363 research outputs found
Efficient temperature sensing using photoluminescence of Er/Ybimplanted GaN thin films
tThe luminescence characteristics of GaN films implanted with Er at low doses were evaluated. The defect-related yellow luminescence (YL) and green luminescence (GL) bands observed under direct excitationwith 488 nm were attributed to the transitions via different charge levels of the same defect. The quench-ing behavior of the luminescence intensity either with the temperature or concentration variation can beattributed to nonradiative energy transfer (ET) and/or charge transfer by trapping impurities. The tem-perature dependence of the YL band allowed us to identify the defect responsible for this emission. Thebest candidate for this defect was found to be a nitrogen-vacancy. A GaN sample co-doped with Er3+andYb3+ions was prepared, and its optical properties were analyzed. The incorporation of Yb3+improved thePL emission intensity in the visible region. This feature results from the efficient ET processes betweenthese two doping ions. The color coordinate analysis indicates that Er3+/Yb3+co-doped GaN semiconduc-tor emits light with color in the white-light region. To investigate the temperature sensing applicationof the synthesized co-doped semiconductor, the temperature-sensing performance was evaluated usingthe fluorescence intensity ratio technique in the temperature range 200–300K. The significant temper-ature sensitivity indicates its potential as a temperature sensing probe. The maximum sensitivity was15 × 10−4K−1at 200 K
Lazy AC-Pattern Matching for Rewriting
We define a lazy pattern-matching mechanism modulo associativity and
commutativity. The solutions of a pattern-matching problem are stored in a lazy
list composed of a first substitution at the head and a non-evaluated object
that encodes the remaining computations. We integrate the lazy AC-matching in a
strategy language: rewriting rule and strategy application produce a lazy list
of terms.Comment: In Proceedings WRS 2011, arXiv:1204.531
From Cooper Pairs to Composite Bosons: A Generalized RPA Analysis of Collective Excitations
The evolution of the ground state and the excitation spectrum of the two and
three dimensional attractive Hubbard model is studied as the system evolves
from a Cooper pair regime for weak attraction to a composite boson regime for a
strong attraction.Comment: 20 pages RevTex, 7 figures on reques
Possibility of p-wave pairing of composite fermions at
We find that for the pure Coulomb repulsion the composite Fermi sea at
is on the verge of an instability to triplet pairing of composite
fermions. It is argued that a transition into the paired state, described by a
Pfaffian wave function, may be induced if the short-range part of the
interaction is softened by increasing the thickness of the two-dimensional
electron system.Comment: 14 pages, 3 eps figures include
Nonperturbative XY-model approach to strong coupling superconductivity in two and three dimensions
For an electron gas with delta-function attraction we investigate the
crossover from weak- to strong-coupling supercoductivity in two and three
dimensions. We derive analytic expressions for the stiffness of phase
fluctuations and set up effective XY-models which serve to determine
nonperturbatively the temperature of phase decoherence where superconductivity
breaks down. We find the transition temperature T_c as a monotonous function of
the coupling strength and carrier density both in two and three dimensions, and
give analytic formulas for the merging of the temperature of phase decoherence
with the temperature of pair formation in the weak-coupling limit.Comment: Few typos corrected. Emails that were sent to the address
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Quantum Hall effect in single wide quantum wells
We study the quantum Hall states in the lowest Landau level for a single wide
quantum well. Due to a separation of charges to opposite sides of the well, a
single wide well can be modelled as an effective two level system. We provide
numerical evidence of the existence of a phase transition from an
incompressible to a compressible state as the electron density is increased for
specific well width. Our numerical results show a critical electron density
which depends on well width, beyond which a transition incompressible double
layer quantum Hall state to a mono-layer compressible state occurs. We also
calculate the related phase boundary corresponding to destruction of the
collective mode energy gap. We show that the effective tunneling term and the
interlayer separation are both renormalised by the strong magnetic field. We
also exploite the local density functional techniques in the presence of strong
magnetic field at to calculate renormalized . The
numerical results shows good agreement between many-body calculations and local
density functional techniques in the presence of a strong magnetic field at
. we also discuss implications of this work on the
incompressible state observed in SWQW.Comment: 30 pages, 7 figures (figures are not included
Superconducting transitions from the pseudogap state: d-wave symmetry, lattice, and low-dimensional effects
We investigate the behavior of the superconducting transition temperature
within a previously developed BCS-Bose Einstein crossover picture. This
picture, based on a decoupling scheme of Kadanoff and Martin, further extended
by Patton, can be used to derive a simple form for the superconducting
transition temperature in the presence of a pseudogap. We extend previous work
which addressed the case of s-wave pairing in jellium, to explore the solutions
for T_c as a function of variable coupling in more physically relevant
situations. We thereby ascertain the effects of reduced dimensionality,
periodic lattices and a d-wave pairing interaction. Implications for the
cuprate superconductors are discussed.Comment: REVTeX, 11 pages, 6 EPS figures included, Replace with published
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Comparative phylogeography and asymmetric hybridization between cryptic bat species
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this recordCryptic speciation and hybridization are two key processes that affect the origin and maintenance of biodiversity and our ability to understand and estimate it. To determine how these two processes interact, we studied allopatric and sympatric colonies of two cryptic bat species (Eptesicus serotinus and Eptesicus isabellinus) with parapatric distribution in the Iberian Peninsula. These species are the main reservoir for the most commonly rabies virus found in bats in Europe: the European bat Lyssavirus type 1 (EBLV‐1). We used mtDNA and nuclear microsatellite markers to confirm the taxonomic status of both species and to show a more pronounced and geographically based genetic structure in E. isabellinus than in its sibling E. serotinus. Using approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), we inferred rapid range expansion in both species after the Last Glacial Maximum until reaching their present distributions. ABC analysis also supported interspecific differences in genetic diversity and structure, pointing to an earlier expansion of E. isabellinus northward. We found no evidence of mitochondrial introgression between species, but nuclear markers identified a male‐mediated ongoing asymmetric hybridization from E. isabellinus to E. serotinus (28% hybrids in E. serotinus and 5% in E. isabellinus) in the contact zone. Although none of the bats studied tested positive for Lyssavirus RNA, the asymmetric hybridization supports the potential for the recently suggested interspecific transmission of EBLV‐1 from E. isabellinus into E. serotinus.Severo Ochoa ProgramMinisterio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio AmbienteConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMinisterio de Ciencia e InnovaciónNatural Environment Research Council (NERC
Fermionic Chern-Simons theory for the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Bilayers
We generalize the fermion Chern-Simons theory for the Fractional Hall Effect
(FQHE) which we developed before, to the case of bilayer systems. We study the
complete dynamic response of these systems and predict the experimentally
accessible optical properties. In general, for the so called
states, we find that the spectrum of collective excitations has a gap, and the
wave function has the Jastrow-Slater form, with the exponents determined by the
coefficients , and . We also find that the states, {\it
i.~e.~}, those states whose filling fraction is , have a gapless mode
which may be related with the spontaneous appearance of the interlayer
coherence. Our results also indicate that the gapless mode makes a contribution
to the wave function of the states analogous to the phonon
contribution to the wave function of superfluid . We calculate the
Hall conductance, and the charge and statistics of the quasiparticles. We also
present an generalization of this theory relevant to spin unpolarized
or partially polarized single layers.Comment: 55 pages, Urbana Prepin
Spontaneous Interlayer Coherence in Double-Layer Quantum Hall Systems: Symmetry Breaking Interactions, In-Plane Fields and Phase Solitons
At strong magnetic fields double-layer two-dimensional-electron-gas systems
can form an unusual broken symmetry state with spontaneous inter-layer phase
coherence. The system can be mapped to an equivalent system of pseudospin
particles with pseudospin-dependent interactions and easy-plane magnetic order.
In this paper we discuss how the presence of a weak interlayer tunneling term
alters the properties of double-layer systems when the broken symmetry is
present. We use the energy functional and equations of motion derived earlier
to evaluate the zero-temperature response functions of the double-layer system
and use our results to discuss analogies between this system and
Josephson-coupled superconducting films. We also present a qualitative picture
of the low-energy charged excitations of this system. We show that parallel
fields induce a highly collective phase transition to an incommensurate state
with broken translational symmetry.Comment: 26 pages, RevTex, 8 postscript figures (submitted to Phys. Rev. B
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