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VO2-operated stub and rectangular cavity-based plasmonic refractive index sensor for biomolecules detection 用于生物分子检测的基于vo2的短段和矩形腔的等离子体折射率传感器

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116307

Diksha Chauhan , Zen Sbeah , Vishal Sorathiya , Ram Prakash Dwivedi

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Three-frequency optical switch with dynamically tunable and polarimetric insensitive multifunctional device 三频光开关，动态可调，偏振不敏感多功能装置

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116297

Li jie , Jun Zhu , Xiner Chen

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Effect of the tilt on the three-dimensional quantum Hall effect in tilted Weyl semimetals 倾斜对倾斜Weyl半金属中三维量子霍尔效应的影响

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116289

Mingqi Chang , Rong Ma , Li Sheng

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Influence of phonon focusing on the anisotropy of the drag thermopower in single-crystalline nanowires based on noble metals 声子聚焦对贵金属单晶纳米线拖曳热能各向异性的影响

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116298

I.I. Kuleyev, I.G. Kuleyev

{"title":"Influence of phonon focusing on the anisotropy of the drag thermopower in single-crystalline nanowires based on noble metals","authors":"I.I. Kuleyev, I.G. Kuleyev","doi":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116298","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116298","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We have investigated the influence of phonon focusing on the electron-phonon drag and thermopower in Au-, Ag-, and Cu-based nanowires at low temperatures. Also, we have examined the role of quasi-longitudinal and quasi-transverse phonons, as well as shear waves in the drag thermopower of the nanostructures. The anisotropy of the lattice drag thermopower, thermal conductivity, and phonon mean free paths in noble metal-based nanowires is analyzed in the Knudsen phonon gas flow regime. In this case, the drag thermopower of nanowires follows the temperature dependence <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>α</mi><mtext>drag</mtext></msub><mo>∼</mo><msup><mi>T</mi><mn>4</mn></msup></mrow></math></span>, with a dominant contribution of the slow quasi-transverse <em>t</em><sub>2</sub>-mode for all heat flux directions. It is shown that, under conditions of competition between boundary and volume mechanisms of phonon relaxation, the anisotropy of the drag thermopower in Ag crystals decreases monotonically as the cross-section of nanowires increases and disappears when the cross-section is <span><math><mrow><mi>D</mi><mo>></mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow></math></span> μm.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20181,"journal":{"name":"Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 116298"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Corrigendum to ‘Electric and thermoelectric response for Weyl and multi-Weyl semimetals in planar Hall configurations including the effects of strain’ [Phys. E 159 (2024) 115914] “平面霍尔结构中Weyl和多Weyl半金属的电和热电响应，包括应变的影响”的更正[物理学]。E 159 (2024) 115914]

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116282

Rahul Ghosh , Ipsita Mandal

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The effect of nonlinear spin-orbit interaction on decay and recovery of 2D injected electrons spin polarization and velocity quantum oscillations 非线性自旋轨道相互作用对二维注入电子自旋极化和速度量子振荡衰减和恢复的影响

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116286

N.S. Maslova , P.I. Arseyev , V.N. Mantsevich

{"title":"The effect of nonlinear spin-orbit interaction on decay and recovery of 2D injected electrons spin polarization and velocity quantum oscillations","authors":"N.S. Maslova , P.I. Arseyev , V.N. Mantsevich","doi":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116286","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116286","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We have theoretically studied the dynamics of spin <span><math><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span> charged particles injected into a two-dimensional system with spin-orbit interaction in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field, focusing on the role of the nonlinear part of the spin-orbit coupling. We showed that the spin polarization of these particles exhibits quantum oscillations, decay (collapses), and recovery (revivals), and can be effectively controlled due to the contribution from the nonlinear terms in the spin–orbit interaction. The presence of the nonlinear component of the spin-orbit coupling leads to more prominent oscillations in the particles’ spin polarization, resulting from the phase-locked motion of the particles, or to the emergence of chaotic behavior due to dephasing effects, depending on the system’s parameters. We have also analyzed the velocity dynamics of the charged particles and identified a beating regime when time intervals with constant velocity are alternated with time intervals of oscillating velocity amplitudes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20181,"journal":{"name":"Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 116286"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Magneto-optical absorption properties of silicene: Equations of motion method 硅烯的磁光吸收特性：运动方程法

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116290

Nguyen N. Hieu , Vo T. Anh Thu , Dao T. Tien , Nguyen T. Tam , Huynh V. Phuc

{"title":"Magneto-optical absorption properties of silicene: Equations of motion method","authors":"Nguyen N. Hieu , Vo T. Anh Thu , Dao T. Tien , Nguyen T. Tam , Huynh V. Phuc","doi":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116290","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116290","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we explore the magneto-optical response of monolayer silicene subjected to perpendicular electric and magnetic fields by analyzing its optical response functions derived through the equation of motion approach. Both intraband and interband transitions are analyzed in detail. Our results show that the absorption spectrum is highly sensitive to the electron density, which controls the Fermi level and thereby determines the possible optical transitions. At high electron densities, the first interband transition peak shifts to higher energies, while the intraband peaks become more pronounced due to the reduced transition energies. The response also shows strong polarization dependence: left-handed circular polarization enhances absorption, while right-handed polarization suppresses it. A characteristic “half-peak” structure arises from asymmetric Pauli blocking. Magnetic fields effectively modulate peak positions and intensities, whereas electric fields play a lesser role under strong quantization. These findings highlight silicene’s tunability for infrared and terahertz optoelectronic applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20181,"journal":{"name":"Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 116290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144105777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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First-principles exploration of novel two-dimensional CrAl2S4 monolayer with high spin polarization 新型二维高自旋极化CrAl2S4单层的第一性原理探索

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116296

Haiming Huang , Ziyu Liu , Mingyang Yang , Xuejing Yang , Cheng Liu , Yongjin Hu , Jie Chen , Yonghong Hu , Amel Laref

{"title":"First-principles exploration of novel two-dimensional CrAl2S4 monolayer with high spin polarization","authors":"Haiming Huang , Ziyu Liu , Mingyang Yang , Xuejing Yang , Cheng Liu , Yongjin Hu , Jie Chen , Yonghong Hu , Amel Laref","doi":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116296","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116296","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Based on first-principles calculations, we have designed a novel two-dimensional material, CrAl<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> monolayer, which is isomorphic to MoSi<sub>2</sub>N<sub>4</sub>. The CrAl<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> monolayer is a half-metallic magnetic material with 100 % spin polarization in the equilibrium, and the Curie temperature is predicted to be 305 K. The phonon dispersion spectrum and molecular dynamics ensure the dynamic stability of this monolayer material. The research results show that CrAl<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> monolayer exhibits very robust half-metallicity under strain modulation. Notably, when a compressive strain of −3 % is applied, CrAl<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> monolayer transforms into a spin gapless semiconductor that also has a 100 % spin polarization. The results considering the Hubbard correction indicate that CrAl<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> monolayer either exhibits half-metallic characteristics or behaves as a spin gapless semiconductor. The calculations of the magnetic anisotropy energy show that CrAl<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> monolayer has a relatively large magnetic anisotropy energy along the (001) direction. The high spin polarization rate, robust half-metallicity, tunable electronic structures, and significant magnetic anisotropy exhibited by CrAl<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> monolayer indicate that it is a progressing material with great potential for application in spintronic devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20181,"journal":{"name":"Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 116296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144107716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hybridization of three types topological states in graphene plasmonic crystals 石墨烯等离子体晶体中三种拓扑态的杂化

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116293

Bangyu Li , Shengqun Guo , Shiqi Qiu , Lei Xu , Weibin Qiu

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Singlet-triplet splitting and Mollow triplet dynamics in impurity-doped core/shell quantum dots 掺杂核壳量子点的单重态-三重态分裂和Mollow三重态动力学

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Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2025.116292

E.S. Hakobyan , G.A. Mantashian , D.B. Hayrapetyan , P.A. Mantashyan

{"title":"Singlet-triplet splitting and Mollow triplet dynamics in impurity-doped core/shell quantum dots","authors":"E.S. Hakobyan , G.A. Mantashian , D.B. Hayrapetyan , P.A. Mantashyan","doi":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116292","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physe.2025.116292","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While previous studies have explored singlet–triplet splitting in quantum dots with various geometries and material compositions for high-fidelity qubit design, core/shell QDs—particularly CdSe/CdS— have not been extensively investigated for this purpose. Given their advantageous optical properties, this study aims to investigate the electronic and optical behavior of a two-electron system confined in a CdSe/CdS core/shell QD modeled with a Woods–Saxon potential, incorporating a monovalent off-center impurity. We analyze how the singlet–triplet energy splitting depends on the core-to-shell size ratio and explore the system's response to external electric fields.</div><div>Using the effective mass approximation and perturbation theory, we show that for a core radius of 0.5 nm, increasing the shell thickness from 0.5 nm to 2 nm reduces the singlet–triplet splitting from 0.245 eV to 0.085 eV (a 65.3 % decrease). For a 2 nm core, the reduction is smaller—28.4 %—indicating weaker confinement effects. The dynamics under an external electric field reveal Rabi oscillations with tunable frequency and amplitude; increasing the field from 0.5 to 2 kV/cm shortens the oscillation period from ∼0.10 ps to ∼0.05 ps. At field strengths above 1.5 kV/cm, the triplet state becomes more probable than the singlet state during certain time intervals. We also analyze the Mollow triplet evolution and find that sideband separation grows proportionally with the Rabi frequency. These results highlight the tunability of singlet–triplet transitions in CdSe/CdS QDs, offering promising avenues for optical control in solid-state quantum information applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20181,"journal":{"name":"Physica E-low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 116292"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144070963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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