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Volume 108, Nº 5 (2018)

Condensed Matter

Asymmetric Tunneling Conductance and the Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior of Strongly Correlated Fermi Systems

Shaginyan V., Msezane A., Japaridze G., Stephanovich V., Leevik Y.

Resumo

Tunneling differential conductivity (or resistivity) is a sensitive tool to experimentally test the non-Fermi liquid behavior of strongly correlated Fermi systems. In the case of common metals the Landau–Fermi liquid theory demonstrates that the differential conductivity is a symmetric function of bias voltage V. This is because the particle–hole symmetry is conserved in the Landau–Fermi liquid state. When a strongly correlated Fermi system turns out to be near the topological fermion condensation quantum phase transition, its Landau–Fermi liquid properties disappear so that the particle–hole symmetry breaks making the differential tunneling conductivity to be asymmetric function of V. This asymmetry can be observed when a strongly correlated metal is in its normal, superconducting or pseudogap states. We show that the asymmetric part of the dynamic conductance does not depend on temperature provided that the metal is in its superconducting or pseudogap states. In normal state, the asymmetric part diminishes at rising temperatures. Under the application of magnetic field the metal transits to the Landau–Fermi liquid state and the differential tunneling conductivity becomes a symmetric function of V. These findings are in good agreement with recent experimental observations.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):335-340
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Zitterbewegung of Spin Split Electrons

Tarasenko S., Poshakinskiy A., Ivchenko E., Stepanov I., Ersfeld M., Lepsa M., Beschoten B.

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We describe the trembling motion of conduction-band electrons in solids. The effect originates from the fact that, in the presence of the Rashba/Dresselhaus spin–orbit coupling and the Zeeman splitting, the electron velocity is not a conserved quantity and contains a contribution oscillating at the frequency determined by the spin gap. The phenomenon is similar to the Zitterwebegung of relativistic particles. Trembling motion of individual electrons can be phase-synchronized by initializing the electrons in the same spin states and detected as a macroscopic high-frequency electric current, which is maintained in the system until the electron spin coherence is lost. We also show that the amplitude of such a coherent Zitterbewegung current is increased when its frequency matches the plasmon frequency.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):326-328
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Superexchange Nonresonant Tunneling Current across a Molecular Wire

Petrov E.

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A modified superexchange model for the formation of nonresonant tunnel current through a molecular wire consisting of a regular chain and terminal units is developed. Under conditions of weak mixing of the localized terminal molecular orbitals with the delocalized orbitals of regular chain, the explicit expressions for the tunneling current are obtained and the conditions for the applicability of the superexchange model are found. It is shown that in limiting cases, the attenuation factor for the tunneling current coincides with that used for analysis of experimental data within the framework of the rectangular barrier model or the “deep” tunneling model. Using the modified superexchange model, the experimental data on the dependence of the currentvoltage characteristics of the N-alkanedithiol molecular wire on the number of C–C bonds are interpreted, and the conditions are formulated for which the simplest model of a rectangular barrier with a tunneling effective electron mass can be used for the analysis of experimental data.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):302-311
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Neuromorphic Calculations Using Lateral Arrays of Magnetic Microstructures with Broken Translational Symmetry

Sadovnikov A., Grachev A., Odintsov S., Martyshkin A., Gubanov V., Sheshukova S., Nikitov S.

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A possibility to control the characteristics of spin waves in a lateral array of magnetic microstructures with broken translational symmetry is demonstrated. The regimes of spatial and frequency selection of the spinwave signal are studied by Brillouin light scattering and by numerical simulations. The micromagnetic simulation is used to study the effect of geometric parameters on the characteristics of dipole-coupled spin waves. The specific features of the coupling between the transverse modes propagating in the system with broken translational symmetry are revealed. The results can be applied to develop multiplexers, power dividers, couplers, and the ultrahigh frequency signal processing circuits using the neuromorphic principles, which are based on the lateral arrays of magnetic microstructures.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):312-317
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Analysis of the Local Atomic Structure of the MIL-88а Metal–Organic Framework by Computer Simulation Using XANES Data

Medvedev P., Soldatov M., Shapovalov V., Tereshchenko A., Gorban’ I., Fedorenko A., Soldatov A.

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Experimental X-ray absorption spectra near the Fe K edge for as-synthesized MIL-88а metal–organic framework (MIL stands for Materials Institute Lavoisier) before and after activation have been obtained and analyzed for the first time. The theoretical analysis of experimental spectra has revealed changes in the local atomic structure of iron at the desorption of water from pores of the studied material in the process of activation.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):318-325
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Polarization-Sensitive Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy of HgTe/CdHgTe Quantum Wells in the Far Infrared Range in a Magnetic Field

Bovkun L., Ikonnikov A., Aleshkin V., Krishtopenko S., Mikhailov N., Dvoretskii S., Potemski M., Piot B., Orlita M., Gavrilenko V.

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Spectra of magnetoabsorption and Faraday rotation in HgTe/CdHgTe heterostructures with single and double quantum wells in high magnetic fields up to 11 T have been studied by the Fourier-transform spectroscopy method. The study of Faraday rotation spectra makes it possible to determine the sign of resonance circular polarization of transitions between Landau levels of carriers, which allows identifying observed intraband and interband transitions in the far and middle infrared ranges.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):329-334
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Coherent Fan Magnetic Structure in Dy/Gd Superlattices

Antropov N., Kravtsov E., Khaidukov Y., Ryabukhina M., Proglyado V., Weschke O., Ustinov V.

Resumo

The magnetic structure of pseudo-single-crystal (0001) Dy/Gd superlattices, as well as its modification with the temperature, is determined by the combined application of SQUID magnetometry, circular magnetic dichroism, and polarized neutron reflectometry. It is established that a fan magnetic order is formed in the Dy layers in relatively low magnetic fields at temperatures below 170 K. Then, this order propagates coherently throughout the superlattice. The magnetic moments in the Dy layers lie in the basal plane, and in the Gd layers, they are oriented mainly along the hexagonal c axis.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):341-345
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Optics and Laser Physics

Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism of a Metamaterial Consisting of Rings with a Current

Davidovich M.

Resumo

Metamaterials consisting of conducting rings distributed chaotically or periodically in a dielectric matrix, thus forming a photonic crystal, have been considered. Models have been obtained demonstrating that the magnetic response can be both diamagnetic and paramagnetic, but the uniform permeability in a nonresonant region, where it is still meaningful, is close to unity.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):279-286
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Role of Multiphoton Ionization in the Short-Wavelength Broadening of the Spectrum of a Light Bullet in the Middle Infrared Range

Kandidov V., Kompanets V., Chekalin S.

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The short-wavelength cutoff of the anti-Stokes wing of the supercontinuum in the spectrum of a light bullet at filamentation of femtosecond radiation at a wavelength tunable in a wide range of the middle infrared range in fused silica and fluorides has been studied for the first time. A physical model for the formation of the spectrum of the light bullet has been proposed on the basis of the spectral broadening caused by the phase selfmodulation of the light field on the trailing edge of the light bullet at the generation of a plasma in the process of multiphoton ionization. Within this model, a function has been obtained to determine the wavelength shift of the short-wavelength cutoff as a function of the multiphoton order. This function is in agreement with experimental results.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):287-291
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Raman Scattering by Plasma Oscillations in Quantum Rings

Vitlina R., Magarill L., Chaplik A.

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Resonant Raman scattering in quantum rings with a sufficiently large number of conduction electrons has been studied. The cross section for Raman scattering accompanied by the excitation of a one-dimensional plasmon in a ring has been determined in the self-consistent field approximation.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):292-295
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Enhancement of Optical Second Harmonic Generation in Hybrid Plasmonic–Photonic Microcavities

Novikov V., Nasonov A., Maydykovskiy A., Murzina T.

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A one-dimensional combined plasmonic–photonic system tailored for the enhancement of nonlinear optical effects is proposed and implemented. In this structure, a layer of silver plasmonic nanoparticles is placed in the cavity region of a photonic-crystal microcavity made of porous silicon. A multifold increase in an optical second harmonic generation signal in comparison to the structure without plasmonic nanoparticles is demonstrated.

JETP Letters. 2018;108(5):296-301
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