We report on the vibrational mode dependence of the 19F and 1H hyperfine interaction constants in the A1A" state of HCF, determined using polarization quantum beat spectroscopy. The nuclear spin/overall rotation coupling constants display a pronounced energy dependence and mode selectivity which can be traced to variations in both the A rotational constant and nuclear spin/electron orbital coup...

Spin-orbit coupled systems generally break the spin rotation symmetry. However, for a model with equal Rashba and Dresselhauss coupling constants, and for the [110] Dresselhauss model, a new type of SU(2) spin rotation symmetry is discovered. This symmetry is robust against spin-independent disorder and interactions and is generated by operators whose wave vector depends on the coupling strengt...

A binary coupling tree on n + 1 leaves is a binary tree in which the leaves have distinct labels. The rotation graph Gn is defined as the graph of all binary coupling trees on n+1 leaves, with edges connecting trees that can be transformed into each other by a single rotation. In this paper we study distance properties of the graph Gn. Exact results for the diameter of Gn for values up to n = 1...

We explore the consequences of a rotation between graphene layers for the electronic spectrum. We derive the commensuration condition in real space and show that the interlayer electronic coupling is governed by an equivalent commensuration in reciprocal space. The larger the commensuration cell, the weaker the interlayer coupling, with exact decoupling for incommensurate rotations and in the t...

We report an experimental study on magneto-optical (MO) Kerr effects of yttrium-iron garnet (YIG) thin films incorporating Au nanoparticles. The polar MO Kerr spectra in the wavelength between 400 and 800 nm show that, by incorporating the Au nanoparticles, Kerr rotation angles become negative values in the region, where the localized surface plasmon polariton (SPP) resonance of the Au nanopart...

We investigate the Josephson coupling between two singlet superconductors separated by a half-metallic magnet. The mechanism behind the coupling is provided by the rotation of the quasiparticle spin in the superconductor during reflection events at the interface with the half metal. Spin rotation induces triplet correlations in the superconductor which, in the presence of surface spin-flip scat...

This paper presents an analysis of the motion of an neutral impurity species in a nanometer scale 4He cluster, extending a previous study of the dynamics of an ionic impurity. It is shown that for realistic neutral impurity–He potentials, such as those of SF6 and OCS, the impurity is kept well away of the the surface of the cluster by long range induction and dispersion interactions with He, bu...

This paper presents an analysis of the motion of an neutral impurity species in a nanometer scale 4He cluster, extending a previous study of the dynamics of an ionic impurity. It is shown that for realistic neutral impurity–He potentials, such as those of SF6 and OCS, the impurity is kept well away of the the surface of the cluster by long range induction and dispersion interactions with He, bu...

This paper presents an analysis of the motion of a neutral impurity species in a nanometre scale He cluster, extending a previous study of the dynamics of an ionic impurity. It is shown that for realistic neutral impurity± He potentials, such as those of SF6 and OCS, the impurity is kept well away from the surface of the cluster by long range induction and dispersion interactions with He, but t...

Recent theoretical and simulation studies indicate that grain boundary motion is coupled to the translation and rotation of the adjacent grains. However, the geometry of the system can strongly modify this coupling. We simulate the evolution of grains in two geometries that are similar to experimental systems that have been studied. The first, a small circular grain embedded in a matrix consist...