Magnetic properties and electronic configurations of Mn ions in the diluted magnetic semiconductor BaK(ZnMn)As studied by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

Suzuki, Hakuto*; Zhao, G.*; Okamoto, Jun*; Sakamoto, Shoya*; Chen, Z.-Y.*; Nonaka, Yosuke*; Shibata, Goro; Zhao, K.*; Chen, B.*; Wu, W.-B.*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 91(6), p.064710_1 - 064710_5, 2022/06

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.91.064710

XAFS measurement of simulated waste glass samples (Borosilicate glass including vanadium)

Nagai, Takayuki; Kobayashi, Hidekazu; Sasage, Kenichi; Ayame, Yasuo; Okamoto, Yoshihiro; Shiwaku, Hideaki; Matsuura, Haruaki*; Uchiyama, Takafumi*; Okada, Yukiko*; Nezu, Atsushi*; et al.

JAEA-Research 2016-015, 52 Pages, 2016/11

JAEA-Research-2016-015.pdf:37.48MB

The local structure of waste elements in simulated waste glasses including V was estimated by using synchrotron XAFS measurement in this study. The results are as follows. (1) V has a high possibility which exists in the glass phase in the case of frit, and V can regard both samples as stable 4 coordination structure. (2) Zn, Ce, Nd, Zr, and Mo exist in the glass phase, and the difference is admitted by the percentage of Ce(III) and Ce(IV) by the composition. (3) Ru is separated from the glass phase as RuO crystalline, both of metal and oxide exist in Rh, and Pd is separated out as metal. (4) It was confirmed that the regularity of the local structure of Zr and Mo in the molten glasses retreats as a result of the XAFS measurement at high temperature. (5) The XAFS measurement of molten glasses were performed at 1200C, so it would be possible to acquire excellent data by improving the shapes of the sample cell.

Structural investigation of thorium in molten lithium-calcium fluoride mixtures for salt treatment process in molten salt reactor

Numakura, Masahiko*; Sato, Nobuaki*; Bessada, C.*; Okamoto, Yoshihiro; Akatsuka, Hiroshi*; Nezu, Atsushi*; Shimohara, Yasuaki*; Tajima, Keisuke*; Kawano, Hirokazu*; Nakahagi, Takeshi*; et al.

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 53(7), p.994 - 998, 2011/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2011.04.026

X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) measurements on thorium fluoride in molten lithium-calcium fluoride mixtures and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of zirconium and yttrium fluoride in molten lithium-calcium fluoride mixtures have been carried out. In the molten state, coordination number of thorium and inter ionic distances between thorium and fluorine in the first neighbor are nearly constant in all mixtures. However the fluctuation factors (Debye-Waller factor and C cumulant) increase until CaF = 0.17 and decrease by addition of excess CaF. It means that the local structure around Th is disordered until CaF=0.17 and stabilized over CaF = 0.17. The variation of fluctuation factors is related to the number density of F in ThF mixtures and the stability of local structure around Th increases with decreasing the number density of F in ThF mixtures. This tendency is common to those in the ZrF and YF mixtures.

Fast neutron- discrimination on neutron emission profile measurement on JT-60U

Ishii, Keiichi*; Shinohara, Koji; Ishikawa, Masao; Baba, Mamoru*; Isobe, Mitsutaka*; Okamoto, Atsushi*; Kitajima, Sumio*; Sasao, Mamiko*

Review of Scientific Instruments, 81(10), p.10D334_1 - 10D334_3, 2010/10

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496986

Local coordination about La in molten LaCl and its mixtures with alkali chlorides

Okamoto, Yoshihiro; Suzuki, Shinichi; Shiwaku, Hideaki; Ikeda, Atsushi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Madden, P. A.*

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114(13), p.4664 - 4671, 2010/03

https://doi.org/10.1021/jp910637p

The local structure around the La ions in molten LaCl and its mixtures with alkali and alkaline earth chlorides has been investigated by using extended X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) and molecular dynamics (MD) techniques. New experimental methods allow observations at the La K-absorption edge at the high temperatures of interest and the ability of the technique to obtain reliable information even at very low La concentrations in multi-component mixtures is demonstrated. Both the mean La-Cl interionic separation and the mean La coordination number are found to decrease as the concentration of La in the mixture decreases. In dilute mixtures with such cations La is able to adopt a very stable octahedral coordination geometry but this is inhibited by the presence of more strongly coordinating cations like Li and Mg.

Nature of magnetic coupling between Mn ions in as-grown GaMnAs studied by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Takeda, Yukiharu; Kobayashi, Masaki*; Okane, Tetsuo; Okochi, Takuo*; Okamoto, Jun*; Saito, Yuji; Kobayashi, Keisuke*; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Fujimori, Atsushi*; Tanaka, Arata*; et al.

Hoshako, 22(4), p.202 - 209, 2009/07

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10025009601

no abstracts in English

Soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of uranium monochalcogenides at uranium absorption edges

Okane, Tetsuo; Takeda, Yukiharu; Okamoto, Jun*; Mamiya, Kazutoshi*; Okochi, Takuo; Fujimori, Shinichi; Saito, Yuji; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Fujimori, Atsushi; Ochiai, Akira*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 77(2), p.024706_1 - 024706_6, 2008/02

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.77.024706

and X-ray diffractions of corrosion products freshly formed on the surface of an iron-silicon alloy

Suzuki, Shigeru*; Matsubara, Eiichiro*; Komatsu, Takuya*; Okamoto, Yoshinori*; Kanie, Kiyoshi*; Muramatsu, Atsushi*; Konishi, Hiroyuki; Mizuki, Junichiro; Waseda, Yoshio*

Corrosion Science, 49(3), p.1081 - 1096, 2007/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2006.06.029

X-ray diffraction measurements of a small amount of samples extracted from wet corrosion products freshly formed on a pure iron and iron-2 mass% silicon surfaces have been conducted using synchrotron radiation. The results showed that -FeOOH was formed on the outer side of wet corrosion products formed on the pure iron by sodium chloride solution, while -FeOOH, -FeOOH, FeO, and green rusts were formed on the inner side. In comparison to the case of the pure iron, a significant formation of -FeOOH was observed in the iron-silicon alloy. Furthermore, in-situ diffraction measurements by a conventional X-ray source were conducted for analyzing corrosion products formed on the pure iron and iron-silicon alloy surfaces by cyclic exposure to wet and dry atmospheres. The results obtained by the diffraction and diffraction measurements on the corrosion products were consistent.

Soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of ferromagnetic uranium compounds

Okane, Tetsuo; Takeda, Yukiharu; Fujimori, Shinichi; Saito, Yuji; Okamoto, Jun*; Mamiya, Kazutoshi*; Muramatsu, Yasuji*; Fujimori, Atsushi; Ochiai, Akira*; Haga, Yoshinori; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 75(Suppl.), p.105 - 106, 2006/08

no abstracts in English

Evolution of the electronic structure across the filling-control and bandwidth-control metal-insulator transitions in pyrochlore-type Ru oxides

Okamoto, Jun*; Fujimori, Shinichi; Okane, Tetsuo; Fujimori, Atsushi*; Abbate, M.*; Yoshii, Shunsuke*; Sato, Masatoshi*

Physical Review B, 73(3), p.035127_1 - 035127_6, 2006/01

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.035127

We have performed photoemission and soft X-ray absorption studies of pyrochlore-type Ru oxides, namely, the filling-control system SmCaRuO and the bandwidth-control system SmBiRuO, which show insulator-to-metal transition with increasing Ca and Bi concentration, respectively. Core levels and the O 2 valence band in SmCaRuO show almost the same amount of monotonous upward energy shifts with Ca concentration, which indicates that the chemical potential is shifted downward due to hole doping. The Ru 4 band in SmCaRuO is also shifted toward the Fermi level () with hole doping and the density of states (DOS) at increases. The core levels in SmBiRuO, on the other hand, do not show clear energy shifts except for the Ru 3 core level, whose line shape change also reflects the increase of metallic screening with Bi concentration. We observe pronounced spectral weight transfer from the incoherent to the coherent parts of the Ru band with Bi concentration, which is expected for a bandwidth-control Mott-Hubbard system. The increase of the DOS at is more abrupt in the bandwidth-control SmBiRuO than in the filling-control SmCaRuO, in accordance with a recent theoretical prediction. Effects of charge transfer between the Bi 6 band and the Ru 4 band are also discussed.