We develop a Monte Carlo (MC) tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model to investigate the in-plane spln-polarized transport in GaAs/GaAlAs quantum well. Using the tool, the effects of the electro...We develop a Monte Carlo (MC) tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model to investigate the in-plane spln-polarized transport in GaAs/GaAlAs quantum well. Using the tool, the effects of the electron occupation of higher subbands and the intersuhband scattering on the spin dephasing have been studied. Compared with the corresponding results of the simple one-snbband approximation model, the spin dephasing length is reduced four times under 0.125 kV/cm of driving electric field at 300K by the MC tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model, indicating that the three-subbarld approximation model predicts significantly shorter spin dephasing length with temperature increasing. Our simulation results suggest that the effects of the electron occupation of higher subbands and the intersubband scattering on the spln-dependent transport of GaAs 2-dhuensional electron gas need to be considered when the driving electric field exceeds the moderate value and the lattice temperature is above 100K. The simulation by using the MC tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model also indicates that, under a eertain driving electric field and lattice temperature, larger channel widths cause spins to be depolarized faster. Ranges of the three components of the spins are different for three different injected spin polarizations due to the anisotropy of spin-orbit interaction.展开更多
In this paper the quantum transport through an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) quantum-dot-ring with two dot-array arms described by a single-band tight-binding Hamiltonian is investigated in the presence of additional magnetic ...In this paper the quantum transport through an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) quantum-dot-ring with two dot-array arms described by a single-band tight-binding Hamiltonian is investigated in the presence of additional magnetic fields applied to the dot-array arms to produce spin flip of electrons. A far richer interference pattern than that in the charge transport alone is found. Besides the usual AB oscillation the tunable spin polarization of the current by the magnetic flux is a new observation and is seen to be particularly useful in technical applications. The spectrum of transmission probability is modulated by the quantum dot numbers on the up-arc and down-arc of the ring, which, however, does not affect the period of the AB oscillation.展开更多
Spin-polarized transport properties in Fe /insulator (Ⅰ) (semiconductor (S)) / Co / I (S) / Fe double junction systems are investigated theoretically, current density is asymmetry as function of the direction of appl...Spin-polarized transport properties in Fe /insulator (Ⅰ) (semiconductor (S)) / Co / I (S) / Fe double junction systems are investigated theoretically, current density is asymmetry as function of the direction of applied bias, and evaluated using generalized formalism base on the non-equilibrium Green's function, which is implemented with calculation of real space Green's function in tight-binding model in linear response region.展开更多
Spin-polarized current generated by thermal bias across a system composed of a quantum dot (QD) connected to metallic leads is studied in the presence of magnetic and photon fields. The current of a certain spin ori...Spin-polarized current generated by thermal bias across a system composed of a quantum dot (QD) connected to metallic leads is studied in the presence of magnetic and photon fields. The current of a certain spin orientation vanishes when the dot level is aligned to the lead's chemical potential, resulting in a 100% spin-polarized current. The spin-resolved current also changes its sign at the two sides of the zero points. By tuning the system's parameters, spin-up and spin-down currents with equal strength may flow in opposite directions, which induces a pure spin current without the accompany of charge current. With the help of the thermal bias, both the strength and the direction of the spin-polarized current can be manipulated by tuning either the frequency or the intensity of the photon field, which is beyond the reach of the usual electric bias voltage.展开更多
We perform micromagnetic simulations on the switching of magnetic vortex core by using spin-polarized currents through a three-nanocontact geometry. Our simulation results show that the current combination with an app...We perform micromagnetic simulations on the switching of magnetic vortex core by using spin-polarized currents through a three-nanocontact geometry. Our simulation results show that the current combination with an appropriate current flow direction destroys the symmetry of the total effective energy of the system so that the vortex core can be easier to excite,resulting in less critical current density and a faster switching process. Besides its fundamental significance, our findings provide an additional route to incorporating magnetic vortex phenomena into data storage devices.展开更多
We analyze the transport through asymmetric double quantum dots with an inhomogeneous Zeeman splitting in the presence of crossed dc and ac magnetic fields. A strong spin-polarized current can be obtained by changing ...We analyze the transport through asymmetric double quantum dots with an inhomogeneous Zeeman splitting in the presence of crossed dc and ac magnetic fields. A strong spin-polarized current can be obtained by changing the dc magnetic field. It is mainly due to the resonant tunnelling. But for the ferromagnetic right electrode, the electron spin resonance also plays an important role in transport. We show that the double quantum dots with three-level mixing under crossed dc and ac magnetic fields can act not only as a bipolar spin filter but also as a spin inverter under suitable conditions.展开更多
According to the one-dimensional antiresonance effect (Wang X R, Wang Y and Sun Z Z 2003 Phys. Rev. B 65 193402), we propose a possible spin-polarized current generation device. Our proposed model consists of one ch...According to the one-dimensional antiresonance effect (Wang X R, Wang Y and Sun Z Z 2003 Phys. Rev. B 65 193402), we propose a possible spin-polarized current generation device. Our proposed model consists of one chain and an impurity coupling to the chain. The energy level of the impurity can be occupied by an electron with a specific spin, and the electron with such a spin is blocked because of the antiresonance effect. Based on this phenomenon our model can generate the spin-polarized current flowing through the chain due to different polarization rates. On the other hand, the device can also be used to measure the generated spin accumulation. Our model is feasible with today's technology.展开更多
Influence of spin–orbit coupling on spin-polarized electronic transport in magnetic semiconductor nanowires with nanosized sharp domain walls is investigated theoretically.It is shown that the Rashba spin–orbit coup...Influence of spin–orbit coupling on spin-polarized electronic transport in magnetic semiconductor nanowires with nanosized sharp domain walls is investigated theoretically.It is shown that the Rashba spin–orbit coupling can enhance significantly the spin-flip scattering of charge carriers from a nanosized sharp domain wall whose extension is much smaller than the carrier's Fermi wavelength.When there are more than one domain wall presented in a magnetic semiconductor nanowire,not only the spin-flip scattering of charge carriers from the domain walls but the quantum interference of charge carriers in the intermediate domain regions between neighboring domain walls may play important roles on spin-polarized electronic transport,and in such cases the influences of the Rashba spin–orbit coupling will depend sensitively both on the domain walls' width and the domain walls' separation.展开更多
Spin-polarized oscillations in conductance is studied through a mesoscopic Aharonov-Casher (AC) ring with a quantum gate that is tuned by an external magnetic field. Both the conductance and its spin polarization at...Spin-polarized oscillations in conductance is studied through a mesoscopic Aharonov-Casher (AC) ring with a quantum gate that is tuned by an external magnetic field. Both the conductance and its spin polarization at zero temperature are calculated as a function of the textured electric field, the magnetic field, and Fermi energy. It is found that for some special Fermi energies, spin-up electrons are driven into perfect transmission or reflection states, unaffected by the electric field when Zeeman energy of the incident electrons aligns with one level of the isolated stub or is larger than Fermi energy. This brings about AC oscillations of spin-down conductance. It shows that periodic oscillations of the conductance appear in the adiabatic region of quantum phase and in the normdiabatic region. Anomalous behavior of the conductance oscillation is dependent on the difference between the tilt angle of spin and the electric field.展开更多
The influence of a Co or phthalocyanine (Pc) molecular overlayer on the properties of quantum-well resonances (QWR) in Cu layers atop Co(001) is studied by means of spin-polarized electron reflection. For Co atoms and...The influence of a Co or phthalocyanine (Pc) molecular overlayer on the properties of quantum-well resonances (QWR) in Cu layers atop Co(001) is studied by means of spin-polarized electron reflection. For Co atoms and Pc molecules, an energy shift of the QWR-induced signal is observed with increasing coverage and is attributed to a variation of the electron reflection phase at the Cu/Co and Cu/Pc interface. For Co we find a linear energy shift in the Cu QWR energy position with increasing coverage down to the sub-monolayer regime. This shows that the phase accumulation model remains accurate within the sub-monolayer regime of a discontinuous interface. An opposite sign in the energy shift between Co and Pc overlayers could reflect an opposite impact on the Cu surface work function of overlayer adsorption.展开更多
In this paper the quantum transport in a dot-array coupled with an Ahaxonov-Bohm (AB) ring is investigated via single-band tight-binding Hamiltonian. It is shown that the output spin current is a periodic function o...In this paper the quantum transport in a dot-array coupled with an Ahaxonov-Bohm (AB) ring is investigated via single-band tight-binding Hamiltonian. It is shown that the output spin current is a periodic function of the magnetic flux in the quantum unit Ф0. The resonance positions of the total transmission probability do not depend on the size of the AB ring but the electronic spectrum. Moreover, the persistent currents in the AB ring is also spin-polarization dependent and different from the isolated AB ring where the persistent current is independent of spin polarization.展开更多
Spin polarization in ferromagnetic metal/insulator/spin-filter barrier/nonmagnetic metal, referred to as quasimagnetic tunnel junctions, is studied within the free-electron model. Our results show that large positive ...Spin polarization in ferromagnetic metal/insulator/spin-filter barrier/nonmagnetic metal, referred to as quasimagnetic tunnel junctions, is studied within the free-electron model. Our results show that large positive or negative spin-polarization can be obtained at high bias in quasi-magnetic tunnel junctions, and within large bias variation regions, the degree of spin-polarization can be linearly tuned by bias. These linear variation regions of spin-polarization with bias are influenced by the barrier thicknesses, barrier heights and molecular fields in the spin-filter (SF) layer. Among them, the variations of thickness and heights of the insulating and SF barrier layers have influence on the value of spin-polarization and the linear variation regions of spin-polarization with bias. However, the variations of molecular field in the SF layer only have influence on the values of the spin-polarization and the influences on the linear variation regions of spin-polarization with bias are slight.展开更多
We report a transportable one-dimensional optical lattice clock based on 87Sr at the National Time Service Center.The transportable apparatus consists of a compact vacuum system and compact optical subsystems.The vacu...We report a transportable one-dimensional optical lattice clock based on 87Sr at the National Time Service Center.The transportable apparatus consists of a compact vacuum system and compact optical subsystems.The vacuum system with a size of 90 cm×20 cm×42 cm and the beam distributors are assembled on a double-layer optical breadboard.The modularized optical subsystems are integrated on independent optical breadboards.By using a 230 ms clock laser pulse,spin-polarized spectroscopy with a linewidth of 4.8 Hz is obtained which is close to the 3.9 Hz Fourier-limit linewidth.The time interleaved self-comparison frequency instability is determined to be 6.3 × 10^-17 at an averaging time of 2000 s.展开更多
The electronic structure and magnetic properties of the transition-metal (TM) atoms (Sc-Zn, Pt and Au) doped zigzag GaN single-walled nanotubes (NTs) are investigated using first-principles spin-polarized densit...The electronic structure and magnetic properties of the transition-metal (TM) atoms (Sc-Zn, Pt and Au) doped zigzag GaN single-walled nanotubes (NTs) are investigated using first-principles spin-polarized density functional calculations. Our results show that the bindings of all TM atoms are stable with the binding energy in the range of 6-16 eV. The Sc- and V-doped GaN NTs exhibit a nonmagnetic behavior. The GaN NTs doped with Ti, Mn, Ni, Cu and Pt are antiferromagnetic. On the contrary, the Cr-, Fe-, Co-, Zn- and Au-doped GaN NTs show the ferromagnetic characteristics. The Mn- and Co- doped GaN NTs induce the largest local moment of 4#B among these TM atoms. The local magnetic moment is dominated by the contribution from the substitutional TM atom and the N atoms bonded with it.展开更多
Micromagnetic simulation is employed to study the gyration motion of magnetic vortices in distinct permalloy nanodisks driven by a spin-polarized current. The critical current density for magnetic vortex gyration, eig...Micromagnetic simulation is employed to study the gyration motion of magnetic vortices in distinct permalloy nanodisks driven by a spin-polarized current. The critical current density for magnetic vortex gyration, eigenfrequency, trajectory, velocity and the time for a magnetic vortex to obtain the steady gyration are analyzed. Simulation results reveal that the magnetic vortices in larger and thinner nanodisks can achieve a lower-frequency gyration at a lower current density in a shorter time. However, the magnetic vortices in thicker nanodisks need a higher current density and longer time to attain steady gyration but with a higher eigenfrequency. We also find that the point-contact position exerts different influences on these parameters in different nanodisks, which contributes to the control of the magnetic vortex gyration. The conclusions of this paper can serve as a theoretical basis for designing nano-oscillators and microwave frequency modulators.展开更多
The spin-polarized linear conductance spectrum and current–voltage characteristics in a four-quantum-dot ring embodied into Aharonov–Bohm (AB) interferometer are investigated theoretically by considering a local R...The spin-polarized linear conductance spectrum and current–voltage characteristics in a four-quantum-dot ring embodied into Aharonov–Bohm (AB) interferometer are investigated theoretically by considering a local Rashba spin–orbit interaction. It shows that the spin-polarized linear conductance and the corresponding spin polarization are each a function of magnetic flux phase at zero bias voltage with a period of 2π, and that Hubbard U cannot influence the electron transport properties in this case. When adjusting appropriately the structural parameter of inter-dot coupling and dot-lead coupling strength, the electronic spin polarization can reach a maximum value. Furthermore, by adjusting the bias voltages applied to the leads, the spin-up and spin-down currents move in opposite directions and pure spin current exists in the configuration space in appropriate situations. Based on the numerical results, such a model can be applied to the design of a spin filter device.展开更多
The influence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction(DMI)on the vortex reversal driven by an out-of-plane spin-polarized current in an off-centered nanocontact structure is investigated.The simulation results show that ...The influence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction(DMI)on the vortex reversal driven by an out-of-plane spin-polarized current in an off-centered nanocontact structure is investigated.The simulation results show that DMI plays a vital role in vortex core reversal,including reversal current density,reversal velocity and reversal time.Under the influence of DMI,magnetic vortices still reverse polarity through the nucleation and annihilation of vortex and anti-vortex,with some peculiar characteristics.These results open up new possibilities for the application of magnetic vortex-based spin-transfer encryption nano-storage.展开更多
The spin-polarized photocurrent is used to study the in-plane electric field dependent spin transport in undoped InGaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells. In the temperature range of 77–297 K, the spin-polarized photocur...The spin-polarized photocurrent is used to study the in-plane electric field dependent spin transport in undoped InGaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells. In the temperature range of 77–297 K, the spin-polarized photocurrent shows an anisotropic spin transport under different oriented in-plane electric fields. We ascribe this characteristic to two dominant mechanisms: the hot phonon effect and the Rashba spin-orbit effect which is influenced by the in-plane electric fields with different orientations. The formulas are proposed to fit our experiments, suggesting a guide of potential applications and devices.展开更多
Samples with nominal composition of (1 - x)La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO)/xCuO (x = 0%, 2%, 4% and 20% ) were made using a special experimental method. The temperature dependence of the resistivity (ρ) of the compos...Samples with nominal composition of (1 - x)La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO)/xCuO (x = 0%, 2%, 4% and 20% ) were made using a special experimental method. The temperature dependence of the resistivity (ρ) of the composites was investigated in the temperature range of 10 - 300 K and different magnetic fields of H = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0 and 3.0 T. The results showed that CuO percentage x had important effects on metal-insulator transition temperature (Tp), zero field peak resistivity (ρmax), and magnetoresistance (MR) properties of the composites. Tp shifted sharply towards low temperature with the increase of x in the range of x ≤4%, but was almost independent of x at high level of CuO content. Composites with x = 4 % and 20 % exhibited similar electrical transmission behavior. Compared with pure LCMO, enhanced magnetoresistance could be clearly observed even in a quite low magnetic field of 0.3 T. For x =4% and 20% samples, the MR value at 0.3 T could reach as high as - 88% and - 90%, respectively. XRD and SEM analysis showed that the substantial enhancement of MR, especially near Tp, was because of local spin disorder between contiguous LCMO ferromagnetic particles caused by the addition of CuO.展开更多
The quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect is considered to be unstable to perturbations violating the time-reversal (TR) symmetry. We review some recent developments in the search of the QSH effect in the absence of the ...The quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect is considered to be unstable to perturbations violating the time-reversal (TR) symmetry. We review some recent developments in the search of the QSH effect in the absence of the TR symmetry. The possibility to realize a robust QSH effect by artificial removal of the TR symmetry of the edge states is explored. As a useful tool to characterize topological phases without the TR symmetry, the spin-Chern number theory is introduced.展开更多
基金Project supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 90307006 and 10234010), and the Research Fund for the Datoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant Nos 20040001026 and 20020001018).
文摘We develop a Monte Carlo (MC) tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model to investigate the in-plane spln-polarized transport in GaAs/GaAlAs quantum well. Using the tool, the effects of the electron occupation of higher subbands and the intersuhband scattering on the spin dephasing have been studied. Compared with the corresponding results of the simple one-snbband approximation model, the spin dephasing length is reduced four times under 0.125 kV/cm of driving electric field at 300K by the MC tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model, indicating that the three-subbarld approximation model predicts significantly shorter spin dephasing length with temperature increasing. Our simulation results suggest that the effects of the electron occupation of higher subbands and the intersubband scattering on the spln-dependent transport of GaAs 2-dhuensional electron gas need to be considered when the driving electric field exceeds the moderate value and the lattice temperature is above 100K. The simulation by using the MC tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model also indicates that, under a eertain driving electric field and lattice temperature, larger channel widths cause spins to be depolarized faster. Ranges of the three components of the spins are different for three different injected spin polarizations due to the anisotropy of spin-orbit interaction.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10475053).
文摘In this paper the quantum transport through an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) quantum-dot-ring with two dot-array arms described by a single-band tight-binding Hamiltonian is investigated in the presence of additional magnetic fields applied to the dot-array arms to produce spin flip of electrons. A far richer interference pattern than that in the charge transport alone is found. Besides the usual AB oscillation the tunable spin polarization of the current by the magnetic flux is a new observation and is seen to be particularly useful in technical applications. The spectrum of transmission probability is modulated by the quantum dot numbers on the up-arc and down-arc of the ring, which, however, does not affect the period of the AB oscillation.
文摘Spin-polarized transport properties in Fe /insulator (Ⅰ) (semiconductor (S)) / Co / I (S) / Fe double junction systems are investigated theoretically, current density is asymmetry as function of the direction of applied bias, and evaluated using generalized formalism base on the non-equilibrium Green's function, which is implemented with calculation of real space Green's function in tight-binding model in linear response region.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61274101 and 51362031)the Initial Project for High-Level Talents of UESTC,Zhongshan Insitute,China(Grant No.415YKQ02)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2014M562301)
文摘Spin-polarized current generated by thermal bias across a system composed of a quantum dot (QD) connected to metallic leads is studied in the presence of magnetic and photon fields. The current of a certain spin orientation vanishes when the dot level is aligned to the lead's chemical potential, resulting in a 100% spin-polarized current. The spin-resolved current also changes its sign at the two sides of the zero points. By tuning the system's parameters, spin-up and spin-down currents with equal strength may flow in opposite directions, which induces a pure spin current without the accompany of charge current. With the help of the thermal bias, both the strength and the direction of the spin-polarized current can be manipulated by tuning either the frequency or the intensity of the photon field, which is beyond the reach of the usual electric bias voltage.
基金supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2013M541286)the Science and Technology Planning Project of Jilin Province,China(Grant Nos.20140520109JH and 20150414003GH)the “Twelfth Five year” Scientific and Technological Research Project of Department of Education of Jilin Province,China
文摘We perform micromagnetic simulations on the switching of magnetic vortex core by using spin-polarized currents through a three-nanocontact geometry. Our simulation results show that the current combination with an appropriate current flow direction destroys the symmetry of the total effective energy of the system so that the vortex core can be easier to excite,resulting in less critical current density and a faster switching process. Besides its fundamental significance, our findings provide an additional route to incorporating magnetic vortex phenomena into data storage devices.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10874020 and 11174042)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grants No. 2011CB922204)+1 种基金the CAEP,China (Grant No. 2011B0102024)the SRF for ROCS,SEM,China
文摘We analyze the transport through asymmetric double quantum dots with an inhomogeneous Zeeman splitting in the presence of crossed dc and ac magnetic fields. A strong spin-polarized current can be obtained by changing the dc magnetic field. It is mainly due to the resonant tunnelling. But for the ferromagnetic right electrode, the electron spin resonance also plays an important role in transport. We show that the double quantum dots with three-level mixing under crossed dc and ac magnetic fields can act not only as a bipolar spin filter but also as a spin inverter under suitable conditions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10904082 and 10875072)
文摘According to the one-dimensional antiresonance effect (Wang X R, Wang Y and Sun Z Z 2003 Phys. Rev. B 65 193402), we propose a possible spin-polarized current generation device. Our proposed model consists of one chain and an impurity coupling to the chain. The energy level of the impurity can be occupied by an electron with a specific spin, and the electron with such a spin is blocked because of the antiresonance effect. Based on this phenomenon our model can generate the spin-polarized current flowing through the chain due to different polarization rates. On the other hand, the device can also be used to measure the generated spin accumulation. Our model is feasible with today's technology.
文摘Influence of spin–orbit coupling on spin-polarized electronic transport in magnetic semiconductor nanowires with nanosized sharp domain walls is investigated theoretically.It is shown that the Rashba spin–orbit coupling can enhance significantly the spin-flip scattering of charge carriers from a nanosized sharp domain wall whose extension is much smaller than the carrier's Fermi wavelength.When there are more than one domain wall presented in a magnetic semiconductor nanowire,not only the spin-flip scattering of charge carriers from the domain walls but the quantum interference of charge carriers in the intermediate domain regions between neighboring domain walls may play important roles on spin-polarized electronic transport,and in such cases the influences of the Rashba spin–orbit coupling will depend sensitively both on the domain walls' width and the domain walls' separation.
文摘Spin-polarized oscillations in conductance is studied through a mesoscopic Aharonov-Casher (AC) ring with a quantum gate that is tuned by an external magnetic field. Both the conductance and its spin polarization at zero temperature are calculated as a function of the textured electric field, the magnetic field, and Fermi energy. It is found that for some special Fermi energies, spin-up electrons are driven into perfect transmission or reflection states, unaffected by the electric field when Zeeman energy of the incident electrons aligns with one level of the isolated stub or is larger than Fermi energy. This brings about AC oscillations of spin-down conductance. It shows that periodic oscillations of the conductance appear in the adiabatic region of quantum phase and in the normdiabatic region. Anomalous behavior of the conductance oscillation is dependent on the difference between the tilt angle of spin and the electric field.
文摘The influence of a Co or phthalocyanine (Pc) molecular overlayer on the properties of quantum-well resonances (QWR) in Cu layers atop Co(001) is studied by means of spin-polarized electron reflection. For Co atoms and Pc molecules, an energy shift of the QWR-induced signal is observed with increasing coverage and is attributed to a variation of the electron reflection phase at the Cu/Co and Cu/Pc interface. For Co we find a linear energy shift in the Cu QWR energy position with increasing coverage down to the sub-monolayer regime. This shows that the phase accumulation model remains accurate within the sub-monolayer regime of a discontinuous interface. An opposite sign in the energy shift between Co and Pc overlayers could reflect an opposite impact on the Cu surface work function of overlayer adsorption.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10947163 and 10947164)
文摘In this paper the quantum transport in a dot-array coupled with an Ahaxonov-Bohm (AB) ring is investigated via single-band tight-binding Hamiltonian. It is shown that the output spin current is a periodic function of the magnetic flux in the quantum unit Ф0. The resonance positions of the total transmission probability do not depend on the size of the AB ring but the electronic spectrum. Moreover, the persistent currents in the AB ring is also spin-polarization dependent and different from the isolated AB ring where the persistent current is independent of spin polarization.
基金Supported by the Key Natural Science Fund of Sichuan Province Education Department under Grant Nos 13ZA0149 and16ZA0047the Construction Plan for Scientific Research Innovation Team of Universities in Sichuan Province under Grant No12TD008
文摘Spin polarization in ferromagnetic metal/insulator/spin-filter barrier/nonmagnetic metal, referred to as quasimagnetic tunnel junctions, is studied within the free-electron model. Our results show that large positive or negative spin-polarization can be obtained at high bias in quasi-magnetic tunnel junctions, and within large bias variation regions, the degree of spin-polarization can be linearly tuned by bias. These linear variation regions of spin-polarization with bias are influenced by the barrier thicknesses, barrier heights and molecular fields in the spin-filter (SF) layer. Among them, the variations of thickness and heights of the insulating and SF barrier layers have influence on the value of spin-polarization and the linear variation regions of spin-polarization with bias. However, the variations of molecular field in the SF layer only have influence on the values of the spin-polarization and the influences on the linear variation regions of spin-polarization with bias are slight.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61775220 and 11803042)the Key Research Project of Frontier Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.QYZDB-SSW-JSC004)the strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB21030100).
文摘We report a transportable one-dimensional optical lattice clock based on 87Sr at the National Time Service Center.The transportable apparatus consists of a compact vacuum system and compact optical subsystems.The vacuum system with a size of 90 cm×20 cm×42 cm and the beam distributors are assembled on a double-layer optical breadboard.The modularized optical subsystems are integrated on independent optical breadboards.By using a 230 ms clock laser pulse,spin-polarized spectroscopy with a linewidth of 4.8 Hz is obtained which is close to the 3.9 Hz Fourier-limit linewidth.The time interleaved self-comparison frequency instability is determined to be 6.3 × 10^-17 at an averaging time of 2000 s.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB619304)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51072007,91021017,11364030,and 11047018)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.1112007)
文摘The electronic structure and magnetic properties of the transition-metal (TM) atoms (Sc-Zn, Pt and Au) doped zigzag GaN single-walled nanotubes (NTs) are investigated using first-principles spin-polarized density functional calculations. Our results show that the bindings of all TM atoms are stable with the binding energy in the range of 6-16 eV. The Sc- and V-doped GaN NTs exhibit a nonmagnetic behavior. The GaN NTs doped with Ti, Mn, Ni, Cu and Pt are antiferromagnetic. On the contrary, the Cr-, Fe-, Co-, Zn- and Au-doped GaN NTs show the ferromagnetic characteristics. The Mn- and Co- doped GaN NTs induce the largest local moment of 4#B among these TM atoms. The local magnetic moment is dominated by the contribution from the substitutional TM atom and the N atoms bonded with it.
基金Project supported by the Thirteenth Five-Year Program for Science and Technology of Education Department of Jilin Province,China(Grant No.JJKH20191007KJ)the Program for Development of Science and Technology of Siping City,China(Grant No.2016063)
文摘Micromagnetic simulation is employed to study the gyration motion of magnetic vortices in distinct permalloy nanodisks driven by a spin-polarized current. The critical current density for magnetic vortex gyration, eigenfrequency, trajectory, velocity and the time for a magnetic vortex to obtain the steady gyration are analyzed. Simulation results reveal that the magnetic vortices in larger and thinner nanodisks can achieve a lower-frequency gyration at a lower current density in a shorter time. However, the magnetic vortices in thicker nanodisks need a higher current density and longer time to attain steady gyration but with a higher eigenfrequency. We also find that the point-contact position exerts different influences on these parameters in different nanodisks, which contributes to the control of the magnetic vortex gyration. The conclusions of this paper can serve as a theoretical basis for designing nano-oscillators and microwave frequency modulators.
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province, China (Grant No. 201202085)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 11004138)+1 种基金the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of Liaoning Provence, China (Grant No. LJQ2011020)the Young Scientists Fund of Shenyang Ligong University (Grant No. 2011QN-04-11)
文摘The spin-polarized linear conductance spectrum and current–voltage characteristics in a four-quantum-dot ring embodied into Aharonov–Bohm (AB) interferometer are investigated theoretically by considering a local Rashba spin–orbit interaction. It shows that the spin-polarized linear conductance and the corresponding spin polarization are each a function of magnetic flux phase at zero bias voltage with a period of 2π, and that Hubbard U cannot influence the electron transport properties in this case. When adjusting appropriately the structural parameter of inter-dot coupling and dot-lead coupling strength, the electronic spin polarization can reach a maximum value. Furthermore, by adjusting the bias voltages applied to the leads, the spin-up and spin-down currents move in opposite directions and pure spin current exists in the configuration space in appropriate situations. Based on the numerical results, such a model can be applied to the design of a spin filter device.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11774045 and 22078124)the Program for the Development of Science and Technology of Jilin Province,China(Grant No.20210101410JC).
文摘The influence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction(DMI)on the vortex reversal driven by an out-of-plane spin-polarized current in an off-centered nanocontact structure is investigated.The simulation results show that DMI plays a vital role in vortex core reversal,including reversal current density,reversal velocity and reversal time.Under the influence of DMI,magnetic vortices still reverse polarity through the nucleation and annihilation of vortex and anti-vortex,with some peculiar characteristics.These results open up new possibilities for the application of magnetic vortex-based spin-transfer encryption nano-storage.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2015CB921503the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61474114,11574302,61627822 and 11704032the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant Nos 2018YFA0209103,2016YFB0402303 and 2016YFB0400101
文摘The spin-polarized photocurrent is used to study the in-plane electric field dependent spin transport in undoped InGaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells. In the temperature range of 77–297 K, the spin-polarized photocurrent shows an anisotropic spin transport under different oriented in-plane electric fields. We ascribe this characteristic to two dominant mechanisms: the hot phonon effect and the Rashba spin-orbit effect which is influenced by the in-plane electric fields with different orientations. The formulas are proposed to fit our experiments, suggesting a guide of potential applications and devices.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10374032)
文摘Samples with nominal composition of (1 - x)La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO)/xCuO (x = 0%, 2%, 4% and 20% ) were made using a special experimental method. The temperature dependence of the resistivity (ρ) of the composites was investigated in the temperature range of 10 - 300 K and different magnetic fields of H = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0 and 3.0 T. The results showed that CuO percentage x had important effects on metal-insulator transition temperature (Tp), zero field peak resistivity (ρmax), and magnetoresistance (MR) properties of the composites. Tp shifted sharply towards low temperature with the increase of x in the range of x ≤4%, but was almost independent of x at high level of CuO content. Composites with x = 4 % and 20 % exhibited similar electrical transmission behavior. Compared with pure LCMO, enhanced magnetoresistance could be clearly observed even in a quite low magnetic field of 0.3 T. For x =4% and 20% samples, the MR value at 0.3 T could reach as high as - 88% and - 90%, respectively. XRD and SEM analysis showed that the substantial enhancement of MR, especially near Tp, was because of local spin disorder between contiguous LCMO ferromagnetic particles caused by the addition of CuO.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2009CB929504,2011CB922103,and 2010CB923400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11225420,11074110,11174125,11074109,and 91021003)+1 种基金the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,China,the US NSF (Grant Nos. DMR-0906816 and DMR-1205734)Princeton MRSEC (Grant No. DMR-0819860)
文摘The quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect is considered to be unstable to perturbations violating the time-reversal (TR) symmetry. We review some recent developments in the search of the QSH effect in the absence of the TR symmetry. The possibility to realize a robust QSH effect by artificial removal of the TR symmetry of the edge states is explored. As a useful tool to characterize topological phases without the TR symmetry, the spin-Chern number theory is introduced.