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Formation of bound states from the edge states of 2D topological insulator by macroscopic magnetic barriers
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2022. Vol. 34. Article 405302.
Denis K., Konakov A. A., Lavrukhina E. A.
A model of bound state formation from the delocalized edge states of 2D topological insulator (TI) is derived by considering the effects of magnetic barriers attached to the edge of the HgTe/CdTe quantum well. The resulting structure has a spatial form of 1D quantum dot (QD) with variable number of bound states depending on barrier parameters. The spatial profile of exchange interaction between the edge states and barriers is derived from the interaction with single impurity magnetic moment and is generalized for the barrier bulk structure formed by ensemble of impurities. The resulting Hamiltonian is studied as a function of barrier parameters including their strength and orientation of the magnetic moments. It is shown that for parallel magnetization of two barriers at least two discrete levels are formed regardless of the barrier strength. For antiparallel magnetization at least a single bound state is formed for any strength of the barriers. Our results may help in design of novel types of QDs based on TIs
Andreev D. V., Kornev S. A., Bondarenko G.G. et al., Inorganic Materials: Applied Research 2026 Vol. 17 No. 5 P. 1226–1230
Comparative studies are carried out to investigate high-field charge degradation effects in the gate
dielectric of metal—insulator—semiconductor (MIS) structures with aluminum and polysilicon gates.
Charging phenomena in MIS structures are explored using high-field electron injection into the dielectric
under conditions of gradually increasing voltage current density, with periodic short-term switching to a measurement
mode at a constant low injection ...
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Poddiakov A., / Series Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026. No. 7437658.
Clarity of knowledge and reasoning is necessary in many cases. Yet vagueness in scientific thinking related to surprise, curiosity, "ability to engage with not-knowing" (de Freitas) and abductive reasoning is also a crucially important source of scientific creativity which supplements combinatorial logic when dealing with the already known. Starting from studies by C. S. Peirce ...
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Water confined in heterogeneous clay–quartz pores: Structure and dynamics from atomistic simulations
Glushak A., Tararushkin E., Smirnov G., Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2027 Vol. 752 Article 141756
The molecular-scale behavior of water in heterogeneous clay–quartz systems is critical for understanding cementation processes in natural soils and compacted bentonite, which is crucial for oil recovery and nuclear waste disposal barriers construction. Here we investigate how heterogeneity of mixed Na-montmorillonite and α-quartz surfaces affect water structure and dynamics in nanopores of 2.5 to 60 Å ...
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Bochkin G., Doronin S., Fel’dman E. et al., Lobachevskii Journal of Mathematics 2024 Vol. 45 No. 3 P. 1188–1207
We consider the remote state restoring and perfect transfer of the zero-order coherence matrix (PTZ) in a spin system governed by the XXZ-Hamiltonian conserving the excitation number. The restoring tool is represented by several nonzero Larmor frequencies in the Hamiltonian. To simplify the analysis we use two approximating models including either step-wise or pulse-type time-dependence ...
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Fel’dman E. B., Lazarev I., Pechen A. N. et al., Quantum Information Processing 2026 Vol. 25 Article 121
We consider the state-restoring protocol based on the controlled interaction of a linear chain with environment through incoherent control by the specially adjusted step-wise time-dependent Lindblad operators. We show that the best restoring result (maximal scale factors in the restored state) corresponds to the symmetrical Lindblad equation. (0, 1)-excitation dynamics is considered numerically, and restoring ...
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Li S., Hu J., Lazarev I. et al., Annals of Physics 2026 Vol. 494 Article 170618
The distribution of entanglement is a crucial task for quantum communication towards realizing a globe-spanning quantum internet. Recently, a protocol for deterministic long-distance distribution of macroscopic entanglement over a network of ensembles of qubits was introduced (Pyrkov et al., 2025). It was shown that this protocol allows for the propagation of macroscopic amounts of entanglement ...
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Pyrkov A., Lazarev I., Byrnes T., Advanced Quantum Technologies 2025 Article 2400524
Distributing long-distance entanglement is a fundamental goal that is necessary for a variety of tasks such as quantum communication, distributed quantum computing, and quantum metrology. Currently quantum repeater schemes typically aim to distribute one ebit at a time, the equivalent of one Bell pair's worth of entanglement. Here, a scheme is presented to distribute a ...
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I. D. Lazarev, Narozniak M., Byrnes T. et al., Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics 2025 Vol. 111 No. 012416 Article 012416
Unsupervised machine learning is one of the main techniques employed in artificial intelligence. We introduce an algorithm for quantum-assisted unsupervised data clustering using the self-organizing feature map, a type of artificial neural network. The complexity of our algorithm scales as 𝑂(𝐿𝑁), in comparison to the classical case which scales as 𝑂(𝐿𝑀𝑁), where 𝑁 is the ...
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Борщевский А. Я., Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2025 Vol. 27 No. 9 P. 4793–4803
Through the consistent application of quantum statistical thermodynamics, functions of isothermal mixing of real rarefied gases and quantum gases in states of varying degrees of degeneracy are obtained. The reasons for the emergence and resolution of the “Gibbs paradox” and other “paradoxes” are analyzed. Numerical calculations of entropy and pressure jumps were performed using the ...
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Gurina D., Fashchevsky K. A., Oparin R. D. et al., Surfaces and Interfaces 2026 Vol. 98 Article 110545
In this work, we combine experimental characterization and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to elucidate the molecular mechanisms governing the impregnation of mefenamic acid (MFA) into nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) aerogels. NCC aerogels were impregnated with MFA in scCO2, and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption revealed a concentration-dependent decrease in surface area, pore volume, and pore size, with an ...
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Huang D., Chen Y., Luo X. et al., Chinese Journal of Physics 2026 Vol. 103 P. 1803–1814
Using self-consistent Bogoliubov-de Gennes calculations for kagome flakes framed by armchair
and flat edges, we observe a configuration-dependent spatial inhomogeneity of an 𝑠-wave superconducting
condensate. Specifically, at half-filling, the local pair potential is significantly enhanced
by up to 77.8% at edge centers and up to 148.9% at corners, subsequently boosting their
local critical temperatures by up to 13.5% and ...
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Marychev P., Shanenko A., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 114 No. 7 Article 074509
We investigate the effect of weak interband impurity scattering on the intertype (IT) domain between type-I and type-II superconductivity in diffusive two-band superconductors. Our results show that the significant broadening of the IT domain with increasing band diffusivity ratio, previously established in the absence of interband scattering, persists under weak interband scattering. However, depending on ...
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Denis K., Н. Новгород: Нижегородский государственный университет им. Н.И. Лобачевского, 2025.
В учебном пособии излагаются элементы теории и описание избранных экспериментальных результатов, полученных в активно развивающейся физике топологических изоляторов. Рассмотрены наиболее простые модели поверхностных и краевых состояний в двумерных и трёхмерных топологических изоляторах, их структура в магнитном поле, а также основы топологических методов для определения их свойств. Обсуждаются модели квантовых точек, формируемых в топологических изоляторах. Приведены ...
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Denis K., Звонков Б. Н., Вихрова О. В. et al., Физика твердого тела 2021 Т. 63 № 9 С. 1245–1252
Сочетанием методов МОС-гидридной эпитаксии и импульсного лазерного нанесения изготовлены гетеронаноструктуры InGaAs/GaAs со слоем (Ga, Mn)As на поверхности, и исследовано влияние воздействия импульсного эксимерного лазера (длина волны 248 nm, длительность импульса ~30 ns, плотность энергии в диапазоне 200-360 mJ/cm2) на их излучательные, структурные и гальваномагнитные свойства. При исследованиях использовалась спектроскопия фотолюминесценции, дополненная возможностью анализа поляризационных характеристик ...
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Воздействие импульсов эксимерного лазера на светоизлучающие InGaAs/GaAs-структуры с (Ga, Mn)As-слоем
Denis K., Вихрова О. В., Данилов Ю. А. et al., Физика твердого тела 2021 Т. 63 № 3 С. 346–355
Исследована возможность модифицирования лазерным отжигом свойств слоя (Ga, Mn)As, расположенного на поверхности квантово-размерной InGaAs/GaAs-структуры, с сохранением ее излучательных свойств. Для проведения исследований сочетанием методов МОС-гидридной эпитаксии и импульсного лазерного нанесения были изготовлены структуры с четырьмя квантовыми ямами InGaAs/GaAs, (содержание индия от 0.08 до 0.25), расположенными на различном расстоянии от слоя (Ga, Mn)As. В процессе исследований ...
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Denis K., Lavrukhina E. A., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2021 Vol. 2103 Article 012201
A model of quasistationary states is constructed for the one-dimensional edge states propagating along the edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator based on HgTe/CdTe quantum well in the presence of magnetic barriers with finite transparency. The lifetimes of these quasistationary states are found analytically and numerically via different approaches including the solution of the stationary ...
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Denis K., Dorokhin M. V., Ved M. V. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2021 Vol. 104 No. 12 Article 125309
The GaAs/InGaAs quantum wells with a ferromagnetic δ〈Mn〉 layer in GaAs barrier demonstrate a set of interesting spin-related phenomena originating from Mn-hole interaction. One of such phenomena is a spin-memory effect which consists of Mn spin polarization induced by interaction with vicinity spin-polarized holes generated under the exposure by short circularly polarized light pulses. Here long Mn ...
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Lukmanova R.M., Cohn I.A., Minakova V. E. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2025 Vol. 111 No. 22 Article 224510
The magnetoresistance of superconductor–topological insulator–superconductor structures, with indium as the superconductor and TaSe3 as the topological insulator, shows steplike features on the resistance under magnetic fields. These resistance steps result from the suppression of superconductivity, induced by the superconducting proximity effect in both the bulk and surface states of the topological insulator. The position and ...
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Karabassov T., Bobkova I. V., Pavel M. Marychev et al., Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2025 Vol. 17 P. 15–23
The diode effect in superconducting materials has been actively investigated in recent years. Plenty of different devices have been proposed as a platform to observe the superconducting diode effect. In this work, we discuss the possibility of a highly efficient superconducting diode design with controllable polarity. We propose a mesoscopic device that consists of two ...
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Flammini R., Hogan C., Colonna S. et al., Applied Physics Reviews 2025 Vol. 12 No. 1 Article 011336
Antimonene, the two-dimensional phase of antimony, appears in two distinct allotropes when epitaxially grown on Bi2Se3: the puckered asymmetric washboard (alpha) and buckled honeycomb (beta) bilayer structures. As-deposited antimony films exhibit varying proportions of single alpha and beta structures. We identify the conditions necessary for ordered, pure-phase growth of single to triple beta-antimonene bilayers. Additionally, ...
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Piasotski K., Lesser O., Reich A. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2025 Vol. 111 No. 17 Article 174527
Recent experiments on planar superconductor-topological insulator-superconductor (S-TI-S) junctions, e.g., in the Corbino geometry, have reported low-temperature nonzero Josephson currents in states with integer fluxoid (flux) induced in the junction by a perpendicular magnetic field. This effect was discussed in connection with Majorana zero modes localized in Josephson vortices of such junctions. Here, we provide an ...
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Babichev A., Makhov I., Kryzhanovskaya N. et al., IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 2025 Vol. 31 No. 2 Article 1502808
We report on microlasers based on high-quality micropillars with whispering-gallery modes lasing. The use of lowabsorbing Al0.2Ga0.8As/Al0.9Ga0.1As distributed Bragg reflectors and smooth pillar sidewalls enables whispering-gallery modes lasing by excitation and collection of emission in the pillar axis direction. Simultaneous whispering gallery modes lasing (comblike structure) is observed in the wavelength range of 930–970 nm ...
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Babichev A., Makhov I., Kryzhanovskaya N. et al., IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 2025 Vol. 31 No. 5 Article 1900208
A comprehensive numerical modelling of microcavity parameters for micropillar lasers with optical pumping was presented. The structure with a hybrid dielectric-semiconductor top mirror has a significantly higher calculated quality-factor (∼65000 for 5 μm pillar) due to better vertical mode confinement. The minimum laser threshold (∼370 μW for 5 μm pillar) coincided with a temperature of ...
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Makhov I., Komarov S., Fominykh N. et al., Optics Letters 2025 Vol. 50 No. 2 P. 387–390
Fabry–Perot (FP) lasers with a cavity length shorten down to 50 μm were investigated. One or two laser mirrors were
formed by focused ion beam etching. InGaAs quantum dots of high density were used as the laser active region. The
lasers operate in a pulsed regime up to at least 105°S. A comparison with lasers formed by ...
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