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J. Zeman

Publications and source records attributed to J. Zeman.

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arXiv2008

Mesoscopic study on historic masonry

This paper presents a comprehensive approach to the evaluation of macroscopic material parameters for natural stone and quarry masonry. To that end, a reliable non-linear material model on a meso-scale is developed to cover the random arrangement of stone blocks and quasi-brittle behaviour of both basic components, as well as the impaired cohesion and tensile strength on the interface between the blocks and mortar joints. The paper thus interrelates the following three problems: (i) definition of a suitable periodic unit cell (PUC) representing a particular masonry structure; (ii) derivation of material parameters of individual constituents either experimentally or running a mixed numerical-experimental problem; (iii) assessment of the macroscopic material parameters including the tensile and compressive strengths and fracture energy.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗

arXiv2000

Magneto infra-red absorption in high electronic density GaAs quantum wells

Magneto infra-red absorption measurements have been performed in a highly doped GaAs quantum well which has been lifted off and bonded to a silicon substrate, in order to study the resonant polaron interaction. It is found that the pinning of the cyclotron energy occurs at an energy close to that of the transverse optical phonon of GaAs. This unexpected result is explained by a model taking into account the full dielectric constant of the quantum well.

cond-mat↗

arXiv1999

Low Dimensional Correlated Systems: Cugeo_3 and Nav_2O_5

Some of the properties of the low-dimensional electronically correlated materials \cgo and \nvo are discussed. The emphasis lies on recent results obtained using Raman scattering and optical absorption spectroscopy as a function of temperature, magnetic field and hydrostatic pressure.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv1999

On the scaling of the (H-T)-phase diagram of CuGeO$_3$

The H-T phase diagram of CuGeO$_3$ has been determined, for different values of the hydrostatic pressure, utilizing optical absorption spectroscopy on the Cu$^{2+}$ d-d transitions. It is shown that the intensity of the related zero phonon line transition is very sensitive to the local environment of Cu$^{2+}$, allowing for precise determination of all phase transitions. It is found that the phase diagrams at various pressures do not scale according to the Cross-Fischer theory. An alternative scaling is proposed.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv1997

Revival of the spin-Peierls transition in Cu_xZn_(1-x)GeO_3 under pressure

Pressure and temperature dependent susceptibility and Raman scattering experiments on single crystalline Cu_xZn_(1-x)GeO_3 have shown an unusually strong increase of the spin-Peierls phase transition temperature upon applying hydrostatic pressure. The large positive pressure coefficient (7.5 K/GPa) - almost twice as large as for the pure compound (4.5 K/GPa) - is interpreted as arising due to an increasing magnetic frustration which decreases the spin-spin correlation length, and thereby weakens the influence of the non-magnetic Zn-substitution.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv1996

Magnetic interactions and the pressure phase-diagram of CuGeO3

A pressure and temperature dependent Raman study of the vibrational and spin dynamics in CuGeO3 is presented. A new low temperature, high pressure phase has been identified, and a pressure-temperature phase-diagram is proposed for CuGeO3. The pressure dependence of the effective exchange interaction, of the spin-Peierls gap, and of the spin-Peierls temperature strongly supports a model in which next nearest neighbor interactions stabilise the SP ground state. The Raman data allow for a quantitative estimate of the pressure dependence of the next nearest neighbor interactions.

cond-mat.str-el↗