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A systematic LSDA+U study of doping effects on the electronic and structural properties of single layer CoO2 is presented. Undoped CoO2 is a charge transfer insulator within LSDA+U and a metal with a high density of states (DOS) at the…
The electrical and structural characteristics of SmTiO3/SrTiO3/SmTiO3 and GdTiO3/SrTiO3/GdTiO3 heterostructures are compared. Both types of structures contain narrow SrTiO3 quantum wells, which accommodate a confined, high-density electron…
As a two-dimensional material with a hollow hexatomic ring structure, N\'eel-type anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) GdI3 can be used as a theoretical model to study the effect of electron doping. Based on first-principles calculations, we find that…
Superconducting boron-doped silicon films prepared by gas immersion laser doping (GILD) technique are analyzed by atom probe tomography. The resulting three-dimensional chemical composition reveals that boron atoms are incorporated into…
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We present an experimental and theoretical investigation of all-optical switching by single femtosecond laser pulses. Our experimental results demonstrate that, unlike rare earth-transition metal ferrimagnetic alloys, Pt/Co/[Ni/Co]$_N$/Gd…
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We investigate the influence of X-ray and gamma-ray irradiation on the photophysical properties of sub-monolayer CdTe/CdS quantum dots (QDs) immobilized in porous silica (PSiO2) scaffolds. The highly luminescent QD-PSiO2 thin films allow…
Rare earth doping is an effective way to convert chemically stable oxides into multifunctional materials with coupled electronic, optical, and magnetic properties. We present first principles calculations of pristine and Tm3+ doped Ca2SnO4…
The unique spectral behavior exhibited by a class of non-uniform Bragg periodic structures, namely chirped and apodized fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) influenced by parity and time reversal ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry, is presented. The…
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Developing efficient Er3+,Yb3+:YAG eye-safe lasers is a priority of modern laser technology. This paper focuses on the influence of the concentration of Yb3+ ions on the spectroscopic properties of Er3+,Yb3+:YAG transparent ceramics. Four…
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