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Chiral Spin Textures In Amorphous Iron–Germanium Thick Films, Robert Streubel, D. Simca Bouma, Frank Bruni, Xiaoqian Chen, Peter Ercius, Jim Ciston, Alpha T. N'Diaye, Sujoy Roy, Steve D. Kevan, Peter Fischer, Frances Hellman Feb 2021

Chiral Spin Textures In Amorphous Iron–Germanium Thick Films, Robert Streubel, D. Simca Bouma, Frank Bruni, Xiaoqian Chen, Peter Ercius, Jim Ciston, Alpha T. N'Diaye, Sujoy Roy, Steve D. Kevan, Peter Fischer, Frances Hellman

Robert Streubel Papers

Topological solitary fields, such as magnetic and polar skyrmions, are envisioned to revolutionize microelectronics. These configurations have been stabilized in solid-state materials with a global inversion symmetry breaking, which translates in magnetic materials into a vector spin exchange known as the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI), as well as spin chirality selection and isotropic solitons. This work reports experimental evidence of 3D chiral spin textures, such as helical spins and skyrmions with different chirality and topological charge, stabilized in amorphous Fe–Ge thick films. These results demonstrate that structurally and chemically disordered materials with a random DMI can resemble inversion symmetry broken systems …


Plasmonic Waveguides To Enhance Quantum Electrodynamic Phenomena At The Nanoscale, Ying Li, Christos Argyropoulos Feb 2021

Plasmonic Waveguides To Enhance Quantum Electrodynamic Phenomena At The Nanoscale, Ying Li, Christos Argyropoulos

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

The emerging field of plasmonics can lead to enhanced light-matter interactions at extremely nanoscale regions. Plasmonic (metallic) devices promise to efficiently control both classical and quantum properties of light. Plasmonic waveguides are usually used to excite confined electromagnetic modes at the nanoscale that can strongly interact with matter. The analysis of these nanowaveguides exhibits similarities with their low frequency microwave counterparts. In this article, we review ways to study plasmonic nanostructures coupled to quantum optical emitters from a classical electromagnetic perspective. These quantum emitters are mainly used to generate single-photon quantum light that can be employed as a quantum bit …


Anisotropic Dielectric Functions, Band-To-Band Transitions, And Critical Points In Α-Ga2O3, Matthew J. Hilfiker, Rafal Korlacki, Riena Jinno, Yongjin Cho, Huili Grace Xing, Debdeep Jena, Ufuk Kilic, Megan Stokey, Mathias Schubert Feb 2021

Anisotropic Dielectric Functions, Band-To-Band Transitions, And Critical Points In Α-Ga2O3, Matthew J. Hilfiker, Rafal Korlacki, Riena Jinno, Yongjin Cho, Huili Grace Xing, Debdeep Jena, Ufuk Kilic, Megan Stokey, Mathias Schubert

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

We use a combined generalized spectroscopic ellipsometry and density functional theory approach to determine and analyze the anisotropic dielectric functions of an α-Ga2O3 thin film. The sample is grown epitaxially by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on m-plane sapphire. Generalized spectroscopic ellipsometry data from multiple sample azimuths in the spectral range from 0.73 eV to 8.75 eV are simultaneously analyzed. Density functional theory is used to calculate the valence and conduction band structure. We identify, for the indirect-bandgap material, two direct band-to-band transitions with M0-type van Hove singularities for polarization perpendicular to the c axis, …


Surface Acoustic Waves Increase Magnetic Domain Wall Velocity, Anil Adhikari, Shireen Adenwalla Jan 2021

Surface Acoustic Waves Increase Magnetic Domain Wall Velocity, Anil Adhikari, Shireen Adenwalla

Shireen Adenwalla Papers

Domain walls in magnetic thin films are being explored for memory applications and the speed at which they move has acquired increasing importance. Magnetic fields and currents have been shown to drive domain walls with speeds exceeding 500 m/s. We investigate another approach to increase domain wall velocities, using high frequency surface acoustic waves to create standing strain waves in a 3 micron wide strip of magnetic film with perpendicular anisotropy. Our measurements, at a resonant frequency of 248.8 MHz, indicate that domain wall velocities increase substantially, even at relatively low applied voltages. Our findings suggest that the strain wave …


Two-Dimensional Ferroelectricity By Design, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal Jan 2021

Two-Dimensional Ferroelectricity By Design, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

Evgeny Tsymbal Publications

No abstract provided.


Magnetism In Curved Geometries, R. Streubel, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, P. Fischer Jan 2021

Magnetism In Curved Geometries, R. Streubel, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, P. Fischer

Evgeny Tsymbal Publications

No abstract provided.


Magnetism In Curved Geometries, Robert Streubel, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Peter Fischer Jan 2021

Magnetism In Curved Geometries, Robert Streubel, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Peter Fischer

Robert Streubel Papers

Curvature impacts physical properties across multiple length scales, ranging from the macroscopic scale, where the shape and size vary drastically with the curvature, to the nanoscale at interfaces and inhomogeneities in materials with structural, chemical, electronic, and magnetic short-range order. In quantum materials, where correlations, entanglement, and topology dominate, the curvature opens the path to novel characteristics and phenomena that have recently emerged and could have a dramatic impact on future fundamental and applied studies of materials. Particularly, magnetic systems hosting non-collinear and topological states and 3D magnetic nanostructures strongly benefit from treating curvature as a new design parameter to …


Emerging Materials For Spin-Charge Interconversion, T. Nan, D. C. Ralph, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, A. Manchon Jan 2021

Emerging Materials For Spin-Charge Interconversion, T. Nan, D. C. Ralph, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, A. Manchon

Evgeny Tsymbal Publications

No abstract provided.


Defects In Ferroelectric Hfo2, A. Chouprik, D. Negrov, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, A. Zenkevich Jan 2021

Defects In Ferroelectric Hfo2, A. Chouprik, D. Negrov, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, A. Zenkevich

Evgeny Tsymbal Publications

No abstract provided.


Interface Engineered Electron And Hole Tunneling, Rui Guo, Lingling Tao, Ming Li, Zhongran Liu, Weinan Lin, Guowei Zhou, Xiaoxin Chen, Liang Liu, Xiaobing Yan, He Tian, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Jingsheng Chen Jan 2021

Interface Engineered Electron And Hole Tunneling, Rui Guo, Lingling Tao, Ming Li, Zhongran Liu, Weinan Lin, Guowei Zhou, Xiaoxin Chen, Liang Liu, Xiaobing Yan, He Tian, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Jingsheng Chen

Evgeny Tsymbal Publications

Although the phenomenon of tunneling has been known since the advent of quantum mechanics, it continues to enrich our understanding of many fields of science. Commonly, this effect is described in terms of electrons traversing the potential barrier that exceeds their kinetic energy due to the wave nature of electrons. This picture of electron tunneling fails, however, for tunnel junctions, where the Fermi energy lies sufficiently close to the insulator valence band, in which case, hole tunneling dominates. We demonstrate the deterministic control of electron and hole tunneling in interface-engineered Pt/BaTiO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 ferroelectric tunnel …


In-Plane Quasi-Single-Domain Batio3 Via Interfacial Symmetry Engineering, J. W. Lee, K. Eom, Tula R. Paudel, B. Wang, Haidong Lu, H. X. Huyan, S. Lindemann, S. Ryu, H. Lee, T. H. Kim, Y. Yuan, J. A. Zorn, W. P. Gao, Thomas Tybell, V. Gopalan, X. Q. Pan, Alexei Gruverman, L. Q. Chen, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Chang-Beom Eom Jan 2021

In-Plane Quasi-Single-Domain Batio3 Via Interfacial Symmetry Engineering, J. W. Lee, K. Eom, Tula R. Paudel, B. Wang, Haidong Lu, H. X. Huyan, S. Lindemann, S. Ryu, H. Lee, T. H. Kim, Y. Yuan, J. A. Zorn, W. P. Gao, Thomas Tybell, V. Gopalan, X. Q. Pan, Alexei Gruverman, L. Q. Chen, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Chang-Beom Eom

Evgeny Tsymbal Publications

The control of the in-plane domain evolution in ferroelectric thin films is not only critical to understanding ferroelectric phenomena but also to enabling functional device fabrication. However, in-plane polarized ferroelectric thin films typically exhibit complicated multidomain states, not desirable for optoelectronic device performance. Here we report a strategy combining interfacial symmetry engineering and anisotropic strain to design singledomain, in-plane polarized ferroelectric BaTiO3 thin films. Theoretical calculations predict the key role of the BaTiO3/PrScO3 (110)O substrate interfacial environment, where anisotropic strain, monoclinic distortions, and interfacial electrostatic potential stabilize a single-variant spontaneous polarization. A combination …


Spin-Neutral Currents For Spintronics, Ding-Fu Shao, Shu-Hui Zhang, Ming Li, Chang-Beom Eom, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal Jan 2021

Spin-Neutral Currents For Spintronics, Ding-Fu Shao, Shu-Hui Zhang, Ming Li, Chang-Beom Eom, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

Evgeny Tsymbal Publications

Electric currents carrying a net spin polarization are widely used in spintronics, whereas globally spin-neutral currents are expected to play no role in spin-dependent phenomena. Here we show that, in contrast to this common expectation, spin-independent conductance in compensated antiferromagnets and normal metals can be efficiently exploited in spintronics, provided their magnetic space group symmetry supports a non-spin-degenerate Fermi surface. Due to their momentum-dependent spin polarization, such antiferromagnets can be used as active elements in antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions (AFMTJs) and produce a giant tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) effect. Using RuO2 as a representative compensated antiferromagnet exhibiting spin-independent conductance along the …


Reversal Of The Magnetoelectric Effect At A Ferromagnetic Metal/Ferroelectric Hfo2 Interface Induced By Metal Oxidation, Zhaojin Chen, Qiong Yang, Lingling Tao, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal Jan 2021

Reversal Of The Magnetoelectric Effect At A Ferromagnetic Metal/Ferroelectric Hfo2 Interface Induced By Metal Oxidation, Zhaojin Chen, Qiong Yang, Lingling Tao, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

Evgeny Tsymbal Publications

Multiferroic materials composed of ferromagnetic and ferroelectric components are interesting for technological applications due to sizable magnetoelectric coupling allowing the control of magnetic properties by electric fields. Due to being compatible with the silicon-based technology, HfO2-based ferroelectrics could serve as a promising component in the composite multiferroics. Recently, a strong charge-mediated magnetoelectric coupling has been predicted for a Ni/HfO2 multiferroic heterostructure. Here, using density functional theory calculations, we systematically study the effects of the interfacial oxygen stoichiometry relevant to experiments on the magnetoelectric effect at the Ni/HfO2 interface. We demonstrate that the magnetoelectric effect is very …


Regular And In-Plane Skyrmions And Antiskyrmions From Boundary Instabilities, Shane Sandhoefner, Aldo Raeliarijaona, Rabindra Nepal, Dalton Snyder-Tinoco, Alexey Kovalev Jan 2021

Regular And In-Plane Skyrmions And Antiskyrmions From Boundary Instabilities, Shane Sandhoefner, Aldo Raeliarijaona, Rabindra Nepal, Dalton Snyder-Tinoco, Alexey Kovalev

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We formulate a theory of skyrmion and antiskyrmion generation using magnetic field and charge current pulses. We show that the topological defect can be created at an edge of a system with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) as well as at a boundary between regions with different DMI. We consider both perpendicular and in-plane (also known as magnetic bimerons) versions of skyrmions and antiskyrmions. We show that the magnetization twist in the vicinity of an edge or a boundary is described by a kink solution, the presence of which can instigate the generation of topological defects. We study the collective excitations of …


Spin Superfluidity In Noncollinear Antiferromagnets, Bo Li, Alexey Kovalev Jan 2021

Spin Superfluidity In Noncollinear Antiferromagnets, Bo Li, Alexey Kovalev

Alexey Kovalev Papers

We explore the spin superfluid transport in exchange interaction-dominated three-sublattice antiferromagnets. The system in the long-wavelength regime is described by an SO(3) invariant field theory. Additional corrections from Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions or anisotropies can break the symmetry; however, the system still approximately holds a U(1)-rotation symmetry. Thus, the power-law spatial decay signature of spin superfluidity is identified in a nonlocal-measurement setup where the spin injection is described by the generalized spin-mixing conductance. We suggest iron jarosites as promising material candidates for realizing our proposal.


Spirals And Skyrmions In Antiferromagnetic Triangular Lattices, Wuzhang Fang, Aldo Raeliarijaona, Po-Hao Chang, Alexey Kovalev, K. D. Belashchenko Jan 2021

Spirals And Skyrmions In Antiferromagnetic Triangular Lattices, Wuzhang Fang, Aldo Raeliarijaona, Po-Hao Chang, Alexey Kovalev, K. D. Belashchenko

Alexey Kovalev Papers

We study realizations of spirals and skyrmions in two-dimensional antiferromagnets with a triangular lattice on an inversion-symmetry-breaking substrate. As a possible material realization, we investigate the adsorption of transition-metal atoms (Cr, Mn, Fe, or Co) on a monolayer of MoS2, WS2, or WSe2 and obtain the exchange, anisotropy, and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction parameters using first-principles calculations. Using energy minimization and parallel-tempering Monte Carlo simulations, we determine the magnetic phase diagrams for a wide range of interaction parameters. We find that skyrmion lattices can appear even with weak Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, but their stability is hindered by magnetic anisotropy. However, a weak easy …


Ultrafast Spin-Currents And Charge Conversion At 3d-5d Interfaces Probed By Time-Domain Terahertz Spectroscopy, T. H. Dang, J. Hawecker, E. Rongione, G. Baez Flores, D. Q. To, J. C. Rojas-Sanchez, H. Nong, J. Mangeney, J. Tignon, F. Godel, S. Collin, P. Seneor, M. Bibes, A. Fert, M. Anane, J. M. George, L. Vila, M. Cosset-Cheneau, D. Dolfi, R. Lebrun, P. Bortolotti, Kirill Belashchenko, S. Dhillon, H. Jaffrès Dec 2020

Ultrafast Spin-Currents And Charge Conversion At 3d-5d Interfaces Probed By Time-Domain Terahertz Spectroscopy, T. H. Dang, J. Hawecker, E. Rongione, G. Baez Flores, D. Q. To, J. C. Rojas-Sanchez, H. Nong, J. Mangeney, J. Tignon, F. Godel, S. Collin, P. Seneor, M. Bibes, A. Fert, M. Anane, J. M. George, L. Vila, M. Cosset-Cheneau, D. Dolfi, R. Lebrun, P. Bortolotti, Kirill Belashchenko, S. Dhillon, H. Jaffrès

Kirill Belashchenko Publications

Spintronic structures are extensively investigated for their spin-orbit torque properties, required for magnetic commutation functionalities. Current progress in these materials is dependent on the interface engineering for the optimization of spin transmission. Here, we advance the analysis of ultrafast spin-charge conversion phenomena at ferromagnetic-Transition metal interfaces due to their inverse spin-Hall effect properties. In particular, the intrinsic inverse spin-Hall effect of Pt-based systems and extrinsic inverse spin-Hall effect of Au:W and Au:Ta in NiFe/Au:(W,Ta) bilayers are investigated. The spin-charge conversion is probed by complementary techniques-ultrafast THz time-domain spectroscopy in the dynamic regime for THz pulse emission and ferromagnetic resonance spin-pumping …


The Importance Of Frontier Orbital Symmetry In The Adsorption Of Diiodobenzene On Mos2(0001), Prescott E. Evans, Zahra Hooshmand, Talat S. Rahman, Peter Dowben Dec 2020

The Importance Of Frontier Orbital Symmetry In The Adsorption Of Diiodobenzene On Mos2(0001), Prescott E. Evans, Zahra Hooshmand, Talat S. Rahman, Peter Dowben

Peter Dowben Publications

Evidence of a role of frontier orbital symmetry, in the adsorption process of diiodobenzene on MoS2(0001), appears in the huge differences in the rate of adsorption between 1,3-diiodobenzene, 1,2-diiodobenzene and 1,4-diiodobenzene isomers on MoS2. Experiments indicate that the rate of adsorption of 1,3-diiodobenzene on MoS2(0001) is much greater than that of the 1,2-diodobenzene and 1,4-diiodbenzene isomers. As the differences in calculated diiodobenzene isomer-MoS2 system adsorption energies and electron affinities are negligible, frontier orbital symmetry appears to play a significant role in diiodobenzene adsorption on MoS2(0001). The experimental and theory results, in combination, suggest …


Band Structure Topology And Spin Transport In Magnon Systems, Bo Li Nov 2020

Band Structure Topology And Spin Transport In Magnon Systems, Bo Li

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

As the spin excitation quanta in magnetic materials, the magnon is at the heart of the spintronics research because it plays a key role in magnetic dynamics, energy and spin transport, and even determining the ground state of magnetic systems. In this thesis, we will study the band-structure topology and transport properties of magnons in both collinear and noncollinear magnets. Inspired by the great success of topological insulators, exploring magnon topology can unveil the topological nature of bosonic particles and widen the zoo of topological materials. We propose a three-dimensional magnon topological insulator model protected by sublattice chiral symmetries, which …


Proximity-Induced Magnetization In Graphene: Towards Efficient Spin Gating, Mihovil Bosnar, Ivor Lončarić, P. Lazić, Kirill Belashchenko, Igor Žutić Nov 2020

Proximity-Induced Magnetization In Graphene: Towards Efficient Spin Gating, Mihovil Bosnar, Ivor Lončarić, P. Lazić, Kirill Belashchenko, Igor Žutić

Kirill Belashchenko Publications

Gate-tunable spin-dependent properties could be induced in graphene at room temperature through the magnetic proximity effect by placing it in contact with a metallic ferromagnet. Because strong chemical bonding with the metallic substrate makes gating ineffective, an intervening passivation layer is needed. Previously considered passivation layers result in a large shift of the Dirac point away from the Fermi level, so that unrealistically large gate fields are required to tune the spin polarization in graphene (Gr). We show that a monolayer of Au or Pt used as the passivation layer between Co and graphene brings the Dirac point closer to …


Detection Of Uncompensated Magnetization At The Interface Of An Epitaxial Antiferromagnetic Insulator, Pavel N. Lapa, Min Han Lee, Igor V. Roshchin, Kirill Belashchenko, Ivan K. Schuller Nov 2020

Detection Of Uncompensated Magnetization At The Interface Of An Epitaxial Antiferromagnetic Insulator, Pavel N. Lapa, Min Han Lee, Igor V. Roshchin, Kirill Belashchenko, Ivan K. Schuller

Kirill Belashchenko Publications

We have probed directly the temperature and magnetic field dependence of pinned uncompensated magnetization at the interface of antiferromagnetic FeF2 with Cu, using FeF2-Cu-Co spin valves. Electrons polarized by the Co layer are scattered by the pinned uncompensated moments at the FeF2-Cu interface giving rise to giant magnetoresistance. We determined the direction and magnitude of the pinned uncompensated magnetization at different magnetic fields and temperatures using the angular dependencies of resistance. The strong FeF2 anisotropy pins the uncompensated magnetization along the easy axis independent of the cooling field orientation. Most interestingly, magnetic fields as …


Strain And Stress Relationships For Optical Phonon Modes In Monoclinic Crystals With Β-Ga2O3 As An Example, Rafal Korlacki, Megan Stokey, Alyssa Lynn Mock, Sean Knight, Alexis Papamichail, Vanya Darakchieva, Mathias Schubert Nov 2020

Strain And Stress Relationships For Optical Phonon Modes In Monoclinic Crystals With Β-Ga2O3 As An Example, Rafal Korlacki, Megan Stokey, Alyssa Lynn Mock, Sean Knight, Alexis Papamichail, Vanya Darakchieva, Mathias Schubert

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

Strain-stress relationships for physical properties are of interest for heteroepitaxial material systems, where strain and stress are inherent due to thermal expansion and lattice mismatch. We report linear perturbation theory strain and stress relationships for optical phonon modes in monoclinic crystals for strain and stress situations which maintain the monoclinic symmetry of the crystal. By using symmetry group analysis and phonon frequencies obtained under various deformation scenarios from density-functional perturbation theory calculations on β-Ga2O3, we obtain four strain and four stress potential parameters for each phonon mode. We demonstrate that these parameters are sufficient to …


Reinvestigation Of The Intrinsic Magnetic Properties Of (Fe1-Xcox)2b Alloys And Crystallization Behavior Of Ribbons, Tej Nath Lamichhane, Olena Palasyuk, Vladimir P. Antropov, Ivan A. Zhuravlev, Kirill Belashchenko, Ikenna C. Nlebedim, Kevin W. Dennis, Anton Jesche, Matthew J. Kramer, Sergey L. Bud'ko, R. William Mccallum, Paul C. Canfield, Valentin Taufour Nov 2020

Reinvestigation Of The Intrinsic Magnetic Properties Of (Fe1-Xcox)2b Alloys And Crystallization Behavior Of Ribbons, Tej Nath Lamichhane, Olena Palasyuk, Vladimir P. Antropov, Ivan A. Zhuravlev, Kirill Belashchenko, Ikenna C. Nlebedim, Kevin W. Dennis, Anton Jesche, Matthew J. Kramer, Sergey L. Bud'ko, R. William Mccallum, Paul C. Canfield, Valentin Taufour

Kirill Belashchenko Publications

New determination of the magnetic anisotropy from single crystals of (Fe1-xCox)2B alloys are presented. The anomalous temperature dependence of the anisotropy constant is discussed using the standard Callen-Callen theory, which is shown to be insufficient to explain the experimental results. A more material specific study using first-principles calculations with disordered moments approach gives a much more consistent interpretation of the experimental data. Since the intrinsic properties of the alloys with x=0.3-0.35 are promising for permanent magnets applications, initial investigation of the extrinsic properties are described, in particular the crystallization of melt spun ribbons with Cu, Al, …


Cold Sintering Diisopropylamonium Bromide To Form Organic Ceramic Pellets, Darren Armstrong Oct 2020

Cold Sintering Diisopropylamonium Bromide To Form Organic Ceramic Pellets, Darren Armstrong

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Diisopropylamonium bromide is an organic ferroelectric compound. Standard sample preparation methods either require a powder or a single crystal. Certain measurements cannot be done on powders due to equipment limitations, and single crystals are difficult and time consuming to produce and handle. Cold sintering is a relatively new process that allows the creation of ceramics. The original cold sintering process was adapted to work for diisopropylamonium bromide. This allows the creation of ceramics with a large surface area. These pellets can achieve up to 95% of the theoretical maximum density. While the pellets are currently unsuitable for electric testing at …


Indium Segregation To The Selvedge Of In4Se3 (001), Archit Dhingra, Zoe G. Marzouk, Esha Mishra, Pavlo V. Galiy, Taras M. Nenchuk, Peter Dowben Sep 2020

Indium Segregation To The Selvedge Of In4Se3 (001), Archit Dhingra, Zoe G. Marzouk, Esha Mishra, Pavlo V. Galiy, Taras M. Nenchuk, Peter Dowben

Peter Dowben Publications

Thermal motion of the surface atoms will lead to a decrease in photoemission intensity, while surface segregation may result in an increase of some phostoemission intensities. For In4Se3(001), both effects are seen. The Debye–Waller factor plot, based on the temperature dependent X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) measurements on In4Se3(001), suggests an upper bound of 203 ± 6 K for the effective Debye temperature, based on the surface component of the In 3d5/2 core-level. Indium is found to segregate to selvedge (subsurface region) of the crystal.


The Electronic Properties Of The Quasi-One-Dimensional Transition Metal Trichalcogenides: Tis3 And Zrs3, Simeon Gilbert Sep 2020

The Electronic Properties Of The Quasi-One-Dimensional Transition Metal Trichalcogenides: Tis3 And Zrs3, Simeon Gilbert

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The transition metal trichalcogenides are a class of materials formed by 1D chains of covalently bound MX3 (M=Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Nb; X=S, Se, Te) trigonal prisms which are held together by weak van der Waals forces to form 2D sheets. Because of their superior edge termination, these materials suppress edge scattering effects that plague other two-dimensional materials thus enabling devices scaling to widths below 10 nm. Furthermore, this quasi-one-dimensional structure results in highly anisotropic electronic and optical properties which were examined through angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and scanning photocurrent microscopy. These measurements show that the hole carrier masses …


Brillouin Zone Center Phonon Modes In Znga2O4, Megan Stokey, Rafal Korlacki, Sean Knight, Matthew J. Hilfiker, Zbigniew Galazka, Klaus Irmscher, Vanya Darakchieva, Mathias Schubert Aug 2020

Brillouin Zone Center Phonon Modes In Znga2O4, Megan Stokey, Rafal Korlacki, Sean Knight, Matthew J. Hilfiker, Zbigniew Galazka, Klaus Irmscher, Vanya Darakchieva, Mathias Schubert

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

Infrared-active lattice mode properties of melt-grown high-quality single bulk crystals of ZnGa2O4 are investigated by combined spectroscopic ellipsometry and density functional theory computation analysis. The normal spinel structure crystals are measured by spectroscopic ellipsometry at room temperature in the range of 100 cm–1–1200 cm–1. The complex-valued dielectric function is determined from a wavenumber-by-wavenumber approach, which is then analyzed by the four-parameter semi-quantum model dielectric function approach augmented by impurity mode contributions. We determine four infrared-active transverse and longitudinal optical mode pairs, five localized impurity mode pairs, and the high frequency dielectric constant. All …


Free Charge Carrier Properties In Two-Dimensional Materials And Monoclinic Oxides Studied By Optical Hall Effect, Sean Knight Aug 2020

Free Charge Carrier Properties In Two-Dimensional Materials And Monoclinic Oxides Studied By Optical Hall Effect, Sean Knight

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

In this dissertation, optical Hall effect (OHE) measurements are used to determine the free charge carrier properties of important two-dimensional materials and monoclinic oxides. Two-dimensional material systems have proven useful in high-frequency electronic devices due to their unique properties, such as high mobility, which arise from their two-dimensional nature. Monoclinic oxides exhibit many desirable characteristics, for example low-crystal symmetry which could lead to anisotropic carrier properties. Here, single-crystal monoclinic gallium oxide, an AlInN/GaN-based high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) structure, and epitaxial graphene are studied as examples. To characterize these material systems, the OHE measurement technique is employed. The OHE is a physical …


Site Selective Adsorption Of The Spin Crossover Complex Fe(Phen)2(Ncs)2 On Au(111), Sumit Beniwal, Suchetana Sarkar, Felix Baier, Birgit Weber, Peter Dowben, Axel Enders Jul 2020

Site Selective Adsorption Of The Spin Crossover Complex Fe(Phen)2(Ncs)2 On Au(111), Sumit Beniwal, Suchetana Sarkar, Felix Baier, Birgit Weber, Peter Dowben, Axel Enders

Peter Dowben Publications

The iron(II) spin crossover complex Fe(1,10-phenanthroline)2(NCS)2, dubbed Fe-phen, has been studied with scanning tunneling microscopy, after adsorption on the 'herringbone' reconstructed surface of Au(111) for sub-monolayer coverages. The Fe-phen molecules attach, through their NCS-groups, to the Au atoms of the fcc domains of the reconstructed surface only, thereby lifting the herringbone reconstruction. The molecules stack to form 1D chains, which run along the Au[110] directions. Neighboring Fe-phen molecules are separated by approximately 2.65 nm, corresponding to 9 atomic spacings in this direction. The molecular axis, defined by the two phenanthroline groups, is aligned perpendicular to the …


Generalized Magnetoelectronic Circuit Theory And Spin Relaxation At Interfaces In Magnetic Multilayers, G. G. Baez Flores, Alexey Kovalev, Mark Van Schilfgaarde, K. D. Belashchenko Jun 2020

Generalized Magnetoelectronic Circuit Theory And Spin Relaxation At Interfaces In Magnetic Multilayers, G. G. Baez Flores, Alexey Kovalev, Mark Van Schilfgaarde, K. D. Belashchenko

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Spin transport at metallic interfaces is an essential ingredient of various spintronic device concepts, such as giant magnetoresistance, spin-transfer torque, and spin pumping. Spin-orbit coupling plays an important role in many such devices. In particular, spin current is partially absorbed at the interface due to spin-orbit coupling. We develop a general magnetoelectronic circuit theory and generalize the concept of spin-mixing conductance, accounting for various mechanisms responsible for spin-flip scattering. For the special case when exchange interactions dominate, we give a simple expression for the spin-mixing conductance in terms of the contributions responsible for spin relaxation (i.e., spin memory loss), spin …