Journal of Applied Physics
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Topological valley-locked waveguide transport in opto-heterostructures
In this paper, an opto-heterostructure based on light-responsive liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) is presented to realize topological valley-locked waveguide transport. First, the opto-deformation mod...
Plasmonics and optical metastructures
Plasmonics and optical metastructures represent cutting-edge frontiers in nanophotonics, enabling on-demand control of light at the subwavelength scale. This special topic of the Journal of Applied Ph...
A plausible heating in ferroelectric ultra-thin films during uniform polarization reversal
We formulate the heat generated during the homogeneous polarization reversal at the coercive field of a ferroelectric thin film with a second-order transition. The developed formalism is applied to ul...
Singular value decomposition for deconvolution and physical insight into reflectance anisotropy in zincblende semiconductors
Reflectance Anisotropy Spectroscopy (RAS), also known as Reflectance Difference Spectroscopy (RDS), is an optical probe with high surface specificity for cubic semiconductors. In this paper, we demons...
Broadband low-to-mid-range frequency sound absorption using a micro-perforated panel with variable-depth parallel U-shaped cavities
This study proposes a microperforated panel (MPP) supported by four U-shaped cavities with different depths arranged in parallel, referred to as MPPU. A theoretical model was developed using the elect...
Development of regular vertical p-n junction on nanocrystalline PbTe film
Polycrystalline nanograined p-type PbTe films were obtained by electron gun-assisted vapor deposition on 100 μm thick amorphous substrates. This part of the study included the establishment and tuning...
Characterization of chromium impurities in <i>β</i>-Ga2O3
Chromium is a common transition-metal impurity that is easily incorporated during crystal growth. It is perhaps best known for giving rise to the 694.3 nm (1.786 eV) emission in Cr-doped Al2O3, exploi...
Ruddlesden–Popper and perovskite phases as a material platform for altermagnetism
The subclass collinear antiferromagnets that break spin Kramers degeneracy—thereby exhibiting ferromagnet-like properties—offer exciting opportunities in magnetism, which motivates the expansion of th...
Tunable anisotropic surface Tamm modes in one-dimensional phosphorene–dielectric photonic crystals
In this work, surface Tamm modes have been demonstrated to exist between a seminfinite 1D phosphorene-based crystal and a homogeneous dielectric material. We computed dispersion relations for surface...
Direct measurement of lattice behavior during femtosecond laser-driven shock front formation in copper
Femtosecond laser-driven shock waves exhibit characteristic features that form distinctive microstructures not formed by plate impacts or nanosecond laser-driven shock waves. A key to understanding th...
Effect of micro-alloying solute addition on the stacking fault energy of Al–Cu alloys: A computational and experimental approach
Present study reports the individual and synergistic effect of Mn and Zr solute addition to the stacking fault energy (SFE) of Al–Cu alloys through first principle-based density functional theory (DFT...
A machine learning approach to predicting the spall strength of metals and alloys
Spall strength is a critical property that characterizes a material's resistance to dynamic failure under impact or shock compression loading. Accurate prediction and control of spall strength are ess...
Retraction: “Field induced phase transition and magnetic phase diagram of multiferroic Ca2CoSi2O7” [J. Appl. Phys. <b>133</b>, 215903 (2023)]
Frequency locking: A distinctive feature of the coherent population trapping
We investigate the use of phase modulation to generate an error signal for frequency stabilization to a reference atomic transition. The study focuses on the high-frequency modulation regime. Our theo...
Global model for flashover phenomena in vacuum: A comprehensive perspective
Flashover is an electrical breakdown along the dielectric-gas/vacuum/liquid interface under high electric field excitation. Surface flashover phenomena in vacuum greatly impede a variety of vacuum ins...
Cryogenic magnetocaloric effect of rare-earth halide perovskites CsEuCl3 and CsEuBr3
Adiabatic demagnetization refrigeration (ADR) offers a compelling alternative to traditional ultra-low temperature technologies by eliminating the reliance on scarce 3He and gravitational constraints....
Encapsulation of volatile fission products by the intermetallic electride Sr3CrN3:e–
Electrides are characterized by their unique structural architectures, where excess electrons are trapped in specific sites such as cages, channels, or layers within the lattice. The trapped electrons...
Flat-plate underwater carbon nanotube low-frequency transducer
This paper presents a novel, lightweight, low-frequency transducer based on the thermoacoustic effect, specifically tailored for underwater applications. The design leverages the simplicity of the the...
Strained Fe-doped ferromagnetic semiconductor (In,Fe)As thin films grown on InP (001) substrates: Ferromagnetism and electronic structure
The n-type Fe-doped ferromagnetic semiconductor (FMS) (In,Fe)As is a promising material for spintronics devices and a topological superconducting platform, thanks to its unique features such as carrie...
Patterned electroconvection under AC and DC voltages with strong unipolar charge injection
The phenomenon of electroconvection has attracted attention because it has the potential to improve ion transport on polarized surfaces, reducing the plateau region of limiting current. Previous obser...
Characterization of time-dependent dielectric degradation and breakdown in bulk hexagonal BN/Si structures
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a promising material for designing future electronic devices because of its superior dielectric properties. In this study, we fabricated bulk h-BN (sp2-bonded BN nano...
Effect of magnetic field on interfacial instabilities of rapid solidification in additive manufacturing
The performance of additive manufacturing products is significantly influenced by the microstructural morphology developed during rapid solidification, where instability at the solid–liquid interface...
Selective excitation of heavy water solution under infrared pulse irradiation: A molecular dynamics simulation study
The heating effect of infrared pulses with varying frequencies on heavy water solutions of different concentrations was investigated using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. Numerical cal...
A general spectral collocation method for computing the dispersion relations of guided acoustic waves in multilayer dissipative structures
A spectral collocation method is proposed to compute the complex wavenumber–real frequency dispersion relations of guided acoustic waves in multilayer structures involving dissipative materials. The n...
Enhancing performance of 0.15PIN-0.60PMN-0.25PT single crystal for (001)-oriented via alternating current poling and (110)-oriented via pulse poling
In this work, the (001)- and (110)-oriented 0.15Pb(In1/2Pb1/2)O3-0.60Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)-0.25PbTiO3 (0.15PIN-0.60PMN-0.25PT) single crystal plates were investigated under different poling methods, i.e., di...