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Growth, characterization, and high-pressure optical studies of CuWO4
2008
Copper tungstate (CuWO4) crystals grown by the top-seeded solution growth method were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman scattering, and optical measurements. CuWO4 has a triclinic structure (P 1¯) with a = 4.709 A, b = 5.845 A, c = 4.884 A, α = 88.3°, β = 92.5°, and γ = 97.2°. It consists of corner-linked CuO6 and WO6 octahedra, the former having a pseudo-tetragonally elongated geometry caused by the Cu2+ Jahn–Teller effect. Fifteen out of the eighteen Raman modes of CuWO4 are reported, discussed, and compared with those of other tungstates. We also determined the indirect band-gap energy of CuWO4 (2.3 eV) and its negative pressure coefficient up to 25 GPa. The pressure evolution of…
Critical-state effects on microwave losses in type-II superconductors
2006
We discuss the microwave energy losses in superconductors in the critical state. The field-induced variations of the surface resistance are determined, in the framework of the Coffey and Clem model, by taking into account the distribution of the vortex magnetic field inside the sample. It is shown that the effects of the critical state cannot generally be disregarded to account for the experimental data. Results obtained in bulk niobium at low temperatures are quantitatively justified.
Computational and theoretical studies on lattice thermal conductivity and thermal properties of silicon clathrates
2016
The lattice thermal conductivity is usually an intrinsic property in the study of thermoelectricity. In particular, relatively low lattice thermal conductivity is usually a desired feature when higher thermoelectric efficiency is pursued. The mechanisms which lower the lattice thermal conductivity are not known in sufficient detail and deeper understanding about the phenomena is needed and if such understanding is achieved it can be used to design more efficient thermoelectric materials. In this thesis, the lattice thermal conductivity and other thermal properties of several silicon clathrates, which are known to be promising candidates for the thermoelectric applications, are studied by theoreti…
GPU accelerated Monte Carlo simulations of lattice spin models
2011
We consider Monte Carlo simulations of classical spin models of statistical mechanics using the massively parallel architecture provided by graphics processing units (GPUs). We discuss simulations of models with discrete and continuous variables, and using an array of algorithms ranging from single-spin flip Metropolis updates over cluster algorithms to multicanonical and Wang-Landau techniques to judge the scope and limitations of GPU accelerated computation in this field. For most simulations discussed, we find significant speed-ups by two to three orders of magnitude as compared to single-threaded CPU implementations.
Emergent ultrafast phenomena in correlated oxides and heterostructures
2017
The possibility of investigating the dynamics of solids on timescales faster than the thermalization of the internal degrees of freedom has disclosed novel non-equilibrium phenomena that have no counterpart at equilibrium. Transition metal oxides (TMOs) provide an interesting playground in which the correlations among the charges in the metal $d$-orbitals give rise to a wealth of intriguing electronic and thermodynamic properties involving the spin, charge, lattice and orbital orders. Furthermore, the physical properties of TMOs can be engineered at the atomic level, thus providing the platform to investigate the transport phenomena on timescales of the order of the intrinsic decoherence ti…
Influence of Mn site doping on electrical resistivity of polycrystalline La1-yAyMn1-xBxO3 (A=Ba, Sr; B=Cu, Cr, Co) Manganites
2008
We have the measured electrical resistivity of La1-yBayMn1-xCuxO3 (0.17?y?0.30; 0.04?x?0.10), La1-ySryMn1-xCrxO3 and La1-ySryMn1-xCoxO3 (0.270?y?0.294; 0.02?x?0.10) polycrystalline samples in the 25-325 K temperature range. The increase of Mn site doping concentration leads to an increase of the electrical resistivity of the samples and the appearance of a ?double-peak? structure in the electrical resistivity versus temperature graphs. The first peak represents the insulator-metal transition in vicinity of the paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition (TC). We have found that the intensity of the second peak increases with an increase of concentration of Mn substituents, due to the hole scatter…
Role of Weak Hydrogen Bonds and Halogen Bonds in 5-Halo-1,3-dimethyluracils and Their Cocrystals—A Combined Experimental and Computational Study
2016
Seven single crystals containing either N,N-dimethyluracil (DMHU) or one of its 5-halogenated derivatives (DMXU; X = F, Cl, Br, I) were prepared using N,N-dimethylformamide as the crystallization solvent. Single crystal X-ray diffraction and quantum chemical calculations carried out at the spin component scaled local MP2 level of theory were then used to study the intramolecular halogen and nonconventional hydrogen bonds present in the structures. The results were compared to and contrasted with the previously reported data for uracil and its halogenated derivatives. In particular, the intermolecular interactions in DMIU were compared to the halogen and hydrogen bonds in 5-iodouracil that, …
Code for manuscript: Nonreciprocal Josephson linear response
2023
Codes related to manuscript "Nonreciprocal Josephson linear response", including the scripts that generate the figures in the manuscript. The preprint is available at https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2306.12295 This is a snapshot of the code dataset that has been taken on 06.07.2023. A more detailed description of the data and the address to the GitLab repository for the latest version of the code can be found from the parent dataset of this data publication.
Nonreciprocal Josephson linear response (parent repository)
2023
The repository contains computer codes related to manuscript "Nonreciprocal Josephson linear response", including the scripts that generate the figures in the manuscript. The preprint is available at https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2306.12295 This is the metadata for the parent repository of the codes. Updates and possible corrections are documented in the GitLab project, where the material saved and shared. The GitLab project can be found and downloaded from the following address: https://gitlab.jyu.fi/jyucmt/2023-nonreciprocal-josephson
Study of linear response in Hubbard chains using Many-body Perturbation Theory
2010
In this work the basic formalism of non-equilibrium Green’s functions is presented and then applied to study a Ward identity in linear response theory, namely the frequency sum-rule. It can be proven that the frequency sum-rule is satisfied when the quantities involved are calculated using perturbation theory within a conserving approximation for the self-energy. To illustrate this equality along with other properties of the response function, a numerical application that solves the Kadanoff-Baym equations for systems of Hubbard chains was used. The results showed that the frequency sum-rule was satisfied to the same extent by all the conserving approximations used as by the exact diagonali…