Crystal structure and magnetic characteristics of solid solutions Ni1–xCrxMnSb

The results of an experiment on studying the features of the crystal structure and magnetic studies of substitutional solid solutions of the Ni1–xCrxMnSb system (0 m х m 0.2) are presented. It was found that an increase in the concentration of chromium in solid solutions does not lead to significant changes in the size of the unit crystal cell. It was found that solid-phase quenching can be used to expand the limit of chromium solubility in Ni1–xCrxMnSb solid solutions. The temperature and field dependences of the specific magnetization of the synthesized compositions have been studied. It was found that the substitution of chromium for nickel in the NiMnSb compound leads to a decrease in the temperature of the “magnetic order – magnetic disorder” phase transformation with an increase in the concentration x from 0 to 20 mol.%. The values of specific magnetization and Curie temperature of hardened hard rasters are higher than those of slowly cooled ones. The results obtained contribute to the creation of a physical basis for the elemental base of spintronics.

Element-Specific Magnetization Dynamics of Complex Magnetic Systems Probed by Ultrafast Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy

The vision to manipulate and control magnetism with light is driven on the one hand by fundamental questions of direct and indirect photon-spin interactions, and on the other hand by the necessity to cope with ever growing data volumes, requiring radically new approaches on how to write, read and process information. Here, we present two complementary experimental geometries to access the element-specific magnetization dynamics of complex magnetic systems via ultrafast magneto-optical spectroscopy in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range. First, we employ linearly polarized radiation of a free electron laser facility to demonstrate decoupled dynamics of the two sublattices of an FeGd alloy, a prerequisite for all-optical magnetization switching. Second, we use circularly polarized radiation generated in a laboratory-based high harmonic generation setup to show optical inter-site spin transfer in a CoPt alloy, a mechanism which only very recently has been predicted to mediate ultrafast metamagnetic phase transitions.

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The magnetic properties of two-phase borosilicate glasses containing in the skeleton a mixture of β-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles have been studied. The sizes of nanoparticles have been determined, the value of blocking temperature (TB ~ 330 K) for ensemble of superparamagnetic nanoparticles is obtained. It is shown that in the high applied magnetic fields the specific magnetization of these glasses increases sharply at approaching and below Neel temperature for the bulk β-Fe2O3.

d0-Ferromagnetism in SHS Titanium Nitride Treated by Ball Milling

In this work, the influence of mechanical treatment (mechanical milling) of the TiN titanium nitride powder produced by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis on the magnetic properties of the milled powders is investigated. The effect of d0-magnetization was observed. The TiN powders were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, vibrating-sample magnetometry, specific surface area measurement, and chemical analysis. The results show that the mechanical treatment of the TiN titanium nitride powder influences the magnetization in a nonmonotonic manner. The conditions of mechanical treatment corresponding to the best value of specific magnetization of milled powders were established. The specific magnetization depended on three measured parameters: specific surface area, coherent scattering region, and average particle size. It was shown that unit cell parameters of milled TiN titanium nitride powders have not been changed with the increasing of duration milling time. The calculated values of CSR of mechanically treated powders decreased with the increasing of duration of milling time. The values of macrostrains were negative. Mechanical treatment of the TiN titanium nitride powders has led to a change in the nitrogen content from 21.4 to 20.0 wt.%. Stoichiometry of the TiN titanium nitride varied from TiN0.903-TiN0.886; therefore, the observed d0-magnetization effect is associated with a defective surface structure of mechanically treated powders.