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Relativistic spintronic effects in semiconductor structures
Nádvorník, Lukáš ; Jungwirth, Tomáš (advisor) ; Ramsay, Andrew (referee) ; Veis, Martin (referee)
The spin transport and dynamics of optically injected spin polarized carri- ers are studied with a high spatial and/or time resolution in semiconductor GaAs-based heterostructures in multiple transport regimes. An unexpectedly long-scale and high-speed spin diffusion transport is observed in a long-lived electron sub-system induced optically at an undoped single GaAs/AlGaAs heterointerface. A diffusion and drift-dominated spin transport is investi- gated using an electrical spin-detection via the inverse spin Hall effect in doped GaAs-based systems at room and low temperatures. It is shown that the inverse spin Hall signal and the spin transport parameters can be con- trolled by a direct application of an electric field or by expanding a depleted zone of a planar pn-junction.
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Studium fyzikálních vlastostí magnetických oxidů spektroskopickými metodami
Zahradník, Martin ; Veis, Martin (advisor) ; Kouřil, Karel (referee)
Two groups of magnetic oxides were investigated in this thesis. Thin films of La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 (LSMO) deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on SrTiO3 (STO) substrates were characterized by polar and longitudinal magneto-optical (MO) Kerr spectroscopy. Experimental results were compared to theoretical calculations based on the transfer matrix formalism. A very good agreement between experimental and theoretical data revealed high magnetic ordering down to 5 nm of film thickness as well as a mechanism of suppression of double exchange interaction near the LSMO/STO interface. Magnetically doped Ce1-xCoxO2-δ films deposited by PLD on MgO (x = 0.05 and 0.10) and oxidized Si (x = 0.20) substrates were studied by combination of spectroscopic ellipsometry and MO Faraday and Kerr spectroscopy. Both diagonal and off-diagonal permittivity tensor components were obtained and verified by theoretical calculations confronted with experimental data. Diagonal spectra revealed two optical transitions from oxygen to cerium states. Off-diagonal spectra revealed two paramagnetic transitions involving cobalt ions. An essential influence of cobalt doping on the resulting ferromagnetic properties of CeO2 was observed.
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5f-electron Magnetism in Intermetallic Uranium Compounds
Vališka, Michal ; Sechovský, Vladimír (advisor) ; Šob, Mojmír (referee) ; Veis, Martin (referee)
Tato práce je zaměřená na studium magnetických vlastností tří r·zných sloučenin na bázi uranu obsahujících 5f elektrony (U4Ru7Ge6, UAu2Si2 a UIrGe). V rámci této práce byly, za pomoci r·zných metod, připraveny vysoce kvalitní krystaly těchto sloučenin. Vlastnosti těchto systém· byly studovány r·znými objemovými meto- dami (magnetizace, měrné teplo, teplotní roztažnost, elektrický transport) a také neu- tronovým a rentgenovým rozptylem při širokém spektru vnějších podmínek (nízká teplota, vysoké magnetické pole, vysoký tlak). Kombinace těchto metod odhalila komplexní chování těchto systém· a pomohla sestrojit jejich magnetické fázové diagramy. První studovanou sloučeninou je feromagnet U4Ru7Ge6vykazující velmi nízkou mag- netokrystalovou anizotropii, která je neočekávaná pro sloučeninu na bázi uranu. To se promítá do izotropní závislosti téměř všech měřených fyzikálních vlastností. Bylo zjištěno, že osa snadné magnetizace se mění v uspořádaném stavu a tento jev je spojen s anomáliemi v teplotní roztažnosti ukazující na možnou rhomboedrickou distorzi. Ta vede k vytvoření dvou odlišných pozic uranu s odlišným magnetickým momentem. Tato před- pově¤ byla potvrzena teoretickými výpočty a pomocí polarizované neutronové difrakce. Rozdíl magnetických moment· na dvou odlišných uranových pozicích je zp·soben...
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Study of physical properties of nanostructures using magneto-optical techniques
Beran, Lukáš ; Veis, Martin (advisor) ; Mistrík, Jan (referee)
Magneto-optical spectroscopy methods are used to study magnetic pro- perties of materials down to nanometer dimensions due to its high sensiti- vity and non-contact nature. This requires sophisticated experimental setup, advanced technical equipment and precise optical components arrangement. This thesis describes the basic physical principles of magneto-optical Kerr spectroscopy. On the basis of these principles is designed and developed a new, much simpler experimental setup with crossed polarizers. This arran- gement has the same order of sensitivity and accuracy of measurement as commonly used modulation techniques to which it is compared in this work. Finally, this arrangement is applied to the study magneto-optical properties of selected magnetic structures and these properties are discussed. 1
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Light propagation in magnetic materials
Wagenknecht, David ; Ostatnický, Tomáš (advisor) ; Veis, Martin (referee)
Transparent magnetic materials, among the others semiconductors, have recently come to the focus of interest in both basic and applied research because they have great potential in optical applications and they can be used in optical spectroscopy to investigate fundamental physical phenomena. The theoretical calculations introduce that these materials have some extraordinary properties like asymmetric reflectance when light impact the sample from the opposite angles. In this bachelor thesis, transfer matrix formalism is derived based on Maxwell equations, taking into account special form of effective permittivity. The reflection coefficient for one layer demonstrates, that the asymmetric reflectance appears for transversal- magnetic polarization of light and transversal magnetization in the studied material. The derived formulae are used to calculate the difference in reflectivities for the waves impacting the structure from opposite angles. Ga1−xMnxAs with different concentrations of manganese is assumed to be the essential transparent magnetic layer in the sample. 1
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Vliv pnutí na magnetooptické vlasnosti La2/3Sr1/3MnO3
Maleček, Tomáš ; Veis, Martin (advisor) ; Verhagen, Timotheus Guillaume Albertus (referee)
The influence of epitaxial strain on La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 (LSMO) thin films has been studied by magneto-optical spectroscopy. The investigated samples have been grown by pulsed laser deposition on four different substrates with varying degree of compressive and tensile strain. The spectra of the magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) have been measured. Deterioration of magnetic properties with increasing epitaxial strain has been observed. The off-diagonal elements of the permittivity tensor, numerically calculated from the MOKE and spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements, confirmed two already reported electronic transitions. A third transition at around 4.3 eV has been observed on samples grown under compressive strain. The dependence of the Kerr rotation spectra on temperature has been measured for all four samples. The Curie temperatures have been estimated for all samples with the exception of LSMO grown on LaAlO3 which undergoes a spin reorientation transition at 200 K. The low temperature measurements on the compressively strained samples showed amplification of the third transition supporting the claim of it being paramagnetic. Also observed was a change in the spectra of the Kerr rotation of the sample grown on SrTiO3 which undergoes a structural transition at 105 K, and, therefore, changes the epitaxial strain.
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Spatially resolved measurements of magneto-optical Kerr effect in nanostructures
Kletečka, Vojtěch ; Veis, Martin (advisor) ; Butkovičová, Dagmar (referee)
With increasing complexity of devices utilizing magnetic properties of mate- rials grows the need to characterize and further examine these properties. One of the possible ways to do this is utilizing of magnetooptical Kerr effect with Kerr microscope. In the theoretical part of this thesis is at first described response of the electromagnetic wave to the magnetic field in reflection on the ferromagnetic material and then explained the possibility of using the effect in measurements of the response. After that in experimental part is designed and constructed mea- suring system which is capable of measuring the response and this system is then tested on provided samples.
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Magnetooptical spectroscopy of La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 ultrathin films
Zahradník, Martin ; Veis, Martin (advisor) ; Postava, Kamil (referee)
High quality La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 (LSMO) ultrathin layers are of interest for applications in magnetic sensors and spintronic devices due to colossal magnetoresistance of these materials. LSMO films studied in this thesis were grown by pulsed laser deposition on SrTiO3 substrates. The deposition at low oxygen pressures with the use of a beam homogenizer leads to the high quality LSMO films. The film thickness ranges from 5,0 to 103,9 nm. Magnetooptical (MO) spectrometer based on azimuth modulation was used and spectra of MO Kerr effect in polar and longitudinal configuration were obtained. All the spectra display features typical for LSMO films, including the thinnest 5 nm thick film. MO Kerr effect observed in this film reflects high magnetic ordering even at such low thickness. All the spectra manifest high quality of the LSMO films prepared with the use of the beam homogenizer.
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