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    Defect-Induced Magnetism in Nonmagnetic Oxides: Basic Principles, Experimental Evidence, and Possible Devices with ZnO and TiO2
    (Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2020) Esquinazi, Pablo David; Hergert, Wolfram; Stiller, Markus; Botsch, Lukas; Ohldag, Hendrik; Spemann, Daniel; Hoffmann, Martin; Adeagbo, Waheed A.; Chassé, Angelika; Nayak, Sanjeev K.; Ben Hamed, Hichem
    The magnetic moment and the magnetic order induced by localized defects, like vacancies, interstitials, and/or nonmagnetic (NM) ions, in a NM oxide atomic lattice are discussed. When the defect concentration is of the order of or larger than ≈3 at%, magnetic order at room temperature can appear. Herein, the theoretical basic principles needed to understand and compute this new magnetic phenomenon in solids are developed in detail. In particular, the main results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations are used to estimate the magnetization and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) values. The main experimental evidences on this phenomenon are reviewed, especially magnetization, the element-specific XMCD, and transport properties in two selected oxides, ZnO and TiO2. Emphasis is given on the simplicity and efficiency ion irradiation methods have to trigger magnetic order in these oxides as well as a very sensitive method to characterize magnetic impurities. Two possible applications of this phenomenon are discussed, namely spin filtering at magnetic/NM interfaces in ZnO and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy triggered in TiO2 anatase microstructures. The existing literature on defect-induced magnetism in oxides is shortly reviewed, which provides further evidence on the robustness of this phenomenon in solids.
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    Resonance-Induced Dispersion Tuning for Tailoring Nonsolitonic Radiation via Nanofilms in Exposed Core Fibers
    (Weinheim : Wiley VCH, 2020) Lühder, Tilman A.K.; Schaarschmidt, Kay; Goerke, Sebastian; Schartner, Erik P.; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike; Schmidt, Markus A.
    Efficient supercontinuum generation demands for fine-tuning of the dispersion of the underlying waveguide. Resonances introduced into waveguide systems can substantially improve nonlinear dynamics in ultrafast supercontinuum generation via modal hybridization and formation of avoided crossings. Using the example of exposed core fibers functionalized by nanofilms with sub-nanometer precision both zero-dispersion and dispersive wave emission wavelengths are shifted by 227 and 300 nm, respectively, at tuning slopes higher than 20 nm/nm. The presented concept relies on dispersion management via induced resonances and can be straightforwardly extended to other deposition techniques and film geometries such as multilayers or 2D materials. It allows for the creation of unique dispersion landscapes, thus tailoring nonlinear dynamics and emission wavelengths and for making otherwise unsuitable waveguides relevant for ultrafast nonlinear photonics. © 2020 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim