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We discuss the possibility of realizing Weyl semimetal phase in the magnetically doped topological band insulators. When the magnetic moments are ferromagnetically polarized, we show that there are three phases in the system upon the…
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We report on the design and demonstration of ${\beta}-(Al_{0.18}Ga_{0.82})_2O_3/Ga_2O_3$ modulation doped heterostructures to achieve high sheet charge density. The use of a thin spacer layer between the Si delta-doping and heterojunction…
We report on muon spin rotation measurements of the internal magnetic field distribution n(B) in the vortex solid phase of YBa2Cu3Oy (YBCO) single crystals, from which we have simultaneously determined the hole doping dependences of the…
We report on n-type degenerate doping in MOVPE grown \b{eta}-(Al0.26Ga0.74)2O3 epitaxial thin films and modulation doping in \b{eta}-(Al0.26Ga0.74)2O3/\b{eta}-Ga2O3 heterostructure. Alloy composition is confirmed using HRXRD measurements.…
We report the first doping of crystalline methylammonium lead bromide (MAPbBr$_3$) perovskite thin-films with CdSe/CdZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs), using a soft-chemistry method that preserves their high quantum yield and other…
We study the problem of designing an artificial Mott insulator in a correlated oxide heterostructure. We consider the extreme limit of quantum confinement based on ionic discontinuity doping, and argue that a unique dimer Mott insulator can…
Doping of bulk semiconductors has revealed widespread success in optoelectronic applications. In the past few decades, substantial effort has been engaged for doping at the nanoscale. Recently, doped zero-dimensional quantum dots made of…
Among the perovskite oxide family, KTaO$_3$ (KTO) has recently attracted considerable interest as a possible system for the realization of the Rashba effect. In this work, we improvise a novel conducting interface by juxtaposing KTO with…
Two-dimensional election gases (2DEG), arising due to quantum confinement at interfaces between transparent conducting oxides, have received tremendous attention in view of electronic applications. The challenge is to find a material system…
The role of some glass network modifiers on the quantum efficiency of the near-infrared fluorescence from the 3H4 level of Tm3+ ion in silica-based doped fibres is studied. Modifications of the core composition affect the spectroscopic…
We have grown La$_{0.3}$Sr$_{0.7}$CoO$_{3-{\delta}}$ thin films by pulsed laser deposition on (LaAlO$_3$)$_{0.3}$(Sr$_2$TaAlO$_3$)$_{0.7}$ substrates with and without a protective LaAlO$_3$ capping layer and investigated their structural…
A high Seebeck coefficient (S), large electrical conductivity ({\sigma}), and reduced thermal conductivity ({\kappa}) are required to achieve a high figure-of-merit (zT) in an ideal thermoelectric (TE) system, which is challenging in a…
The low-temperature resistance of a conducting LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface with a 10 nm thick LaAlO3 film decreases by more than 50% after illumination with light of energy higher than the SrTiO3 band-gap. We explain our observations by optical…
We report on magnetoconductance measurements through a weakly coupled quantum dot, containing roughly 900 electrons, in a wide magnetic field range from 0 T to 12 T. We find modulations of the conductance resonances in the quantum Hall…
The pressure driven Mott-transition in Chromium doped V2O3 films is investigated by direct electrical measurements on polycrystalline films with thicknesses down to 10 nm, and doping concentrations of 2%, 5% and 15%. A change in resistivity…
We present a study of p-type doping of CdTe and Cd$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$Te quantum wells from surface states. We show that this method is as efficient as usual modulation doping with nitrogen acceptors, and leads to hole densities exceeding $2…