Emission Spectrum of a Dipole in a Semi-infinite Periodic Dielectric Structure: Effect of the Boundary

The emission spectrum of a dipole embedded in a semi-infinite photonic crystal is calculated. For simplicity we study the case in which the dielectric function is sinusoidally modulated only along the direction perpendicular to the boundary surface plane. In addition to oscillations of the emission rate with the distance of the dipole from the interface we also observed that the shape of the emission spectrum srongly depends on the \em initial \em phase of the dielectric modulation. When the direction of light propagation inside the periodic structure is not normal to the boundary surface plane we observed aditional singularities in the emission spectrum, which arise due to different angle-dependence of the Bragg stop-band for $TE$ and $TM$ polarizations.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Phys Rev

A Middle School's Approach to Developing an Effective School Work Culture

The ultimate goal for any school administrator must be to develop an educational culture that establishes norms, behaviors, attitudes, and expectations. Only with the development of an effective work culture can schools and those within them achieve their full potential.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

Electromagnetic-field quantization and spontaneous decay in left-handed media

We present a quantization scheme for the electromagnetic field interacting with atomic systems in the presence of dispersing and absorbing magnetodielectric media, including left-handed material having negative real part of the refractive index. The theory is applied to the spontaneous decay of a two-level atom at the center of a spherical free-space cavity surrounded by magnetodielectric matter of overlapping band-gap zones. Results for both big and small cavities are presented, and the problem of local-field corrections within the real-cavity model is addressed.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, RevTe

Resistência do algodoeiro à ferrugem tropical potencializada pelo silício

Este trabalho teve como objetivo estudar o efeito do silício (Si) sobre componentes de resistência do algodoeiro à ferrugem tropical causada por Phakopsora gossypii. Plantas das cultivares BRS Buriti e FM 993 cresceram em solução nutritiva contendo zero (-Si) ou 2 mmol Si L- 1 (+Si). A maior concentração foliar de Si aumentou o período de incubação e o período latente em 9% e 14,3%, respectivamente, reduziu a área pustular, a área abaixo da curva de progresso da ferrugem e a área abaixo da curva de progresso da área da pústula em 27,5%, 36% e 22%, respectivamente. Nas plantas das cultivares BRS Buriti e FM 993 supridas com Si houve redução no número de pústulas em 70% e 30% e no número de urédias em 40,3% e 19,5%, respectivamente. A concentração de compostos fenólicos nas plantas da cultivar BRS Buriti supridas com Si aumentou até os 10 dai e, para a cultivar FM993, até os 30 dai. A concentração de derivados da lignina-ácido tioglicólico aumentou depois dos 20 dai para as duas cultivares supridas com Si. Atividade da peroxidas e aumentou até os 25 dai e os 10 dai para as plantas das cultivares BRS Buriti e FM 993 supridas com Si, respectivamente. A atividade da quitinase aumentou até 10 dai para as plantas da cultivar BRS Buriti e aos 10 e 20 dai para as plantas da cultivar supridas com Si. A atividade da glucanase aumentou até os 10 dai para as plantas da cultivar BRS Buriti supridas com Si e até os 20 dai para as plantas da cultivar FM 993 supridas com Si. Em conclusão, o suprimento de Si contribuiu para aumentar a resistência do algodoeiro à ferrugem devido à maior atividade das enzimas de defesa

Two-electron elastic tunneling in low-dimensional conductors

This article was published in the journal, Physical Review B [© American Physical Society]. It is also available at: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v65/e155209.We solve the Lippmann-Schwinger equation describing one-dimensional elastic scattering of preformed pairs (e.g., bipolarons) off a short-range scattering center, and find the two-particle transmission through a thin potential barrier. While the pair transmission is smaller than the single-electron transmission in the strong-coupling limit, it is remarkably larger in the weak-coupling limit. We also calculate current-voltage characteristics of a molecule-barrier-molecule junction. They show unusual temperature and voltage behaviors which are experimentally verifiable at low temperatures in bulk and nanoscale molecular conductors

Piezomodulated and specular reflection spectra of a polydiacetylene crystal

A class of potential quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors is the monocrystalline polydiacetylenes. These polymers can be obtained as single crystals that have high structural perfection and a chain configuration that permits extensive π-electron delocalization. The poly-2, 4-hexadiyne-1, 6-diol-bis-(p-toluene sulfonate) (PTS) has been the most extensively studied system and interest centers upon the extent of delocalization along the two chains compromising the P21/c unit cell