97 research outputs found
Quasiparticle interference of C2-symmetric surface states in LaOFeAs parent compound
We present scanning tunneling microscopy studies of the LaOFeAs parent
compound of iron pnictide superconductors. Topographic imaging reveals two
types of atomically flat surfaces, corresponding to the exposed LaO layer and
FeAs layer respectively. On one type of surface, we observe strong standing
wave patterns induced by quasiparticle interference of two-dimensional surface
states. The distribution of scattering wavevectors exhibits pronounced two-fold
symmetry, consistent with the nematic electronic structure found in the
Ca(Fe1-xCox)2As2 parent state.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Modeling of Characteristics on Artificial Intelligence IQ Test: a Fuzzy Cognitive Map-Based Dynamic Scenario Analysis
This research article uses a Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) approach to improve an earlier proposed IQ test characteristics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. The defuzzification process makes use of fuzzy logic and the triangular membership function along with linguistic term analyses. Each edge of the proposed FCM is assigned to a positive or negative influence type associated with a quantitative weight. All the weights are based on the defuzzified value in the defuzzification results. This research also leverages a dynamic scenario analysis to investigate the interrelationships between driver concepts and other concepts. Worst and best-case scenarios have been conducted on the correlation among concepts. We also use an inference simulation to examine the concepts importance order and the FCM convergence status. The analysis results not only examine the FCM complexity, but also draws insightful conclusions
Modeling of Characteristics on Artificial Intelligence IQ Test: a Fuzzy Cognitive Map-Based Dynamic Scenario Analysis
This research article uses a Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) approach to improve an earlier proposed IQ test characteristics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. The defuzzification process makes use of fuzzy logic and the triangular membership function along with linguistic term analyses. Each edge of the proposed FCM is assigned to a positive or negative influence type associated with a quantitative weight. All the weights are based on the defuzzified value in the defuzzification results. This research also leverages a dynamic scenario analysis to investigate the interrelationships between driver concepts and other concepts. Worst and best-case scenarios have been conducted on the correlation among concepts. We also use an inference simulation to examine the concepts importance order and the FCM convergence status. The analysis results not only examine the FCM complexity, but also draws insightful conclusions
Strong similarities between the local electronic structure of insulating iron pnictide and lightly doped cuprate
One of the major puzzles regarding unconventional superconductivity is how
some of the most interesting superconductors are related to an insulating phase
that lies in close proximity. Here we report scanning tunneling microscopy
studies of the local electronic structure of Cu doped NaFeAs across the
superconductor to insulator transition. We find that in the highly insulating
regime the electronic spectrum develops an energy gap with diminishing density
of state at the Fermi level. The overall lineshape and strong spatial
variations of the spectra are strikingly similar to that of lightly doped
cuprates close to the parent Mott insulator. We propose that the suppression of
itinerant electron state and strong impurity potential induced by Cu dopants
lead to this insulating iron pnictide.Comment: 6 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Simultaneous electrical-field-effect modulation of both top and bottom Dirac surface states of epitaxial thin films of three-dimensional topological insulators
It is crucial for the studies of the transport properties and quantum effects
related to Dirac surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators (3D
TIs) to be able to simultaneously tune the chemical potentials of both top and
bottom surfaces of a 3D TI thin film. We have realized this in molecular beam
epitaxy-grown thin films of 3D TIs, as well as magnetic 3D TIs, by fabricating
dual-gate structures on them. The films could be tuned between n-type and
p-type by each gate alone. Combined application of two gates can reduce the
carrier density of a TI film to a much lower level than with only one of them
and enhance the film resistance by 10000 %, implying that Fermi level is tuned
very close to the Dirac points of both top and bottom surface states without
crossing any bulk band. The result promises applications of 3D TIs in field
effect devices.Comment: 19 pages, 4 figures, accepted by Nano Letters, forthcomin
Electron interaction-driven insulating ground state in Bi2Se3 topological insulators in the two dimensional limit
We report a transport study of ultrathin Bi2Se3 topological insulators with
thickness from one quintuple layer to six quintuple layers grown by molecular
beam epitaxy. At low temperatures, the film resistance increases
logarithmically with decreasing temperature, revealing an insulating ground
state. The sharp increase of resistance with magnetic field, however, indicates
the existence of weak antilocalization, which should reduce the resistance as
temperature decreases. We show that these apparently contradictory behaviors
can be understood by considering the electron interaction effect, which plays a
crucial role in determining the electronic ground state of topological
insulators in the two dimensional limit.Comment: 4 figure
The emergence of global phase coherence from local pairing in underdoped cuprates
In conventional metal superconductors such as aluminum, the large number of
weakly bounded Cooper pairs become phase coherent as soon as they start to
form. The cuprate high critical temperature () superconductors, in
contrast, belong to a distinctively different category. To account for the high
, the attractive pairing interaction is expected to be strong and the
coherence length is short. Being doped Mott insulators, the cuprates are known
to have low superfluid density, thus are susceptible to phase fluctuations. It
has been proposed that pairing and phase coherence may occur separately in
cuprates, and corresponds to the phase coherence temperature controlled
by the superfluid density. To elucidate the microscopic processes of pairing
and phase ordering in cuprates, here we use scanning tunneling microscopy to
image the evolution of electronic states in underdoped . Even in the insulating sample, we observe a
smooth crossover from the Mott insulator to superconductor-type spectra on
small islands with chequerboard order and emerging quasiparticle interference
patterns following the octet model. Each chequerboard plaquette contains
approximately two holes, and exhibits a stripy internal structure that has
strong influence on the superconducting features. Across the insulator to
superconductor boundary, the local spectra remain qualitatively the same while
the quasiparticle interferences become long-ranged. These results suggest that
the chequerboard plaquette with internal stripes plays a crucial role on local
pairing in cuprates, and the global phase coherence is established once its
spatial occupation exceeds a threshold
- …