Two-band BCS mechanism of superconductivity in a Ba(Fe0.9Co0.1)2As2 high-temperature superconductor

Terahertz and infrared spectra of the conductivity, σ(ν), and dielectric constant, ?(ν), of a Ba(Fe_0.9Co_0.1)₂As₂ film (T _c = 20 K) have been analyzed together with previous specific-heat and angular resolved photoelectron spectroscopy data. It has been shown that the spectra σ(ν) and ?(ν) of Ba(Fe_0.9Co_0.1)₂As₂ in the superconducting phase at T = 5 K, as well as the magnetic field penetration depth, can be described well using the standard Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) model with an additive contribution of electron and hole bands. It has been found that the measured temperature dependence of the magnetic field penetration depth in a wide temperature range 5 K < T < T _c can be described only with the introduction of interband pairing interaction. The coupling constant of electron and hole bands, λ_{1, 2} = 0.1, as well as the temperature dependences of superconducting gaps in the electron and hole subsystems, has been determined using the model of two-band superconductivity developed earlier for MgB₂.     

On one problem of tracking a given trajectory

A controlled system nonlinear in phase variables is considered. Under the assumption that the system is subject to an uncontrollable disturbance, an algorithm of forming the control is specified such that a given trajectory is tracked.     

Propagation of a short pulse in a medium with a resonance relaxation: The exact solution

A new analytical representation is obtained for the fundamental solution (Green’s function) to the problem of the propagation of a short pulse in an arbitrary medium with a single resonance relaxation process. The analytical representation is based on the generalized function of the local response of a linear medium [1] and includes the well-known Debye and Lorentz relaxation models as particular cases. The representation is used to determine the complete set of possible types of behavior for a short pulse propagating in the medium.     

Formulation of problems with moving phase-transition boundaries in hydrothermal strata

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 98–102, September–October, 1991.     

Long-term stability of long-wavelength (>1.25 µm) quantum-dot lasers fabricated on GaAs substrates

Accelerated degradation testing of long-wavelength (>1.25 µm) quantum-dot lasers made on GaAs substrates is carried out at a fixed current of 1.7 A, initial optical output of about 0.3 W, and a heat sink temperature of 60°C. No signs of degradation are revealed after testing for 450 h. The test bed is not sealed, inert gas purging is not performed, and the laser faces are not passivated.     

Optical properties of Zn0.5Cd0.5Se thin films grown on InP by molecular beam epitaxy

We report photoluminescence (PL) and reflectivity measurements of Zn_0.5Cd_0.5Se epilayers grown by molecular beam epitaxy on InP substrates. The low-temperature PL spectra are dominated by asymmetric lines, which can be deconvoluted into two Gaussian peaks with a separation of ∼8 meV. The behavior of these peaks is studied as a function of excitation intensity and temperature, revealing that these are free exciton (FE) and bound exciton emission lines. Two lower energy emission lines are also observed and assigned to the first and second longitudinal optical phonon replicas of the FE emission. The temperature dependence of the intensity, line width, and energy of the dominant emission lines are described by an Arrhenius plot, a Bose-Einstein type relationship, Varshni's and Bose-Einstein equations, respectively.     

Mechanical properties of blends of liquid crystalline copolyesters with polyprophylene

Conclusions A significant effect of the addition of LCP on the mechanical properties and their anisotropy has been established. Already, if one considers the shape of curves of the stress-strain relationship it can be seen that curves typical for semicrystalline polymers (pure polypropylene) with clearly visible yield point and significant cold drawing leading to an anisotropic stiffening are changing into curves without yielding and with a brittle failure (LC-rich blends). Generally, the tensile elasticity modulus increases with increasing LCP content for both MD and TD. The maximum value of anisotropy of elastic properties was noted for a rather low content of LCP (c = 5%). On the contrary, the stress at yield decreases with increasing LCP content. The same was observed for the strain at yield but in both cases an important increase of anisotropy has taken place. Consequently, the total elongation during drawing (strain at break) showed a drastic decrease for blends with higher LCP content (about 60–80 times). The addition of the LCP to polypropylene has led to a stiffness increase (higher elasticity modulus) but simultaneously to a considerable plasticity decrease. As a confirmation of these observations, there served also the creep test where a decrease of the creep compliance (by two times) for LC-rich blends as compared with pure PP was noted.It also should be emphasized that, generally, a smaller effect of LCP content on the elastic deformation was noted than that on the time dependent effects (nonelastic creep deformation).Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 442–450, July–August, 1994.