Tierno P, Reimann P, Johansen TH, Sagués F. Giant transversal particle diffusion in a longitudinal magnetic ratchet.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010;
105:230602. [PMID:
21231443 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.105.230602]
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Abstract
We study the transversal motion of paramagnetic particles on a uniaxial garnet film, exhibiting a longitudinal ratchet effect in the presence of an oscillating magnetic field. Without the field, the thermal diffusion coefficient obtained by video microscopy is D(0) ≈ 3 × 10(-4) μm2/s. With the field, the transversal diffusion exhibits a giant enhancement by almost four decades and a pronounced maximum as a function of the driving frequency. We explain the experimental findings with a theoretical interpretation in terms of random disorder effects within the magnetic film.
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