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2019-03-12
Light-induced breathing in photochromic yttrium oxy-hydrides
When exposed to air, metallic yttrium dihydride YH2films turn into insulating and transparent yttrium oxy-hydride (YHO). The incorporation of oxygen causes the lattice expansion of YH2 and the emergence of photochromic properties. However, the oxidation of YH2 is not completely irreversible: under illumination some oxy...
1903.05021v1
2019-08-28
Thermal surface neutralization of Fr ions with metal foils for magneto-optical trapping of radioisotopes
We investigate neutralization processes (especially thermal surface neutralization), which are required for the magneto-optical trapping of radioactive atoms. A variety of neutralization methods are first summarized: neutral beam injection for fusion reactors, neutral atom implantation in semiconductor processing, and ...
1908.10698v1
2019-11-15
Yttrium Tantalum Oxynitride Multiphases as Photoanodes for Water Oxidation
Perovskite yttrium tantalum oxynitride is theoretically proposed as a promising semiconductor for solar water splitting because of the predicted bandgap and energy positions of band edges. In experiment, however, we show here that depending on processing parameters, yttrium tantalum oxynitrides exist in multiphases, in...
1911.06550v1
2019-12-23
Characterization of near-room-temperature superconductivity in yttrium superhydrides
Recently, Troyan et al (2019 arXiv:1908.01534) and Kong et al (2019 arXiv:1909.10482) extended near-room-temperature superconductors family by new yttrium superhydride polymorphs, YHn (n = 4,6,7,9), which exhibit superconducting transition temperatures in the range of Tc = 210-243 K at pressure of P = 160-255 GPa. In t...
1912.10941v1
2021-05-30
Systematic studies of rubidium-exposed surfaces by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and light-induced atom desorption
We systematically investigated various types of surfaces on which rubidium (Rb) atoms were deposited by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and measured the light-induced atom desorption (LIAD) from those surfaces. The main surfaces of interest included synthetic quartz, yttrium metal, and paraffin. The Rb atoms dep...
2105.14451v1
2021-11-18
Light outputs of yttrium doped BaF$_2$ crystals irradiated with neutrons
The fast luminescence component of barium fluoride (BaF$_2$) crystals with a subnanosecond decay time can find wide application in particle physics and nuclear physics. However, the slow luminescence component with the 630~ns decay time could cause pile-up signals at a high rate environment. Doping of BaF$_2$ crystals ...
2111.09672v1
2023-01-28
Structure and Dynamics of a Lattice of Tetragonal Germanates R2Ge2O7 (R = Tb-Lu, Y): Ab Initio Calculation
The crystal structure, phonon spectrum, and elastic constants of a series of rare-earth germanates (including yttrium germanate R2Ge2O7 (R = Tb-Lu, Y)) with a tetragonal structure have been ab initio calculated within the density functional theory. The frequencies and types of fundamental vibrations and the intensities...
2301.12196v1
2008-01-26
Magnetoelectric Control of Domain Walls in a Ferrite Garnet Film
The effect of magnetic domain boundaries displacement induced by electric field is observed in epitaxial ferrite garnet films (on substrates with the (210) crystallographic orientation). The effect is odd with respect to the electric field (the direction of wall displacement changes with the polarity of the voltage) an...
0801.4073v1
2018-02-02
Separated quotients of Picard schemes
We give some necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of N\'{e}ron models of jacobians of semistable morphisms of arbitrary relative dimension over base schemes of arbitrary dimension. To do this, we introduce a notion of alignment for semistable morphisms over any regular base scheme, and show that the ja...
1802.00618v2
2018-06-14
Garnet Ring Measurements For The Fermilab Booster 2nd Harmonic Cavity
A perpendicularly biased tuneable 2nd harmonic cavity is being constructed for use in the Fermilab Booster. The cavity's tuner uses National Magnetics AL800 garnet as the tuning media. For quality control, the magnetic properties of the material and the uniformity of the properties within the tuner must be assessed. We...
1806.05716v1
2020-10-29
Miniature Annular Permanent Magnet Assembly with Fast Far Field Decay and Majority Collimated Central Field
We report on a 3/8" OD x 1/4" ID x 3/8" long NdFeB assembly of 1/16" thick annulars boasting half the 1/100 far field transverse decay distance compared to an ID Helholtz-spaced pair of similar annulars; and greater than 50% of ID collimated better than 1/1000. The device is applied to a He-3,-4 laser spectroscopy expe...
2011.02558v2
2021-01-10
Innovative Low Cost Laboratory Automation Environment and LabVIEW Reformation Application Case Study
In recognition of the catalytic role of instruments, we report on an original, low-cost, robust, LabVIEW-based automation development environment configuration and application to reformation of a legacy laser atomic spectroscopy system. Open source, version and configuration control, full back-up, and remote/distribute...
2101.03637v1
2001-09-19
The Feynman Propagator from a Single Path
We show that it is possible to construct the Feynman Propagator in one dimension, without quantization, from a single continuous space-time path.
0109092v2
1999-07-06
Dipolar random field Ising model: an application to garnet films
The dipolar-random field Ising model (DRFIM) recently introduced displays a behaviour that can be connected to the magnetization of bidimensional magnetic media. Epitaxial magnetic garnet films seem to be the ideal test material for such a model. In this work the results of the measurements performed on garnet samples ...
9907075v1
2000-10-05
Classical Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a garnet lattice: a Monte Carlo simulation
We have studied a classical antiferromagnet on a garnet lattice by means of Monte Carlo simulations in an attempt to examine the role of geometrical frustration in Gadolinium Gallium Garnet, Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG). Low-temperature specific heat, magnetisation, susceptibility, the autocorrelation function A(t) and the neutron ...
0010088v1
2006-07-03
Interaction between superconducting vortices and Bloch wall in ferrite garnet film
Interaction between a Bloch wall in a ferrite-garnet film and a vortex in a superconductor is analyzed in the London approximation. Equilibrium distribution of vortices formed around the Bloch wall is calculated. The results agree quantitatively with magneto-optical experiment where an in-plane magnetized ferrite-garne...
0607043v2
2017-12-05
Deep Neural Networks for Accurate Predictions of Garnet Stability
Predicting the stability of crystals is one of the central problems in materials science. Today, density functional theory (DFT) calculations are the computational tool of choice to obtain energies of crystals with quantitative accuracy. Despite algorithmic and computing advances, DFT calculations remain comparatively ...
1712.01908v1
2021-12-23
Steam Degradation of Ytterbium Disilicate Environmental Barrier Coatings: Effect of Composition, Microstructure and Temperature
Recession of environmental barrier coatings (EBC) in environments containing steam is a pressing concern that requires further research before their implementation in gas turbine engines can be realized. In this work, free-standing plasma sprayed Yb2Si2O7 coatings were exposed to flowing steam at 1350 {\deg}C and 1400 ...
2201.04939v1
2022-07-18
An Ab-initio study of the Y decorated 2D holey graphyne for hydrogen storage application
Expanding pollution and rapid consumption of natural reservoirs (gas, oil, and coal) led humankind to explore alternative energy fuels like hydrogen fuel. Solid-state hydrogen storage is most desirable because of its usefulness in the onboard vehicle. In this work, we explored the yttrium decorated ultra porous, two-di...
2207.08546v1
2010-11-09
First-principles modeling of the interactions of iron impurities with graphene and graphite
Results of first principles modelling of interactions graphene and graphite with iron impurities predict the colossal difference between these two carbon allotropes. Insertion of the iron atoms between the planes of graphite is much more energetically favourable than adsorption of the iron adatom at graphite or graphen...
1011.1950v1
2020-03-27
The Chemical Evolution of Galaxy Clusters: Dissecting the Iron Mass Budget of the Intracluster Medium
We study the chemical evolution of galaxy clusters by measuring the iron mass in the ICM after dissecting the abundance profiles into different components. We use Chandra archival observations of 186 morphologically regular clusters in the redshift range [0.04, 1.07]. For each cluster we compute the iron abundance and ...
2003.12426v2
2006-09-15
Fluorescence from metallic silver and iron nanoparticles prepared by exploding wire technique
The observation of intense visible fluorescence from silver and iron nanoparticles in different solution phases and surface capping is reported here. Metallic silver and iron nanoparticles were obtained by exploding pure silver and iron wires in pure water. Bovine serum albumin protein adsorption on the silver nanopart...
0609369v1
2011-11-24
IrOnIc: How to Consider Hundreds of Millions of Iron-Group Lines in NLTE Model-Atmosphere Calculations
Iron-group elements have a very high number of atomic levels and an overwhelming number of spectral lines. No NLTE model-atmosphere code can cope with these in a classical way. A statistical approach was developed over the last decade to decrease the number of levels and lines to a manageable amount. The Iron Opacity a...
1111.5740v1
2014-04-30
Superconducting Gaps via Raman Scattering in Iron Superconductors
We investigate non-resonant Raman response for iron-based superconductors using the framework of an effective S4 model that was recently proposed to capture the essential electronic and magnetic properties of Iron based superconductors. We compute the momentum matrix elements and the resulting Raman vertices exactly fo...
1404.7745v1
2024-03-26
Suzaku observation of an iron K-shell line in the spiral galaxy NGC 6946
An emission line at ~6.7 keV is attributable to a He-like iron K-shell transition, which indicates existence of a thin thermal plasma with a temperature of several keV. Using Suzaku archival data, we searched for the iron K-line from the spiral galaxy NGC 6946, and found the iron K-line at 6.68+/-0.07 keV at the 3.1 si...
2403.17300v1
2013-08-27
A Computational Model of Liver Iron Metabolism
Iron is essential for all known life due to its redox properties, however these same properties can also lead to its toxicity in overload through the production of reactive oxygen species. Robust systemic and cellular control are required to maintain safe levels of iron and the liver seems to be where this regulation i...
1308.5826v1
2016-11-25
Thermodynamics and Charging of Interstellar Iron Nanoparticles
Interstellar iron in the form of metallic iron nanoparticles may constitute a component of the interstellar dust. We compute the stability of iron nanoparticles to sublimation in the interstellar radiation field, finding that iron clusters can persist down to a radius of $\simeq 4.5\,$\AA, and perhaps smaller. We emplo...
1611.08607v1
2021-05-12
Iron-silica interaction during reduction of precipitated silica-promoted iron oxides using in situ XRD and TEM
The effect of silica-promotion on the reduction of iron oxides in hydrogen was investigated using in situ X-ray diffraction and aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy to understand the mechanism of reduction and the identity of the iron(II) silicate phase that has historically been designated as the caus...
2105.05620v1
2008-08-01
Measurement of diffusion coefficients of francium and rubidium in yttrium based on laser spectroscopy
We report the first measurement of the diffusion coefficients of francium and rubidium ions implanted in a yttrium foil. We developed a methodology, based on laser spectroscopy, which can be applied to radioactive and stable species, and allows us to directly take record of the diffusion time. Francium isotopes are pro...
0808.0152v1
2019-04-15
Crystal field coefficients for yttrium analogues of rare-earth/transition-metal magnets using density-functional theory in the projector-augmented wave formalism
We present a method of calculating crystal field coefficients of rare-earth/transition-metal (RE-TM) magnets within density-functional theory (DFT). The principal idea of the method is to calculate the crystal field potential of the yttrium analogue ("Y-analogue") of the RE-TM magnet, i.e. the material where the lantha...
1904.06896v1
2001-08-17
Magnetic polarons in Ca_(1-x)Y_xMnO_3
Experimental evidence show that in the magnetoresistive manganite Ca_(1-x) Y_xMnO_3, ferromagnetic (FM) polarons arises in an antiferromagnetic (AF) background, as a result of the doping with Yttrium. This hypothesis is supported in this work by classical Monte Carlo (MC) calculations performed on a model where FM Doub...
0108284v1
2005-11-15
A Simple Model for Simple Aging in Glassy Yttrium-Hydrides
A simple explanation for the logarithmic aging of the photoconductivity in yttriumhydride is proposed. We show that the scaling (``simple'' aging) of the relaxation response with the illumination time t_w is consistent with the superposition of independently relaxing excitations with time offsets distributed over a win...
0511383v1
2008-05-28
Nernst effect of epitaxial YBCO films doped with Ca and Zn
We report Nernst effect measurements for some crystalline films of Ca and Zn-doped yttrium barium copper oxide grown by pulsed laser deposition. We argue that our results and most of the published data for LSCO are consistent with the theory of Gaussian superconducting fluctuations.
0805.4293v1
2016-06-12
The green light generation by self-frequency-doubled Yb:YCOB crystal
Taking advantages of the broad emission bands of a Yb3+ doped calcium yttrium oxoborate (Yb:YCOB) crystal cut along the optimized direction out of principle planes with the maximum effective nonlinear coefficient, the self-frequency-doubled green light based on the self-frequency-doubling behavior of Yb:YCOB was achiev...
1606.03678v1
2020-12-08
Superconductivity at 253 K in lanthanum-yttrium ternary hydrides
Polyhydrides offer intriguing perspectives as high-temperature superconductors. Here we report the high-pressure synthesis of a series of lanthanum-yttrium ternary hydrides: cubic hexahydride $(La,Y)H_{6}$ with a critical temperature $T_{C}$ = 237 +/- 5 K and decahydrides $(La,Y)H_{10}$ with a maximum $T_{C}$ ~${253 K}...
2012.04787v1
2017-07-03
Lattice-Geometry Effects in Garnet Solid Electrolytes: A Lattice-Gas Monte Carlo Simulation Study
Ionic transport in solid electrolytes can often be approximated as ions performing a sequence of hops between distinct lattice sites. If these hops are uncorrelated, quantitative relationships can be derived that connect microscopic hopping rates to macroscopic transport coefficients. At non-dilute concentrations the r...
1707.00491v2
2018-01-09
Absence of magnetic ordering and field induced phase diagram in the Gadolinium Aluminium garnet
The robustness of spin liquids with respect to small perturbations, and the way magnetic frustration can be lifted by slight changes in the balance between competing magnetic interactions remains a rich and open issue. We address this question through the study of the Gadolinium Aluminium garnet Gd$_3$Al$_5$O$_{12}$, a...
1801.02836v1
2019-05-09
Crystal fields and magnetic structure of the Ising antiferromagnet Er$_3$Ga$_5$O$_{12}$
Rare earth garnets are an exciting playground for studying the exotic magnetic properties of the frustrated hyperkagome lattice. Here we present a comprehensive study of the single ion and collective magnetic properties of the garnet Er$_3$Ga$_5$O$_{12}$. Using inelastic neutron scattering, we find a crystal field grou...
1905.03687v2
2023-04-27
Modeling diffusion in ionic, crystalline solids with internal stress gradients
Intracrystalline diffusion is an invaluable tool for estimating timescales of geological events. Diffusion is typically modeled using gradients in chemical potential. However, chemical potential is derived for uniform pressure and temperature conditions and therefore cannot be used to model diffusion when there are gra...
2304.14330v2
2018-08-21
Spatial Distribution of Metals in the ICM: Evolution of the Iron Excess in Relaxed Galaxy Clusters
We investigate the spatial distribution of iron in the intra-cluster medium in a selected sample of 41 relaxed clusters in the redshift range $0.05 < z < 1.03$ using {\sl Chandra} archival data. We compute the azimuthally-averaged, deprojected $Z_{\rm Fe}$ profile of each cluster out to $\sim 0.4r_{500}$, and identify ...
1808.06742v1
2023-09-05
Isotopic constraints on genetic relationships among group IIIF iron meteorites, Fitzwater Pass, and the Zinder pallasite
Complex interelement trends among magmatic IIIF iron meteorites are difficult to explain by fractional crystallization and have raised uncertainty about their genetic relationships. Nucleosynthetic Mo isotope anomalies provide a powerful tool to assess if individual IIIF irons are related to each other. However, while ...
2309.02518v1
1998-03-21
Interfaces of Modulated Phases
Numerically minimizing a continuous free-energy functional which yields several modulated phases, we obtain the order-parameter profiles and interfacial free energies of symmetric and non-symmetric tilt boundaries within the lamellar phase, and of interfaces between coexisting lamellar, hexagonal, and disordered phases...
9803260v1
2002-06-03
The Dirac Equation in Classical Statistical Mechanics
The Dirac equation, usually obtained by `quantizing' a classical stochastic model is here obtained directly within classical statistical mechanics. The special underlying space-time geometry of the random walk replaces the missing analytic continuation, making the model `self-quantizing'. This provides a new context fo...
0206016v1
2002-06-14
Entwined Pairs and Schroedinger 's Equation
We show that a point particle moving in space-time on entwined-pair paths generates Schroedinger's equation in a static potential in the appropriate continuum linit. This provides a new realist context for the Schroedinger equation within the domain of classical stochastic processes. It also suggests that self-quantizi...
0206095v1
2017-07-22
Gaussian and plane-wave mixed density fitting for periodic systems
We introduce a mixed density fitting scheme that uses both a Gaussian and a plane-wave fitting basis to accurately evaluate electron repulsion integrals in crystalline systems. We use this scheme to enable efficient all-electron Gaussian based periodic density functional and Hartree-Fock calculations.
1707.07114v1
2018-03-27
An efficient stochastic algorithm for the perturbative density matrix renormalization group in large active spaces
We present an efficient stochastic algorithm for the recently introduced perturbative density matrix renormalization group (p-DMRG) method for large active spaces. The stochastic implementation bypasses the computational bottleneck involved in solving the first order equation in the earlier deterministic algorithm. We ...
1803.09943v1
2018-03-27
Density Matrix Embedding Theory and Strongly Correlated Lattice Systems
This thesis describes the development of the density matrix embedding theory (DMET) and its applications to lattice strongly correlated electron problems, including a review of DMET theory and algorithms (Ch 2), investigation of finite size scaling (Ch 3), Applications to high-temperature superconductivity (Ch 4-6), a ...
1803.10259v1
2008-05-30
A brief comment on the chemical formulae of the rare earth iron arsenide oxide superconductors
Just a brief comment on the chemical formulae of the rare earth iron arsenide oxide superconductors
0805.4668v1
2010-11-08
Magnetoelastic Effects in Iron Telluride
Iron telluride doped lightly with selenium is known to undergo a first order magneto-structural transition before turning superconducting at higher doping. We study the effects of magneto-elastic couplings on this transition using symmetry considerations. We find that the magnetic order parameters are coupled to the un...
1011.1932v2
2015-07-23
Single solenoidal magnetic system for Iron-free detector
We consider a single solenoidal system for possible usage in Iron-free detectors for future linear colliders
1507.06694v1
2016-02-16
Multi-Sensor Surface Analysis for Robotic Ironing
Robotic manipulation of deformable objects remains a challenging task. One such task is to iron a piece of cloth autonomously. Given a roughly flattened cloth, the goal is to have an ironing plan that can iteratively apply a regular iron to remove all the major wrinkles by a robot. We present a novel solution to analyz...
1602.04918v1
2016-02-22
Iron Oxide Surfaces
The surface science of iron oxides is comprehensively reviewed. For the full abstract please see pdf.
1602.06774v1
2016-03-16
Magnetic Properties Controlled by Interstitial or Interlayer Cations in Iron Chalcogenides
By applying density functional theory calculations to iron chalcogenides, we find that magnetic order in Fe$_{1+y}$Te and magnetic instability at $(\pi,\pi)$ in K$_y$Fe$_2$Se$_2$ are controlled by interstitial and interlayer cations, respectively. While in Fe$_{1+y}$Te, magnetic phase transitions occur among collinear,...
1603.04952v1
2017-06-12
Basic electronic properties of iron selenide under variation of structural parameters
Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in the thin-film FeSe/SrTiO$_3$ system, iron selenide and its derivates have been intensively scrutinized. Using ab initio density functional theory calculations we review the electronic structures that could be realized in iron-selenide if the structural parame...
1706.03543v2
2022-04-08
Nucleation and growth of iron pebbles explains the formation of iron-rich planets akin to Mercury
The pathway to forming the iron-rich planet Mercury remains mysterious. Mercury's core makes up 70% of the planetary mass, which implies a significant enrichment of iron relative to silicates, while its mantle is strongly depleted in oxidized iron. The high core mass fraction is traditionally ascribed to evaporative lo...
2204.04241v1
2023-03-21
Forming super-Mercuries: The role of stellar abundances
Super-Mercuries, rocky exoplanets with bulk iron mass fraction of more than 60 per cent, appear to be preferentially hosted by stars with higher iron mass fraction than the Earth. It is unclear whether these iron-rich planets can form in the disc, or if giant impacts are necessary. Here we investigate the formation of ...
2303.11948v1
2023-12-14
Past and Present Dynamics of the Iron Biogeochemical Cycle
This chapter investigates the complexities surrounding the iron biogeochemical cycle from the Archean to present, with a focus on assessing the balance between iron sources and sinks during long periods of Earth's history with relatively invariable redox conditions, when steady state can be safely assumed. Currently, t...
2312.09044v1
1997-09-18
Magnetic excitations and structural change in the S=1/2 quasi-one-dimensional magnet Sr_{14-x}Y_{x}Cu_{24}O_{41} (0<x<1)
Neutron scattering measurements have been performed on the S=1/2 quasi-one-dimensional system Sr_{14-x}Y_{x}Cu_{24}O_{41}, which has both simple chains and two-leg ladders of copper ions. We observed that when a small amount of yttrium is substituted for strontium, which is expected to reduce the number of holes, the d...
9709203v1
1997-11-02
The dimpling in the CuO_2 planes of YBa_2Cu_3O_x (x=6.806-6.984, T=20-300 K) measured by yttrium EXAFS
The dimpling of the CuO_2 planes (spacing between the O2,3 and Cu2 layers) in YBa_2Cu_3O_x has been measured as a function of oxygen concentration and temperature by yttrium x-ray extended-fine-structure spectroscopy (EXAFS). The relative variations of the dimpling with doping (x=6.806-6.984) and temperature (20-300 K)...
9711004v1
2003-04-04
The easy axis of the magnetic response of the conduction electrons of yttrium and rare earths
We describe a scheme for first-principles calculations of the static, paramagnetic, spin susceptibility of metals with relativistic effects such as spin-orbit coupling included. This gives the direction for an applied modulated magnetic field to maximise its response. This easy axis depends on the modulation's wave-vec...
0304112v1
2003-10-20
Excess Modes and Enhanced Scattering in Rare-Earth Doped Amorphous Silicon Thin Films
We report specific heat and thermal conductivity of gadolinium- and yttrium-doped amorphous silicon thin films measured using silicon-nitride membrane-based microcalorimeters. Addition of gadolinium or yttrium to the amorphous silicon network reduces the thermal conductivity over a wide temperature range while signific...
0310463v2
2003-11-22
The enhancement of superconducting transition temperature in yttrium sesquicarbide system, Y2C3, with the maximum Tc of Tc=18K
We discovered the enhancement of superconducting transition temperature, Tc, in yttrium sesquicarbide system with the maximum Tc of Tc=18K and their superconducting properties were discussed. The crystal structure of Y2C3 is the body-centered cubic (Pu2C3-type) structure, and the lattice parameters are varied with the ...
0311517v1
2003-11-25
Upper Critical Field of a Novel 18-K Superconductive Phase in Metastable Yttrium Sesquicarbide Prepared Using High Pressure Technique
The metastable phase of an yttrium sesquicarbide compound, which was vary recently reported as a new superconductive phase with a Tc value of 18 K, was prepared under high pressure from the nominal composition of Y2C3 and Y2C2.9B0.1 in order to investigate this phase. We have succeeded in reproduction, and in the trans...
0311561v1
2004-11-26
Interactions between Polymers and Nanoparticles : Formation of Supermicellar Hybrid Aggregates
When polyelectrolyte-neutral block copolymers are mixed in solutions to oppositely charged species (e.g. surfactant micelles, macromolecules, proteins etc), there is the formation of stable supermicellar aggregates combining both components. The resulting colloidal complexes exhibit a core-shell structure and the mecha...
0411669v1
2006-01-10
Superconductivity at 17 K in Yttrium Metal under Nearly Hydrostatic Pressures to 89 GPa
In an experiment in a diamond anvil cell utilizing helium pressure medium, yttrium metal displays a superconducting transition temperature which increases monotonically from Tc ? 3.5 K at 30 GPa to 17 K at 89.3 GPa, one of the highest transition temperatures for any elemental superconductor. The pressure dependence of ...
0601213v1
2006-06-21
Strong Electron-Phonon Coupling in Yttrium under Pressure
Linear response methods are applied to identify the increase in electron-phonon coupling in elemental yttrium that is responsible for its high superconducting critical temperature Tc, which reaches nearly 20 K at 115 GPa. While the evolution of the band structure and density of states is smooth and seemingly modest, th...
0606538v1
2008-05-12
Optical second harmonic generation in Yttrium Aluminum Borate single crystals (theoretical simulation and experiment)
Experimental measurements of the second order susceptibilities for the second harmonic generation are reported for YAl3(BO3)4 (YAB) single crystals for the two principal tensor components xyz and yyy. First principles calculation of the linear and nonlinear optical susceptibilities for Yttrium Aluminum Borate YAl3(BO3)...
0805.1671v1
2010-07-15
Origin of Tc Enhancement Induced by Doping Yttrium and Hydrogen into LaFeAsO-based Superconductors: 57Fe, 75As, 139La, and 1H-NMR Studies
We report our extensive 57Fe-, 75As-, 139La-, and 1H-NMR studies of La_{0.8}Y_{0.2}FeAsO_{1-y} (La_{0.8}Y_{0.2}1111) and LaFeAsO_{1-y}H_{x}(La1111H), where doping yttrium (Y) and hydrogen (H) into optimally doped LaFeAsO_{1-y} (La1111(OPT)) increases T_c=28 K to 34 and 32 K, respectively. In the superconducting (SC) st...
1007.2514v2
2011-02-02
Transparent yttrium hydride thin films prepared by reactive sputtering
Metal hydrides have earlier been suggested for utilization in solar cells. With this as a motivation we have prepared thin films of yttrium hydride by reactive magnetron sputter deposition. The resulting films are metallic for low partial pressure of hydrogen during the deposition, and black or yellow-transparent for h...
1102.0450v2
2011-03-22
Shape evolution in Yttrium and Niobium neutron-rich isotopes
The isotopic evolution of the ground-state nuclear shapes and the systematics of one-quasiproton configurations are studied in neutron-rich odd-A Yttrium and Niobium isotopes. We use a selfconsistent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov formalism based on the Gogny energy density functional with two parametrizations, D1S and D1M. T...
1103.4285v1
2011-04-05
Reactive Force Field for Proton Diffusion in BaZrO3 using an empirical valence bond approach
A new reactive force field to describe proton diffusion within the solid-oxide fuel cell material BaZrO3 has been derived. Using a quantum mechanical potential energy surface, the parameters of an interatomic potential model to describe hydroxyl groups within both pure and yttrium-doped BaZrO3 have been determined. Rea...
1104.0773v2
2011-09-13
A new thin film photochromic material: Oxygen-containing yttrium hydride
In this work we report on photochromism in transparent thin film samples of oxygen-containing yttrium hydride. Exposure to visible and ultraviolet (UV) light at moderate intensity triggers a decrease in the optical transmission of visible and infrared (IR) light. The photo-darkening is colour-neutral. We show that the ...
1109.2872v1
2014-02-15
Quantifying and controlling the magnetic dipole contribution to 1.5 $μ$m light emission in erbium-doped yttrium oxide
We experimentally quantify the contribution of magnetic dipole (MD) transitions to the near-infrared light emission from trivalent erbium-doped yttrium oxide (Er$^{3+}$:Y$_2$O$_3$). Using energy-momentum spectroscopy, we demonstrate that the $^4$I$_{13/2}{\to}^4$I$_{15/2}$ emission near 1.5 $\mu$m originates from nearl...
1402.3717v1
2014-10-01
Effect of yttrium substitution on the superconducting properties of the system La$_{1-\textit{x}}$Y$_{\textit{x}}$O$_{0.5}$F$_{0.5}$BiS$_{2}$
We present the effect of yttrium substitution on superconductivity in the La$_{1-\textit{x}}$Y$_{\textit{x}}$O$_{0.5}$F$_{0.5}$BiS$_{2}$ system. Polycrystalline samples with nominal Y concentrations up to 40% were synthesized and characterized via electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat measu...
1410.0084v1
2015-09-17
Nanoscale nonlinear effects in Erbium-implanted Yttrium Orthosilicate
Doping of substrates at desired locations is a key technology for spin-based quantum memory devices. Focused ion beam implantation is well-suited for this task due to its high spacial resolution. In this work, we investigate ion-beam implanted erbium ensembles in Yttrium Orthosilicate crystals by means of confocal phot...
1509.05185v1
2015-10-26
Weak ferromagnetism and magnetization reversal in YFe$_{1-x}$Cr$_x$O$_3$
We present combined experimental and theoretical studies on the magnetic properties of a solid solution between yttrium orthoferrite and yttrium orthochromite systems, YFe$_{1-x}$Cr$_x$O$_3$ (0 $\leq$ x $\leq$ 1) where Fe$^{3+}$ and Cr$^{3+}$ ions are distributed randomly at the same crystallographic site (4b). We foun...
1510.07548v1
2015-12-12
High quality factor nanophotonic resonators in bulk rare-earth doped crystals
Numerous bulk crystalline materials exhibit attractive nonlinear and luminescent properties for classical and quantum optical applications. A chip-scale platform for high quality factor optical nanocavities in these materials will enable new optoelectronic devices and quantum light-matter interfaces. In this article, p...
1512.03947v1
2017-05-23
Reducing Graphene Device Variability with Yttrium Sacrificial Layers
Graphene technology has made great strides since the material was isolated more than a decade ago. However, despite improvements in growth quality and numerous 'hero' devices, challenges of uniformity remain, restricting large-scale development of graphene-based technologies. Here we investigate and reduce the variabil...
1705.09388v1
2017-06-05
Dy$^{3+}$-doped Yttrium Complex Molecular Crystals for Two-color Thermometry in Heterogeneous Materials
We develop Dy$^{3+}$-doped yttrium complexes for use as two-color thermometry (TCT) phosphor molecular crystals in heterogeneous materials. These complexes include: Dy:Y(acac)$_3$(phen), Dy:Y(hfa)$_3$(DPEPO), Dy:Y(4-BBA)$_3$(TPPO), Dy:Y(acac)$_3$, and Dy:Y(acac)$_3$(DPEPO), where the Dy/Y ratio is 1:9. We characterize ...
1706.02658v1
2017-12-01
Coherent spin dynamics of ytterbium ions in yttrium orthosilicate
We investigate the electron and nuclear spin coherence properties of ytterbium ($\mathrm{Yb}^{3+}$) ions with non-zero nuclear spin, within an yttrium orthosilicate (Y$_2$SiO$_5$) crystal, with a view to their potential application in quantum memories or repeaters. We find electron spin-lattice relaxation times are max...
1712.00435v1
2018-02-12
Long spin coherence times in the ground state and an optically excited state of $^{167}$Er$^{3+}$:Y$_2$SiO$_5$ at zero magnetic field
Spins in solids are an ideal candidate to act as a memory and interface with superconducting qubits due to their long coherence times. We spectroscopically investigate erbium-167-doped yttrium orthosilicate as a possible microwave-addressed memory employing its microwave frequency transitions that occur without applyin...
1802.03862v2
2018-03-28
Critical effect of cubic phase on aging in 3 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramics for hip replacement prosthesis
The isothermal tetragonal-to-monoclinic transformation of 3Y-TZP ceramics sintered at two different temperatures (1450{\deg}C and 1550{\deg}C) and duration (2 and 5 h) is investigated at 134{\deg}C in steam. Particular attention is paid to the presence of a cubic phase and its effect on isothermal aging. Sintering at 1...
1803.10480v1
2019-01-13
Superconductivity in sodalite-like yttrium hydride clathrates
We report ab-initio calculations of the superconducting properties of two high-Tc sodalite-like clathrate yttrium hydrides, YH6 and YH10, within the fully anisotropic ME theory, including Coulomb corrections. For both compounds we find almost isotropic superconducting gaps, resulting from a uniform distribution of the ...
1901.04001v1
2019-08-08
Localization of Yttrium Segregation within YSZ Grain Boundary Dislocation Cores
Ionic conductivity blocking at grain boundaries in polycrystalline electrolytes is one of the main obstacles that need to be overcome in order to improve the performance of solid state fuel cells and batteries. To this aim, harnessing the physical properties of grain boundaries in ionic conducting materials such as ytt...
1908.03257v1
2020-09-15
A new class of intrinsic magnet: two-dimensional yttrium sulphur selenide
Exploring and controlling magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) layered magnetic crystals, as well as their inclusion in heterogeneous assemblies, provide an unprecedented opportunity for fundamental science and technology. To date, however, there are only a few known intrinsic 2D magnets. Here we predict a novel 2D intrin...
2009.07232v1
2020-10-26
Optical properties of yttrium oxyhydrides: A comparative analysis with experiment
Based on the results of computational simulations, the research addresses a broad range of electronic and optical properties which are typical for two most stable compositions of the yttrium oxyhydride, Y4H10O and YHO. Emphasis was placed on characteristics of thin films of different structural phases. Macroscopic opti...
2010.13502v1
2020-12-17
High pressure computational search of trivalent lanthanide di-nitrides
Transition metal nitrides have attracted much interest of the scientific community for their intriguing properties and technological applications. Here we focus on yttrium dinitride (YN$_{2}$) and its formation and structural transition under pressure. We employed a fixed composition USPEX search to find the most stabl...
2012.09576v1
2020-12-30
Photochromic response of encapsulated oxygen-containing yttrium hydride thin films
Photochromic oxygen$-$containing yttrium$-$hydride thin films are synthesized by argon$-$magnetron sputtering on microscope slides. Some of them are encapsulated with a thin, transparent and non$-$photochromic diffusion-barrier layer of either Al2O3 or Si3N4. Ion beam-based methods prove that these protective diffusion...
2012.15098v1
2022-02-17
Proposal for transduction between microwave and optical photons using $\mathrm{^{167}Er}$-doped yttrium orthosilicate
Efficient transduction devices that reversibly convert optical and microwave quantum signals into each other are essential for integrating different technologies. Rare-earth ions in solids, and in particular Erbium ions, with both optical and microwave addressable transitions are promising candidates for designing tran...
2202.08770v2
2022-08-01
Distance calibration via Newton's rings in yttrium lithium fluoride whispering gallery mode resonators
In this work, we analyze the first whispering gallery mode resonator (WGMR) made from monocrystalline yttrium lithium fluoride (YLF). The disc-shaped resonator is fabricated using single-point diamond turning and exhibits a high intrinsic quality factor ($Q$) on the order of $10^9$. Moreover, we employ a novel method b...
2208.00667v2
2024-02-22
Rare-earth doped yttrium silicate (Y2SiO5) thin films grown by chemical vapour deposition for quantum technologies
Yttrium orthosilicate (Y2SiO5 - YSO) is one of the most promising crystals to host rare-earth (RE) ions for quantum technologies applications. In this matrix, they indeed exhibit narrow optical and spin linewidths that can be exploited to develop quantum memories or quantum information processing capabilities. In this ...
2402.14445v1
2004-10-29
Magnetic properties of polypyrrole - coated iron oxide nanoparticles
Iron oxide nanoparticles were prepared by sol -gel process. Insitu polymerization of pyrrole monomer in the presence of oxygen in iron oxide ethanol suspension resulted in a iron oxide - polypyrrole nanocomposite. The structure and magnetic properties were investigated for varying pyrrole concentrations. The presence o...
0410760v1
2011-12-12
Nematic orders in Iron-based superconductors
In the newly discovered iron-based superconductors, many experiments have demonstrated the existence of the rotational symmetry breaking nematic order, which has been a prevailing phenomenon in many correlated electronic systems. In this paper, we review nematic behaviors in iron-pnictides and the mechanism behind the ...
1112.2713v1
2013-01-30
Properties of Liquid Iron along the Melting Line up to the Earth-core Pressures
We report a molecular dynamics study of transport coefficients and infinite frequency shear mod- ulus of liquid iron at high temperatures and high pressures. We observe a simultaneous rise of both shear viscosity and diffusion coefficient along the melting line and estimate if liquid iron can vitrify under Earth-core c...
1301.7158v1
2013-07-30
Synthesis of Self-assembled Iron Silicon Oxide Nanowires onto Single-crystalline Si(100)
Iron silicon oxide nanowire has been synthesized by putting single crystalline Si(100) wafer into ammonium iron sulfate, hydrogen peroxide, and triethylamine solution heated to from 70 to 100 degree in the air. The prepared iron silicon oxide nanowires with diameters of about 10nm (onto non etched Si(100) wafer) and ab...
1307.7783v1
2015-12-17
Antiferromagnetism enables electron-phonon coupling in iron-based superconductors
It is shown that a generic form of an antiferromagnetic wave function opens strong electron-phonon coupling channels in the iron-based superconductors. In the nonmagnetic state these channels exist locally on a single iron atom, but are canceled out between the two iron atoms in the primitive unit cell. Our findings ar...
1512.05818v2
2018-11-22
Interior structure of Mars and other rock-and-iron planetary bodies
Here it is shown how to find the interior structure of a variety of rock-and-iron planetary bodies by using the rock density and some aspects of the core density as known for the Earth and using a convection principle for the iron-rich core. Convection minimizes both the density and temperature gradients inside the cor...
1811.09198v1
2001-04-27
Faraday rotation spectra of bismuth-substituted ferrite garnet films with in-plane magnetization
Single crystalline films of bismuth-substituted ferrite garnets have been synthesized by the liquid phase epitaxy method where GGG substrates are dipped into the flux. The growth parameters are controlled to obtain films with in-plane magnetization and virtually no domain activity, which makes them excellently suited f...
0104536v3
2003-07-11
Photoproduction of Long-Lived Holes and Electronic Processes in Intrinsic Electric Fields Seen through Photoinduced Absorption and Dichroism in Ca_3Ga_{2-x}Mn_xGe_3O_{12} Garnets
Long-lived photoinduced absorption and dichroism in the Ca_3Ga_{2-x}Mn_xGe_3O_{12} garnets with x < 0.06 were examined versus temperature and pumping intensity. Unusual features of the kinetics of photoinduced phenomena are indicative of the underlying electronic processes. The comparison with the case of Ca_3Mn_2Ge_3O...
0307273v1
2003-09-08
Absence of magnetic order in Yb3Ga5O12: relation between phase transition and entropy in geometrically frustrated materials
From muon spin relaxation spectroscopy experiments, we show that the sharp peak (lambda type anomaly) detected by specific heat measurements at 54 mK for the ytterbium gallium garnet compound, Yb3Ga5O12, does not correspond to the onset of a magnetic phase transition, but to a pronounced building up of dynamical magnet...
0309185v1