Volume 74, Issue 8

15 August 2006

Browse Issues:

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Electronic structure: wide-band, narrow-band, and strongly correlated systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Understanding mixed valent materials: Effects of dynamical core-hole screening in high-pressure x-ray spectroscopy

C. Dallera, O. Wessely, M. Colarieti-Tosti, O. Eriksson, R. Ahuja, B. Johansson, M. I. Katsnelson, E. Annese, J.-P. Rueff, G. Vankó, L. Braicovich, and M. Grioni

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081101(R) (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Semiconductors I: bulk

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Design of shallow acceptors in $ZnO$ : First-principles band-structure calculations

Jingbo Li, Su-Huai Wei, Shu-Shen Li, and Jian-Bai Xia

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081201(R) (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Beyond the local approximation to exchange and correlation: The role of the Laplacian of the density in the energy density of Si

Antonio C. Cancio and M. Y. Chou

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081202(R) (2006) - Published 29 August, 2006

Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Suppression of weak antilocalization in ${Ga}_{x} {In}_{1 - x} As ∕ InP$ narrow quantum wires

Th. Schäpers, V. A. Guzenko, M. G. Pala, U. Zülicke, M. Governale, J. Knobbe, and H. Hardtdegen

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081301(R) (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Magnetic-field-assisted manipulation and entanglement of Si spin qubits

M. J. Calderón, Belita Koiller, and S. Das Sarma

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081302(R) (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Polarity of space charge fields in second-harmonic generation spectra of $Si (100) ∕ Si O_{2}$ interfaces

A. Rumpel, B. Manschwetus, G. Lilienkamp, H. Schmidt, and W. Daum

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081303(R) (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum interferences of a single quantum dot in the case of detuning

S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, S. Stufler, S.-A. Wegner, P. Ester, A. Zrenner, and M. Bichler

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081304(R) (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effects of linear and nonlinear piezoelectricity on the electronic properties of $In As ∕ Ga As$ quantum dots

Gabriel Bester, Alex Zunger, Xifan Wu, and David Vanderbilt

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081305(R) (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Dynamic nuclear polarization of a single charge-tunable $InAs ∕ GaAs$ quantum dot

B. Eble, O. Krebs, A. Lemaître, K. Kowalik, A. Kudelski, P. Voisin, B. Urbaszek, X. Marie, and T. Amand

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081306(R) (2006) - Published 28 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effect of exchange interaction on the fidelity of quantum state transfer from a photon qubit to an electron-spin qubit

Yoshiaki Rikitake and Hiroshi Imamura

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081307(R) (2006) - Published 30 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Pfaffian quantum Hall state made simple: Multiple vacua and domain walls on a thin torus

E. J. Bergholtz, J. Kailasvuori, E. Wikberg, T. H. Hansson, and A. Karlhede

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081308(R) (2006) - Published 31 August, 2006

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Plasmon of Shockley surface states in $Cu (111)$ : A high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy study

A. Politano, G. Chiarello, V. Formoso, R. G. Agostino, and E. Colavita

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081401(R) (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Emergence of half-metallicity in suspended NiO chains: Ab initio electronic structure and quantum transport calculations

David Jacob, J. Fernández-Rossier, and J. J. Palacios

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081402(R) (2006) - Published 9 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Phase diagram for the $Ni ∕ {Al}_{2} O_{3}$ interface and relationships to adhesion

X.-G. Wang, J. R. Smith, and A. G. Evans

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081403(R) (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Reconstruction-induced multiple gaps in the weak coupling limit: The surface bands of Au(111) vicinal surfaces

C. Didiot, Y. Fagot-Revurat, S. Pons, B. Kierren, C. Chatelain, and D. Malterre

Phys. Rev. B 74, 081404(R) (2006) - Published 28 August, 2006

ARTICLES

Electronic structure: wide-band, narrow-band, and strongly correlated systems

Host sensitization of ${Gd}^{3 +}$ ions in yttrium and scandium borates and phosphates: Application to quantum cutting

S. P. Feofilov, Y. Zhou, H. J. Seo, J. Y. Jeong, D. A. Keszler, and R. S. Meltzer

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085101 (2006) - Published 1 August, 2006

Cavity-plasmon waveguides: Multiple scattering calculations of dispersion in weakly coupled dielectric nanocavities in a metallic host material

G. Gantzounis and N. Stefanou

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085102 (2006) - Published 1 August, 2006

X-ray $2 p$ photoelectron and $L_{α}$ resonant x-ray emission spectra of the $3 d$ metals in ${Ni}_{2} Mn Z$ $(Z = In, Sn, Sb)$ Heusler alloys

M. V. Yablonskikh, J. Braun, M. T. Kuchel, A. V. Postnikov, J. D. Denlinger, E. I. Shreder, Y. M. Yarmoshenko, M. Neumann, and A. Moewes

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085103 (2006) - Published 1 August, 2006

Phase separation in the Hubbard model using the dynamical cluster approximation

A. Macridin, M. Jarrell, and Th. Maier

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085104 (2006) - Published 1 August, 2006

Anomalous Hall effect due to spin chirality in the Kagomé lattice

M. Taillefumier, B. Canals, C. Lacroix, V. K. Dugaev, and P. Bruno

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085105 (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

Shot noise in an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer with embedded double quantum dots

Guang-Biao Zhang, Shun-Jin Wang, and Lei Li

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085106 (2006) - Published 7 August, 2006

Model of quantum stochastic absorption in absorbing disordered media

Prabhakar Pradhan

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085107 (2006) - Published 9 August, 2006

Electronic structure of Gd pnictides calculated within the $LSDA + U$ approach

P. Larson and Walter R. L. Lambrecht

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085108 (2006) - Published 10 August, 2006

Surface states at close-packed surfaces of simple metals

F. Schiller and C. Laubschat

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085109 (2006) - Published 11 August, 2006

Phase diagram and electronic structure of ${Ni}_{2 + x} {Mn}_{1 - x} Ga$

S. Banik, Aparna Chakrabarti, U. Kumar, P. K. Mukhopadhyay, A. M. Awasthi, R. Ranjan, J. Schneider, B. L. Ahuja, and S. R. Barman

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085110 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Effective medium theory for magnetodielectric composites: Beyond the long-wavelength limit

Ying Wu, Jensen Li, Zhao-Qing Zhang, and C. T. Chan

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085111 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Unidirectional diagonal order and three-dimensional stacking of charge stripes in orthorhombic $\Pr_{1.67} {Sr}_{0.33} Ni O_{4}$ and ${Nd}_{1.67} {Sr}_{0.33} Ni O_{4}$

M. Hücker, M. v. Zimmermann, R. Klingeler, S. Kiele, J. Geck, S. N. Bakehe, J. Z. Zhang, J. P. Hill, A. Revcolevschi, D. J. Buttrey, B. Büchner, and J. M. Tranquada

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085112 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Evolution of orthorhombic domain structures during the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic phase transition in the layered perovskite ${Sr}_{2 - x} {La}_{x} Mn O_{4}$

Wataru Norimatsu and Yasumasa Koyama

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085113 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Local spectral weight of a Luttinger liquid: Effects from edges and impurities

Paata Kakashvili, Henrik Johannesson, and Sebastian Eggert

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085114 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Charge-density wave gap and Ce $4 f$ states in $Ce {Te}_{2}$ observed by photoemission spectroscopy

J.-S. Kang, C. G. Olson, Y. S. Kwon, J. H. Shim, and B. I. Min

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085115 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Insulator-metal-insulator transition and selective spectral-weight transfer in a disordered strongly correlated system

P. Lombardo, R. Hayn, and G. I. Japaridze

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085116 (2006) - Published 28 August, 2006

Dynamical mean-field study of the Mott transition in the half-filled Hubbard model on a triangular lattice

K. Aryanpour, W. E. Pickett, and R. T. Scalettar

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085117 (2006) - Published 30 August, 2006

Competition between screening channels in core-level x-ray photoemission as a probe of changes in the ground-state properties of transition-metal compounds

Michel van Veenendaal

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085118 (2006) - Published 31 August, 2006

Semiconductors I: bulk

Hydrogen dynamics and light-induced structural changes in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

T. A. Abtew and D. A. Drabold

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085201 (2006) - Published 1 August, 2006

Trap recharging wave mode with a linear dispersion law for space-charge waves in $CdTe : Ge$

M. P. Petrov, V. V. Bryksin, K. Shcherbin, M. Lemmer, and M. Imlau

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085202 (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

Compositional disorder in $Ga {As}_{1 - x} N_{x} : H$ investigated by photoluminescence

M. Felici, R. Trotta, F. Masia, A. Polimeni, A. Miriametro, M. Capizzi, P. J. Klar, and W. Stolz

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085203 (2006) - Published 4 August, 2006

Ferromagnetism in ion implanted amorphous and nanocrystalline ${Mn}_{x} {Ge}_{1 - x}$

A. Verna, L. Ottaviano, M. Passacantando, S. Santucci, P. Picozzi, F. D’Orazio, F. Lucari, M. De Biase, R. Gunnella, M. Berti, A. Gasparotto, G. Impellizzeri, and F. Priolo

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085204 (2006) - Published 9 August, 2006

Magneto-optical Kerr effects of half-metallic ferromagnetic transition metal chalcogenides in zinc-blende and wurtzite structures

Hongming Weng, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Jinming Dong

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085205 (2006) - Published 11 August, 2006

Anisotropy of exciton migration in poly( $p$ -phenylene vinylene)

D. E. Markov and P. W. M. Blom

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085206 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

Predicting structure and property relations in polymeric photovoltaic devices

Gavin A. Buxton and Nigel Clarke

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085207 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Photophysics of blue light emitting polymeric mixed ionic-electronic conductors: Photoluminescence and absorption spectroscopy

G. Mauthner, H. Plank, E. J. W. List, F. P. Wenzl, M. Bouguettaya, and J. R. Reynolds

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085208 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Heterogeneous energy landscapes of individual luminescent conjugated polymers

Jun-Jih Liang, J. D. White, Y. C. Chen, C. F. Wang, J. C. Hsiang, T. S. Lim, W. Y. Sun, J. H. Hsu, C. P. Hsu, M. Hayashi, W. S. Fann, K. Y. Peng, and S. A. Chen

Phys. Rev. B 74, 085209 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006