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Raman studies of nanocomposite SiCN thin film by sputtering showed that with an increase of substrate temperature from room temperature to 500oC, a transition from mostly sp2 graphitic phase to sp3 carbon took place which was observed from…
In this manuscript, we report the results of optical properties of SnS thin films, deposited on FTO coated glass substrates at room temperature by thermal evaporation technique. In addition, the effect of film thickness on the optical…
The generation of a current by light is a key process in optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices. In band semiconductors, depletion fields associated with interfaces separate long-lived photo-induced carriers. However, in systems with…
We theoretically investigate photothermal heating of ultra-flexible metamaterials, which are obtained by randomly mixing TiN nanoparticles in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Due to the plasmonic properties of TiN nanoparticles, incident light…
Nitride perovskites are an emerging class of materials predicted to exhibit diverse functional properties, yet remain underexplored due to synthesis challenges of oxygen-free nitrides. Recently, LaMoN$_3$ has been reported as an oxygen-free…
We use ultrafast x-ray pulses to characterize the lattice response of SrTiO3 when driven by strong terahertz (THz) fields. We observe transient changes in the diffraction intensity with a delayed onset with respect to the driving field.…
Functional materials that can serve as high-pressure transducers are limited, making such sensor material sought after. It has been reported that hydrostatic pressures highly influence Raman shifts of ZrSiO4. Therefore, zirconium silicate…
Inelastic light scattering is an intensively used tool in the study of electronic properties of solids. Triggered by the discovery of high temperature superconductivity in the cuprates and by new developments in instrumentation, light…
Layered materials (LMs), such as graphite, hexagonal boron nitride, and transition-metal dichalcogenides, are at the centre of an ever increasing research effort, due to their scientific and technological relevance. Raman and infrared…
Knowledge of the electronic band structure of multiferroic oxides, crucial for the understanding and tuning of photo-induced effects, remains very limited even in the model and thoroughly studied BiFeO3. Here, we investigate the electronic…
The emergent photoactive materials through photochemistry make it possible to directly convert photon energy to mechanical work. There is much recent work in developing appropriate materials and a promising new system is semi-crystalline…
Stimulated globular scattering (SGS) characteristics (frequency shifts, threshold, conversion efficiency) have been studied in photonic crystals (synthetic opal matrices and opal nanocomposites) at different temperatures. Results have been…
The modulated optical reflectance (MOR) measurement technique was applied to colossal magnetoresistive materials, in particular, La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 (LSMO) thin films. The contactless measurement scheme is prospective for many applications…
High-temperature operation of metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) UV photodetectors fabricated on pulsed laser deposited \b{eta}-Ga2O3 thin films has been investigated. These photodetectors were operated up to 250 {\deg}C temperature under 255…
In this letter, we study how coupling between AuNPs and ZnO thin films affects their emission properties. The emission intensity of ZnO thin films changes when Al2O3 spacer layer of different thickness are included in ZnO/Au films,…
The frequency-dependent polar dynamics of strained SrTiO3 films grown on DyScO3 are investigated using time-resolved confocal scanning optical microscopy. Microwave frequency electric fields are synchronized with a mode-locked laser and…
The force exerted on a material by an incident beam of light is dependent upon the material's velocity in the laboratory frame of reference. This velocity dependence is known to be diffcult to measure, as it is proportional to the incident…
Antimony sulfide (Sb$_2$S$_3$), a compound of earth-abundant elements with highly anisotropic, quasi-layered crystal structure, triggered growing interest as a solar absorber in photovoltaics and as a phase change material in memory…
Resonant soft x-ray absorption measurements at the O K edge on a SrMnO3/LaMnO3 superlattice show a shoulder at the energy of doped holes, which corresponds to the main peak of resonant scattering from the modulation in the doped hole…