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most citedQuantum ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials

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cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 7 cited

Electronic wave-packets in integer quantum Hall edge channels: relaxation and dissipative effects

G. Rebora, D. Ferraro, R. H. Rodriguez +3

We theoretically investigate the evolution of the peak height of an energy resolved electronic wave-packets ballistically propagating along integer quantum Hall edge channels at fi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 4 cited

Microscopic theory of plasmon-enabled resonant terahertz detection in bilayer graphene

Andrea Tomadin, Matteo Carrega, Marco Polini

The electron gas hosted in a two-dimensional solid-state matrix, such as a quantum well or a two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructure, supports the propagation of plasma waves…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 13 cited

Optimization of a NdFeB permanent magnet configuration for in-vivo drug delivery experiments

A. Omelyanchik, G. Lamura, D. Peddis +1

We propose a new concept of magnetic focusing for targeting and accumulation of functionalized superparamagnetic nanoparticles in living organs through composite configurations of…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 15 cited

Signatures of Jackiw-Rebbi resonance in the thermal conductance of topological Josephson junctions with magnetic islands

Daniel Gresta, Gianmichele Blasi, Fabio Taddei +3

Josephson junctions in two-dimensional topological insulators with embedded magnetic domains can host a number of topological phases, in particular, Jackiw-Rebbi solitons and Major…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 27 cited

Spectroscopic Signatures of Gate-Controlled Superconducting Phases

Maria Teresa Mercaldo, Francesco Giazotto, Mario Cuoco

We investigate the tunneling conductance of superconductor-insulator-normal metal (SIN) and superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) heterostructures with one superconducting…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 7 cited

Pinning, flux flow resistivity and anisotropy of Fe(Se,Te) thin films from microwave measurements through a bitonal dielectric resonator

Nicola Pompeo, Andrea Alimenti, Kostiantyn Torokhtii +3

We report on the anisotropy of the vortex motion surface impedance of a \fst thin film grown on a CaF substrate. The dependence on the magnetic field intensity up to 1.2 T and…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 21 cited

Superconducting Transition Temperature Modulation in NbN via EDL Gating

Erik Piatti, Alessandro Sola, Dario Daghero +7

We perform electric double-layer gating experiments on thin films of niobium nitride. Thanks to a cross-linked polymer electrolyte system of improved efficiency, we induce surface…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 21 cited

Optimal energy conversion through anti-adiabatic driving breaking time-reversal symmetry

Loris Maria Cangemi, Matteo Carrega, Antonio De Candia +4

Starting with Carnot engine, the ideal efficiency of a heat engine has been associated with quasi-static transformations and vanishingly small output power. Here, we exactly calcul…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 33 cited

Self-formed Micro-Membranes

Alessia Sambri, Mario Scuderi, Anita Guarino +13

Oxide heterostructures represent a unique playground for triggering the emergence of novel electronic states and for implementing new device concepts. The discovery of 2D conductiv…

quant-ph2020★ 56 cited

Work extraction from coherently activated maps via quantum switch

Kyrylo Simonov, Gianluca Francica, Giacomo Guarnieri +1

We characterize the impact that the application of two maps in a quantum-controlled order has on the process of work extraction via unitary cycles and its optimization. The control…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 192 cited

Ultrafast charging in a two-photon Dicke quantum battery

Alba Crescente, Matteo Carrega, Maura Sassetti +1

We consider a collection of two level systems, such as qubits, embedded into a microwave cavity as a promising candidate for the realization of high power quantum batteries. In thi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 7 cited

Signature of Generalized Gibbs Ensemble Deviation from Equilibrium: Negative Absorption Induced by a Local Quench

Lorenzo Rossi, Fabrizio Dolcini, Fabio Cavaliere +3

When a parameter quench is performed in an isolated quantum system with a complete set of constants of motion, its out of equilibrium dynamics is considered to be well captured by…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 10 cited

Dust-acoustic wave electrostatic and self-gravitational potentials in an opposite polarity dusty plasma system

Abdul Mannan, Sergio De Nicola, Renato Fedele +1

An opposite polarity dusty plasma system (containing a few micron size massive opposite polarity dust species and singly charged ion species following Boltzmann law) is considered.…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 27 cited

Nonlocal thermoelectricity in a topological Andreev interferometer

Gianmichele Blasi, Fabio Taddei, Liliana Arrachea +2

We discuss the phase dependent nonlocal thermoelectric effect in a topological Josephson junction in contact with a normal-metal probe. We show that, due to the helical nature of t…

physics.app-ph2020★ 32 cited

Isotropic conduction and negative photoconduction in ultrathin PtSe films

Francesca Urban, Farzan Gity, Paul K. Hurley +2

PtSe ultrathin films are used as the channel of back-gated field-effect transistors (FETs) that are investigated at different temperatures and under super-continuous white lase…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 4 cited

Wave-particle duality of electrons with spin-momentum locking

D. Bercioux, T. van den Berg, D. Ferraro +3

We investigate the effects of spin-momentum locking on the interference and diffraction patterns due to a double- or single-slit in an electronic \emph{Gedankenexperiment}. We show…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 14 cited

Pinning properties of FeSeTe thin film through multifrequency measurements of the surface impedance

Nicola Pompeo, Kostiantyn Torokhtii, Andrea Alimenti +3

We present high frequency measurements of the vortex dynamics of a FeSeTe () thin film grown on a CaF substrate and with a critical temperature $T_c\simeq18\…

physics.app-ph2020★ 1 cited

Vacuum gauge from ultrathin MoS2 transistor

A. Di Bartolomeo, A. Pelella, A. Grillo +5

We fabricate monolayer MoS2 field effect transistors and study their electric characteristics from 10^-6 Torr to atmospheric air pressure. We show that the threshold voltage of the…

quant-ph2020★ 43 cited

Hyperentanglement in structured quantum light

Francesco Graffitti, Vincenzo D'Ambrosio, Massimiliano Proietti +5

Entanglement in high-dimensional quantum systems, where one or more degrees of freedom of light are involved, offers increased information capacities and enables new quantum protoc…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 5 cited

Electron correlation effects in the exchange coupling at the Fe/CoO/Ag(001) ferro-/antiferro-magnetic interface

Marco Sbroscia, Adriano Verna, Giovanni Stefani +8

Angle resolved-Auger-photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy (AR-APECS) has been exploited to investigate the role that electron correlation plays in the exchange-coupling at the fe…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 120 cited

Dissipative dynamics of an open quantum battery

Matteo Carrega, Alba Crescente, Dario Ferraro +1

Coupling with an external environment inevitably affects the dynamics of a quantum system. Here, we consider how charging performances of a quantum battery, modelled as a two level…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 4 cited

Backscattering off a driven Rashba impurity at the helical edge

Lorenzo Privitera, Niccolò Traverso Ziani, Inès Safi +1

The spin degree of freedom is crucial for both understanding and exploiting the particular properties of the edges of two-dimensional topological insulators. In the absence of supe…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 8 cited

Unexpectedly large electron correlation measured in Auger spectra of ferromagnetic iron thin films: orbital-selected Coulomb and exchange contributions

R. Gotter, A. Verna, M. Sbroscia +7

A set of electron-correlation energies as large as 10 eV have been measured for a magnetic 2ML Fefilm deposited on Ag(001). By exploiting the spin selectivity in angle-resolved Aug…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 101 cited

Charging and energy fluctuations of a driven quantum battery

A. Crescente, M. Carrega, M. Sassetti +1

We consider a quantum battery modeled as a set of N independent two-level quantum systems driven by a time dependent classical source. Different figures of merit, such as stored en…