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We review the results of an extensive investigation of photoemission spectral weight using electronic models for the high-Tc superconductors. Here we show that some recently reported unusual features of the cuprates namely the presence of…
The basic features of multi-band superconductivity and its implications are derived. In particular, it is shown that enhancements of the superconducting transition temperature take place due to interband interactions. In addition, isotope…
We have conducted temperature dependent Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES) study of the electronic structure of n-, p- type PbTe, PbSe and PbS, which are pre- mier thermoelectric materials. Our ARPES measurements on them…
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Accurate ab initio calculations of the energy levels of the superheavy elements Z=112 are presented. Relativistic Hartree-Fock and configuration interaction methods are combined with the many-body perturbation theory to construct the…
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We present a theoretical and experimental study of superconducting ring resonators as an initial step toward their implementation in superconducting electronics and quantum technologies, with promising applications including superconducting…
The question of pairing glue for the cuprate superconductors (SC)is revisited and its determination through the angle resolved photo-emission spectroscopy (ARPES) is discussed in detail. There are two schools of thoughts about the pairing…
A theory of the electronic response in spin and charge disordered media is developed with the particular aim to describe III-V dilute magnetic semiconductors like GaMnAs. The theory combines a detailed k.p description of the valence band,…
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In this paper, we introduce a superconvergent approximation method that employs radial basis functions (RBFs) in the numerical solution of conservation laws. The use of RBFs for interpolation and approximation is a well developed area of…
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Magnetic resonance coupling (MRC) is widely used for wireless power transfer (WPT) applications, but little work has explored how MRC phenomena could be exploited for sensing applications. This paper introduces, validates and evaluates the…
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