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Multi-Weyl semimetals are new types of Weyl semimetals which have anisotropic non-linear energy dispersion and a topological charge larger than one, thus exhibiting a unique quantum response. Using a unified lattice model, we calculate the…

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Line waves are recently discovered wave entities that are localized along two directions, and therefore can be viewed as the one-dimensional counterpart of surface waves. These waves can be supported at discontinuities of the surface…

We continue our explorations of the transport characteristics in junction-configurations comprising semimetals with quadratic band-crossings, observed in the bandstructures of both two- and three-dimensional materials. Here, we consider…

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Theoretical description of oscillations of electron liquid in large metallic nanospheres (with radius of few tens nm) is formulated within random-phase-approximation semiclassical scheme. Spectrum of plasmons is determined including both…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 W. Jacak , J. Krasnyj , J. Jacak , R. Gonczarek , A. Chepok , L. Jacak , D. Z. Hu , D. Schaadt

He atom scattering has been demonstrated to be a sensitive probe of the electron-phonon interaction parameter $\lambda$ at metal and metal-overlayer surfaces. Here it is shown that the theory linking $\lambda$ to the thermal attenuation of…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-26 G. Benedek , S. Miret-Artés , J. R. Manson , A. Ruckhofer , W. E. Ernst , A. Tamtögl

Hyperbolic metasurfaces have gained significant attention due to their extraordinary electromagnetic properties to control propagating plane waves, but the excitation and propagation of the surface plasmon-polaritons at hyperbolic…

An effective-medium theory (EMT) is developed to predict the effective permittivity \epsilon_eff of dense random dispersions of high optical-conductivity metals such as Ag, Au and Cu. Dependence of \epsilon_eff on the volume fraction \phi,…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-04 Satvik N. Wani , Ashok S. Sangani , Radhakrishna Sureshkumar

In the presence of an external magnetic field, the surface plasmon polariton that exists at the metal-dielectric interface is believed to support a unidirectional frequency range near the surface plasmon frequency, where the surface plasmon…

We investigate the dispersion properties of the acoustic surface waves on surface of elastic metamaterials. With an analytical approach, we show that unconventional acoustic surface waves, with dispersion behaviors very similar to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-01-06 Ke Deng , Zhaojian He , Yiqun Ding , Heping Zhao , Zhengyou Liu

We investigate the propagation of surface waves along a spatially dispersive graphene sheet, including substrate effects. The proposed analysis derives the admittances of an equivalent circuit of graphene able to handle spatial dispersion,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-03 J. S. Gomez-Diaz , J. R. Mosig , J. Perruisseau-Carrier

We present a concrete picture of spoof surface plasmons (SSPs) combined with cavity resonance to clarify the basic mechanism underlying extraordinary light transmission through metal films with subwavelength slits or holes. This picture may…

Optics · Physics 2009-03-23 X. R. Huang , R. W. Peng , Z. Wang , F. Gao , S. S. Jiang

The optical conductivity of a metal near a quantum critical point (QCP) is expected to depend on frequency not only via the scattering time but also via the effective mass, which acquires a singular frequency dependence near a QCP. We check…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-11-29 Andrey V. Chubukov , Dmitrii L. Maslov

Hard surfaces or magnetic surfaces can be used to propagate quasi-TEM modes inside closed waveguides. The interesting feature of these modes is an almost uniform field distribution inside the waveguide. But the mechanisms governing how…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Raphaël Pierre , Gérard Tayeb , Boris Gralak , Stefan Enoch

A configuration to excite the Uller-Zenneck surface electromagnetic waves at the planar interfaces of homogeneous and isotropic dielectric materials is proposed and theoretically analyzed. The Uller-Zenneck waves are surface waves that can…

Optics · Physics 2017-12-19 Mehran Rasheed , Muhammad Faryad

The interaction between a linear electron beam and a guided electromagnetic wave is studied in the contest of exceptional points of degeneracy (EPD) supported by such an interactive system. The study focuses on the case of a linear beam…

The surface plasmon oscillations spectra in noble metal nanoparticles - rods and spheroids embedded in a host matrix is analyzed theoretically. The important role of - electrons in formation of surface plasmon resonances is shown. A simple…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Armen Melikyan , Hayk Minassian

There is a substantial interest in the heterostructures of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) amongst each other or with arbitrary materials, through which the control of the chemical, structural, electronic,…

We demonstrate that the plasmon frequency and Drude weight of the electron liquid in a doped graphene sheet are strongly renormalized by electron-electron interactions even in the long-wavelength limit. This effect is not captured by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-19 Saeed H. Abedinpour , G. Vignale , A. Principi , Marco Polini , Wang-Kong Tse , A. H. MacDonald

The polarization degree of freedom is an inherent feature of plane waves propagating in an isotropic homogeneous medium. The miniaturization of optical systems leads to the high localization of electromagnetic waves, but also to the loss of…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-28 Rui Li , Sergey Polevoy , Vladimir Tuz , Oleh Yermakov

Atomic rearrangements within crystals lie at the foundation of electron-phonon-coupled phenomena such as metal-insulator transition and superconductivity. Advanced laser-pump-probe studies have recently focused on various…