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Superfluidity and effective mass of magnetoexcitons in topological insulator bilayers: Effect of inter-Landau-level Coulomb interaction
The effective mass and superfluidity-normal phase transition temperature of
magnetoexcitons in topological insulator bilayers are theoretically
investigated. The intra-Landau-level Coulomb interaction is treated
perturbatively, from which the effective magnetoexciton mass is analytically
discussed. The inclusion of inter-Landau-level Coulomb interaction by more
exact numerical diagonalization of the Hamiltonian brings out important
modifications to magnetoexciton properties, which are specially characterized
by prominent reduction in the magnetoexciton effective mass and promotion in
the superfluidity-normal phase transition temperature at a wide range of
external parameters.Comment: 5.6 EPL pages, 4 figure
Fractional quantum Hall effect of topological surface states under a strong tilted magnetic field
The fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) of topological surface-state
particles under a tilted strong magnetic field is theoretically studied by
using the exact diagonalization method. The Haldane's pseudopotentials for the
Coulomb interaction are analytically obtained. The results show that by
increasing the in-plane component of the tilted magnetic field, the FQHE state
at =0 Landau level (LL) becomes more stable, while the stabilities of
= LLs become weaker. Moreover, we find that the excitation gaps of the
FQHE states increase as the tilt angle is increased.Comment: 4.2 pages, 4 figure
Quantum Corrals and Quantum Mirages on the Surface of a Topological Insulator
We study quantum corrals on the surface of a topological insulator (TI).
Different resonance states induced by nonmagnetic (NM), antiferromagnetic
(AFM), and ferromagnetic (FM) corrals are found. Intriguingly, the spin is
clearly energy-resolved in a FM corral, which can be effectively used to
operate surface carrier spins of TI. We also show that an observable quantum
mirage of a magnetic impurity can be projected from the occupied into the empty
focus of a FM elliptic corral, while in NM and AFM corrals the mirage signal
becomes negligibly weak. In addition, the modulation of the interaction between
two magnetic impurities in the quantum corrals is demonstrated. These prominent
effects may be measured by spin-polarized STM experiments.Comment: 5 PRB pages, 4 figure
A wide input-voltage range quasi-Z source boost DC-DC converter with high voltage-gain for fuel cell vehicles
A quasi-Z-source Boost DC-DC converter which uses a switched-capacitor is proposed for fuel cell vehicles. The topology can obtain a high voltage gain with a wide input-voltage range, and requires only a low voltage stress across each of the components. The performance of the proposed converter is compared with other converters which use Z-source networks. A scaled-down 400V/400W prototype is developed to validate the proposed technology. The respective variation in the output voltage is avoided when the wide variation in the input voltage happens, due to the PI controller in the voltage loop, and a maximum efficiency of 95.13% is measured
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