Inelastic neutron scattering study of magnon excitation by ultrasound injection in yttrium iron garnet

Shamoto, Shinichi; Akatsu, Mitsuhiro*; Chang, L.-J.*; Nemoto, Yuichi*; Ieda, Junichi

Applied Physics Letters, 124(11), p.112402_1 - 112402_5, 2024/03

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0189768

The magnon excitation by ultrasound injection in YFeO is studied by inelastic neutron scattering. Both longitudinal and transverse ultrasound injections enhanced the inelastic neutron scattering intensity.

Step unbunching phenomenon on 4H-SiC (0001) surface during hydrogen etching

Sakakibara, Ryotaro*; Bao, J.*; Yuhara, Keisuke*; Matsuda, Keita*; Terasawa, Tomoo; Kusunoki, Michiko*; Norimatsu, Wataru*

Applied Physics Letters, 123(3), p.031603_1 - 031603_4, 2023/07

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0153565

We here report a step unbunching phenomenon, which is the inverse of the phenomenon of step bunching. When a 4H-SiC (0001) surface is annealed at a high temperature, step bunching arises due to the different velocities of the step motion in adjacent steps, resulting in steps with a height of more than several nanometers. We found that the bunched steps, thus, obtained by hydrogen etching in an Ar/H atmosphere were "unbunched" into lower height steps when annealed subsequently at lower temperatures. This unbunching phenomenon can be well explained by the consequence of the competition between energetics and kinetics. Our findings provide another approach for the surface smoothing of SiC by hydrogen etching and may give significant insight into the application of SiC power devices and two-dimensional materials growth techniques in general.

Work function lowering of LaB by monolayer hexagonal boron nitride coating for improved photo- and thermionic-cathodes

Yamaguchi, Hisato*; Yusa, Ryunosuke*; Wang, G.*; Pettes, M. T.*; Liu, F.*; Tsuda, Yasutaka; Yoshigoe, Akitaka; Abukawa, Tadashi*; Moody, N. A.*; Ogawa, Shuichi*

Applied Physics Letters, 122(14), p.141901_1 - 141901_7, 2023/04

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0142591

A lowering of work function for LaB by monolayer hexagonal BN coating is reported. Photoemission electron microcopy (PEEM) and thermionic emission electron microscopy (TEEM) both revealed that the hBN coated region of a LaB(100) single crystal has lower work function compared to the bare (i.e., non-coated) and graphene coated regions. A larger decrease of work function for the hBN coated LaB(100) compared to graphene coated LaB(100) was qualitatively supported by our density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Adding an oxide layer in the calculations improved consistency between the calculation and experimental results. We followed up our calculations with synchrotron-radiation X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (SR-XPS) and confirmed the presence of an oxide layer on our LaB.

Thermal stability of non-collinear antiferromagnetic MnSn nanodot

Sato, Yuma*; Takeuchi, Yutaro*; Yamane, Yuta*; Yoon, J.-Y.*; Kanai, Shun*; Ieda, Junichi; Ohno, Hideo*; Fukami, Shunsuke*

Applied Physics Letters, 122(12), p.122404_1 - 122404_5, 2023/03

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0135709

Spin motive force induced by parametric excitation

Hoshi, Kojiro*; Hioki, Tomosato*; Saito, Eiji

Applied Physics Letters, 121(21), p.212404_1 - 212404_6, 2022/11

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0129466

Perspectives on spintronics with surface acoustic waves

Puebla, J.*; Hwang, Y.*; Maekawa, Sadamichi*; Otani, Yoshichika*

Applied Physics Letters, 120(22), p.220502_1 - 220502_9, 2022/05

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0093654

Fabrication of (Bi)(BiTe) superlattice films by Te desorption from a pristine BiTe film

Kusaka, Shotaro*; Sasaki, Taisuke*; Sumida, Kazuki; Ichinokura, Satoru*; Ideta, Shinichiro*; Tanaka, Kiyohisa*; Hono, Kazuhiro*; Hirahara, Toru*

Applied Physics Letters, 120(17), p.173102_1 - 173102_5, 2022/04

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0090207

Martensitic transformation in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy at cryogenic temperature

Naeem, M.*; Zhou, H.*; He, H.*; Harjo, S.; Kawasaki, Takuro; Lan, S.*; Wu, Z.*; Zhu, Y.*; Wang, X.-L.*

Applied Physics Letters, 119(13), p.131901_1 - 131901_7, 2021/09

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0067268

Modifications in the nanoparticle-protein interactions for tuning the protein adsorption and controlling the stability of complexes

Kumar, S.*; Saha, D.*; Takata, Shinichi; Aswal, V. K.*; Seto, Hideki

Applied Physics Letters, 118(15), p.153701_1 - 153701_7, 2021/04

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0046745

Structure of quasi-free-standing graphene on the SiC (0001) surface prepared by the rapid cooling method

Sumi, Tatsuya*; Nagai, Kazuki*; Bao, J.*; Terasawa, Tomoo; Norimatsu, Wataru*; Kusunoki, Michiko*; Wakabayashi, Yusuke*

Applied Physics Letters, 117(14), p.143102_1 - 143102_5, 2020/10

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0021071

A systematic structural study of epitaxial graphene samples on the SiC (0001) surface has been performed by the surface X-ray diffraction method, which is a non-contact technique. For samples with only a buffer layer, one layer graphene, and multilayer graphene, the distances between the buffer layer and the surface Si atoms were found to be 0.23 nm. This value is the same as reported values. For quasi-free-standing graphene samples prepared by the rapid cooling method, there was no buffer layer and the distance between the quasi-free-standing graphene and the surface Si atoms was 0.35 nm, which is significantly shorter than the value in hydrogen-intercalated graphene and slightly longer than the interplane distance in graphite. The Si occupancy deviated from unity within 1 nm of the SiC surface. The depth profile of the Si occupancy showed little sample dependence, and it was reproduced by a simple atomistic model based on random hopping of Si atoms.