Browsing Theses - Department of Physics by Title
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Investigation of the magnetic properties of BSCCO superconductors with scanning Hall probe microscope
(Bilkent University, 2002)A low temperature scanning Hall probe microscope (LT-SHPM) with low noise GaAs/AlGaAs 2DEG Hall probes is used to investigate the magnetic properties of a Ag-sheathed BSCCO-2223 tape and a single crystal BSCCO-2212 ... -
Investigation of thermoelectric properties of 2D β-silicon monotelluride (site)
(Bilkent University, 2018-09)Thermoelectric properties of novel 2D silicon monotelluride (SiTe) are studied using first principles calculations. The plane wave method based on density functional theory as implemented in Vienna ab initio simulation ... -
Janus particles in a Gaussian optical potential: a comparative experimental study
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)It has been shown recently that gold coated silica Janus particles can cluster when subject to a smooth optical field due to the presence of an attractive interaction of hydrodynamic nature (1). Such an interaction comes ... -
Josephson effect in hybrid superconductor-normal metal structures
(Bilkent University, 2000)The clean SNS junction, with a phase difference x across the normal metal barrier and without Fermi level mismatch between the components, is modeled by a step like pair potential. The quasiclassical equations are obtained ... -
Large-scale semi-empirical pseudopotential electronic structure of self-assembled ingaas quantum dots
(Bilkent University, 2018-09)The so-called second quantum revolution emerged at the beginning of the second millennium, opening up a path to realization of spin-qubit-based quantum computing by means of controlling and protecting quantum coherent ... -
The left hand of electromagnetism : metamaterials
(Bilkent University, 2010)Metamaterials are artificial periodic structures whose electromagnetic response is solely dependent on the constituting unit cells. In the present thesis, we studied unit cell characteristics of metamaterials that has ... -
Light matter interaction in plexcitonic crystals and moiré cavities
(Bilkent University, 2015-01)Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are quanta of electromagnetic excitations at the interface between metal and dielectric media. SPPs with an evanescent tail in the perpendicular direction, thus their properties are ... -
Light scattering from core-shell nano-structures : structural coloration
(Bilkent University, 2013)In this work, we produced kilometer-long semiconducting cylindrical nanostructures by using a top-to-bottom nano-fabrication technique which was recently developed in our research group. Comparison of commonly used ... -
Logistic cellular automata
(Bilkent University, 2019-09)Cellular Automata (CA), initially formalized to investigate self-reproducing constructions, are among the most frequently used tools to model and understand complex systems. These computational frameworks are de ned in ... -
Long wavelength GaAs based hot electron photoemission detectors
(Bilkent University, 1999)The increasing rate of telecommunication alters both science and technology, and demands high performance components. Photo detectors are essential components of optoelectronic integrated circuits and fiber optic ... -
Low dimensional structures for optical and electrical applications
(Bilkent University, 2008)Low dimensional structures such as quantum dots have been particularly attractive because of their fundamental physical properties and their potential applications in various devices in integrated optics and microelectronics. ... -
Low loss optical waveguides and polarization splitters with oxidized AlxGa1-xAs layers
(Bilkent University, 1998)Low propagation loss waveguides, operating at 1.55 fim optical wavelength, are fabricated utilizing oxidized AhGai_a;As layers. MBE grown multilayer semiconductor heterostructures are characterized before and after ... -
Low-temperature thermodynamics of finite and discrete quartic quantum oscillator in one dimension
(Bilkent University, 1999)I.' this work we examined a quartic Hamiltonian using two different approaches. We first introduced a mean-field Gaussian approximation in order to handle this Hamiltonian analytically and observed that this approximation is ... -
Magnetism of transition metal nanowires
(Bilkent University, 2008)In this thesis we investigated structural, electronic and magnetic properties of 3d (light) transition metal (TM) atomic chains and Cr nanowires using firstprinciples pseudopotential plane wave calculations. Infinite ... -
Manipulation and control of collective behavior in active matter systems
(Bilkent University, 2016-11)Active matter systems consist of active constituents that transform energy into directed motion in a non-equilibrium setting. The interaction of active agents with each other and with their environment results in collective ... -
Many-body effects in selected two-dimensional systems
(Bilkent University, 2009)In this thesis we study many-body effects in three distinct two-dimensional systems. The two dimensional electron gas is a model system yielding to basic analytical and computational theoretical ideas of many-body physics ... -
Many-body interaction effects in quasi-one-dimensional photo-excited electron-hole systems
(Bilkent University, 1999)The work in this thesis concerns rnany-body interaction effects in a quasi-onedimensional electron-hole plasma, which may be generated under intense photoexcitation in a semiconductor quantum-well wire. In particular, ... -
Many-body properties of one-dimensional systems with contact interaction
(Bilkent University, 1999)The one-dimensional electron systems are attracting a lot of interest because of theoretical and technological implications. These systems are usually fabricated on two-dimensional electron systems by confining the ... -
Mean-field renormalization group theory of the t-J model
(Bilkent University, 2002)The quantum nature of the high temperature superconductivity models makes analytical approaches to these systems almost impossible to implement. In this thesis, a computational study of the one and two dimensional t − J ... -
Mechanical and electronic properties of metal chain nanowires
(Bilkent University, 2003)The fabrication of stable gold monoatomic chains suspended between two gold electrodes is one of the milestones in nanoscience and technology, since miniaturization of the electronic components is one of the great ...