Electron-Phonon Interaction in an Annular Quantum Dot

The confined longitudinal-optical （LO） phonon and surface-optical （SO） phonon modes of a free-standing annular cylindrical quantum dot are derived within the framework of dielectric continuum approximation. It is found that there exist two types of SO phonon modes： top SO （TSO） mode and side SO（SSO） mode in a cylindrical quantum annulus. Numerical calculation on CdS annulus system has been performed. Results reveal that the two different solutions of SSO mode distribute mainly at the inner or outer surfaces of the annulus. The dispersion relations and the coupling intensions of phonons in a quantum annulus are compared with those in a cylindrical quantum dot. It is found that the dispersion relations of the two different structures are similar, but the coupling intension of the phonon-electron interaction in quantum annulus is larger than that in quantum dot. The Hamiltonians describing the free phonon modes and their interactions with electrons in the system are also derived.     

Influence of a phonon bath in a quantum dot cavity QED system:Dependence of the shape

We present a systematic analysis on the role of the quantum dot （QD） shape in the influence of the phonon bath on the dynamics of a QD cavity QED system. The spectral functions of the phonon bath in three representative QD shapes： spherical, ellipsoidal, and disk, are calculated from the carrier wave functions subjected to the confinement potential provided by the corresponding shape. The obtained spectral functions are used to calculate three main effects brought by the phonon bath, i.e., the coupling renormalization, the off-resonance assisted feeding rate and the pure dephasing rate. It is found that the spectral function of a disk QD has the widest distribution, hence the phonon bath in a disk QD can lead to the smallest renormalization factor, the largest dephasing rate in the short time domains（≤2 ps）, and the oft-resonance assisted feeding can support the widest detuning. Except for the pure dephasing rate in the long time domains, all the influences brought by the phonon bath show serious shape dependence.     

Theory of phonon-modulated electron spin relaxation time based on the projection reduction method

This paper introduces a new method for a formula for electron spin relaxation time of a system of electrons interacting with phonons through phonon-modulated spin-orbit coupling using the projection-reduction method. The phonon absorption and emission processes as well as the photon absorption and emission processes in all electron transition processes can be explained in an organized manner, and the result can be represented in a diagram that can provide intuition for the quantum dynamics of electrons in a solid. The temperature （T） dependence of electron spin relaxation times （T1） in silicon is T1 ∝ T-1.07 at low temperatures and T1 ∝ T-3.3 at high temperatures for acoustic deformation constant Pad = 1.4 × 10^7 eV and optical deformation constant Pod = 4.0 × 10^17 eV/m. This means that electrons are scattered by the acoustic deformation phonons at low temperatures and optical deformation phonons at high temperatures, respectively. The magnetic field （B） dependence of the relaxation times is T1 ∝ B-2.7 at 100 K and T1 ∝ B-2.3 at 150 K, which nearly agree with the result of Yafet, T1 ∝ B-3.0- B -2.5.     

Thermodynamic properties of 3C-SiC

In the present paper, we report on the results of various thermodynamic properties of 3C-SiC at high pressure and temperature using first principles calculations. We use the plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory as im- plemented in Quantum ESPRESSO code for calculating various cohesive properties in ambient condition. Further, ionic motion at a finite temperature is taken into account using the quasiharmonic Debye model. The calculated thermody- namic properties, phonon dispersion curves, and phonon densities of states at different temperatures and structural phase transitions at high pressures are found to be in good agreement with experimental and other theoretical results.     

Coupling of two-dimensional atomistic and continuum models for dynamic crack

A concurrent multiscale method of coupling atomistic and continuum models is presented in the two-dimensional system. The atomistic region is governed by molecular dynamics while the continuum region is represented by construct- ing the mass and stiffness matrix dependent on the coarsening of the grids, which ensures that they merge seamlessly. The low-pass phonon filter embedded in the handshaking region is utilized to effectively eliminate the spurious reflection of high-frequency phonons, while keeping the low-frequency phonons transparent. These schemes are demonstrated by numerically calculating the reflection and transmission coefficient, and by the further application of dynamic crack propa- gation subjected to mode-I tensile loading.     

Polar Mixing Optical Phonon Spectra in Wurtzite GaN Cylindrical Quantum Dots： Quantum Size and Dielectric Effects

The interface-optical-propagating （IO-PR） mixing phonon modes of a quasi-zero-dimensional （QOD） wurtzite cylindrical quantum dot （QD） structure are derived and studied by employing the macroscopic dielectric continuum model. The analytical phonon states of IO-PR mixing modes are given. It is found that there are two types of IO-PR mixing phonon modes, i.e. p-IO//z-PR mixing modes and the z-IO//p-PR mixing modes existing in QOD wurtzite QDs. And each IO-PR mixing modes also have symmetrical and antisymmetrieal forms. Via a standard procedure of field quantization, the Frohlich Hamiltonians of electron-（IO-PR） mixing phonons interaction are obtained. Numerical calculations on a wurtzite GaN cylindrical QD are performed. The results reveal that both the radial-direction size and the axial-direction size as well as the dielectric matrix have great influence on the dispersive frequencies of the IO-PR mixing phonon modes. The limiting features of dispersive curves of these phonon modes are discussed in depth. The phonon modes ＂reducing＂ behavior of wurtzite quantum confined systems has been observed obviously in the structures. Moreover, the degenerating behaviors of the IO-PR mixing phonon modes in wurtzite QOD QDs to the IO modes and PR modes in wurtzite Q2D QW and QID QWR systems are analyzed deeply from both of the viewpoints of physics and mathematics.     

In-plane optical spectral weight redistribution in the optimally doped Ba_(0.6)K_(0.4)Fe_2As_2 superconductor

We performed detailed temperature-dependent optical measurements on optimally doped Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 single crystal, We examine the changes of the in-plane optical conductivity spectral weight in the normal state and the evolution of the superconducting condensate in the superconducting state. In the normal state, the low-frequency spectral weight shows a metallic response with an arctan （T） dependence, indicating a T-linear scattering rate behavior for the carriers. A high energy spectral weight transfer associated with the Hund＇s coupling occurs from the low frequencies below 4000 cm^-1 5000 cm^-1 to higher frequencies up to at least 104 cm^-1. Its temperature dependence analysis suggests that the Hund＇s coupling strength is continuously enhanced as the temperature is reduced. In the superconducting state, the FGT sum rule is conserved according to the spectral weight estimation within the conduction bands, only about 40% of the conduction bands participates in the superconducting condensate indicating that Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 is in dirty limit.     

High-pressure phonon dispersion of copper by using the modified analytic embedded atom method

By using the Born-von Krmn theory of lattice dynamics and the modified analytic embedded atom method, we reproduce the experimental results of the phonon dispersion in fcc metal Cu at zero pressure along three high symmetry directions and four off-symmetry directions, and then simulate the phonon dispersion curves of Cu at high pressures of 50, 100, and 150 GPa. The results show that the shapes of dispersion curves at high pressures are very similar to that at zero pressure. All the vibration frequencies of Cu in all vibration branches at high pressures are larger than the results at zero pressure, and increase correspondingly as pressure reaches 50, 100, and 150 GPa sequentially. Moreover, on the basis of phonon dispersion, we calculate the values of specific heat of Cu at different pressures. The prediction of thermodynamic quantities lays a significant foundation for guiding and judging experiments of thermodynamic properties of solids under high pressures.     

Phonon dispersion relations and soft modes of 4 carbon nanotubes

The phonon dispersion relations of three kinds of 4 carbon nanotubes are calculated by using the density functional perturbation theory. It is found that the frequencies of some phonon modes are very sensitive to the smearing width used in the calculations, and eventually become negative at low electronic temperature. Moreover, two kinds of soft modes are identified for the (5,0) tube which are quite different from those reported previously. Our results suggest that the (5,0) tube remains metallic at very low temperature, instead of the metallic-semiconducting transition claimed before.     

Unquenched Effects and Quark Mass Dependence of Lattice Gluon Propagator in Infrared Region

In this paper, the gluon propagator in Landau gauge has been studied on a lattice, including the quenched and the unquenched one. The small geometry size of lattice we use is 16^3 × 32, and the big one is 20^3 × 64. For the quenched approximation, we fit the numerical results and give a little different fitting values. We also obtain unquenched effects by comparing the gluon propagator resulting from the quenched and unquenched configurations, for both the two-flavor and three-flavor cases. For the unquenched configurations, an obvious quark mass dependence has not been found in the small quark mass case, but is found in the three-flavor case when the quark mass is big.     

Dielectric and infrared properties of SrTiO3 single crystal doped by 3d （V,Mn, Fe,Ni） and 4f （Nd,Sm, Er） ions

In this study, the effects of doping by 3d （V, Mn, Fe, Ni） and 4f （Nd, Sm, Er） ions on dielectric and infrared properties of SrTiO3 （STO） single crystals are investigated. It is well known that doping of the SrTiO3 can change the dielectric properties of the STO from an insulator to an n-type semiconductor, and even to a metallic conductor. Dielectric and infrared （IR） properties of the undoped STO and doped STO single crystals are analyzed using dielectric spectroscopy （80 kHz-5 MHz）, transmission （200 cm^-1-4000 cm^-1）, and reflection spectroscopy （50 cm^-1-2000 cm^-1）. It is found that doping by the 3d ions reduces the value of dielectric permittivity, but the trend of temperature dependence of the dielectric permittivity remains almost unchanged. On the other hand, dielectric spectroscopy measurements for samples doped by 4f ions show the anomalous behaviors of the dielectric permittivity at temperatures around the temperature of the structural phase transition. There are two fractures of temperature dependences of inverse dielectric permittivity εr^-1 （T）. Transmittance spectroscopy measurements show that there are differences in the shape of the spectrum in the mid-IR region between the undoped STO and the one doped by 4f ions. The differences in the reflectance spectrum between the STO：Nd and STO are analyzed in detail.     

Laser activity at 1.18, 1.07, and 0.97 microm in the low-phonon-energy hosts KPb2Br5 and RbPb2Br5 doped with Nd3+

For the first time to the authors' knowledge, laser activity has been achieved in low-phonon-energy, moisture-resistant bromide host crystals, neodymium-doped potassium lead bromide (Nd3+:KPb2Br5) and rubidium lead bromide (Nd3+:RbPb2Br5; RPB). Laser activity at 1.07 microm was observed for both crystalline materials. Laser operation at the new wavelengths 1.18 and 0.97 microm that resulted from the 4F5/2 + 2H9/2 - 4IJ transitions (J=13/2 and J=11/2) in Nd:RPB was achieved in a solid-state laser material. Rare-earth-doped MPb2Br5 (M=K, Rb) is a promising candidate for long-wavelength infrared applications because of its low phonon frequencies and other favorable features. In principle, Nd3+:MPb2Br5 has high potential for laser operation at new wavelengths as well as for the achievement of short-wavelength lasing as a result of upconversion.     

Structural properties of a-SiO_x:H films studied by an improved infrared-transmission analysis method

An improved method of fitting point-by-point is proposed to determine the absorption coefficient from infrared(IR)transmittance. With no necessity of empirical correction factors, the absorption coefficient can be accurately determined for the films with thin thicknesses. Based on this method, the structural properties of the hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide materials(a-SiOx:H) are investigated. The oxygen-concentration-dependent variation of the Si–O–Si and the Si–H related modes in a-SiOx:H materials is discussed in detail.     

Structural phase transition in LiFeSi2O6 from ab initio calculations

The changes in crystal structure of LiFeSi(2)O(6) induced by the phase transition between the high-temperature C2/c and low-temperature P2(1)/c phase are studied using the density functional theory. For both monoclinic phases, the phonon dispersion curves and phonon density of states are calculated. The infrared absorption coefficients are obtained and analyzed in both structural phases of LiFeSi(2)O(6). The soft mode inducing the phase transition is revealed at the Z point of the Brillouin zone of the high-symmetry C2/c phase. The pressure dependence of the soft mode is studied and the mechanism of the structural phase transition in LiFeSi(2)O(6) is discussed.     

Vibrational properties of cagelike diamondoid nitrogen at high pressure

Under high pressure, a cagelike diamondoid nitrogen structure was lately discovered by first-principles structure researches. This newly proposed structure is very unique and has not been observed in any other element. Using density-functional calculations, we study the pressure effect on its vibrational properties. The Born effective charges are calculated, and the resulting LO-TO splittings of certain infrared active modes are beyond 20 cm 1 . We depict the Γ -point vibrational modes and find the breathing mode, rotational mode, and shearing mode. Frequencies of all the optical modes increase with pressure increasing. Moreover, the relation between the breathing mode frequency and the nitrogen cage diameter is discussed in detail. Our calculation results give a deeper insight into the vibrational properties of the cagelike diamondoid nitrogen.     

Yb3+,Er3+双掺上转换玻璃陶瓷

制备了以PbF₂+GeO₂+WO₃SiO₂+NaF为基质组分的Yb³⁺,Er³⁺双掺稀土离子上转换发光玻璃陶瓷。采用日本产Hitachi F-4500荧光光度计,激发波长为980nm,观测到样品在550nm处出现较强的上转换发光峰,在528nm处有一个次发光峰,在650nm处有一个相对较弱的发光峰,讨论了发射光谱的特征,建立上转换发光机制,并讨论了上转换发光特征,以及基质成分、制备工艺参数、稀土离子浓度对发光性能的影响。实验中发现c(Yb³⁺):c(Er³⁺)为5:1时,上转换玻璃陶瓷的熔融温度为950℃、退火温度为380℃时,其上转换发光效率最高。     

Probing spin correlations with phonons in the strongly frustrated magnet ZnCr2O4

The spin-lattice coupling plays an important role in strongly frustrated magnets. In ZnCr2O4, an excellent realization of the Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the pyrochlore network, a lattice distortion relieves the geometrical frustration through a spin-Peierls-like phase transition at T(c)=12.5 K. Conversely, spin correlations strongly influence the elastic properties of a frustrated magnet. By using infrared spectroscopy and published data on magnetic specific heat, we demonstrate that the frequency of an optical phonon triplet in ZnCr2O4 tracks the nearest-neighbor spin correlations above T(c). The splitting of the phonon triplet below T(c) provides a way to measure the spin-Peierls order parameter.     

A STUDY OF RAMAN SCATTERING AND INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTRUM IN A NEW SERIES OF MERCURY-BASED HIGH-Tc SUPERCONDUCTOR (Hg,Mo)Sr2(Y1-xCax)Cu2O6+δ

Lattice vibrations of the (Hg,Mo)Sr₂(Y_1-xCa_x)Cu₂O_6+δ—a new series of mercury-based high-T_c superconductor are analyzed with the aid ofgroup theory. The vibrations of species are given. They are 4A_1g+ B_1g+ 5E_g+ 7A_2u + B_2u+ 8E_u. The 4A_1g, B_1g and 5E_g modes are Ramma active, the 6A_2u and 7E_u are infrared active. Phonon vibration characteristics of the samples are studied using Raman scattering and infrared absorption spectra. The experimental results show that the typical phonon vibrational modes appear mainly at 145, 320, 440, 578, 592 and 645cm^-1, The intensities of the 145, 320, 440, 578 and 645 peaks decrease with increasing Ca content x and the position of 645 peak moves to higher wavenumber slightly. In this article, the phonan modes are assigned and their variation behavior with increasing Ca content x are discussed.     

Y_（1－x）Nd_xSr_2Cu_（2．7）Mo_（0．3）O_（7－δ）体系的拉曼和红外光谱研究

利用拉曼散射和红外吸收光谱研究了Ｙ１－ｘＮｄｘＳｒ２Ｃｕ２．７Ｍｏ０．３Ｏ７－δ（ｘ＝０，０．２，０．５，０．８，１．０）系列样品的声子振动性质。实验结果表明，对ｘ＝０的样品，在拉曼光谱中主要出现３２３，４４３，５２２和５７８ｃｍ－１几个特征峰，在中红外吸收光谱中出现５２２，５８０和６４６ｃｍ－１特征峰。随着样品中Ｎｄ组分的增加，３２３ｃｍ－１峰向低波数发生位移，而５２２和６４６ｃｍ－１峰则向高波数发生位移。本文对这些振动模进行了指认，并对其随不同样品组分的变化行为进行了讨论     

Status of KLOE-2

In a few months the KLOE-2 detector is expected to start data taking at the upgraded DAФNE φ-factory of INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. It aims to collect 25 fb^-1 at the φ（1020） peak, and about 5 fb^-1 in the energy region between 1 and 2.5 GeV. We review the status and physics program of the project.