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Here the line shape of the up- and down-spin one-particle spectral functions at and in the (k,energy)-plane's vicinity of their cusp singularities is studied for the Mott-Hubbard insulator described by the 1D Hubbard model with one fermion…
The strain effects on the spin-orbit induced splitting of the valence band maximum and conduction band minimum in monolayer MoS2 and the gap in graphene are calculated using first-principles calculations. The dependence of these splittings…
We studied theoretically the excitonic energy levels and the optical absorption spectra for double quantum wells, both symmetric and asymmetric, in the presece of an homogeneous magnetic field. Within the effective mass approach, we…
We study the effect of Coulomb interactions on the low energy band structure of single-layer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors using an effective low energy model. We show how a large conduction band spin splitting and a spin…
Linear and non-linear spectroscopies are powerful tools used to investigate the energetics and dynamics of electronic excited states of both molecules and crystals. While highly accurate \emph{ab initio} calculations of molecular spectra…
Raman spectra of few-layer MoSe2 were measured with 8 excitation energies. New peaks that appear only near resonance with various exciton states are analyzed, and the modes are assigned. The resonance profiles of the Raman peaks reflect the…
The electronic and optical properties of spherical nanoheterostructures are studied within the semi-empirical $sp^{3}s^{*}$ tight-binding model including the spin-orbit interaction. We use a symmetry-based approach previously applied to…
We present a comprehensive optical study of thin films of tungsten disulfide (WS$_2$) with layer thicknesses ranging from mono- to octalayer and in the bulk limit. It is shown that the optical band-gap absorption of monolayer WS$_2$ is…
We study x-ray absorption spectra of azobenzene-functionalized self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), investigating excitations from the nitrogen K edge. Azobenzene with H-termination and functionalized with CF3 groups is considered. The…
We present a new model for the study of spin-orbit coupling in interacting quasi-one-dimensional systems and solve it exactly to find the spectral properties of such systems. We show that the combination of spin-orbit coupling and…
Linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients of the two-dimensional semiconductor ring in the perpendicular magnetic field $\bf B$ are calculated within independent electron approximation. Characteristic feature of the energy…
We present a theory of phonon-assisted optical two-magnon absorption in two-leg spin-ladders. Based on the strong intra-rung-coupling limit we show that collective excitations of total spin S=0, 1 and 2 exist outside of the two-magnon…
We measure the second-harmonic (SH) response of MoS$_2$ in a broad fundamental photon energy range between 0.85 and 1.7 eV, and present a continuous SH spectrum capturing signatures of both the fundamental A and B excitons in addition to…
Here we embark on a thorough investigation of the magneto-optical absorption in semiconducting {\em spherical} quantum dots characterized by a confining harmonic potential and an applied magnetic field in the symmetric gauge. This is done…
The quasiparticle (QP) band structures of both strainless and strained monolayer MoS$_{2}$ are investigated using more accurate many body perturbation \emph{GW} theory and maximally localized Wannier functions (MLWFs) approach. By solving…
An excitonic approach to the ultrafast optical response of confined semiconductors at elevated densities below the Mott transition is presented. The theory is valid from the coherent regime, where coherent excitonic transitions and…
We investigate the effect of exciton coupling on the optical absorption spectrum of polymer molecules under conditions of strong inhomogeneous broadening. We demonstrate that the dependence of the maximum in the rescaled absorption spectrum…
We present a mixed quantum-classical framework for the microscopic and non-Markovian modeling of exciton-phonon scattering in solid-state materials, and apply it to calculate the optical linewidths of monolayer MoS2. Within this framework,…
Low-temperature (1.8 K) excitonic absorption, reflection and photoluminescence spectra of mixed $Zn(P_{1 - x}As_{x})_{2}$ crystals were studied at $x = $0.01, 0.02, 0.03 and 0.05. Energy gap and rydbergs of excitonic B, C and A-series…
Quantum interference between one- and two-photon absorption pathways allows coherent control of interband transitions in unbiased bulk semiconductors; carrier population, carrier spin polarization, photocurrent injection, and spin current…