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Block Spin Ground State and 3-Dimensionality of (K,Tl)FeSe
The magnetic properties and electronic structure of (K,Tl)y Fe1.6 Se2 is
studied using first-principles calculations. The ground state is checkerboard
antiferromagnetically coupled blocks of the minimal Fe4 squares, with a large
block spin moment ~11.2{\mu}B . The magnetic interactions could be modelled
with a simple spin model involving both the inter- and intra-block, as well as
the n.n. and n.n.n. couplings. The calculations also suggest a metallic ground
state except for y = 0.8 where a band gap ~400 - 550 meV opens, showing an
antiferromagnetic insulator ground state for (K,Tl)0.8 Fe1.6 Se2 . The
electronic structure of the metallic (K,Tl)y Fe1.6 Se2 is highly 3-dimensional
with unique Fermi surface structure and topology. These features indicate that
the Fe-vacancy ordering is crucial to the physical properties of (K,Tl)y Fe2-x
Se2 .Comment: Magnetic coupling constants double checked, journal ref. adde
Compressive Sensing DNA Microarrays
Compressive sensing microarrays (CSMs) are DNA-based sensors that operate using group testing and compressive sensing (CS) principles. In contrast to conventional DNA microarrays, in which each genetic sensor is designed to respond to a single target, in a CSM, each sensor responds to a set of targets. We study the problem of designing CSMs that simultaneously account for both the constraints from CS theory and the biochemistry of probe-target DNA hybridization. An appropriate cross-hybridization model is proposed for CSMs, and several methods are developed for probe design and CS signal recovery based on the new model. Lab experiments suggest that in order to achieve accurate hybridization profiling, consensus probe sequences are required to have sequence homology of at least 80% with all targets to be detected. Furthermore, out-of-equilibrium datasets are usually as accurate as those obtained from equilibrium conditions. Consequently, one can use CSMs in applications in which only short hybridization times are allowed
Determination of the Sign of g factors for Conduction Electrons Using Time-resolved Kerr Rotation
The knowledge of electron g factor is essential for spin manipulation in the
field of spintronics and quantum computing. While there exist technical
difficulties in determining the sign of g factor in semiconductors by the
established magneto-optical spectroscopic methods. We develop a time resolved
Kerr rotation technique to precisely measure the sign and the amplitude of
electron g factor in semiconductors
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