{"title":"Theory of terahertz Smith-Purcell radiation from a cylindrical grating","authors":"Z. Rezaei, B. Farokhi","doi":"10.4279/pip.110007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.110007","url":null,"abstract":"An analysis of an annular electron beam propagating along a cylindrical grating with external magnetic field Bo is presented. The grating comprises a dielectric in its slots. The dispersion relation of the modes is derived. The results demonstrate that the dielectric shifts the frequencies of the system modes to smaller values. The growth rates of the modes which are in phase with the beam are also considered. It is found that the decline in the growth rate is brought about by the dielectric. In addition, increasing the thickness of the dielectric and decreasing the height of the slots cause it to rise. The effect of beam thickness on growth rate is considered too. This is shown to increase and then fall as beam thickness increases. These results show that utilizing cylindrical grating loaded with dielectric has a promising effect on developing new kinds of compact high-efficient THz free-electron lasers based on Smith–Purcell radiation. \u0000Edited by: A. B. Márquez","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48360778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Francisco-López, B. Han, D. Lagarde, X. Marie, B. Urbaszek, C. Robert, A. Goñi
{"title":"On the impact of the stress situation on the optical properties of $WSe_2$ monolayers under high pressure","authors":"A. Francisco-López, B. Han, D. Lagarde, X. Marie, B. Urbaszek, C. Robert, A. Goñi","doi":"10.4279/PIP.110005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.110005","url":null,"abstract":"We have studied the optical properties of $WSe_2$ monolayers (ML) by means of photoluminescence (PL), PL excitation (PLE) and Raman scattering spectroscopy at room temperature and as a function of hydrostatic pressure up to ca. 12 GPa. For comparison the study comprises two cases: A single $WSe_2$ ML directly transferred onto one of the diamonds of the diamond anvil cell and a $WSe_2$ ML encapsulated into hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layers. The pressure dependence of the A and B exciton, as determined by PL and PLE, respectively, is very different for the case of the bare $WSe_2$ ML and the $hBN/WSe_2-ML/hBN$ heterostructure. Whereas for the latter the A and B exciton energy increases linearly with increasing pressure at a rate of 3.5 to 3.8 meV/GPa, for the bare $WSe_2$ ML the A and B exciton energy decreases with a coefficient of -3.1 and -1.3 meV/GPa, respectively. We interpret that this behavior is due to a different stress situation. For a single ML the stress tensor is essentially uniaxial with the compressive stress component in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the ML. In contrast, for the substantially thicker $hBN/WSe_2-ML/hBN$ heterostructure the compression is hydrostatic. The results from an analysis of the pressure dependence of the frequency of Raman active modes comply with the interpretation of having a different stress situation in each case. \u0000Reviewed by: A. San Miguel, Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon, France; Edited by: J. S. Reparaz","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44340001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Jara, J. A. Barreda-Argüeso, Jesús González, R. Valiente, F. Rodríguez
{"title":"Structural correlations in $Cs_2CuCl_4$: Pressure dependence of electronic structures","authors":"E. Jara, J. A. Barreda-Argüeso, Jesús González, R. Valiente, F. Rodríguez","doi":"10.4279/PIP.110004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.110004","url":null,"abstract":"We have investigated the crystal structure of $Cs_2CuCl_4$ in the 0-20 GPa range as a function of pressure and how pressure affects its electronic properties by means of optical absorption spectroscopy. In particular, we focused on the electronic properties in the low-pressure Pnma phase, which are mainly related to the tetrahedral $CuCl_4^{2-}$ units distorted by the Jahn-Teller effect. This study provides a complete characterization of the electronic structure of $Cs_2CuCl_4$ in the Pmna phase as a function of the cell volume and the $Cu-Cl$ bond length, $R_{Cu-Cl}$. Interestingly, the opposite shift of the charge-transfer band-gap and the $Cu^{2+}$ d-d crystal-field band shift with pressure are responsible for the strong piezochromism of $Cs_2CuCl_4$. We have also explored the high-pressure structure of $Cs_2CuCl_4$ above 4.9 GPa yielding structural transformations that are probably associated with a change of coordination around $Cu^{2+}$. Since the high-pressure phase appears largely amorphized, any structural information from X-ray diffraction is ruled out. We use electronic probes to get structural information of the high-pressure phase. \u0000Edited by: A. Goñi, A. Cantarero, J. S. Reparaz","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45089747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Kuwayama, K. Matsuura, Y. Mizukami, S. Kasahara, Y. Matsuda, T. Shibauchi, Y. Uwatoko, N. Fujiwara
{"title":"Pressure-induced Lifshitz transition in FeSe$_{0.88}$S$_{0.12}$ probed via $^{77}$Se-NMR","authors":"T. Kuwayama, K. Matsuura, Y. Mizukami, S. Kasahara, Y. Matsuda, T. Shibauchi, Y. Uwatoko, N. Fujiwara","doi":"10.4279/PIP.110003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.110003","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ systems have received much attention because of the unique pressure-temperature phase diagram. We performed $^{77}$Se-NMR measurements on a single crystal of FeSe$_{0.88}$S$_{0.12}$ to investigate its microscopic properties. The shift of $^{77}$Se spectra exhibits anomalous enhancement at $1.0~mathrm{GPa}$, suggesting a topological change in the Fermi surfaces, so-called Lifshitz transition, occurs at $1.0~mathrm{GPa}$. The magnetic fluctuation simultaneously changes its properties, which implies a change in the dominant nesting vector. \u0000Edited by: A. Goñi, A. Cantarero, J. S. Reparaz","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44262086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Fujiwara, M. Takeuchi, T. Kuwayama, Shusaku Nakagawa, S. Iimura, S. Matsuishi, H. Hosono
{"title":"Nuclear magnetic resonance on $LaFeAsO_{0.4}H_{0.6}$ at 3.7 GPa","authors":"N. Fujiwara, M. Takeuchi, T. Kuwayama, Shusaku Nakagawa, S. Iimura, S. Matsuishi, H. Hosono","doi":"10.4279/PIP.110002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.110002","url":null,"abstract":"A prototypical electron-doped iron-based superconductor $LaFeAsO_{1-x}H_x$ undergoes an antiferromagnetic (AF) phase for $x geq 0.49$. We performed NMR measurements on $LaFeAsO_{0.4}H_{0.6}$ at 3.7 GPa to investigate the magnetic properties in the vicinity of a pressure-induced QCP. The linewidth of $~^1H$-NMR spectra broadens at low temperatures below 30 K, suggesting that the ordered spin moments remain at 3.7 GPa. The coexistence of gapped and gapless spin excitations was confirmed in the ordered state from the relaxation time $T_1$ of $~^{75}As$. The pressure-induced QCP is estimated to be 4.1 GPa from the pressure dependence of the gapped excitation.","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48624921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Barrere, J. Brum, Alexandre L’Her, Gustavo L. Saras'ua, C. Cabeza
{"title":"Vortex dynamics under pulsatile flow in axisymmetric constricted tubes","authors":"N. Barrere, J. Brum, Alexandre L’Her, Gustavo L. Saras'ua, C. Cabeza","doi":"10.4279/pip.120002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.120002","url":null,"abstract":"Improved understanding of how vortices develop and propagate under pulsatile flow can shed important light on the mixing and transport processes occurring in such systems, including the transition to turbulent regime. For example, the characterization of pulsatile flows in obstructed artery models serves to encourage research into flow-induced phenomena associated with changes in morphology, blood viscosity, wall elasticity and flow rate. In this work, an axisymmetric rigid model was used to study the behaviour of the flow pattern with varying degrees constriction ($d_0$) and mean Reynolds ($bar{Re}$) and Womersley numbers ($alpha$). Velocity fields were obtained experimentally using Digital Particle Image Velocimetry and generated numerically. For the acquisition of data, $bar{Re}$ was varied from 385 to 2044, $d_0$ was 1.0 cm and 1.6 cm, and $alpha$ was varied from 17 to 33 in the experiments and from 24 to 50 in the numerical simulations. Results for the Reynolds number considered showed that the flow pattern consisted of two main structures: a central jet around the tube axis and a recirculation zone adjacent to the inner wall of the tube, where vortices shed. Using the vorticity fields, the trajectory of vortices was tracked and their displacement over their lifetime calculated. The analysis led to a scaling law equation for maximum vortex displacement as a function of a dimensionless variable dependent on the system parameters Re and $alpha$.","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46732104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Pravica, Sarah N. Schyck, Blake Harris, P. Cifligu, Eunja Kim, B. Billinghurst
{"title":"Fluorine chemistry at extreme conditions: possible synthesis of $HgF_4$","authors":"M. Pravica, Sarah N. Schyck, Blake Harris, P. Cifligu, Eunja Kim, B. Billinghurst","doi":"10.4279/PIP.110001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.110001","url":null,"abstract":"By irradiating a pressurized mixture of a fluorine-bearing compound ($XeF_2$) and $HgF_2$ with synchrotron hard x-rays (>7 keV) inside a diamond anvil cell, we have observed dramatic changes in the far-infrared spectrum within the 30-35 GPa pressure range which suggest that we may have formed $HgF_4$ in the following way: $XeF_2 xrightarrow{hv} Xe + F_2$ (photochemically) and $HgF_2 + F_2 rightarrow HgF_4$ (30 GPa < P < 35 GPa). This lends credence to recent theoretical calculations by Botana et al. that suggest that Hg may behave as a transition metal at high pressure in an environment with an excess of molecular fluorine. The spectral changes were observed to be reversible during pressure cycling above and below the above mentioned pressure range until a certain point when we suspect that molecular fluorine diffused out of the sample at lower pressure. Upon pressure release, $HgF_2$ and trace $XeF_2$ were observed to be remaining in the sample chamber suggesting that much of the $Xe$ and $F_2$ diffused and leaked out from the sample chamber. \u0000 \u0000Received: 29 October 2018, Accepted: 18 January 2019; Edited by: A. Goñi, A. Cantarero, J. S. Reparaz; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4279/PIP.110001 \u0000Cite as: M Pravica, S Schyck, B Harris, P Cifligu, E Kim, B Billinghurst, Papers in Physics 11, 110001 (2019). \u0000This paper, by M Pravica, S Schyck, B Harris, P Cifligu, E Kim, B Billinghurst, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46485301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Ishigaki, J. Gouchi, S. Nagasaki, J. G. Cheng, Y. Uwatoko
{"title":"Development of two-stage multi-anvil apparatus for low-temperature measurements","authors":"K. Ishigaki, J. Gouchi, S. Nagasaki, J. G. Cheng, Y. Uwatoko","doi":"10.4279/pip.110006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.110006","url":null,"abstract":"The two-stage 6-8 multi-anvil (MA8) apparatus is an important large-volume, high-pressure technique that has been widely used in the high pressure mineralogy and material synthesis, mainly at room temperature or above. Recently, we have successfully developed a two-stage MA8 apparatus for low-temperature physical property measurements. The first-stage anvils at top and bottom sides are fabricated as a single piece in order to reduce the total size of the cylindrical module, which is put in a top-loading high pressure cryostat and compressed by a 1000 ton hydraulic press. A castable, split octahedral gasket with integrated fin was specifically designed in order to introduce the electrical leads from the inside sample container filled with a liquid pressure transmitting medium. By using tungsten carbide (WC) second-stage cubes with a truncated edge length of 3 mm and an octahedral gasket with an edge length of 6 mm, we have successfully generated pressure over 20 GPa at room temperature. Since the high pressure limit can be pushed to nearly 100 GPa by using the sintered diamond second-stage cubes, our MA8 apparatus has a great potential to expand the current pressure capacity for precise low-temperature measurements with a large sample volume. Edited by: A. Goñi, A. Cantarero, J. S. Reparaz","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71011144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physical pendulum experiment re-investigated with an accelerometer sensor","authors":"C. Dauphin, F. Bouquet","doi":"10.4279/PIP.100008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/PIP.100008","url":null,"abstract":"We have conducted a compound pendulum experiment using Arduino and an associated two-axis accelerometer sensor as measuring device. We have shown that the use of an accelerometer to measure both radial and orbital accelerations of the pendulum at different positions along its axis offers the possibility of performing a more complex analysis compared to the usual analysis of the pendulum experiment. In this way, we have shown that this classical experiment can lead to an interesting and low-cost experiment in mechanics.","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2018-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46192956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Hilberer, G. Laurent, A. Lorin, A. Partier, J. Bobroff, F. Bouquet, C. Even, J. Fischbach, C. Marrache-Kikuchi, M. Monteverde, B. Pilette, Q. Quay
{"title":"Temperature-dependent transport measurements with Arduino","authors":"A. Hilberer, G. Laurent, A. Lorin, A. Partier, J. Bobroff, F. Bouquet, C. Even, J. Fischbach, C. Marrache-Kikuchi, M. Monteverde, B. Pilette, Q. Quay","doi":"10.4279/pip.100007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.100007","url":null,"abstract":"The current performances of single-board microcontrollers render them attractive, not only for basic applications, but also for more elaborate projects, amongst which are physics teaching or research. In this article, we show how temperature-dependent transport measurements can be performed by using an Arduino board, from cryogenic temperatures up to room temperature or above. We focus on two of the main issues for this type of experiments: the determination of the sample temperature and the measurement of its resistance. We also detail two student-led experiments: evidencing the magnetocaloric effect in Gadolinium and measuring the resistive transition of a high critical temperature superconductor. Received: 7 July 2018, Accepted: 27 September 2018; Edited by: A. Marti, M. Monteiro; Reviewed by: R. Marotti, Instituto de Fisica, Facultad de Ingenieria - Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4279/PIP.100007 Cite as: A Hilberer, G Laurent, A Lorin, A Partier, J Bobroff, F Bouquet, C Even, J M Fischbach, C A Marrache Kikuchi, M Monteverde, B Pilette, Q Quay, Papers in Physics 10, 100007(2018) This paper, by A Hilberer, G Laurent, A Lorin, A Partier, J Bobroff, F Bouquet, C Even, J M Fischbach, C A Marrache Kikuchi, M Monteverde, B Pilette, Q Quay , is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 .","PeriodicalId":19791,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2018-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49439899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}