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We present a framework to calculate the anisotropic and non-linear photoconductivity for two band systems with application to graphene. In contrast to the usual perturbative (second order in the optical field strength) techniques, we…
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The bulk upper critical field H_{c2}(T) of superconducting MgB_2 and its anisotropy are established by analyzing experimental data on the temperature and magnetic field dependences of the ab-plane thermal conductivity of a…
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Black phosphorous (BP) is a layered semiconductor with high carrier mobility, anisotropic optical response and wide bandgap tunability. In view of its application in optoelectronic devices, understanding transient photo-induced effects is…
The complex theoretical and experimental studies of the band structure and the optical functions of the Cu2CdGeSe4 quaternary crystals are reported. The benchmark band structure calculations were performed using the first-principles…
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We are able to disentagle the effects of the intraband and interband parts of the bulk dielectric function on the bare dielectric anisotropy of the surface. We show how the position, sign and amplitude of the structures observed in such…
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The optical conductivity $\sigma(\omega,T)$ of CeRhSn was studied by broadband infrared spectroscopy. Temperature-dependent spectral weight transfer occurs over high energy ($0.8\,$eV) and temperature (${\sim}500\,$K) scales, classifying…
It is demonstrated by SQUID magnetization measurements that (Ga,Mn)As films can exhibit rich characteristics of magnetic anisotropy depending not only to the epitaxial strain but being strongly influenced by the hole and Mn concentration,…
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We demonstrated theoretically that the renormalization of the electron energy spectrum near the Dirac point of graphene by a strong high-frequency electromagnetic field (dressing field) drastically depends on polarization of the field.…
Highly asymmetric optical properties of b-Ga2O3 are investigated by polarization-dependent photoluminescence (PL) excitation spectroscopy for assessing its potential use for a novel ultraviolet emitter and nonlinear optical material. Based…