noncollinear spin systems.Afterward,we summarize and elaborate the electric-field control of the noncollinear spin structure and related physical effects,which could enable ultralow power spintronic devices in future.In the final outlook part,we emphasize the importance and possible routes for experimentally detecting the intriguing theoretically predicted spin-polarized current,verifying the spin Hall effect in the absence of spin-orbit coupling and exploring the anisotropic magnetoresistance and domain-wall-related magnetoresistance effects for noncollinear antiferromagnetic materials.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFE0103300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12274119)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(Grant No.2022CFA088)the Open Research Fund of Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory(Grant No.2022SLABFN04).
文摘Noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn_(3)Sn has shown remarkable efficiency in charge-spin conversion,a novel magnetic spin Hall effect,and a stable topological antiferromagnetic state,which has resulted in great interest from researchers in the field of spin-orbit torque.Current research has primarily focused on the spin-orbit torque effect of epitaxially grown noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn_(3)Sn films.However,this method is not suitable for large-scale industrial preparation.In this study,amorphous Mn_(3)Sn films and Mn_(3)Sn/Py heterostructures were prepared using magnetron sputtering on silicon substrates.The spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance measurement demonstrated that only the conventional spin-orbit torque effect generated by in-plane polarized spin currents existed in the Mn_(3)Sn/Py heterostructure,with a spin-orbit torque efficiency of 0.016.Additionally,we prepared the perpendicular magnetized Mn_(3)Sn/CoTb heterostructure based on amorphous Mn_(3)Sn film,where the spin-orbit torque driven perpendicular magnetization switching was achieved with a lower critical switching current density(3.9×10^(7)A/cm^(2))compared to Ta/CoTb heterostructure.This research reveals the spin-orbit torque effect of amorphous Mn_(3)Sn films and establishes a foundation for further advancement in the practical application of Mn_(3)Sn materials in spintronic devices.
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2017YFA0303202,and 2017YFA0305300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11974260,11674246,51501131,51671147,11874283,51801152,and 11774064)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(Grant Nos.17ZR1443700,and19ZR1478700)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘Antiferromagnets(AFMs)with chiral noncollinear spin structure have attracted great attention in recent years.However,the existing research has mainly focused on hexagonal chiral AFMs,such as Mn3Sn,Mn3Ga,Mn3Ge with low crystalline symmetry.Here,we present our systematical study for the face-centered cubic noncollinear antiferromagnetic Mn3Pt.By varying the alloy composition(x),we have successfully fabricated antiferromagnetic Mn1-xPtx epitaxial films on MgO substrates and have observed a crystalline structure transition from L10 MnPt to L12 Mn3Pt.The Mn3Pt exhibits a large anomalous Hall effect,which is in the same order of magnitude as those of ferromagnetic materials.Moreover,a large thickness-evolved strain effect is revealed in Mn3Pt films by X-ray diffraction(XRD)analysis based on the Scherrer method.Our work explores Mn3Pt as a promising candidate for topological antiferromagnetic spintronics.
基金partly supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology(2012BAC23B03)National Key Basic Research Program of China(2013CB922401)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11074298,60878020)
文摘By inversing the signal and idler in a two-stage noncollinear optical parametric amplifier which is,respectively,pumped by the second harmonic and fundamental wave of femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser at repetition rate of1 kHz,the carrier-envelope phase(CEP)passively stabilized pulses with a tunable wavelength from 1.1 to 1.6 lm are obtained with maximum energy of 95 lJ at 1.3 lm under the pump energy of 500 lJ.The CEP jitter of pulses is 108 mrad measured by an f-2f interferometer.This work demonstrates a new way to efficiently generate tunable near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses with self-stabilized CEP.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.11604148 and 51771003)
文摘The new magnetic degree of freedom provided by the noncollinear structure plays an important role in the development of spintronic devices.In this work,we conducted a systematic study on the magnetic and electrical transport properties of the hexagonal noncollinear ferromagnetic MnFeGe alloy.Abnormal Hall effect and moderate magnetoresistance(MR)were observed below the Curie temperature(~200 K)of MnFeGe,in both bulk and thin-film forms.Notably,the perpendicular MR in all samples firstly grows,then quasi-linearly descends with magnetic field increasing,making an irregular M-type MR in the low-field region.It is speculated that the abnormal MR is related to the magnetic domain change,and combined with micromagnetic simulations,the labyrinth domain and sparse bubble formation are verified to exist in MnFeGe.Our work offers an understanding of the lowfield-positive MR in a ferromagnet,as well as raises the possibility of magnetic bubble formation in this noncollinear system.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, (Grant No. 12104034)。
文摘The magnetic states of the strongly correlated system plutonium dioxide(PuO_(2)) are studied based on the density functional theory(DFT) plus Hubbard U(DFT +U) method with spin–orbit coupling(SOC) included. A series of typical magnetic structures including the multiple-k types are simulated and compared in the aspect of atomic structure and total energy. We test LDA, PBE, and SCAN exchange–correlation functionals on PuO_(2) and a longitudinal 3k antiferromagnetic(AFM) ground state is theoretically determined. This magnetic structure has been identified to be the most stable one by the former computational work using the hybrid functional. Our DFT +U + SOC calculations for the longitudinal 3k AFM ground state suggest a direct gap which is in good agreement with the experimental value. In addition, a genetic algorithm is employed and proved to be effective in predicting magnetic ground state of PuO2. Finally, a comparison between the results of two extensively used DFT +U approaches to this system is made.
基金funding support from the Singapore MOE Ac RF 308 Tier 2(Grant No.T2EP50220-0026)funding support from Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.ZR2023QA012)+3 种基金the Special Fund-ing in the Project of Qilu Young Scholar Program of Shandong Universityfunding support from Australian Research Council Future Fellowship(Grant No.FT220100290)funding support from the AINSE postgraduate awardfunding support from the Research and Development Administration Office at the University of Macao(Grants Nos.MYRG2022-00088-IAPME and SRG2021-00003-IAPME)。
文摘Layered magnetic materials,such as MnBi_(2)Te_(4),have drawn much attention owing to their potential for realizing twodimensional(2D)magnetism and possible topological states.Recently,FeBi_(2)Te_(4),which is isostructural to MnBi_(2)Te_(4),has been synthesized in experiments,but its detailed magnetic ordering and band topology have not been clearly understood yet.Here,based on first-principles calculations,we investigate the magnetic and electronic properties of FeBi_(2)Te_(4)in bulk and 2D forms.We show that different from MnBi_(2)Te_(4),the magnetic ground states of bulk,single-layer,and bilayer FeBi_(2)Te_(4)all favor a 120°noncollinear antiferromagnetic ordering,and they are topologically trivial narrow-gap semiconductors.For the bilayer case,we find that a quantum anomalous Hall effect with a unit Chern number is realized in the ferromagnetic state,which may be achieved in experiment by an external magnetic field or by magnetic proximity coupling.Our work clarifies the physical properties of the new material system of FeBi_(2)Te_(4)and reveals it as a potential platform for studying magnetic frustration down to 2D limit as well as quantum anomalous Hall effect.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No.20925313 and No.60438020）, the National Basic Research Program of China （No.2009CB929404）, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Innovation Program （KJCX2-YW-W25）.
文摘We have reported previously the ultrafast energy transfer process with a time constant of 0.8 ps from a monomeric to a dimeric subunit within a perylenetetracarboxylic diimide trimer, which was derived indirectly from a model fitting into the transient absorption experimental data. Here we present a direct ultrafast fluorescence quenching measurement by employing fs time-resolved transient fluorescence spectroscopy based on noncollinear optical parametric amplification technique. The rapid decay of the monomer＇s emission due to energy transfer was observed directly with a time constant of about 0.82 ps, in good agreement with the previous result.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB310403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60801017)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No. 20070420118)
文摘We report a pulsed surface-emitted THz-wave parametric oscillator based on two MgO：LiNbO3 crystals pumped by a multi-longitudinal mode Q-switched Nd：YAG laser. Through varying the phase matching angle, the tunable THzwave output from 0.79 THz to 2.84 THz is realized. The maximum THz-wave output was 193.2 n J/pulse at 1.84 THz as the pump power density was 212.5 MW/cm2, corresponding to the energy conversion efficiency of 2.42Х10-6 and the photon conversion efficiency of about 0.037%. When the pump power density changed from 123 MW/cm^2 to 148 MW/cm^2 and 164 MW/cm^2, the maximum output of the THz-wave moved to the high frequency band. We give a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon.
