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Metal reflects electromagnetic waves because of the large conductivity that is responsible for dissipation. During which the waves undergo a 180$^\circ$ phase change that is independent of the frequency. There is no counterpart material for…
The use of cylindrical elastic shells as elements in acoustic metamaterial devices is demonstrated through simulations and underwater measurements of a cylindrical-to-plane wave lens. Transformation acoustics (TA) of a circular region to a…
Electron diffraction through a thin patterned silicon membrane can be used to create complex spatial modulations in electron distributions by varying the intensity of different reflections using parameters such as crystallographic…
A new class of wideband bandpass filters based on using thick metallic bars as microwave resonators, instead of common microstrip lines, is presented. These bars provide a series of advantages over fully planar printed technologies,…
In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of the optical bistability in a metallic silver-Bragg reflector structure by embedding bilayer MoS2 at the visible band. The nonlinear OB is achieved due to the nonlinear conductivity of the…
Hybridisation of electronic bands of two-dimensional materials, assembled into twistronic heterostructures, enables one to tune their optoelectronic properties by selecting conditions for resonant interlayer hybridisation. Resonant…
An Fe/Au monatomic multilayer, consisting of alternating single Fe and Au layers, has been studied by means of the self-consistent full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method. We show by total energy minimization that this…
We have constructed an atom interferometer of the Mach-Zehnder type, operating with a supersonic beam of lithium. Atom diffraction uses Bragg diffraction on laser standing waves. With first order diffraction, our apparatus has given a large…
High-reflectance group III-nitride distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) were deposited by MOCVD on Si (111) substrates. A reflectance greater than 96% was demonstrated for the first time for an AlN/GaN DBR with a stop-band centered in the…
Monochromators and analyzers for X-rays of energy $>$ 5 keV are overwhelmingly made from silicon crystals, of which large specimens of high purity and low defect density are readily available. Germanium and diamond crystals are also…
In this paper, we derive a model from Maxwell equations for the magnetic resonance of split-ring resonators. Using this model we revisit the scaling of split-ring resonators. Inspired by our model, we propose a new type of split-hybrid…
We propose a thin, compact, broadband, polarization and angle insensitive metamaterial absorber based on a tungsten reflector, silicon spacer and a top pattern composed of a double square-like ring resonator utilizing nickel(Ni). In such a…
The quasi-two-dimensional magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Se$_4$, stabilized via non-equilibrium molecular beam epitaxy, is investigated by resonant soft x-ray scattering. Kiessig fringes are observed, confirming a high sample…
Possible ways of identification are discussed of an electronic order of higher multipoles such as octupoles and hexadecapoles. A particularly powerful method is resonant X-ray scattering (RXS) using quadrupolar resonance processes called…
A method is proposed to experimentally determine the effective complex permeability of split-ring resonator (SRR) arrays used in the design of metamaterials at microwave frequencies. We analyze the microwave response of a loop-gap resonator…
We present high-reflectivity mechanical resonators fabricated from AlGaAs heterostructures for use in free-space optical cavities operating in the telecom wavelength regime. The mechanical resonators are fabricated in slabs of GaAs and…
Monolithic integration of multiband (1.4~ 6.0 GHz) RF acoustic devices were successfully demonstrated within the same process flow by using the lithium niobate (LN) thin film on silicon carbide (LNOSiC) substrate. A novel surface mode with…
The suitability of Ti as a band gap modifier for $\alpha$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ was investigated, taking advantage of the isostructural {\alpha}-phases and high band gap difference between Ti$_2$O$_3$ and Ga$_2$O$_3$. Films of Ti:Ga$_2$O$_3$, with a…
Reflectance and magneto-reflectance experiments together with theoretical modelling based on the $\mathbf{k\cdot p}$ approach have been employed to study the evolution of direct bandgap excitons in MoS$_2$ layers with a thickness ranging…
Phase transition materials are promising for realization of switchable optics. In this work, we show reflectance resonances in the near-infrared and long-wave infrared wavelengths in highly subwavelength partially oxidized Vanadium thin…