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Physical Review B
Physical Review B is the APS journal devoted to condensed matter and materials physics. Our goal is to publish the most important, stimulating, and useful papers for our international community of researchers spanning many subdisciplines. We welcome your comments and suggestions via feedback@aps.org. More...
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Second harmonic image of a MoS 2 atomic crystal. [Leandro M. Malard, Thonimar V. Alencar, Ana Paula M. Barboza, Kin Fai Mak, and Ana M. de Paula, Phys. Rev. B 87, 201401 (2013) ] Read Article | More Kaleidoscope Images
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June 10, 2013
New experiments show how to optically initialize a specific spin state of a single manganese atom placed inside a quantum dot for spintronics applications. [Viewpoint on Phys. Rev. B 87, 245306 (2013)] Read Article | More viewpoints |
May 20, 2013 During the past few years, Physical Review B has been changing. The new Editor, Laurens Molenkamp, clarifies current thinking on the standard for papers PRB wishes to publish and the scope of the journal.
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May 13, 2013
A newly discovered type of magnetoresistance, resulting from spin-dependent scattering at a metal-magnet interface, may potentially be used to study the magnetization in insulating magnets or to develop new spintronic devices. [Viewpoint on Phys. Rev. B 87, 174417 (2013)] [Viewpoint on Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 206601 (2013)] Read Article | More viewpoints |
March 12, 2013  Readers can now conveniently access APS journals from home, on mobile devices, or while traveling by linking their institution’s subscriptions to their personal APS Journal Account. To link the subscriptions, simply click on the new Go Mobile! button that appears on article pages when accessing the journals from your institution.
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February 6, 2013  The editors of the APS journals have selected 142 new Outstanding Referees for 2013, out of more than 60,000 currently active referees. Initiated in 2008, the highly selective Outstanding Referee program recognizes scientists who have been exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication in the APS journals. Selections are based on two decades of records on the number, quality, and timeliness of referee reports. The 2013 honorees come from 27 different countries, with large contingents from the US, Germany, UK, Canada, and France. The decisions were difficult and there are many excellent referees who have yet to be recognized. By means of the program, APS expresses appreciation to all referees, whose efforts in peer review not only keep the standards of the journals at a high level, but in many cases also help authors to improve the quality and readability of their articles—even those that are not published by APS. For more information and a listing of all Outstanding Referees, please visit http://publish.aps.org/OutstandingReferees.
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Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects
Huajun Liu, Ping Yang, Zhen Fan, Amit Kumar, Kui Yao, Khuong Phuong Ong, Kaiyang Zeng, and John Wang
Strain engineering, which employs biaxial misfit strain to deform the crystal structure, is a powerful tool to tune the physical behavior of epitaxial thin films. Here we show that a 10-nm-thick BiFeO3 film is uniaxially strained by (110)-oriented LaAlO3 substrate, which exhibits a monoclinic lattic... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220101 (2013)] Published Thu Jun 6, 2013
Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems
A. Alan Middleton
The nature of equilibrium states in disordered materials is often studied using an overlap function P(q), the probability of two configurations having similarity q. Exact sampling simulations of a two-dimensional proxy for three-dimensional spin glasses indicate that common measures of P(q) in small... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220201 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 7, 2013
Magnetism
Z. Q. Liu, W. M. Lü, S. L. Lim, X. P. Qiu, N. N. Bao, M. Motapothula, J. B. Yi, M. Yang, S. Dhar, T. Venkatesan, and Ariando
The search for oxide-based room-temperature ferromagnetism has been one of the holy grails in condensed matter physics. Room-temperature ferromagnetism observed in Nb-doped SrTiO3 single crystals is reported in this Rapid Communication. The ferromagnetism can be eliminated by air annealing (making t... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220405 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Aline Y. Ramos, Hélio C. N. Tolentino, Márcio M. Soares, Stéphane Grenier, Oana Bunău, Yves Joly, François Baudelet, Fabrice Wilhelm, Andrei Rogalev, Raquel A. Souza, Narcizo M. Souza-Neto, Olivier Proux, Denis Testemale, and Alberto Caneiro
The emergence of a ferromagnetic component in LaMnO3 with low Cr-for-Mn substitution has been studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism at the Mn and Cr K edges. The local magnetic moment strengths for Mn and Cr are proportional to each other and follow the macro... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220404 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 10, 2013
S. Chillal, M. Thede, F. J. Litterst, S. N. Gvasaliya, T. A. Shaplygina, S. G. Lushnikov, and A. Zheludev
The disordered antiferromagnet PbFe1/2Nb1/2O3 is investigated in a wide temperature range by combining Mössbauer spectroscopy and neutron diffraction experiments. It is demonstrated that the magnetic ground state is a microscopic coexistence of antiferromagnetic and spin-glass orders. This speromagn... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220403 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 10, 2013
L. Makinistian, Muhammad M. Faiz, Raghava P. Panguluri, B. Balke, S. Wurmehl, C. Felser, E. A. Albanesi, A. G. Petukhov, and B. Nadgorny
Co2FeSi, a Heusler alloy with the highest magnetic moment per unit cell and the highest Curie temperature, has largely been described theoretically as a half-metal. This conclusion, however, disagrees with point contact Andreev reflection (PCAR) spectroscopy measurements, which give much lower value... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220402 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 7, 2013
Henrik Enoksen, Asle Sudbø, and Jacob Linder
It has recently been proposed that spin-transfer torques in magnetic systems with anisotropic exchange can be strongly enhanced, reducing the characteristic current density with up to four orders of magnitude compared to conventional setups. Motivated by this, we analytically solve the equations of ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220401 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 7, 2013
Superfluidity and superconductivity
J. D. Strand, Matthew Ware, Félix Beaudoin, T. A. Ohki, B. R. Johnson, Alexandre Blais, and B. L. T. Plourde
We demonstrate rapid, first-order sideband transitions between a superconducting resonator and a frequency-modulated transmon qubit. The qubit contains a substantial asymmetry between its Josephson junctions leading to a linear portion of the energy band near the resonator frequency. The sideband tr... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220505 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 7, 2013
Emiko Arahata, Titus Neupert, and Manfred Sigrist
Twin boundaries are generic crystalline defects in noncentrosymmetric crystal structures. We study theoretically twin boundaries in time-reversal-symmetric noncentrosymmetric superconductors that admit parity-mixed Cooper pairing. Twin boundaries support spin currents as a consequence of this parity... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220504 (2013)] Published Thu Jun 6, 2013
Junhyeok Bang, Zhi Li, Y. Y. Sun, Amit Samanta, Y. Y. Zhang, Wenhao Zhang, Lili Wang, X. Chen, Xucun Ma, Q.-K. Xue, and S. B. Zhang
Using first-principles calculation, we propose an interface structure for single triple-layer FeSe on the SrTiO3(001) surface, a high-Tc superconductor found recently. The key component of this structure is the oxygen deficiency on the top layer of the SrTiO3 substrate, as a result of Se etching use... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220503 (2013)] Published Thu Jun 6, 2013
Taewan Noh, Manuel Houzet, Julia S. Meyer, and Venkat Chandrasekhar
Nonlocal charge correlations induced in two normal metals contacted separately to a superconductor have been studied intensively in the past few years. Here we investigate nonlocal correlations induced by the transfer of pure spin currents through a superconductor on a scale comparable to the superc... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220502 (2013)] Published Thu Jun 6, 2013
Y. L. Wang, M. L. Latimer, Z. L. Xiao, R. Divan, L. E. Ocola, G. W. Crabtree, and W. K. Kwok
The maximum current (critical current) a type-II superconductor can transmit without energy loss is limited by the motion of the quantized magnetic flux penetrating into a superconductor. Introducing nanoscale holes into a superconducting film has been long pursued as a promising way to increase the... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220501 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 5, 2013
Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems
Andrew J. A. James and Robert M. Konik
We describe an algorithm for studying the entanglement entropy and spectrum of two-dimensional (2D) systems, as a coupled array of N one-dimensional chains in their continuum limit. Using the algorithm to study the quantum Ising model in 2D (both in its disordered phase and near criticality), we con... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241103 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
S. Ghannadzadeh, J. S. Möller, P. A. Goddard, T. Lancaster, F. Xiao, S. J. Blundell, A. Maisuradze, R. Khasanov, J. L. Manson, S. W. Tozer, D. Graf, and J. A. Schlueter
We present the results of high-field magnetization and muon-spin relaxation measurements on the coordination polymer CuF2(H2O)2(pyrazine) in pressures up to 22.5 kbar. We observe a transition from a quasi-two-dimensional to a quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnetic phase at 9.1 kbar, driven by a rot... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241102 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 12, 2013
Frank Lechermann, Lewin Boehnke, and Daniel Grieger
The interface electronic structure of correlated LaTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattices is investigated by means of the charge self-consistent combination of the local density approximation (LDA) to density functional theory with dynamical mean-field theory. Utilizing a pseudopotential technique together with ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241101 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 5, 2013
S. Ideta, T. Yoshida, M. Nakajima, W. Malaeb, T. Shimojima, K. Ishizaka, A. Fujimori, H. Kimigashira, K. Ono, K. Kihou, Y. Tomioka, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Ito, and S. Uchida
In Fe-based superconductors, electron doping is often realized by the substitution of transition-metal atoms for Fe. In order to investigate how the electronic structure of the parent compound is influenced by Zn substitution, which supplies nominally four extra electrons per substituted atom but is... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 201110 (2013)] Published Fri May 31, 2013
Semiconductors I: bulk
N. H. Hansen, C. Wunderlich, A. K. Topczak, E. Rohwer, H. Schwoerer, and J. Pflaum
We present an investigation of the microscopic interplay between excitons and charge carriers by means of combined photoluminescence (PL) and charge carrier transport measurements on organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). For this purpose, the prototypical organic semiconductor diindenoperylene was ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241202 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Jie Ma and Su-Huai Wei
Using the first-principles method and special quasirandom structure approach, we have studied the formation energies of two prototype defects in alloys, GeAs in AlxGa1−xAs and CuCd in CdSxTe1−x. We find that giant bowing effects for the defect formation energy can exist in semiconductor alloys. The ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241201 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 12, 2013
Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics
Thomas Blasi, Mario F. Borunda, Esa Räsänen, and Eric J. Heller
We apply quantum optimal control theory to establish a local voltage-control scheme that operates in conjunction with the numerically exact solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The scheme is demonstrated for high-fidelity coherent control of electronic charge in semiconductor double ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241303 (2013)] Published Thu Jun 13, 2013
S. Weiler, D. Stojanovic, S. M. Ulrich, M. Jetter, and P. Michler
Applying high-power continuous-wave resonant s-shell excitation to a single self-assembled InGaAs quantum dot, we demonstrate the generation of postselected single-indistinguishable photons from the Mollow triplet sidebands. A sophisticated spatial filtering technique based on a double Michelson int... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241302 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 10, 2013
Kenta Asakura, Yasuyoshi Mitsumori, Hideo Kosaka, Keiichi Edamatsu, Kouichi Akahane, Naokatsu Yamamoto, Masahide Sasaki, and Naoki Ohtani
We experimentally studied the excitonic Rabi oscillations in self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots using two-pulse photon echo spectroscopy. We observed the change in the shape of the Rabi oscillations by the second pulse intensity. Our experimental results were systematically reproduced by nume... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241301 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 7, 2013
Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems
Gabriel Autès and Oleg V. Yazyev
Kane and Mele predicted that in the presence of spin-orbit interaction graphene realizes the quantum spin Hall state [ Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 226801 (2005)]. However, exceptionally weak intrinsic spin-orbit splitting in graphene (≈10−5 eV) inhibits experimental observation of this topological insulati... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241404 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
D. Faria, A. Latgé, S. E. Ulloa, and N. Sandler
We study the effects of strain on the electronic properties and persistent current characteristics of a graphene ring using the Dirac representation. For a slightly deformed graphene ring flake, one obtains sizable pseudomagnetic (gauge) fields that may effectively reduce or enhance locally the appl... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241403 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 14, 2013
Minchul Lee, Jong Soo Lim, and Rosa López
We investigate the dynamical and transport features of a Kondo dot side coupled to a topological superconductor (TS). The Majorana fermion states (MFSs) formed at the ends of the TS are found to be able to alter the Kondo physics profoundly: For an infinitely long wire where the MFSs do not overlap ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241402 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 12, 2013
H. O. H. Churchill, V. Fatemi, K. Grove-Rasmussen, M. T. Deng, P. Caroff, H. Q. Xu, and C. M. Marcus
We present transport measurements in superconductor-nanowire devices with a gated constriction forming a quantum point contact. Zero-bias features in tunneling spectroscopy appear at finite magnetic fields and oscillate in amplitude and split away from zero bias as a function of magnetic field and g... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241401 (2013)] Published Thu Jun 6, 2013
Recently published articles in Physical Review B. See the current issues for more.
Magnetism
Z. Q. Liu, W. M. Lü, S. L. Lim, X. P. Qiu, N. N. Bao, M. Motapothula, J. B. Yi, M. Yang, S. Dhar, T. Venkatesan, and Ariando
The search for oxide-based room-temperature ferromagnetism has been one of the holy grails in condensed matter physics. Room-temperature ferromagnetism observed in Nb-doped SrTiO3 single crystals is reported in this Rapid Communication. The ferromagnetism can be eliminated by air annealing (making t... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220405 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems
Alejandro Rébola, Dillon D. Fong, Jeffrey A. Eastman, Serdar Öğüt, and Peter Zapol
Thin film oxide heterostructures with a bound charge at the interface require electrical compensation, which can involve redistribution of mobile charge carriers. We explore a model LaGaO3(001)//MgAl2O4(001) heterostructure with nominally negatively charged interfaces using first-principles methods ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245117 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Gergely Barcza, William Barford, Florian Gebhard, and Örs Legeza
We study theoretically polydiacetylene chains diluted in their monomer matrix. We employ the density matrix renormalization group method on finite chains to calculate the ground state and low-lying excitations of the corresponding Peierls–Hubbard-Ohno Hamiltonian which is characterized by the electr... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245116 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Sarah Y. Müller, Mikhail Pletyukhov, Dirk Schuricht, and Sabine Andergassen
We present analytic results for the finite-frequency current noise and the nonequilibrium ac conductance for a Kondo quantum dot in presence of a magnetic field. Using the real-time renormalization group method, we determine the line shape close to resonances and show that while all resonances in th... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245115 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
Andrew J. A. James and Robert M. Konik
We describe an algorithm for studying the entanglement entropy and spectrum of two-dimensional (2D) systems, as a coupled array of N one-dimensional chains in their continuum limit. Using the algorithm to study the quantum Ising model in 2D (both in its disordered phase and near criticality), we con... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241103 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Balázs Hetényi
The zero-frequency conductivity (Dc), the criterion to distinguish between conductors and insulators, is expressed in terms of a geometric phase. Dc is also expressed using the formalism of the modern theory of polarization. The tenet of Kohn [ Phys. Rev. 133 A171 (1964)], namely that insulation is... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235123 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Semiconductors I: bulk
Pakpoom Reunchan and Naoto Umezawa
Silver orthophosphate (Ag3PO4) exhibits extremely high photocatalytic activity under visible light. Gaining insight into the behavior of point defects would open opportunities for new applications. Our hybrid density-functional calculations show that intrinsic point defects are unlikely to cause car... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245205 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
Miroslav Hejna, Paul J. Steinhardt, and Salvatore Torquato
We introduce the concept of nearly hyperuniform network (NHN) structures as alternatives to the conventional continuous random network (CRN) models for amorphous tetrahedrally coordinated solids, such as amorphous silicon (a-Si). A hyperuniform solid has a structure factor S(k) that approaches zero ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245204 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
Johan Pohl and Karsten Albe
A fully self-contained study of the thermodynamic and electronic properties of intrinsic point defects in the solar absorber materials CuInSe2 and CuGaSe2 based on screened-exchange hybrid density functional theory is presented. The results are partly at odds with data obtained within local density ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245203 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
N. H. Hansen, C. Wunderlich, A. K. Topczak, E. Rohwer, H. Schwoerer, and J. Pflaum
We present an investigation of the microscopic interplay between excitons and charge carriers by means of combined photoluminescence (PL) and charge carrier transport measurements on organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). For this purpose, the prototypical organic semiconductor diindenoperylene was ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241202 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects
A. T. Paxton and C. Elsässer
Recent density functional theory (DFT) calculations by Först et al. [ Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 175501 (2006)] have predicted that vacancies in both low and high carbon steels have a carbon dimer bound to them. This is likely to change the thinking of metallurgists in the kinetics of the development of m... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 224110 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
J. R. Jeffries, P. Söderlind, H. Cynn, A. Landa, W. J. Evans, S. T. Weir, Y. K. Vohra, and G. H. Lander
Uranium sulfide belongs to a class of uranium monochalcogenides that crystallize in the rocksalt structure and exhibit ferromagnetism at low temperature. The magnetism is believed to play a role in the low-temperature rhombohedral distortion, possibly due to its large magnetic anisotropy. We have pe... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 214104 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Superfluidity and superconductivity
S. Arsenijević, H. Hodovanets, R. Gaál, L. Forró, S. L. Bud'ko, and P. C. Canfield
We demonstrate that the thermopower (S) can be used to probe the spin fluctuations (SFs) in proximity to the quantum critical point (QCP) in Fe-based superconductors. The sensitivity of S to the entropy of charge carriers allows us to observe an increase of S/T in Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 close to the spin-... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 224508 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
N. Bachar, S. Lerer, S. Hacohen-Gourgy, B. Almog, and G. Deutscher
We show that the normal state transport properties of nanoscale granular aluminum films, near the metal to insulator transition, present striking similarities with those of Kondo systems. Those include a negative magnetoresistance, a minimum of resistance R at a temperature Tm in metallic films, a l... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 214512 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Shi-Zeng Lin and Alexei E. Koshelev
The powerful terahertz emission from intrinsic Josephson junctions in high-Tc cuprate superconductors has been detected recently. The synchronization of different junctions is enhanced by excitation of the geometrical cavity resonance. A key characteristic of the radiation is its linewidth. In this ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 214511 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics
R. G. Mani, A. N. Ramanayaka, Tianyu Ye, M. S. Heimbeck, H. O. Everitt, and W. Wegscheider
We examine and compare the diagonal magnetoresistance, Rxx, and the photovoltage induced by microwave (42≤f<300 GHz) and terahertz (f≥300 GHz) photoexcitation in the high mobility quasi-two-dimensional GaAs/AlGaAs system. The data demonstrate strong radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillation... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245308 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
Kyoichi Suzuki, Yuichi Harada, Koji Onomitsu, and Koji Muraki
Transport in InAs/GaSb heterostructures with different InAs layer thicknesses is studied using a six-terminal Hall bar geometry with a 2-μm edge channel length. For a sample with a 12-nm-thick InAs layer, nonlocal resistance measurements with various current/voltage contact configurations reveal tha... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235311 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Hui Sun, Shuangli Fan, Hongjun Zhang, and Shangqing Gong
An asymmetric double quantum well (QW) structure with resonant tunneling is suggested to achieve highly efficient four-wave mixing (FWM). We analytically demonstrate that resonant tunneling can induce a highly efficient mixing wave in such a semiconductor structure with a low-light pump wave. In par... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235310 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
K. Akiba, T. Yuge, S. Kanasugi, K. Nagase, and Y. Hirayama
We study the optically pumped nuclear spin polarization in a single GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well in the quantum Hall system. We apply resistive detection via the contact hyperfine interaction, which provides high sensitivity and selectivity, to probe a small amount of polarized nuclear spins in a single... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235309 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems
G. Tkachov
The paper proposes a self-consistent Green function description of the induced surface superconductivity in a disordered three-dimensional topological insulator (TI) coupled to an s-wave superconductor. We recover earlier results regarding the induced spin-triplet p-wave pairing, showing that a mixt... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245422 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
H. Ochoa and R. Roldán
We study the intravalley spin-orbit-mediated spin relaxation in monolayers of MoS2 within a two bands effective Hamiltonian. The intrinsic spin splitting of the valence band as well as a Rashba-like coupling due to the breaking of the out-of-plane inversion symmetry are considered. We show that, in ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245421 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
Guido Roma and Letizia Chiodo
Selenium adsorption on molybdenum surfaces is a relevant process in the production of thin-film solar cells, in particular as far as the formation of the layered compound MoSe2 is concerned. In this paper we investigate the energetics of Se adsorption on the (110) surface of molybdenum using first-p... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245420 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
Li Chen, Z. F. Wang, and Feng Liu
Using first-principles and Wannier function methods, we systematically calculate the electronic band structure and topological edge states of single bilayer Bi (111) film (BL-Bi) as a function of strain and perpendicular electric field to investigate the effects induced by lattice mismatch and inter... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235420 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Errata
S. Chillal, M. Thede, F. J. Litterst, S. N. Gvasaliya, T. A. Shaplygina, S. G. Lushnikov, and A. Zheludev
[Phys. Rev. B 87, 219905 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Johan Carlström, Julien Garaud, and Egor Babaev
[Phys. Rev. B 87, 219904 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 18, 2013
Papers recently accepted for publication in Physical Review B (view more).
Magnetism
A. Rebello, M. G. Smith, J. J. Neumeier, B. D. White, and Yi-Kuo Yu
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
J. O. Piatek, B. Dalla Piazza, N. Nikseresht, N. Tsyrulin, I. Živković, K. W. Krämer, M. Laver, K. Prokes, S. Mat’aš, N. B. Christensen, and H. M. Rønnow
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
J. Oitmaa and C. J. Hamer
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
D. S. Inosov, G. Friemel, J. T. Park, A. C. Walters, Y. Texier, Y. Laplace, J. Bobroff, V. Hinkov, D. L. Sun, Y. Liu, R. Khasanov, K. Sedlak, Ph. Bourges, Y. Sidis, A. Ivanov, C. T. Lin, T. Keller, and B. Keimer
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Ezio Iacocca and Johan Åkerman
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Superfluidity and superconductivity
Miikka O. J. Heikkinen, Dong-Hee Kim, and Päivi Törmä
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
V. Thampy, S. Blanco-Canosa, M. García-Fernández, M. P. M. Dean, G. D. Gu, M. Först, T. Loew, B. Keimer, M. Le Tacon, S. B. Wilkins, and J. P. Hill
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Junko Taniguchi, Kenta Demura, and Masaru Suzuki
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems
Žiga Osolin and Rok Žitko
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
R. Singla, A. Simoncig, M. Först, D. Prabhakaran, A. L. Cavalieri, and A. Cavalleri
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
R. Chirla, C. P. Moca, and I. Weymann
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
G. Alvarez
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Ying-Hai Wu and Jainendra K. Jain
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
P. Olalde-Velasco, J. Jiménez-Mier, J. Denlinger, and W.-L. Yang
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Cui Ding, Huiyuan Man, Chuan Qin, Jicai Lu, Yunlei Sun, Quan Wang, Biqiong Yu, Chunmu Feng, T. Goko, C. J. Arguello, L. Liu, B. J. Frandsen, Y. J. Uemura, Hangdong Wang, H. Luetkens, E. Morenzoni, W. Han, C. Q. Jin, T. Munsie, T. J. Williams, R. M. D’Ortenzio, T. Medina, G. M. Luke, T. Imai, and F. L. Ning
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics
S. Safaei, P. Kacman, and R. Buczko
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Jun Zhang, Loren Greenman, Xiaotian Deng, Ian M. Hayes, and K. Birgitta Whaley
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Ł. Kłopotowski, Ł. Cywiński, M. Szymura, V. Voliotis, R. Grousson, P. Wojnar, K. Fronc, T. Kazimierczuk, A. Golnik, G. Karczewski, and T. Wojtowicz
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems
Alejandro Molina-Sánchez, Davide Sangalli, Kerstin Hummer, Andrea Marini, and Ludger Wirtz
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
Zhun-Yong Ong and Massimo V. Fischetti
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
Syed Islamuddin Shah, Giridhar Nandipati, Abdelkader Kara, and Talat S. Rahman
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
Jie Ren and Jian-Xin Zhu
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
Patrick Kraus, Anton Tamtögl, Michael Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber, Giorgio Benedek, and Wolfgang E. Ernst
Accepted Tue Jun 18, 2013
Colin Howard, M. El-Batanouny, R. Sankar, and F. C. Chou
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
Jisun Kim, Chendong Zhang, Jungdae Kim, Hongjun Gao, Mei-Yin Chou, and Chih-Kang Shih
Accepted Mon Jun 17, 2013
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As a service to both our readers and authors, we list a small number of papers published in Physical Review B that the editors and referees find of particular interest, importance, or clarity. These Editors' Suggestion papers are marked with a special icon that contains the printer's mark that appeared on the covers of all sections of the Physical Review until about a decade ago. Recent Editors' Suggestions are below; a list of all Editors' Suggestions can be found via a PROLA search.
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S. Das Sarma and Qiuzi Li
We consider theoretically, using the random phase approximation (RPA), low-energy intrinsic plasmons for two-dimensional (2D) systems obeying Dirac-like linear chiral dispersion with the chemical potential set precisely at the charge neutral Dirac point. The “intrinsic Dirac plasmon” energy has the ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235418 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
T. Timusk, J. P. Carbotte, C. C. Homes, D. N. Basov, and S. G. Sharapov
The optical conductivity of quasicrystals is characterized by two features not seen in ordinary metallic systems. There is an absence of the Drude peak and the interband conductivity rises linearly from a very low value up to normal metallic levels over a wide range of frequencies. The absence of a ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235121 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
C. Gils, E. Ardonne, S. Trebst, D. A. Huse, A. W. W. Ludwig, M. Troyer, and Z. Wang
There are many interesting parallels between systems of interacting non-Abelian anyons and quantum magnetism occurring in ordinary SU(2) quantum magnets. Here we consider theories of so-called su(2)k anyons, well-known deformations of SU(2), in which only the first k+1 angular momenta of SU(2) occur... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235120 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
G. Ehlers, A. A. Podlesnyak, S. E. Hahn, R. S. Fishman, O. Zaharko, M. Frontzek, M. Kenzelmann, A. V. Pushkarev, S. V. Shiryaev, and S. Barilo
Magnetic order and low-energy spin dynamics in the zero field ground state of Ni3V2O8 are revealed in elastic and inelastic neutron scattering experiments. Neutron diffraction shows that below T=2.3 K the Ni2+ moments (spin S=1) order in a cycloid pattern with incommensurate wave vector kICM=(0,1,τ)... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 214418 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
Jan H. Los and Thomas D. Kühne
We present an efficient optimization method to determine the structure of disordered systems in agreement with available experimental data. Our approach permits the application of accurate electronic structure calculations within the structure optimization. This technique is demonstrated within dens... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 214202 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 17, 2013
J. Rajeswari, H. Ibach, and C. M. Schneider
Using electron energy loss spectroscopy, we have probed the spin waves of fcc(100) cobalt after capping with 1–3 atom layers of pseudomorphic nickel or up to 12 atom layers of copper. The intensity decay of the spin wave signal is quantitatively described by the mean-free path of the incident and th... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235415 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 14, 2013
R. Nath, A. A. Tsirlin, P. Khuntia, O. Janson, T. Förster, M. Padmanabhan, J. Li, Yu. Skourski, M. Baenitz, H. Rosner, and I. Rousochatzakis
We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of the spin S=1/2 nanomagnet Cu5(OH)2(NIPA)4·10H2O (Cu5-NIPA). Using thermodynamic, electron spin resonance, and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance measurements on one hand, and ab initio density-functional band-structure calculations, exact diagona... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 214417 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 14, 2013
Huixia Luo, Tomasz Klimczuk, Lukas Müchler, Leslie Schoop, Daigorou Hirai, M. K. Fuccillo, C. Felser, and R. J. Cava
We report the observation of superconductivity in the CuIr2Se4 spinel induced by partial substitution of Pt for Ir. The optimal doping level for superconductivity in Cu(Ir1-xPtx)2Se4 is x = 0.2, where Tc is 1.76 K. A superconducting Tc vs composition dome is established between the metallic, normal ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 214510 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 14, 2013
S. K. Niesen, G. Kolland, M. Seher, O. Breunig, M. Valldor, M. Braden, B. Grenier, and T. Lorenz
In the effective Ising spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic chain system BaCo2V2O8 the magnetic-field influence is highly anisotropic. For magnetic fields along the easy axis c, the Néel order is strongly suppressed already at low fields and an incommensurate order is entered above 4 T. We present a detailed ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 224413 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 14, 2013
Maurizio Fagotti and Fabian H. L. Essler
We consider the reduced density matrix (RDM) ρA(t) for a finite subsystem A after a global quantum quench in the infinite transverse-field Ising chain. It has been recently shown that the infinite time limit of ρA(t) is described by the RDM ρGGE,A of a generalized Gibbs ensemble. Here, we present so... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245107 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 12, 2013
Sonika Johri, Rahul Nandkishore, R. N. Bhatt, and E. J. Mele
We show that the probability of electric-field-induced interband tunneling in solid-state systems is generically a nonmonotonic (oscillatory) function of the applied field. This unexpected behavior can be understood as arising due to a common path interference between two distinct tunneling solution... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 235413 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 12, 2013
Andrew C. Potter, T. Senthil, and Patrick A. Lee
Recent terahertz conductivity measurements observed low-power-law frequency dependence of optical conduction within the Mott gap of the kagome lattice spin-liquid candidate Herbertsmithite. We investigate mechanisms for this observed sub-gap conductivity for two possible scenarios in which the groun... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245106 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 11, 2013
Aline Y. Ramos, Hélio C. N. Tolentino, Márcio M. Soares, Stéphane Grenier, Oana Bunău, Yves Joly, François Baudelet, Fabrice Wilhelm, Andrei Rogalev, Raquel A. Souza, Narcizo M. Souza-Neto, Olivier Proux, Denis Testemale, and Alberto Caneiro
The emergence of a ferromagnetic component in LaMnO3 with low Cr-for-Mn substitution has been studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism at the Mn and Cr K edges. The local magnetic moment strengths for Mn and Cr are proportional to each other and follow the macro... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220404 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 10, 2013
S. Jamet, H. Boukari, and L. Besombes
We analyze the spin dynamics of an individual magnetic atom (Mn) inserted in a II-VI semiconductor quantum dot under resonant optical excitation. In addition to standard optical pumping expected for a resonant excitation, we show that for particular conditions of laser detuning and excitation intens... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245306 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 10, 2013
J. D. Strand, Matthew Ware, Félix Beaudoin, T. A. Ohki, B. R. Johnson, Alexandre Blais, and B. L. T. Plourde
We demonstrate rapid, first-order sideband transitions between a superconducting resonator and a frequency-modulated transmon qubit. The qubit contains a substantial asymmetry between its Josephson junctions leading to a linear portion of the energy band near the resonator frequency. The sideband tr... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220505 (2013)] Published Fri Jun 7, 2013
H. O. H. Churchill, V. Fatemi, K. Grove-Rasmussen, M. T. Deng, P. Caroff, H. Q. Xu, and C. M. Marcus
We present transport measurements in superconductor-nanowire devices with a gated constriction forming a quantum point contact. Zero-bias features in tunneling spectroscopy appear at finite magnetic fields and oscillate in amplitude and split away from zero bias as a function of magnetic field and g... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 241401 (2013)] Published Thu Jun 6, 2013
Junhyeok Bang, Zhi Li, Y. Y. Sun, Amit Samanta, Y. Y. Zhang, Wenhao Zhang, Lili Wang, X. Chen, Xucun Ma, Q.-K. Xue, and S. B. Zhang
Using first-principles calculation, we propose an interface structure for single triple-layer FeSe on the SrTiO3(001) surface, a high-Tc superconductor found recently. The key component of this structure is the oxygen deficiency on the top layer of the SrTiO3 substrate, as a result of Se etching use... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 220503 (2013)] Published Thu Jun 6, 2013
Roman Gumeniuk, Michael Nicklas, Lev Akselrud, Walter Schnelle, Ulrich Schwarz, Alexander A. Tsirlin, Andreas Leithe-Jasper, and Yuri Grin
The intermetallic compound Y3Pt4Ge13 has been synthesized by high-pressure high-temperature technique. It crystalizes with its own noncentrosymmetric type of crystal structure in the monoclinic space group Cc and is superconducting below Tc=4.5 K. Thermodynamic properties as well as transport measur... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 224502 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 5, 2013
Matthias Althammer, Sibylle Meyer, Hiroyasu Nakayama, Michael Schreier, Stephan Altmannshofer, Mathias Weiler, Hans Huebl, Stephan Geprägs, Matthias Opel, Rudolf Gross, Daniel Meier, Christoph Klewe, Timo Kuschel, Jan-Michael Schmalhorst, Günter Reiss, Liming Shen, Arunava Gupta, Yan-Ting Chen, Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Eiji Saitoh, and Sebastian T. B. Goennenwein
We experimentally investigate and quantitatively analyze the spin Hall magnetoresistance effect in ferromagnetic insulator/platinum and ferromagnetic insulator/nonferromagnetic metal/platinum hybrid structures. For the ferromagnetic insulator, we use either yttrium iron garnet, nickel ferrite, or ma... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 224401 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 5, 2013
T. Kohmoto, D. Ikeda, X. Liang, and T. Moriyasu
The generation, relaxation, and diffusion dynamics of optically induced lattice distortion in the relaxed excited state of SrTiO3 are studied by using polarization spectroscopy with the pump-probe technique. The relaxed excited state is generated with a rise time on the order of 100 ps. Three kinds ... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 214301 (2013)] Published Wed Jun 5, 2013
Johannes Schmutzler, Dietmar Fröhlich, and Manfred Bayer
Double resonant sum-frequency generation (SFG) is demonstrated in Cu2O. The 1S yellow orthoexciton-polariton is resonantly excited by a single frequency dye laser (quadrupole transition) and coupled to the blue 1S exciton-polariton by a single frequency infrared laser (dipole transition). Sum-freque... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245202 (2013)] Published Tue Jun 4, 2013
S. Shallcross, S. Sharma, and O. Pankratov
We identify an angle-dependent momentum scale as the fundamental property of a bilayer composed of mutually rotated graphene layers. The interlayer scattering processes at these characteristic momentum values define an effective Brillouin zone (a Jones zone) which, in general, differs from the Brill... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 245403 (2013)] Published Mon Jun 3, 2013
Anshuman Pal and E. J. Mele
Selection rules and interference effects in angle-resolved photoemission spectra (ARPES) from twisted graphene bilayers are studied within a long-wavelength theory for the electronic structure. Using a generic model for the interlayer coupling, we identify features in the calculated ARPES momentum d... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 205444 (2013)] Published Fri May 31, 2013
J. Debus, D. Dunker, V. F. Sapega, D. R. Yakovlev, G. Karczewski, T. Wojtowicz, J. Kossut, and M. Bayer
Spin-flip Raman scattering of electrons and heavy holes is studied for resonant excitation of neutral and charged excitons in a CdTe/Cd0.63Mg0.37Te quantum well. The spin-flip scattering is characterized by its dependence on the incident and scattered light polarization as well as on the magnetic fi... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 205316 (2013)] Published Fri May 31, 2013
S. Ideta, T. Yoshida, M. Nakajima, W. Malaeb, T. Shimojima, K. Ishizaka, A. Fujimori, H. Kimigashira, K. Ono, K. Kihou, Y. Tomioka, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. Ito, and S. Uchida
In Fe-based superconductors, electron doping is often realized by the substitution of transition-metal atoms for Fe. In order to investigate how the electronic structure of the parent compound is influenced by Zn substitution, which supplies nominally four extra electrons per substituted atom but is... [Phys. Rev. B 87, 201110 (2013)] Published Fri May 31, 2013
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