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Dispersion and damping of multi-quantum well polaritons from resonant Brillouin scattering by folded acoustic modes
We report on confined exciton resonances of acoustic and folded acoustic
phonon light scattering in a GaAs/AlAs multi-quantum-well. Significant
variations of the line shifts and widths are observed across the resonance and
quantitatively reproduced in terms of the polariton dispersion. This high
resolution Brillouin study brings new unexpectedly detailed informations on the
polariton dynamics in confined systems
Uncoupled excitons in semiconductor microcavities detected in resonant Raman scattering
We present an outgoing resonant Raman-scattering study of a GaAs/AlGaAs based microcavity embedded in a p-i-n junction. The p-i-n junction allows the vertical electric field to be varied, permitting control of exciton-photon detuning and quenching of photoluminescence which otherwise obscures the inelastic light scattering signals. Peaks corresponding to the upper and lower polariton branches are observed in the resonant Raman cross sections, along with a third peak at the energy of uncoupled excitons. This third peak, attributed to disorder activated Raman scattering, provides clear evidence for the existence of uncoupled exciton reservoir states in microcavities in the strong-coupling regime
Theory of high-order harmonic generation from molecules by intense laser pulses
We show that high-order harmonics generated from molecules by intense laser
pulses can be expressed as the product of a returning electron wave packet and
the photo-recombination cross section (PRCS) where the electron wave packet can
be obtained from simple strong-field approximation (SFA) or from a companion
atomic target. Using these wave packets but replacing the PRCS obtained from
SFA or from the atomic target by the accurate PRCS from molecules, the
resulting HHG spectra are shown to agree well with the benchmark results from
direct numerical solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation, for the
case of H in laser fields. The result illustrates that these powerful
theoretical tools can be used for obtaining high-order harmonic spectra from
molecules. More importantly, the results imply that the PRCS extracted from
laser-induced HHG spectra can be used for time-resolved dynamic chemical
imaging of transient molecules with temporal resolutions down to a few
femtoseconds.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Post-Prior discrepancies in CDW-EIS calculations for ion impact ionization fully differential cross sections
In this work we present fully differential cross sections (FDCSs)
calculations using post and prior version of CDW--EIS theory for helium single
ionization by 100 MeV C amu and 3.6 MeV amu Au and
Au ions. We performed our calculations for different momentum transfer
and ejected electron energies. The influence of internuclear potential on the
ejected electron spectra is taken into account in all cases. We compare our
calculations with absolute experimental measurements. It is shown that prior
version calculations give better agreement with experiments in almost all
studied cases.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure
Structural analysis, magnetic and transport properties of the (Ru1-xCox)Sr2GdCu2O8 system
The effects of Co substitution on structural and superconducting properties
of RuSr2GdCu2O8 compound have been studied. Rietveld refinements of the X-ray
diffraction patterns indicate that the cobalt ion progressively replaces
ruthenium sites. This replacement induces significant changes on the crystal
structure and on the magnetic and superconducting properties. The effects Co
substitution on the superconducting behaviour, and more particulary on the
changes induce by the hole doping mechanism, were investigated in
(Ru1-xCox)Sr2GdCu2O8 by a "bond valence sum" analysis with Co content from x=
0.0 to x = 0.2. The weak ferromagnetic transition at Tm= 138.2 K is shifted to
lower temperature, and suppressed at higher Co content. From the
crystallographic point of view the Ru-O(1)-Cu bond angle, associated to the
rotation of the RuO6 octahedra, around the c-axis remain essetially constant
when Ru is substituted by Co. Furthermore, increasing Co content has the effect
to increase the weak ferromagnetic moment, which may be interpreted as the main
responsible for breaking the delicate balance between magnetic and
superconducting ordering.Comment: 21 pages, 8 figure
Microcavity exciton-polariton mediated Raman scattering: Experiments and theory
We studied the intensity of resonant Raman scattering due to optical phonons
in a planar II-VI-type semiconductor microcavity in the regime of strong
coupling between light and matter. Two different sets of independent
experiments were performed at near outgoing resonance with the middle polariton
(MP)branch of the cavity. In the first, the Stokes-shifted photons were kept at
exact resonance with the MP, varying the photonic or excitonic character of the
polariton. In the second, only the incoming light wavelength was varied, and
the resonant profile of the inelastic scattered intensity was studied when the
system was tuned out of the resonant condition. Taking some matrix elements as
free parameters, both independent experiments are quantitatively described by a
model which incorporates lifetime effects in both excitons and photons, and the
coupling of the cavity photons to the electron-hole continuum. The model is
solved using a Green's function approach which treats the exciton-photon
coupling nonperturbatively.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
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Anomalous lattice expansion of RuSr2Eu1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10(Ru-1222) magneto superconductor: A low temperature X-ray diffraction study
This is the first report of the observation of the onset of excess volume and
also of the strain along the a-axis near the magnetic ordering temperature in
Ru-1222 superconductor, and indicates a coupling between the lattice and the
magnetism in this system. Magnetization, magneto transport and thermoelectric
power measurements being carried out on the same sample are also reported.Comment: 15 Pages Text Plus Figs. Physica C (2006) accepte
Hole-doping dependence of percolative phase separation in Pr_(0.5-delta)Ca_(0.2+delta)Sr_(0.3)MnO_(3) around half doping
We address the problem of the percolative phase separation in polycrystalline
samples of PrCaSrMnO for (hole doping between 0.46 and 0.54). We perform
measurements of X-ray diffraction, dc magnetization, ESR, and electrical
resistivity. These samples show at a paramagnetic (PM) to ferromagnetic
(FM) transition, however, we found that for there is a coexistence of
both of these phases below . On lowering below the charge-ordering
(CO) temperature all the samples exhibit a coexistence between the FM
metallic and CO (antiferromagnetic) phases. In the whole range the FM phase
fraction () decreases with increasing . Furthermore, we show that only
for the metallic fraction is above the critical percolation
threshold . As a consequence, these samples show very
different magnetoresistance properties. In addition, for we
observe a percolative metal-insulator transition at , and for
the insulating-like behavior generated by the enlargement of
with increasing is well described by the percolation law , where is a critical exponent. On the basis of
the values obtained for this exponent we discuss different possible percolation
mechanisms, and suggest that a more deep understanding of geometric and
dimensionality effects is needed in phase separated manganites. We present a
complete vs phase diagram showing the magnetic and electric properties
of the studied compound around half doping.Comment: 9 text pages + 12 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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