Utilizing a sum rule in a spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopic experiment with circularly polarized light, we show that the orbital moment in LaTiO3 is strongly reduced from its ionic value, both below and above the Ne el temperature. Using Ti L2,3 x-ray absorption spectroscopy as a local probe, we found that the crystal-field splitting in the t2g subshell is about 0.12-0.30 eV. This large...

The study of total light absorption due to excitation of localized surface plasmons on deep metallic crossed gratings having a sinusoidal profile with a two-dimensional periodicity shows a very strong increase in the electric field intensity, reaching 800 times the incident intensity. The region with high intensity is strongly localized at the groove top and is characterized by a volume much sm...

The exciton relaxation process of CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) has been investigated by using transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy. The hot exciton relaxation process is confirmed to exist in the CsPbI3 NCs, through comparing the TA data of CsPbI3 NCs in low and high energy excitonic states. In addition, the Auger recombination and intrinsic decay paths also participate in the relaxat...

Optically transparent wood, combining optical and mechanical performance, is an emerging new material for light-transmitting structures in buildings with the aim of reducing energy consumption. One of the main obstacles for transparent wood fabrication is delignification, where around 30 wt % of wood tissue is removed to reduce light absorption and refractive index mismatch. This step is time c...

The crucial role of state-dependent fluorescence yield was established previously [2-4]. Ab initio RAS-SCF approaches for transition-metal L-edge spectroscopy have been reported before [5, 6] and it was established that the state-dependence fluorescence yield for aqueous Cr arises from local atomic effects [4]. In contrast to the assertions in [1] that the analysis in [4] is mostly based on sem...