Spin-½

About: Spin-½ is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 40423 publications have been published within this topic receiving 796639 citations.

Electronic properties of TTF-TCNQ : an NMR approach

Abstract: This paper presents the frequency dependance of the proton spin-lattice relaxation time T1 at several temperatures and pressures in TTF-TCNQ(D4) and TTF(D4)-TCNQ. It is shown that only backward (q = 2 kF) and forward (q = 0) scatterings contribute to the nuclear relaxation induced by the modulation of the hyperfine field in these one-dimensional conductors. At medium fields, H 0 ~ 30 kOe, the frequency dependence of T1 originates from the diffuse character of the spin density wave excitations around q = 0, leading to T1-1 αH0- 1/2 . The enhancement of T1 -1, is at low fields, limited by the existence of a finite interchain coupling (tunnelling type). We find, within a RPA analysis, close correlations between the pressure and temperature dependences of the spin excitations diffusion constant and the collision time derived from the longitudinal conductivity. The interpretation of the NMR data in terms of a Hubbard model excludes both big U and small U pictures. However, we point out the importance of the electron-electron interactions on the relaxation rate of TTF-TCNQ. We derive a ratio U/4 t II ~ 0.9 for the TCNQ chain. We also assume that besides charge density waves fluctuations existing between 300 K and the phase transition at 53 K, electron-electron interactions make an important contribution to the temperature dependence of the spin susceptibility. Finally, we give a unified description of quasi one dimensional conductors in which the various systems are classified according to the transverse tunnelling coupling and the electron lifetime. It follows from this description that for TTF-TCNQ and its derivatives, transverse couplings (tunnelling and Coulomb) are large enough to justify the use of a mean-field theory.

BCS-BEC crossover and topological phase transition in 3D spin-orbit coupled degenerate Fermi gases.

Abstract: We investigate the BCS-BEC crossover in three-dimensional degenerate Fermi gases in the presence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and Zeeman field. We show that the superfluid order parameter destroyed by a large Zeeman field can be restored by the SOC. With increasing strengths of the Zeeman field, there is a series of topological quantum phase transitions from a nontopological superfluid state with fully gapped fermionic spectrum to a topological superfluid state with four topologically protected Fermi points (i.e., nodes in the quasiparticle excitation gap) and then to a second topological superfluid state with only two Fermi points. The quasiparticle excitations near the Fermi points realize the long-sought low-temperature analog of Weyl fermions of particle physics. We show that the topological phase transitions can be probed using the experimentally realized momentum-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.

Determination of the Pt spin diffusion length by spin-pumping and spin Hall effect

Abstract: The spin diffusion length of Pt at room temperature and at 8 K is experimentally determined via spin pumping and spin Hall effect in permalloy/Pt bilayers. Voltages generated during excitation of ferromagnetic resonance from the inverse spin Hall effect and anisotropic magnetoresistance effect were investigated with a broadband approach. Varying the Pt layer thickness gives rise to an evolution of the voltage line shape due to the superposition of the above two effects. By studying the ratio of the two voltage components with the Pt layer thickness, the spin diffusion length of Pt can be directly extracted. We obtain a spin diffusion length of ∼1.2 nm at room temperature and ∼1.6 nm at 8 K.

Momentum-shell recursion relations, anisotropic spins, and liquid crystals in 2 + ε dimensions

Abstract: We describe in detail how to construct momentum-shell recursion relations for classical fixed-length spins in $d=2+\ensuremath{\epsilon}$ dimensions. The theory is then applied to anisotropic spin systems and to a model of nematic liquid crystals. We also develop a trajectory-integral formalism, which is used to produce the free energy, magnetization, and susceptibilities of isotropic spin systems to first order in $\ensuremath{\epsilon}=d\ensuremath{-}2$.