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Author de de Meux, A.J.; Bhoolokam, A.; Pourtois, G.; Genoe, J.; Heremans, P.
  Title Oxygen vacancies effects in a-IGZO : formation mechanisms, hysteresis, and negative bias stress effects Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2017 Publication Physica status solidi : A : applications and materials science Abbreviated Journal Phys Status Solidi A
  Volume 214 Issue 6 Pages 1600889
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract The amorphous oxide semiconductor Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide (a-IGZO) has gained a large technological relevance as a semiconductor for thin-film transistors in active-matrix displays. Yet, major questions remain unanswered regarding the atomic origin of threshold voltage control, doping level, hysteresis, negative bias stress (NBS), and negative bias illumination stress (NBIS). We undertake a systematic study of the effects of oxygen vacancies on the properties of a-IGZO by relating experimental observations to microscopic insights gained from first-principle simulations. It is found that the amorphous nature of the semiconductor allows unusually large atomic relaxations. In some cases, oxygen vacancies are found to behave as perfect shallow donors without the formation of structural defects. Once structural defects are formed, their transition states can vary upon charge and discharge cycles. We associate this phenomenon to a possible presence of hysteresis in the transfer curve of the devices. Under NBS, the creation of oxygen vacancies becomes energetically very stable, hence thermodynamically very likely. This generation process is correlated with the occurrence of the negative bias stress instabilities observed in a-IGZO transistors. While oxygen vacancies can therefore be related to NBS and hysteresis, it appears unlikely from our results that they are direct causes of NBIS, contrary to common belief.
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  Language Wos 000403339900012 Publication Date 2017-03-02
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  ISSN 1862-6300 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.775 Times cited (down) 8 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 1.775
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:144219 Serial 4678
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Author Garud, S.; Gampa, N.; Allen, T.G.; Kotipalli, R.; Flandre, D.; Batuk, M.; Hadermann, J.; Meuris, M.; Poortmans, J.; Smets, A.; Vermang, B.
  Title Surface passivation of CIGS solar cells using gallium oxide Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication Physica status solidi : A : applications and materials science Abbreviated Journal Phys Status Solidi A
  Volume 215 Issue 7 Pages 1700826
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
  Abstract This work proposes gallium oxide grown by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition, as a surface passivation material at the CdS buffer interface of Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS) solar cells. In preliminary experiments, a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure is used to compare aluminium oxide, gallium oxide, and hafnium oxide as passivation layers at the CIGS-CdS interface. The findings suggest that gallium oxide on CIGS may show a density of positive charges and qualitatively, the least interface trap density. Subsequent solar cell results with an estimated 0.5nm passivation layer show an substantial absolute improvement of 56mV in open-circuit voltage (V-OC), 1mAcm(-2) in short-circuit current density (J(SC)), and 2.6% in overall efficiency as compared to a reference (with the reference showing 8.5% under AM 1.5G).
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  Language Wos 000430128500015 Publication Date 2018-02-27
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  ISSN 1862-6300 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 1.775 Times cited (down) 8 Open Access Not_Open_Access
  Notes ; The work published in this paper was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 715027). The authors would also like to thank Dr. Marcel Simor (Solliance) for the CIGS layer fabrication and Prof. Johan Lauwaert (Universtiy of Ghent) for his guidance on DLTS measurements. ; Approved Most recent IF: 1.775
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:150761 Serial 4981
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Author Matsubara, M.; Amini, M.N.; Saniz, R.; Lamoen, D.; Partoens, B.
  Title Attracting shallow donors : hydrogen passivation in (Al,Ga,In)-doped ZnO Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 86 Issue 16 Pages 165207
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The hydrogen interstitial and the substitutional AlZn, GaZn, and InZn are all shallow donors in ZnO and lead to n-type conductivity. Although shallow donors are expected to repel each other, we show by first-principles calculations that in ZnO these shallow donor impurities attract and form a complex, leading to a donor level deep in the band gap. This puts a limit on the n-type conductivity of (Al,Ga,In)-doped ZnO in the presence of hydrogen.
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  Language Wos 000310131300008 Publication Date 2012-10-22
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Iwt; Fwo; Bof-Noi Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101780 Serial 202
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Author Sena, S.H.R.; Pereira, J.M.; Farias, G.A.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Cyclotron resonance of trilayer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 86 Issue 8 Pages 085412
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The cyclotron resonance energies, the corresponding oscillator strengths, and the cyclotron absorption spectrum for trilayer graphene are calculated for both ABA and ABC stacking. A gate potential across the stacked layers leads to (1) a reduction of the transition energies, (2) a lifting of the degeneracy of the zero Landau level, and (3) the removal of the electron-hole symmetry.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000307273100009 Publication Date 2012-08-08
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the National Council for the Improvement of Higher education (CAPES), the Brazilian Council for Research (CNPq), the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-V1), the bilateral projects between Flanders and Brazil and the CNPq and FWO-V1, and the ESF-Eurographene project CONGRAN. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:100815 Serial 604
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Author Stopa, T.; Szafran, B.; Tavernier, M.B.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Dependence of the vortex structure in quantum dots on the range of the inter-electron interaction Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 73 Issue 7 Pages 075315,1-9
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000235668900075 Publication Date 2006-02-10
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2006 IF: 3.107
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:57002 Serial 646
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Author Vodolazov, D.Y.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Enhancement of the retrapping current of superconducting microbridges of finite length Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 85 Issue 2 Pages 024508-024508,6
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We theoretically find that the resistance of a superconducting microbridge or nanowire decreases while the retrapping current I(r) for the transition to the superconducting state increases when one suppresses the magnitude of the order parameter vertical bar Delta vertical bar in the attached superconducting leads. This effect is a consequence of the increased energy interval for diffusion of the “hot” nonequilibrium quasiparticles (induced by the oscillations of vertical bar Delta vertical bar in the center of the microbridge) to the leads. The effect is absent in short microbridges (with length less than the coherence length) and it is relatively weak in long microbridges (with length larger than the inelastic relaxation length of the nonequilibrium distribution function). A nonmonotonous dependence of I(r) on the length of the microbridge is predicted. Our results are important for the explanation of the enhancement of the critical current and the appearance of negative magnetoresistance observed in many recent experiments on superconducting microbridges or nanowires.
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  Language Wos 000298863400005 Publication Date 2012-01-06
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Agency of Education, under the Federal Target Programme “Scientific and Educational Personnel of Innovative Russia in 2009-2013” and the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:96235 Serial 1065
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Author Berger, J.; Milošević, M.V.
  Title Fluctuations in superconducting rings with two order parameters Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 84 Issue 21 Pages 214515-214515,9
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Motivated by two-band superconductivity in, e.g., borides and pnictides, starting from the two-band Ginzburg-Landau energy functional, we discuss how the presence of two order parameters and the coupling between them influence a superconducting ring in the fluctuative regime. Our method is an extension of the von OppenRiedel formalism for rings; it is exact, but requires numerical implementation. We also study approximations for which analytic expressions can be obtained, and check their ranges of validity. We provide estimates for the temperature ranges where fluctuations are important, calculate the persistent current in MgB2 rings as a function of temperature and enclosed flux, and point out its additional dependence on the cross-section area of the wire from which the ring is made. We find temperature regions in which fluctuations enhance the persistent currents and regions where they inhibit the persistent current. The presence of two order parameters that can fluctuate independently always leads to larger averages of the order parameters at Tc, but yields larger persistent current only for appropriate parameters. In cases of very different material parameters for the two coupled condensates, the persistent current is inhibited.
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  Language Wos 000297932500004 Publication Date 2011-12-12
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes ; This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation, Grant No. 249/10, the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the ESF network INSTANS. We are grateful to Andrei Varlamov and Felix von Oppen for their answers to our enquiries. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:93957 Serial 1226
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Author Szafran, B.; Peeters, F.M.; Bednarek, S.; Adamowski, J.
  Title In-plane magnetic-field-induced Wigner crystallization in a two-electron quantum dot Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2004 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 70 Issue Pages 235335,1-9
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000226112100114 Publication Date 2004-12-27
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2004 IF: 3.075
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69400 Serial 1574
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Author Tadić, M.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Intersublevel magnetoabsorption in the valence band of p-type InAs/GaAs and Ge/Si self-assembled quantum dots Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 71 Issue Pages 125342,1-15
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000228923300115 Publication Date 2005-04-01
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2005 IF: 3.185
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69406 Serial 1716
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Author Shi, J.M.; Peeters, F.M.; Devreese, J.T.; Imanaka, Y.; Miura, N.
  Title Magnetopolaron effect on the donor transition energies in ZnSe Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1995 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 52 Issue Pages 17205-17209
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT); Theory of quantum systems and complex systems
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos A1995TN92700040 Publication Date 2002-07-27
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:11698 Serial 1926
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Author Zha, G.-Q.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.; Zhou, S.-P.
  Title Majorana fermion states and fractional flux periodicity in mesoscopic d-wave superconducting loops with spin-orbit interaction Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 90 Issue 1 Pages 014522
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We numerically investigate the spin-orbit (SO) coupling effect on the magnetic flux evolution of energy and supercurrent in mesoscopic d-wave superconducting loops by solving the spin-generalized Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations self-consistently. It is found that the energy spectrum splits when the SO interaction is involved and the Majorana zero mode can be realized in the [100] edges of square systems for an appropriate SO coupling strength. Superconducting phase transitions appear when the energy gap closes, accompanied by energy jumps between different energy parabolas in the ground state, which provides a possible mechanism to support fractional flux periodicity of supercurrent. Moreover, in the case of rectangular loops with SO coupling, the jumps of the ground-state energy gradually disappear by increasing the ratio of length to height of the sample, and a paramagnetic response with opposite direction of the screening current around zero flux value can occur in such systems.
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  Language Wos 000341233800010 Publication Date 2014-07-31
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 61371020 and No. 61271163, by Visiting Scholar Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, by Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission under Grant No. 13YZ006, and by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2014 IF: 3.736
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:119266 Serial 1938
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Author Nikolaev, A.V.; Michel, K.H.
  Title Microscopic theory of quadrupolar oredring in TmTe Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2001 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 63 Issue Pages 1-10
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000167402100025 Publication Date 2002-07-27
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2001 IF: NA
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:36882 Serial 2033
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Author Muñoz, W.A.; Covaci, L.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Disordered graphene Josephson junctions Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 91 Issue 91 Pages 054506
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract A tight-binding approach based on the Chebyshev-Bogoliubov-de Gennes method is used to describe disordered single-layer graphene Josephson junctions. Scattering by vacancies, ripples, or charged impurities is included. We compute the Josephson current and investigate the nature of multiple Andreev reflections, which induce bound states appearing as peaks in the density of states for energies below the superconducting gap. In the presence of single-atom vacancies, we observe a strong suppression of the supercurrent, which is a consequence of strong intervalley scattering. Although lattice deformations should not induce intervalley scattering, we find that the supercurrent is still suppressed, which is due to the presence of pseudomagnetic barriers. For charged impurities, we consider two cases depending on whether the average doping is zero, i.e., existence of electron-hole puddles, or finite. In both cases, short-range impurities strongly affect the supercurrent, similar to the vacancies scenario.
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  Language Wos 000349436500001 Publication Date 2015-02-06
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vlaanderen) and the Methusalem funding of the Flemish Government. Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
  Call Number c:irua:129192 Serial 3961
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Author Vodolazov, D.Y.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Origin of the hysteresis of the current voltage characteristics of superconducting microbridges near the critical temperature Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 84 Issue 9 Pages 094511
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The current voltage (IV) characteristics of short [with length L less than or similar to xi(T)] and long [L >> xi(T)] microbridges are theoretically investigated near the critical temperature of the superconductor. Calculations are made in the nonlocal (local) limit when the inelastic relaxation length due to electron-phonon interactions L(in) = (D tau(in))(1/2) is larger (smaller) than the temperature-dependent coherence length xi(T) (D is the diffusion coefficient, tau(in) is the inelastic relaxation time of the quasiparticle distribution function). We find that, in both limits, the origin of the hysteresis in the IV characteristics is mainly connected with the large time scale over which the magnitude of the order parameter varies in comparison with the time-scale variation of the superconducting phase difference across the microbridge in the resistive state. In the nonlocal limit, the time-averaged heating and cooling of quasiparticles are found in different areas of the microbridge, which are driven, respectively, by oscillations of the order parameter and the electric field. We show that, by introducing an additional term in the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation, it is possible to take into account the cooling effect in the local limit too.
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  Language Wos 000294920900009 Publication Date 2011-09-14
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Agency of Education under the Federal Target Programme“Scientific and educational personnel of innovative Russia in 2009-2013,” the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), and the Belgian Science Policy (IAP). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105573 Serial 2527
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Author Zha, G.-Q.; Covaci, L.; Zhou, S.-P.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Proximity-induced pseudogap in mesoscopic superconductor/normal-metal bilayers Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 82 Issue 14 Pages 140502-140502,4
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Recent scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements of the proximity effect in Au/La2−xSrxCuO4 and La1.55Sr0.45CuO4/La2−xSrxCuO4 bilayers showed a proximity-induced pseudogap [O. Yuli, I. Asulin, Y. Kalcheim, G. Koren, and O. Millo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197003 (2009)]. We describe the proximity effect in mesoscopic superconductor/normal-metal bilayers by using the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations for a tight-binding Hamiltonian with competing antiferromagnetic and d-wave superconductivity orders. The temperature-dependent local density of states is calculated as a function of the distance from the interface. Bound state due to both d-wave and spin-density wave gaps are formed in the normal metal for energies less than the respective gaps. If there is a mismatch between the Fermi velocities in the two layers we observe that these states will shift in energy when spin-density wave order is present, thus inducing a minigap at finite energy. We conclude that the STM measurement in the proximity structures is able to distinguish between the two scenarios proposed for the pseudogap (competing or precursor to superconductivity).
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  Language Wos 000282507200002 Publication Date 2010-10-05
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  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), by Belgian Science Policy (IAP), by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 10904089 and No. 60971053, by the Research Fund of Higher Education of China under Grant No. 20093108120005, by Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline project under Grant No. S30105, by Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipal under Grant No. 09JC1406000, by Shanghai Municipal Education Committee under Grants No. shu-08053 and No. 10zz63, and by Innovation Funds of Shanghai University. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:85028 Serial 2735
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Author Sommerfeld, P.K.H.; van der Heijden, R.W.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Symmetry breaking of the admittance of a classical two-dimensional electron system in a magnetic field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1996 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 53 Issue Pages R13250-R13253
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos A1996UN90900008 Publication Date 2002-07-27
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  ISSN 0163-1829;1095-3795; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.736 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved no
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:15795 Serial 3404
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Author Szafran, B.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Three electrons in laterally coupled quantum dots: tunnel vs electrostatic coupling, ground-state symmetry, and interdot correlations Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 71 Issue Pages 245314,1-10
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000230276900069 Publication Date 2005-06-21
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2005 IF: 3.185
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69411 Serial 3657
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Author Dell'Anna, L.; Perali, A.; Covaci, L.; Neilson, D.
  Title Using magnetic stripes to stabilize superfluidity in electron-hole double monolayer graphene Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 92 Issue 92 Pages 220502
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Experiments have confirmed that double monolayer graphene does not generate finite-temperature electron-hole superfluidity, because of very strong screening of the pairing attraction. The linear dispersing energy bands in monolayer graphene block any attempt to reduce the strength of the screening. We propose a hybrid device with two sheets of monolayer graphene in a modulated periodic perpendicular magnetic field. The field preserves the isotropic Dirac cones of the original monolayers but reduces the slope of the cones, making the monolayer Fermi velocity v(F) smaller. We demonstrate that with current experimental techniques, the reduction in vF can weaken the screening sufficiently to allow electron-hole superfluidity at measurable temperatures.
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  Language Wos 000366500100004 Publication Date 2015-12-14
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  ISSN 1098-0121 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes ; We thank M. Zarenia for useful discussions. L.D. acknowledges financial support from MIUR: FIRB 2012, Grant No. RBFR12NLNA_002, and PRIN, Grant No. 2010LLKJBX. A.P. and D.N. acknowledge financial support from University of Camerino FAR project CESEMN. L.C. acknowledges financial support from Flemish Science Foundation (FWO). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
  Call Number c:irua:130211 Serial 4069
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Author Cabral, L.R.E.; de Aquino, B.R.C.H.T.; de Souza Silva, C.C.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Two-shell vortex and antivortex dynamics in a Corbino superconducting disk Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 93 Issue 93 Pages 014515
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We examine theoretically the dynamics of two vortex shells in pinning-free superconducting thin disks in the Corbino geometry. In the first considered case, the inner shell is composed of vortices and the outer one of antivortices, corresponding to a state induced by the stray field of an off-plane magnetic dipole placed on top of the superconductor. In the second considered case, both shells comprise vortices induced by a homogeneous external field. We derive the equation of motion for each shell within the Bardeen-Stephen model and study the dynamics analytically by assuming both shells are rigid and commensurate. In both cases, two distinct regimes for vortex shell motion are identified: For low applied currents the entire configuration rotates rigidly, while above a threshold current the shells decouple from each other and rotate at different angular velocities. Analytical expressions for the decoupling current, the recombination time in the decoupled phases, as well as the voltage-current characteristics are presented. Our analytical results are in excellent agreement with numerical molecular dynamics simulations of the full many-vortex problem.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000368481600003 Publication Date 2016-01-25
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  ISSN 1098-0121; 1550-235x ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Brazilian Science Agencies CAPES, CNPq, and FACEPE under Grants No. APQ-1381-1.05/12, No. APQ 2017-1.05/12, and No. APQ-0598/1.05-08 and by EU-COST Action No. MP1201 and the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:131541 Serial 4270
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Author Kukhlevsky, S.V.; Mechler, M.; Csapó, L.; Janssens, K.; Samek, O.
  Title Resonant backward scattering of light by a subwavelength metallic slit with two open sides Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 72 Issue 16 Pages 165421,1-165421,7
  Keywords A1 Journal article; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
  Abstract The backward scattering of TM-polarized light by a two-side-open subwavelength slit in a metal film is analyzed. We show that the reflection coefficient versus wavelength possesses a Fabry-Perot-like dependence that is similar to the anomalous behavior of transmission reported in the study [Y. Takakura, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5601 (2001)]. The open slit totally reflects the light at the near-to-resonance wavelengths. In addition, we show that the interference of incident and resonantly backward-scattered light produces in the near-field diffraction zone a spatially localized wave whose intensity is 10103 times greater than the incident wave, but one order of magnitude smaller than the intracavity intensity. The amplitude and phase of the resonant wave at the slit entrance and exit are different from that of a Fabry-Perot cavity.
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  Language Wos 000232934900123 Publication Date 2005-10-21
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 1098-0121; 1550-235x ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 7 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2005 IF: 3.185
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:71385 Serial 5815
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Author Wang, X.F.; Vasilopoulos, P.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Band structure of a two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of two-dimensional electric and magnetic modulations and a perpendicular magnetic field Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2004 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 70 Issue Pages 155312,1-8
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000224855900054 Publication Date 2004-10-19
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition
  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2004 IF: 3.075
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69393 Serial 218
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Author Anisimovas, E.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Biexciton spin and angular momentum transitions in vertically coupled quantum dots Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 71 Issue Pages 115319,1-8
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Corporate Author Thesis
  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000228065500094 Publication Date 2005-03-22
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2005 IF: 3.185
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69403 Serial 232
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Author Grujić, M.M.; Tadic, M.Z.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Chiral properties of topological-state loops Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 91 Issue 91 Pages 245432
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The angular momentum quantization of chiral gapless modes confined to a circularly shaped interface between two different topological phases is investigated. By examining several different setups, we show analytically that the angular momentum of the topological modes exhibits a highly chiral behavior, and can be coupled to spin and/or valley degrees of freedom, reflecting the nature of the interface states. A simple general one-dimensional model, valid for arbitrarily shaped loops, is shown to predict the corresponding energies and the magnetic moments. These loops can be viewed as building blocks for artificial magnets with tunable and highly diverse properties.
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000356928200005 Publication Date 2015-06-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia), and the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Belgium). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
  Call Number c:irua:127039 Serial 357
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Author Payette, C.; Amaha, S.; Yu, G.; Gupta, J.A.; Austing, D.G.; Nair, S.V.; Partoens, B.; Tarucha, S.
  Title Coherent level mixing in dot energy spectra measured by magnetoresonant tunneling spectroscopy of vertical quantum dot molecules Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 81 Issue 24 Pages 245310,1-245310,15
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We study by magnetoresonant tunneling spectroscopy single-particle energy spectra of the constituent weakly coupled dots in vertical quantum dot molecules over a wide energy window. The measured energy spectra are well modeled by calculated spectra for dots with in-plane confinement potentials that are elliptical and parabolic in form. However, in the regions where two, three, or four single-particle energy levels are naively expected to cross, we observe pronounced level anticrossing behavior and strong variations in the resonant currents as a consequence of coherent mixing induced by small deviations in the nearly ideal dot confinement potentials. We present detailed analysis of the energy spectra, and focus on two examples of three-level crossings whereby the coherent mixing leads to concurrent suppression and enhancement of the resonant currents when the anticrossing levels are minimally separated. The suppression of resonant current is of particular interest since it is a signature of dark state formation due to destructive interference. We also describe in detail and compare two measurement strategies to reliably extract the resonant currents required to characterize the level mixing.
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  Language Wos 000278606100003 Publication Date 2010-06-10
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes ; We thank A. Bezinger, D. Roth, and M. Malloy for assistance with some of the processing, and K. Ono, T. Kodera, T. Hatano, Y. Tokura, M. Stopa, M. Hilke, G.C. Aers, M. Korkusinski, and R. M. Abolfath for useful discussions. Part of this work is supported by NSERC (Discovery Grant No. 208201), Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-VI), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research S (Grant No. 191040070), B (Grant No. 18340081), and by Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, and MEXT. S.T. acknowledges support from QuEST program (BAA-0824). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:83095 Serial 379
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Author Saniz, R.; Partoens, B.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Confinement effects on electron and phonon degrees of freedom in nanofilm superconductors : a Green function approach Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 87 Issue 6 Pages 064510-64513
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The Green function approach to the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity is used to study nanofilms. We go beyond previous models and include effects of confinement on the strength of the electron-phonon coupling as well as on the electronic spectrum and on the phonon modes. Within our approach, we find that in ultrathin films, confinement effects on the electronic screening become very important. Indeed, contrary to what has been advanced in recent years, the sudden increases of the density of states when new bands start to be occupied as the film thickness increases, tend to suppress the critical temperature rather than to enhance it. On the other hand, the increase of the number of phonon modes with increasing number of monolayers in the film leads to an increase in the critical temperature. As a consequence, the superconducting critical parameters in such nanofilms are determined by these two competing effects. Furthermore, in sufficiently thin films, the condensate consists of well-defined subcondensates associated with the occupied bands, each with a distinct coherence length. The subcondensates can interfere constructively or destructively giving rise to an interference pattern in the Cooper pair probability density.
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  Language Wos 000315374100009 Publication Date 2013-02-25
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). R.S. thanks M. R. Norman, B. Soree, and L. Komendova for useful comments. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2013 IF: 3.664
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:107072 Serial 487
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Author Cabral, L.R.E.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Elastic modes of vortex configurations in thin disks Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2004 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 70 Issue Pages 214522,1-13
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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  Publisher Place of Publication Lancaster, Pa Editor
  Language Wos 000226111400123 Publication Date 2004-12-27
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2004 IF: 3.075
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:69399 Serial 879
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Author Nishio, K.; Lu, A.K.A.; Pourtois, G.
  Title Low-strain Si/O superlattices with tunable electronic properties : ab initio calculations Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 91 Issue 91 Pages 165303
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
  Abstract We propose that low-strain Si/O superlattices can be constructed by connecting reconstructed Si{001} surfaces by Si-O-Si bridges. Ab initio calculations show that our models are energetically more favorable than all the models proposed so far. The part of our Si/O superlattice model is experimentally accessible just by oxidizing a Si( 001) substrate. To complete our Si/O superlattice model, we propose a three-step method. We also explore the potential of our Si/O superlattice models for new materials used in future Si electronics. We find that the location of the channel where the carriers travel can be controlled between the interfaces and the Si layers by the insertion of O atoms into the Si-Si dimers. By revealing the origins of the interface electron and hole states, we find that similar interface states should be easily achieved for Si slabs and Si substrates. Interestingly, the interface electrons and holes have small effective masses in the direction parallel to the channel and large effective masses in the direction normal to the channel, which makes the Si/O superlattices attractive to be used for channel materials. We also find that the valley splitting of Si is enhanced by the formation of the Si/O/Si interfaces, which is ideal for developing Si-based qubits. Our findings open new perspectives to design and control the electronic properties of Si.
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  Language Wos 000352986700002 Publication Date 2015-04-16
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736
  Call Number c:irua:125998 Serial 1852
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Author Verberck, B.
  Title Orientational properties of C70 and C80 fullerenes in carbon nanotubes Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 83 Issue 4 Pages 045405-045405,8
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract We present energy calculations of a C80 molecule with D5d symmetry encapsulated in a carbon nanotube. The approximation of a continuous tube rather than a rolled-up graphene sheet, justified by comparison with atomistic calculations, allows an expansion of the energy field into symmetry-adapted rotator functions. For a given tube radius R, we observe a strong dependence of the interaction energy on the molecular tilt angle and on the molecules lateral position in the tube. We observe a transition from on-axis lying orientations to tilted orientations at R1≈6.95 Å and a subsequent transition to standing orientations at R2≈7.6 Å. For tube radii larger than R3≈8.0 Å, the molecule starts to occupy off-axis positions and assumes a lying orientation. Results are compared to the case of C70 molecules, with D5h symmetry. Our findings are consistent with recent high-resolution transmission electron microscopy measurements and are relevant for the design of new materials with tunable electronic properties.
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  Language Wos 000286770600010 Publication Date 2011-01-20
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes ; The author gratefully acknowledges discussions with A. V. Nikolaev and K. H. Michel. This work was financially supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO-Vl). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2011 IF: 3.691
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:88911 Serial 2520
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Author Földi, P.; Szaszkó-Bogár, V.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Spin-orbit interaction controlled properties of two-dimensional superlattices Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2010 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 82 Issue 11 Pages 115302-115302,4
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract The band structure of two-dimensional artificial superlattices in the presence of (Rashba-type) spin-orbit interaction (SOI) is presented. The position and shape of the energy bands in these spintronic crystals depend on the geometry as well as the strength of the SOI, which can be tuned by external gate voltages. For finite mesoscopic arrays, we show that their conductance properties and possible applications can be understood from these spin-dependent band diagrams.
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  Language Wos 000281516300005 Publication Date 2010-09-03
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes ; We thank M. G. Benedict and F. Bartha for useful discussions. This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl), the Belgian Science Policy (IAP) and the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) under Contracts No. T81364 and No. M045596. P.F. was supported by a J. Bolyai grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2010 IF: 3.774
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:84259 Serial 3092
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Author Galván Moya, J.E.; Nelissen, K.; Peeters, F.M.
  Title Structural transitions in vertically and horizontally coupled parabolic channels of Wigner crystals Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev B
  Volume 86 Issue 18 Pages 184102-184109
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
  Abstract Structural phase transitions in two vertically or horizontally coupled channels of strongly interacting particles are investigated. The particles are free to move in the x direction but are confined by a parabolic potential in the y direction. They interact with each other through a screened power-law potential (r(-n)e(-r/lambda)). In vertically coupled systems, the channels are stacked above each other in the direction perpendicular to the (x, y) plane, while in horizontally coupled systems both channels are aligned in the confinement direction. Using Monte Carlo (MC) simulations we obtain the ground-state configurations and the structural transitions as a function of the linear particle density and the separation between the channels. At zero temperature, the vertically coupled system exhibits a rich phase diagram with continuous and discontinuous transitions. On the other hand, the horizontally coupled system exhibits only a very limited number of phase transitions due to its symmetry. Further, we calculated the normal modes for the Wigner crystals in both cases. From MC simulations, we found that in the case of vertically coupled systems, the zigzag transition is only possible for low densities. A Ginzburg-Landau theory for the zigzag transition is presented, which predicts correctly the behavior of this transition from which we interpret the structural phase transition of the Wigner crystal through the reduction of the Brillouin zone.
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  Language Wos 000310683600002 Publication Date 2012-11-05
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  ISSN 1098-0121;1550-235X; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
  Impact Factor 3.836 Times cited (down) 6 Open Access
  Notes ; This work was supported by the Flemish Science Foundation (FWO-Vl). ; Approved Most recent IF: 3.836; 2012 IF: 3.767
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105150 Serial 3271
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