We establish dispersion engineering rules that allow us to control the thermalization process and thermal state of an initial beam propagating in a multimode nonlinear photonic circuit. To this end, we have implemented kinetic equation (KE) approach systems whose Bloch relation exhibits bands gaps. When ratio between gap-width band-width is larger than critical value, KE has stationary solution...

In this paper a system, called GAP, that automatically generates problems of increasing diiculty from information of engineering procedures is described. GAP receives as input formulae used in engineering procedures and ranges of the independent variables. With them, it creates a constraint propagation network, creates ranges for the rest of the variables, and automatically generates problems o...

In our previous study, we have predicted the novel two-dimensional honeycomb monolayers of pnictogen. In particular, the structure and properties of the honeycomb monolayer of nitrogen, which we call nitrogene, are very unusual. In this paper, we make an in-depth investigation of its electronic structure. We find that the band structure of nitrogene can be engineered in several ways: controllin...

Graphene, a recently discovered form of carbon, has received much attention over the past few years due to its excellent electrical, optical, and thermal properties [1]. With an extraordinary carrier mobility and high current density [2], graphene's application in electronic devices is promising. As a zero bandgap material, pristine graphene cannot be used as a semi-conducting channel in transi...

We investigate electronic transport in lithographically patterned graphene ribbon structures where the lateral confinement of charge carriers creates an energy gap near the charge neutrality point. Individual graphene layers are contacted with metal electrodes and patterned into ribbons of varying widths and different crystallographic orientations. The temperature dependent conductance measurem...

The ultimate goal of metamaterial engineering is to have complete control over the electromagnetic constitutive parameters in three-dimensional space. This engineering can be done by considering either single meta-atoms or full meta-arrays. We follow the first route and perform numerical simulations of split-ring resonators, with different gap numbers and under varying illumination scenarios, t...

We study the electronic structure of MoS2 upon both compressive and tensile strains with firstprinciples density-functional calculations. We consider monolayer, bilayer, few-layer and bulk MoS2 in the ±15 % strain range, relevant for recent experiments. We assess the stability of the compression calcualting the critical strain that results in the on-set of buckling for nanoribbons of different ...

Despite the prevalence and importance of microservices in industry, there exists limited research on microservices, partly due to lacking a benchmark system that reflects the characteristics of industrial microservice systems. To fill this gap, we conduct a review of literature and open source systems to identify the gap between existing benchmark systems and industrial microservice systems. Ba...

By means of first principles calculations we show that both rutile and anatase phases of bulk TiO2 doped by S, Se or Pb can display substantial decreasing in the band gap (up to 50%), while doping by Zr does not sizably affect the band-gap value. Moreover, the absorption edge is shifted (up to 1 eV) to the lower energy range in the case of TiO2 doped by S or Pb that opens a way to enhancin...