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- Locht, Inka L. M., 1986-, et al.
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Magnetic asymmetry around the 3p absorption edge in Fe and Ni
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This work is a joint theoretical and experimental study of the relation between the magneto- optical response of a material in the sub-picosecond timescale and its instantaneous magnetisation. We perform pump-probe experiments in the transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect (T-MOKE) geometry. We measure the magnetic asymmetry of elemental Fe and Ni before and after the laser pulse. The observed differences between the magnetic asymmetry curves for various photon energies suggest that the relation between asymmetry and sample magnetization is more complex than a simple proportionality. Further insight is obtained by means of theoretical simulations based on density-functional theory. Our calculations show that non-linear effects in the asymmetry are most prominent at energies corresponding to the absorption edge and that the proportionality is recovered outside of this region. In conclusion, our experimental and theoretical results emphasize the need of including the complex relation between asymmetry and magnetization in the interpretation of ultrafast magnetization experiments in terms of microscopic properties.
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- Locht, Inka L. M., 1986-
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Theoretical methods for the electronic structure and magnetism of strongly correlated materials
- 2017
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- In this work we study the interesting physics of the rare earths, and the microscopic state after ultrafast magnetization dynamics in iron. Moreover, this work covers the development, examination and application of several methods used in solid state physics. The first and the last part are related to strongly correlated electrons. The second part is related to the field of ultrafast magnetization dynamics.In the first part we apply density functional theory plus dynamical mean field theory within the Hubbard I approximation to describe the interesting physics of the rare-earth metals. These elements are characterized by the localized nature of the 4f electrons and the itinerant character of the other valence electrons. We calculate a wide range of properties of the rare-earth metals and find a good correspondence with experimental data. We argue that this theory can be the basis of future investigations addressing rare-earth based materials in general.In the second part of this thesis we develop a model, based on statistical arguments, to predict the microscopic state after ultrafast magnetization dynamics in iron. We predict that the microscopic state after ultrafast demagnetization is qualitatively different from the state after ultrafast increase of magnetization. This prediction is supported by previously published spectra obtained in magneto-optical experiments. Our model makes it possible to compare the measured data to results that are calculated from microscopic properties. We also investigate the relation between the magnetic asymmetry and the magnetization.In the last part of this work we examine several methods of analytic continuation that are used in many-body physics to obtain physical quantities on real energies from either imaginary time or Matsubara frequency data. In particular, we improve the Padé approximant method of analytic continuation. We compare the reliability and performance of this and other methods for both one and two-particle Green's functions. We also investigate the advantages of implementing a method of analytic continuation based on stochastic sampling on a graphics processing unit (GPU).
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- Schött, Johan, 1988-, et al.
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Comparison between methods of analytical continuation for bosonic functions
- 2016
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In: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 94
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this article we perform a critical assessment of different known methods for the analytical con- tinuation of bosonic functions, namely the maximum entropy method, the non-negative least-square method, the non-negative Tikhonov method, the Pad ́e approximant method, and a stochastic sam- pling method. Four functions of different shape are investigated, corresponding to four physically relevant scenarios. They include a simple two-pole model function, two flavours of the tight bind- ing model on a square lattice, i.e. a single-orbital metallic system and a two-orbitals insulating system, and the Hubbard dimer. The effect of numerical noise in the input data on the analytical continuation is discussed in detail. Overall, the stochastic method by Mishchenko et al. [Phys. Rev. B 62, 6317 (2000)] is shown to be the most reliable tool for input data whose numerical precision is not known. For high precision input data, this approach is slightly outperformed by the Pad ́e approximant method, which combines a good resolution power with a good numerical stability. Although none of the methods retrieves all features in the spectra in the presence of noise, our analysis provides a useful guideline for obtaining reliable information of the spectral function in cases of practical interest.
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