Since the discovery of hydride superconductors,a significant challenge has been to reduce the pressure required for their stabilization.In this context,we propose that alloying could be an effective strategy to achiev...Since the discovery of hydride superconductors,a significant challenge has been to reduce the pressure required for their stabilization.In this context,we propose that alloying could be an effective strategy to achieve this.We focus on a series of alloyed hydrides with the AMH_(6)composition,which can be made via alloying A15 AH_(3)(A=Al or Ga)with M(M=a group IIIB or IVB metal),and study their behavior under pressure.Seven of them are predicted to maintain the A15-type structure,similar to AH_(3)under pressure,providing a platform for studying the effects of alloying on the stability and superconductivity of AH_(3).Among these,the A15-type phases of AlZrH_(6)and AlHfH_(6)are found to be thermodynamically stable in the pressure ranges of 40–150 and 30–181 GPa,respectively.Furthermore,they remain dynamically stable at even lower pressures,as low as 13 GPa for AlZrH_(6)and 6 GPa for AlHfH_(6).These pressures are significantly lower than that required for stabilizing A15 AlH3.Additionally,the introduction of Zr or Hf increases the electronic density of states at the Fermi level compared with AlH3.This enhancement leads to higher critical temperatures(Tc)of 75 and 76 K for AlZrH_(6)and AlHfH_(6)at 20 and 10 GPa,respectively.In the case of GaMH_(6)alloys,where M represents Sc,Ti,Zr,or Hf,these metals reinforce the stability of the A15-type structure and reduce the lowest thermodynamically stable pressure for GaH_(3) from 160 GPa to 116,95,80,and 85 GPa,respectively.Particularly noteworthy are the A15-type GaMH_(6)alloys,which remain dynamically stable at low pressures of 97,28,5,and 6 GPa,simultaneously exhibiting high Tc of 88,39,70,and 49 K at 100,35,10,and 10 GPa,respectively.Overall,these findings enrich the family of A15-type superconductors and provide insights for the future exploration of high-temperature hydride superconductors that can be stabilized at lower pressures.展开更多
Superionic and electride behaviors in materials,which induce a variety of exotic physical properties of ions and electrons,are of great importance both in fundamental research and for practical applications.However,th...Superionic and electride behaviors in materials,which induce a variety of exotic physical properties of ions and electrons,are of great importance both in fundamental research and for practical applications.However,their coexistence in hot alkali-metal borides has not been observed.In this work,we apply first-principles structure search calculations to identify eight Na-B compounds with host-guest structures,which exhibit a wide range of building blocks and interesting properties linked to the Na/B composition.Among the known borides,Na-rich Na9B stands out as the composition with the highest alkali-metal content,featuring vertex-and face-sharing BNa16 polyhedra.Notably,it exhibits electride characteristics and transforms into a superionic electride at 200 GPa and 2000 K,displaying unusual Na atomic diffusion behavior attributed to the modulation of the interstitial anion electrons.It demonstrates semiconductor behavior in the solid state,and metallic properties associated with Na 3p/3s states in the superionic and liquid regions.On the other hand,B-rich NaB7,consisting of a unique covalent B framework,is predicted to exhibit low-frequency phonon-mediated superconductivity with a T_(c) of 16.8 K at 55 GPa.Our work advances the understanding of the structures and properties of alkali-metal borides.展开更多
The presence of silicon nanocrystals on the surface of standard wafer samples of Si, conserved under “usual” laboratory conditions, has been investigated by micro-Raman analysis, performed for increasing intensity o...The presence of silicon nanocrystals on the surface of standard wafer samples of Si, conserved under “usual” laboratory conditions, has been investigated by micro-Raman analysis, performed for increasing intensity of laser irradiation. The poor thermal connection of such small crystals to the Si wafer bulk allows for the appearance of two well distinct Raman bands in the spectra, with a different evolution for increasing irradiance levels: the first, expected, due to bulk silicon response, the other one assignable to the silicon nanocrystals. A careful analysis of peak position and linewidth has been carried out, both for the Raman contribution from the nanocrystals, reaching high temperatures under irradiation (up to 1400 K), and for the one from the “bulk” Si, which remains practically at room temperature. The analysis of the spectra and the comparison with previous studies on nc-Si suggest that such nanocrystals do not have a very small size, so that the observed changes of spectral parameters are mainly due to laser heating, rather than quantum confinement effects. In any case, we performed also an independent size deter-mination by AFM mapping, confirming a size distribution well peaked be-tween 50 and 100 nm. As a corollary from this analysis, we get the indication that apparent linewidths and positions, at low laser irradiation levels, can be slightly changed in the presence of nc-Si on the surface. It is due to the differ-ent thermal responses of bulk and nanocrystalline components, inducing un-resolved separate components;this hypothesis suggests reanalysing some previous experimental data, in particular for many Raman spectra of Si col-lected at “room temperature”.展开更多
MAPbBr_(3)(MA=CH_(3)NH_(3)^(+))doping with bismuth increases electric conductivity,charge carrier density and photostability,reduces toxicity,and expands light absorption.However,Bi doping shortens excited-state lifet...MAPbBr_(3)(MA=CH_(3)NH_(3)^(+))doping with bismuth increases electric conductivity,charge carrier density and photostability,reduces toxicity,and expands light absorption.However,Bi doping shortens excited-state lifetimes due to formation of DY−charge recombination centers.Using nonadiabatic molecular dynamics and time-domain density functional theory,we demonstrate that the DY−center forms a deep,highly localized hole trap,which accelerates nonradiative relaxation ten-fold and is responsible for 90%of carrier losses.Hole trapping occurs by coupling between the valence band and the trap state,facilitated by the Br atoms surrounding the Bi dopant.Passivation of the DY−center with chlorines heals the local geometry distortion,eliminates the trap state,and makes the carrier lifetimes longer than even in pristine MAPbBr_(3).The decreased charge recombination arises from reduced nonadiabatic coupling and shortened coherence time,due to diminished electron–hole overlap around the passivated defect.Our study demonstrates accelerated nonradiative recombination in Bi-doped MAPbBr_(3),suggests a strategy for defect passivation and reduction of nonradiative energy losses,and provides atomistic insights into unusual defect properties of metal halide perovskites needed for rational design of high-performance perovskite solar cells and optoelectronic devices.展开更多
Perfect lenses,superlenses and time-reversal mirrors can support and spatially separate evanescent waves,which is the basis for detecting subwavelength information in the far field.However,the inherent limitations of ...Perfect lenses,superlenses and time-reversal mirrors can support and spatially separate evanescent waves,which is the basis for detecting subwavelength information in the far field.However,the inherent limitations of these methods have prevented the development of systems to dynamically distinguish subdiffraction-limited signals.Utilizing the physical merits of spoof surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs),we demonstrate that subdiffraction-limited signals can be transmitted on planar integrated SPP channels with low loss,low channel interference,and high gain and can be radiated with a very low environmental sensitivity.Furthermore,we show how deep subdiffraction-limited signals that are spatially coupled can be distinguished after line-of-sight wireless transmission.For a visualized demonstration,we realize the high-quality wireless communication of two movies on subwavelength channels over the line of sight in real time using our plasmonic scheme,showing significant advantages over the conventional methods.展开更多
In this work we present experimental results on the behavior of diamond at megabar pressure. The experiment was performed using the PHELIX facility at GSI in Germany to launch a planar shock into solid multi-layered d...In this work we present experimental results on the behavior of diamond at megabar pressure. The experiment was performed using the PHELIX facility at GSI in Germany to launch a planar shock into solid multi-layered diamond samples. The target design allows shock velocity in diamond and in two metal layers to be measured as well as the free surface velocity after shock breakout. As diagnostics, we used two velocity interferometry systems for any reflector(VISARs). Our measurements show that for the pressures obtained in diamond(between 3 and 9 Mbar),the propagation of the shock induces a reflecting state of the material. Finally, the experimental results are compared with hydrodynamical simulations in which we used different equations of state, showing compatibility with dedicated SESAME tables for diamond.展开更多
Enhanced light-matter interactions are the basis of surface-enhanced infrared absorption(SEIRA)spectroscopy,and conventionally rely on plasmonic materials and their capability to focus light to nanoscale spot sizes.Ph...Enhanced light-matter interactions are the basis of surface-enhanced infrared absorption(SEIRA)spectroscopy,and conventionally rely on plasmonic materials and their capability to focus light to nanoscale spot sizes.Phonon polariton nanoresonators made of polar crystals could represent an interesting alternative,since they exhibit large quality factors,which go far beyond those of their plasmonic counterparts.The recent emergence of van der Waals crystals enables the fabrication of highquality nanophotonic resonators based on phonon polaritons,as reported for the prototypical infrared-phononic material hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN).In this work we use,for the first time,phonon-polariton-resonant h-BN ribbons for SEIRA spectroscopy of small amounts of organic molecules in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.Strikingly,the interaction between phonon polaritons and molecular vibrations reaches experimentally the onset of the strong coupling regime,while numerical simulations predict that vibrational strong coupling can be fully achieved.Phonon polariton nanoresonators thus could become a viable platform for sensing,local control of chemical reactivity and infrared quantum cavity optics experiments.展开更多
Ultrafast laser excitations provide an efficient and low-power consumption alternative since different magnetic properties and topological spin states can be triggered and manipulated at the femtosecond(fs)regime.Howe...Ultrafast laser excitations provide an efficient and low-power consumption alternative since different magnetic properties and topological spin states can be triggered and manipulated at the femtosecond(fs)regime.However,it is largely unknown whether laser excitations already used in data information platforms can manipulate the magnetic properties of recently discovered two-dimensional(2D)van der Waals(vdW)materials.Here we show that ultrashort laser pulses(30−85 fs)can not only manipulate magnetic domains of 2D-XY CrCl_(3)ferromagnets,but also induce the formation and control of topological nontrivial meron and antimeron spin textures.We observed that these spin quasiparticles are created within~100 ps after the excitation displaying rich dynamics through motion,collision and annihilation with emission of spin waves throughout the surface.Our findings highlight substantial opportunities of using photonic driving forces for the exploration of spin textures on 2D magnetic materials towards magneto-optical topological applications.展开更多
Laser–plasma interaction(LPI)at intensities 1015–1016 W·cm^-2 is dominated by parametric instabilities which can be responsible for a significant amount of non-collisional absorption and generate large fluxes o...Laser–plasma interaction(LPI)at intensities 1015–1016 W·cm^-2 is dominated by parametric instabilities which can be responsible for a significant amount of non-collisional absorption and generate large fluxes of high-energy nonthermal electrons.Such a regime is of paramount importance for inertial confinement fusion(ICF)and in particular for the shock ignition scheme.In this paper we report on an experiment carried out at the Prague Asterix Laser System(PALS)facility to investigate the extent and time history of stimulated Raman scattering(SRS)and two-plasmon decay(TPD)instabilities,driven by the interaction of an infrared laser pulse at an intensity^1.2×1016 W·cm^-2 with a^100μm scalelength plasma produced from irradiation of a flat plastic target.The laser pulse duration(300 ps)and the high value of plasma temperature(~4 ke V)expected from hydrodynamic simulations make these results interesting for a deeper understanding of LPI in shock ignition conditions.Experimental results show that absolute TPD/SRS,driven at a quarter of the critical density,and convective SRS,driven at lower plasma densities,are well separated in time,with absolute instabilities driven at early times of interaction and convective backward SRS emerging at the laser peak and persisting all over the tail of the pulse.Side-scattering SRS,driven at low plasma densities,is also clearly observed.Experimental results are compared to fully kinetic large-scale,two-dimensional simulations.Particle-in-cell results,beyond reproducing the framework delineated by the experimental measurements,reveal the importance of filamentation instability in ruling the onset of SRS and stimulated Brillouin scattering instabilities and confirm the crucial role of collisionless absorption in the LPI energy balance.展开更多
Magneto-optical response,i.e.optical response in the presence of a magnetic field,is commonly used for characterization of materials and in optical communications.However,quantum mechanical description of electric and...Magneto-optical response,i.e.optical response in the presence of a magnetic field,is commonly used for characterization of materials and in optical communications.However,quantum mechanical description of electric and magnetic fields in crystals is not straightforward as the position operator is ill defined.We present a reformulation of the density matrix perturbation theory for time-dependent electromagnetic fields under periodic boundary conditions,which allows us to treat the orbital magneto-optical response of solids at the ab initio level.The efficiency of the computational scheme proposed is comparable to standard linearresponse calculations of absorption spectra and the results of tests for molecules and solids agree with the available experimental data.A clear signature of the valley Zeeman effect is revealed in the continuum magneto-optical spectrum of a single layer of hexagonal boron nitride.The present formalism opens the path towards the study of magneto-optical effects in strongly driven low-dimensional systems.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52022089,52372261,52288102,and 11964026)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1402300)+5 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(Grant No.E2022203109)the Doctoral Fund of Henan University of Technology(Grant No.31401579)P.L.thanks the Science and Technology Leading Talents and Innovation Team Building Projects of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(Grant No.GXKY22060)financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation(Grant No.FIS2019-105488GB-I00)the Department of Education,Universities and Research of the Basque Government and the University of the Basque Country(Grant No.IT1707-22)the National Science Foundation(Grant No.DMR-2136038)for financial support.
文摘Since the discovery of hydride superconductors,a significant challenge has been to reduce the pressure required for their stabilization.In this context,we propose that alloying could be an effective strategy to achieve this.We focus on a series of alloyed hydrides with the AMH_(6)composition,which can be made via alloying A15 AH_(3)(A=Al or Ga)with M(M=a group IIIB or IVB metal),and study their behavior under pressure.Seven of them are predicted to maintain the A15-type structure,similar to AH_(3)under pressure,providing a platform for studying the effects of alloying on the stability and superconductivity of AH_(3).Among these,the A15-type phases of AlZrH_(6)and AlHfH_(6)are found to be thermodynamically stable in the pressure ranges of 40–150 and 30–181 GPa,respectively.Furthermore,they remain dynamically stable at even lower pressures,as low as 13 GPa for AlZrH_(6)and 6 GPa for AlHfH_(6).These pressures are significantly lower than that required for stabilizing A15 AlH3.Additionally,the introduction of Zr or Hf increases the electronic density of states at the Fermi level compared with AlH3.This enhancement leads to higher critical temperatures(Tc)of 75 and 76 K for AlZrH_(6)and AlHfH_(6)at 20 and 10 GPa,respectively.In the case of GaMH_(6)alloys,where M represents Sc,Ti,Zr,or Hf,these metals reinforce the stability of the A15-type structure and reduce the lowest thermodynamically stable pressure for GaH_(3) from 160 GPa to 116,95,80,and 85 GPa,respectively.Particularly noteworthy are the A15-type GaMH_(6)alloys,which remain dynamically stable at low pressures of 97,28,5,and 6 GPa,simultaneously exhibiting high Tc of 88,39,70,and 49 K at 100,35,10,and 10 GPa,respectively.Overall,these findings enrich the family of A15-type superconductors and provide insights for the future exploration of high-temperature hydride superconductors that can be stabilized at lower pressures.
基金This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.21573037the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China under Grant No.2013M541283+4 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(Grant No.B2021203030)the Science and Technology Project of Hebei Education Department(Grant Nos.JZX2023020 and QN2023246)A.B.acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation(Grant No.PID2019-105488GB-I00)the Department of Education,Universities and Research of the Basque Government and the University of the Basque Country(Grant No.IT1707-22)This work was carried out at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin,and the calculations were performed on TianHe-1(A).
文摘Superionic and electride behaviors in materials,which induce a variety of exotic physical properties of ions and electrons,are of great importance both in fundamental research and for practical applications.However,their coexistence in hot alkali-metal borides has not been observed.In this work,we apply first-principles structure search calculations to identify eight Na-B compounds with host-guest structures,which exhibit a wide range of building blocks and interesting properties linked to the Na/B composition.Among the known borides,Na-rich Na9B stands out as the composition with the highest alkali-metal content,featuring vertex-and face-sharing BNa16 polyhedra.Notably,it exhibits electride characteristics and transforms into a superionic electride at 200 GPa and 2000 K,displaying unusual Na atomic diffusion behavior attributed to the modulation of the interstitial anion electrons.It demonstrates semiconductor behavior in the solid state,and metallic properties associated with Na 3p/3s states in the superionic and liquid regions.On the other hand,B-rich NaB7,consisting of a unique covalent B framework,is predicted to exhibit low-frequency phonon-mediated superconductivity with a T_(c) of 16.8 K at 55 GPa.Our work advances the understanding of the structures and properties of alkali-metal borides.
文摘The presence of silicon nanocrystals on the surface of standard wafer samples of Si, conserved under “usual” laboratory conditions, has been investigated by micro-Raman analysis, performed for increasing intensity of laser irradiation. The poor thermal connection of such small crystals to the Si wafer bulk allows for the appearance of two well distinct Raman bands in the spectra, with a different evolution for increasing irradiance levels: the first, expected, due to bulk silicon response, the other one assignable to the silicon nanocrystals. A careful analysis of peak position and linewidth has been carried out, both for the Raman contribution from the nanocrystals, reaching high temperatures under irradiation (up to 1400 K), and for the one from the “bulk” Si, which remains practically at room temperature. The analysis of the spectra and the comparison with previous studies on nc-Si suggest that such nanocrystals do not have a very small size, so that the observed changes of spectral parameters are mainly due to laser heating, rather than quantum confinement effects. In any case, we performed also an independent size deter-mination by AFM mapping, confirming a size distribution well peaked be-tween 50 and 100 nm. As a corollary from this analysis, we get the indication that apparent linewidths and positions, at low laser irradiation levels, can be slightly changed in the presence of nc-Si on the surface. It is due to the differ-ent thermal responses of bulk and nanocrystalline components, inducing un-resolved separate components;this hypothesis suggests reanalysing some previous experimental data, in particular for many Raman spectra of Si col-lected at “room temperature”.
基金the Beijing Science Foundation(No.2212031)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51861135101,21973006,21573022,21688102 and 21590801)R.L.acknowledges the Recruitment Program of Global Youth Experts of China and the Beijing Normal University Startup.O.V.P.acknowledges funding from the U.S.Department of Energy(No.DE SC0014429).
文摘MAPbBr_(3)(MA=CH_(3)NH_(3)^(+))doping with bismuth increases electric conductivity,charge carrier density and photostability,reduces toxicity,and expands light absorption.However,Bi doping shortens excited-state lifetimes due to formation of DY−charge recombination centers.Using nonadiabatic molecular dynamics and time-domain density functional theory,we demonstrate that the DY−center forms a deep,highly localized hole trap,which accelerates nonradiative relaxation ten-fold and is responsible for 90%of carrier losses.Hole trapping occurs by coupling between the valence band and the trap state,facilitated by the Br atoms surrounding the Bi dopant.Passivation of the DY−center with chlorines heals the local geometry distortion,eliminates the trap state,and makes the carrier lifetimes longer than even in pristine MAPbBr_(3).The decreased charge recombination arises from reduced nonadiabatic coupling and shortened coherence time,due to diminished electron–hole overlap around the passivated defect.Our study demonstrates accelerated nonradiative recombination in Bi-doped MAPbBr_(3),suggests a strategy for defect passivation and reduction of nonradiative energy losses,and provides atomistic insights into unusual defect properties of metal halide perovskites needed for rational design of high-performance perovskite solar cells and optoelectronic devices.
基金funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2017YFA0700201,2017YFA0700202,and 2017YFA0700203)by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61571117,61631007,61701108,and 61871127)+2 种基金by the 111 Project(Grant No.111-2-05)support from the QuantERA program of the European Commission with funding by the Spanish AEI through project PCI2018-09314from the“Maria de Maeztu”program for Units of Excellence in R&D(MDM-2014-0377).
文摘Perfect lenses,superlenses and time-reversal mirrors can support and spatially separate evanescent waves,which is the basis for detecting subwavelength information in the far field.However,the inherent limitations of these methods have prevented the development of systems to dynamically distinguish subdiffraction-limited signals.Utilizing the physical merits of spoof surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs),we demonstrate that subdiffraction-limited signals can be transmitted on planar integrated SPP channels with low loss,low channel interference,and high gain and can be radiated with a very low environmental sensitivity.Furthermore,we show how deep subdiffraction-limited signals that are spatially coupled can be distinguished after line-of-sight wireless transmission.For a visualized demonstration,we realize the high-quality wireless communication of two movies on subwavelength channels over the line of sight in real time using our plasmonic scheme,showing significant advantages over the conventional methods.
基金the support of the laser technical team at GSI PHELIXhas been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Enabling Research Project:ENR-IFE19.CEA-01‘Study of Direct Drive and Shock Ignition for IFE:Theory,Simulations,Experiments,Diagnostics Development’and has received funding from Euratom 2019–2020。
文摘In this work we present experimental results on the behavior of diamond at megabar pressure. The experiment was performed using the PHELIX facility at GSI in Germany to launch a planar shock into solid multi-layered diamond samples. The target design allows shock velocity in diamond and in two metal layers to be measured as well as the free surface velocity after shock breakout. As diagnostics, we used two velocity interferometry systems for any reflector(VISARs). Our measurements show that for the pressures obtained in diamond(between 3 and 9 Mbar),the propagation of the shock induces a reflecting state of the material. Finally, the experimental results are compared with hydrodynamical simulations in which we used different equations of state, showing compatibility with dedicated SESAME tables for diamond.
基金supported by the Fostering Program of Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91963115)the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0703400)+3 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51732010)the Ph D Foundation by Yanshan University(B970)financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness(FIS2016-76617-P)the Department of Education,Universities,Research of the Basque Government and the University of the Basque Country(IT756-13)。
基金support from the European Commission under the Graphene Flagship(GrapheneCore1,Grant no.696656)the Marie Sklodowska-Curie individual fellowship(SGPCM-705960)+4 种基金the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness(Maria de Maetzu Units of Excellence Programme MDM-2016-0618 and national projects FIS2014-60195-JIN,MAT2014-53432-C5-4-R,MAT2015-65525-R,MAT2015-65159-R,FIS2016-80174-P,MAT2017-88358-C3-3-R)the Basque government(PhD fellowship PRE-2016-1-0150,PRE-2016-2-0025)the Department of Industry of the Basque Government(ELKARTEK project MICRO4FA)the Regional Council of Gipuzkoa(project no.100/16)the ERC starting grant 715496,2DNANOPTICA.
文摘Enhanced light-matter interactions are the basis of surface-enhanced infrared absorption(SEIRA)spectroscopy,and conventionally rely on plasmonic materials and their capability to focus light to nanoscale spot sizes.Phonon polariton nanoresonators made of polar crystals could represent an interesting alternative,since they exhibit large quality factors,which go far beyond those of their plasmonic counterparts.The recent emergence of van der Waals crystals enables the fabrication of highquality nanophotonic resonators based on phonon polaritons,as reported for the prototypical infrared-phononic material hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN).In this work we use,for the first time,phonon-polariton-resonant h-BN ribbons for SEIRA spectroscopy of small amounts of organic molecules in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.Strikingly,the interaction between phonon polaritons and molecular vibrations reaches experimentally the onset of the strong coupling regime,while numerical simulations predict that vibrational strong coupling can be fully achieved.Phonon polariton nanoresonators thus could become a viable platform for sensing,local control of chemical reactivity and infrared quantum cavity optics experiments.
基金E.J.G.S.acknowledges computational resources through CIRRUS Tier-2 HPC Service(ec131 Cirrus Project)at EPCC funded by the University of Edinburgh and EPSRC(EP/P020267/1)ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service(http://www.archer.ac.uk)via Project d429,and the UKCP consortium(Project e89)funded by EPSRC grant ref EP/P022561/1+1 种基金EJGS acknowledge the Spanish Ministry of Science’s grant program“Europa-Excelencia”under grant number EUR2020-112238,the EPSRC Early Career Fellowship(EP/T021578/1)the University of Edinburgh for funding support.
文摘Ultrafast laser excitations provide an efficient and low-power consumption alternative since different magnetic properties and topological spin states can be triggered and manipulated at the femtosecond(fs)regime.However,it is largely unknown whether laser excitations already used in data information platforms can manipulate the magnetic properties of recently discovered two-dimensional(2D)van der Waals(vdW)materials.Here we show that ultrashort laser pulses(30−85 fs)can not only manipulate magnetic domains of 2D-XY CrCl_(3)ferromagnets,but also induce the formation and control of topological nontrivial meron and antimeron spin textures.We observed that these spin quasiparticles are created within~100 ps after the excitation displaying rich dynamics through motion,collision and annihilation with emission of spin waves throughout the surface.Our findings highlight substantial opportunities of using photonic driving forces for the exploration of spin textures on 2D magnetic materials towards magneto-optical topological applications.
基金financial support from the LASERLAB-EUROPE Access to Research Infrastructure activity within the ECs seventh Framework Programfunding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014–2018 under grant agreement No. 633053+4 种基金partially supported by the project ELITAS (ELI Tools for Advanced Simulation) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 013/0001793HIFI (High Field Initiative, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15 003/0000449)ADONIS (Advanced research using high-intensity laser produced photons and particles, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 019/0000789)ELITAS (ELI Tools for Advanced Simulations,CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 013/0001793)financial support from the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports within grants LTT17015, LM2015083, and CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 013/0001552 (EF16 013/0001552)
文摘Laser–plasma interaction(LPI)at intensities 1015–1016 W·cm^-2 is dominated by parametric instabilities which can be responsible for a significant amount of non-collisional absorption and generate large fluxes of high-energy nonthermal electrons.Such a regime is of paramount importance for inertial confinement fusion(ICF)and in particular for the shock ignition scheme.In this paper we report on an experiment carried out at the Prague Asterix Laser System(PALS)facility to investigate the extent and time history of stimulated Raman scattering(SRS)and two-plasmon decay(TPD)instabilities,driven by the interaction of an infrared laser pulse at an intensity^1.2×1016 W·cm^-2 with a^100μm scalelength plasma produced from irradiation of a flat plastic target.The laser pulse duration(300 ps)and the high value of plasma temperature(~4 ke V)expected from hydrodynamic simulations make these results interesting for a deeper understanding of LPI in shock ignition conditions.Experimental results show that absolute TPD/SRS,driven at a quarter of the critical density,and convective SRS,driven at lower plasma densities,are well separated in time,with absolute instabilities driven at early times of interaction and convective backward SRS emerging at the laser peak and persisting all over the tail of the pulse.Side-scattering SRS,driven at low plasma densities,is also clearly observed.Experimental results are compared to fully kinetic large-scale,two-dimensional simulations.Particle-in-cell results,beyond reproducing the framework delineated by the experimental measurements,reveal the importance of filamentation instability in ruling the onset of SRS and stimulated Brillouin scattering instabilities and confirm the crucial role of collisionless absorption in the LPI energy balance.
基金We acknowledge the financial support from the European Research Council(ERC-2015-AdG-694097)Grupos Consolidados(IT578-13)+2 种基金European Union’s H2020 program under GA no.646259(MOSTOPHOS)no.676580(NOMAD)Spanish Ministry(MINECO)Grant no.FIS2016-79464-P.
文摘Magneto-optical response,i.e.optical response in the presence of a magnetic field,is commonly used for characterization of materials and in optical communications.However,quantum mechanical description of electric and magnetic fields in crystals is not straightforward as the position operator is ill defined.We present a reformulation of the density matrix perturbation theory for time-dependent electromagnetic fields under periodic boundary conditions,which allows us to treat the orbital magneto-optical response of solids at the ab initio level.The efficiency of the computational scheme proposed is comparable to standard linearresponse calculations of absorption spectra and the results of tests for molecules and solids agree with the available experimental data.A clear signature of the valley Zeeman effect is revealed in the continuum magneto-optical spectrum of a single layer of hexagonal boron nitride.The present formalism opens the path towards the study of magneto-optical effects in strongly driven low-dimensional systems.
