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We report a comprehensive study of the tuning with electric fields of the resonant magneto-exciton optical phonon coupling in gated graphene. For magnetic fields around $B \sim 25$ T which correspond to the range of the fundamental…
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Perovskite manganites are quantum materials exhibiting competing interactions inducing colossal magnetoresistance (CMR). The prevailing theory of CMR highlights the essential role of electron-phonon coupling (EPC), but mounting evidence…
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Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) in bilayer graphene (BLG) at different doping levels is studied by first-principles calculations. The phonons considered are long-wavelength high-energy symmetric (S) and antisymmetric (AS) optical modes. Both…
When magnons and phonons, the fundamental quasiparticles of the solid, are coupled to one another, they form a new hybrid quasi-particle, leading to novel phenomena and interesting applications. Despite its wide-ranging importance, however,…
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Nematicity is ubiquitous in electronic phases of high-$T_c$ superconductors, particularly in the Fe-based systems. While several experiments have probed nematic fluctuations, they have been restricted to uniform or momentum averaged…
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The large antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in the parent high-$T_{\rm c}$ cuprate superconductors is believed to play a crucial role in pairing the superconducting carriers. The recent observation of superconductivity in hole-doped…
Recent results of the study of the particle-phonon coupling (PC) effects in odd magic and semi-magic nuclei within the self-consistent theory of finite Fermi systems are reviewed. In addition to the usual pole diagrams, the non-pole ones…
An investigation of possibilities for superconductivity mediated by spin fluctuations in some elementary metals is motivated by the recent discovery of superconductivity in the hcp high-pressure phase of iron. The electronic structure, the…
Ultrafast spectroscopy under simultaneous high pressure and magnetic field provides a versatile approach for investigating pressure-driven electronic instabilities and correlated phases, and for probing potential bulk superconducting…
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