Solid state physics Volume sixty three / edited by Robert E. Camley, Robert L. Stamps.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Camley, Robert E.

Stamps, Robert L.

Series:

Solid state physics, 0081-1947 ; v. 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solid state physics.

Matter--Constitution.

Matter.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Solid state physics is the branch of physics primarily devoted to the study of matter in its solid phase, especially at the atomic level. This prestigious serial presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews pertaining to all aspects of solid state physics. Key features: * Contributions from leading authorities * Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field

Contents:

Front Cover; Solid State Physics; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: Progress in Liquid and Glass Physics by Brillouin Scattering Spectroscopy; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 2.1. The spectrum of density fluctuations; 2.2. Brillouin scattering cross-section; 3. Experimental; 3.1. BLS: The tandem multipass Fabry-Perot interferometer; 3.2. Inelastic ultraviolet scattering; 3.3. Inelastic X-ray scattering; 4. Liquids and Glass Transition; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Structural and secondary relaxations approaching the glass transition

4.2.1. Divergence of the structural relaxation4.2.2. Secondary relaxations; 4.2.3. The nonergodicity factor; 4.3. Brillouin scattering and relaxation processes through the liquid-glass transition; 4.4. Acoustic analysis: Sensitivity of Brillouin scattering to secondary relaxations; 4.5. Full spectrum analysis: Divergence of α relaxation time and α-β splitting; 4.5.1. α-Only relaxation scenario: The case of glycerol and water; 4.5.2. α-β Splitting scenario: The case of oTP and LiCl aqueous solutions; 4.6. Experimental determination of the nonergodicity factor; 4.6.1. Molecular liquids

4.6.2. Epoxy resins: The chemical vitrification4.6.3. Polymers; 4.6.4. Fragility and nonergodicity factor; 5. Glasses; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. More on QES: Correlation between collective and tagged particle dynamics; 5.3. More on BP: Breakdown of the Debye approximation for the acoustic modes with nanometric wavelengths in glasses; 6. Future Developments; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Two: Application of Microfocused Brillouin Light Scattering to the Study of Spin Waves in Low-Dimensional Magneti ...; 1. Introduction; 2. Principles of BLS

2.1. Recall on conventional measurements and wavevector uncertainty3. Microfocused BLS; 3.1. Lateral and axial resolution; 3.2. Application to the mapping of localized excitations; 3.3. Implementation of the phase resolution; 3.4. Toward nano-BLS; 4. Thermal Spin Waves in a Single Nanostructure Studied by Microfocused BLS; 4.1. Elliptical Py rings; 4.1.1. Onion state; 4.1.2. Vortex state; 4.1.3. Magnetic vortex phase; 4.1.4. Spatial localization of azimuthal and radial modes; 4.1.5. Role of the low-frequency modes in the vortex to onion transition

4.2. Spin excitations Py/Cu/Py rectangular dots5. Spin Waves Excited by Microwave Currents; 5.1. Spin waves in Py waveguides excited by stripe-line transducers; 5.2. Spatial profile of spin waves in a Py film excited by a coplanar waveguide; 5.3. Phase-resolved measurements; 5.4. Guided spin waves in magnonic structures; 6. Spin Waves Excited by Spin-Transfer Torque in Nanocontacts; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Three: Metamaterial Properties of One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Magnonic Crystals; 1. Introduction; 2. HDMM; 2.1. Energy density

2.1.1. HDMM for an isolated magnetic particle

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-85156-3

0-12-397297-3

OCLC:

823388431