HIGHLIGHT

Selected Publications by Prof. XueˇŻs Group

******* 2005 *********
1. Y. F. Zhang, Jin-Feng Jia, Tie-Zhu Han, Zhe Tang, Quan-Tong Shen, Yang Guo, Z. Q. Qiu, and Qi-Kun Xue, ˇ°Band structure and oscillatory electron-phonon coupling of Pb thin films determined by atomic-layer-resolved quantum well statesˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 096802 (2005).
2. Xin-Yu Bao, Yan-Feng Zhang, Yupeng Wang, Jin-Feng Jia, Qi-Kun Xue, X. C. Xie, and Zhong-Xian Zhao, ˇ°Quantum Size Effects on the Perpendicular Upper Critical Field in Ultrathin Lead Filmsˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 247005 (2005).
3. Ming-Hu Pan, Hong Liu, Jun-Zhong Wang, Jin-Feng Jia, Qi-Kun Xue, J.-L. Li, S.-Y. Qin, U. M. Mirsaidov, Xiang-Rong Wang, J. T. Markert, Zhenyu Zhang, and C. K. Shih, ˇ°Quantum growth of magnetic nanoplatelets of Co on Si with high blocking temperatureˇ±, Nano Letters 5, 87-90 (2005)
4. Z. X. Mei, X. L. Du, Y. Wang, M. J. Ying, Z. Q. Zeng, H. Zheng, J. F. Jia, Q. K. Xue, and Z. Zhang, ˇ°Controlled growth of Zn-polar ZnO epitaxial film by nitridation of sapphire substrateˇ±, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 86, 112111 (2005).
5. M. J. Ying, X. L. Du, Y. Z. Liu, Z. T. Zhou, Z. Q. Zeng, Z. X. Mei, H. Zheng, J. F. Jia, J. M. Zhou, Q. K. Xue, and Z. Zhang, ˇ°Interface engineering for lattice-matched epitaxy of ZnO on (LaAlO3)0.3(Sr0.5Ta0.5O3)0.7 (111) substratesˇ±, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 87, 202107(2005).
6. Y. Wang, X. L. Du, Z. X. Mei, Z. Q. Zeng, M. J. Ying, H. T. Yuan, J. F. Jia, Q. K. Xue, and Z. Zhang, ˇ°Cubic nitridation layers on sapphire substrate and their role in polarity selection of ZnO filmsˇ±Ł¬ APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 87, 051901 (2005).
7. Z. T. Wang, Y. Yamada-Takamura, Y. Fujikawa, T. Sakurai, and Q. K. Xue, ˇ°Atomistic study of GaN surface grown on Si(111)ˇ±, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 87, 032110 (2005).
8. Q. Q. Wang, A. Muller, P. Bianucci, C. K. Shih, and Q. K. Xue, ˇ°Quality factors of qubit rotations in single semiconductor quantum dotsˇ±, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 87, 031904 (2005).
9. Z. W. Liu, H. M. Xie, D. N. Fang, et al. ˇ°Residual strain around a step edge of artificial Al/Si(111)-7x7 nanoclusterˇ±, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 87, 201908 (2005).
10. K. He, L. J. Zhang, X. C. Ma, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, and Z. Q. Qiu, ˇ°Growth and magnetism of ultrathin Fe films on Pt(100)ˇ±, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 72, 155432 (2005).
11. Q. Q. Wang, A. Muller, P. Bianucci, et al., ˇ°Decoherence processes during optical manipulation of excitonic qubits in semiconductor quantum dotsˇ±, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 72, 035306 (2005).
12. L. X. Zhang, S. B. Zhang, Q. K. Xue et al., ˇ° Electronic structure of identical metal cluster arrays on Si(111)-7X7 surfacesˇ±, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 72, 033315(2005).

******* 2004 *********
13. Yang Guo, Yan-Feng Zhang, Xin-Yu Bao, Tie-Zhu Han, Zhe Tang, Li-Xin Zhang, Wen-Guang Zhu, E. G. Wang, Qian Niu, Z. Q. Qiu, Jin-Feng Jia, Zhong-Xian Zhao, Qi-Kun Xue, ˇ°Superconductivity Modulated by Quantum Size Effectsˇ±, Science 306, 1915 (2004).
14. Shao-Chun Li, Jin-Feng Jia, Rui-Fen Dou, Qi-Kun Xue, Iskander G. Batyrev and S.B. Zhang, ˇ°Borderline magic clustering: The fabrication of tetravalent Pb cluster arrays on Si(111)-7ˇÁ7 surfacesˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 116103 (2004).
15. Y. Han, J. Y. Zhu, Feng Liu , Shao-Chun Li, Jin-Feng Jia, Yan-Feng Zhang, and Qi-Kun Xue, ˇ°Coulomb Sink: a novel Coulomb effect on coarsening of metal nanoclusters on semiconductor surfaceˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 106102 (2004).
16. K. H. Wu, A. I. Oreshkin, Y. Takamura, Y. Fujikawa, T. Nagao, T. Briere, V. Kumar, Y. Kawazoe, R. F. Dou, J. F. Jia, Q. K. Xue, and T. Sakurai, ˇ°Step-by-step cooling of a two-dimensional Na gas on the Si(111)-(7 x 7) surfaceˇ±, Phys. Rev. B70, 195417 (2004).
17. Hong Liu, Y. F. Zhang, D. Y. Wang, M. H. Pan, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, ˇ°Two-Dimensional Growth of Al Films on Si(111)-7ˇÁ7 at Low Temperatureˇ±, Surface Science 571, 5-11 (2004).
18. H. P. Sun, X. Q. Pan, X. L. Du and Q. K. Xue, ˇ°Defects in ZnO layers grown on sapphire (0001) surfaceˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85(19), 4385 (2004).
19. A. Muller, Q. Q. Wang, P. Bianucci, C. K. Shih, and Q. K. Xue, ˇ°Determination of anisotropic dipole moments in self-assembled quantum dots using Rabi oscillationˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 981 (2004).
20. P. Bianucci, A. Muller, C. K. Shih, Q. Q. Wang, Q. K. Xue, and C. Piermarocchi ˇ°Experimental realization of the one qubit Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm in a quantum dotˇ±, Phys. Rev. B 69, 161303 (Rapid Communication) (2004).
21. Ping Zhang, Qi-Kun Xue, Xian-Geng Zhao, and X. C. Xie, ˇ°Generation of spatially separated spin entanglement in a triple-quantum-dot systemˇ±, Phys. Rev. A 69, 042307 (2004).
22. S. B. Zhang, Lixin Zhang, Lifang Xu, E. G. Wang, Xi Liu, Ji-Feng Jia, and Qi-Kun Xue, ˇ°Spin driving reconstruction on the GaAs(001):Mn surfaceˇ±, Phys. Rev. B 69, 121308 (Rapid Communication) (2004).
23. C.-S. Jiang, S.-C. Li, H.-B. Yu, D. Eom, X. -D. Wang, Ph. Ebert, J.-F. Jia, Q.-K. Xue, and C.-K. Shih, ˇ°Building Pb nano-mesas with atomic layer precisionˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 106104 (2004).
24. Q. Y. Xu, Y. Wang, Y. G. Wang, X. L. Du, Q. K. Xue, and Z. Zhang, ˇ°Polarity determination of ZnO thin film by electron holographyˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 2067 (2004).

******* 2003*******
25. P. Zhang, Q. K. Xue, and X. C. Xie, ˇ°Spin current through a quantum dot in the presence of an oscillating magnetic fieldˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 196602 (2003).
26. Kehui Wu, Y. Fujikawa, T. Nagao, Y. Hasegawa, K. S. Nakayama, Q. K. Xue, E. G. Wang, T. Briere, V. Kumar, Y. Kawazoe, S. B. Zhang, and T. Sakurai, ˇ°Na adsorption on the Si(111)-7x7 surface: From two-dimensional gas to nanocluster arrayˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 126101 (2003).
27. Kehui Wu, Q. Z. Xue, R. Z. Bakhtizin, Y. Fujikawa, X. Li, T. Nagao, Qi-Kun Xue, and T. Sakurai, ˇ°layer-by-layer growth of Ag on a GaN(0001) surfaceˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1389 (2003).
28. Ping Zhang, C. K. Chan, Qi-Kun Xue, and Xian-Geng Zhao, ˇ°Quantum entanglement of excitons in coupled quantum dotsˇ±, Phys. Rev. A 67, 012312 (2003).

******* 2002 *********
29. Jian-Long Li, Jin-Feng Jia, Xue-Jin Liang, Xi Liu, Jun-Zhong Wang, Qi-Kun Xue, Zhi-Qiang Li, John S. Tse, Zhenyu Zhang, and S. B. Zhang, ˇ°Spontaneous assembly of perfectly ordered identical-size nanocluster arraysˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 066101 (2002).
30. Ping Zhang, Qi-Kun, Xue, Yu-Peng, Wang, and X.C. Xie, ˇ°Spin-dependent transport through an interacting quantum dotˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 286803 (2002).
31. Jin-Feng Jia, Xi Liu, Jun-Zhong Wang, Jian-Long Li, Mu Sun, X. S. Wang, Qi-Kun Xue, Zhi-Qiang Li, Zhenyu Zhang, and S. B. Zhang, ˇ°Fabrication and Structure of Al, Ga and In Nanocluster Two-dimensional Crystalsˇ±, Phys. Rev. B66, 165412 (2002).
32. Ping Zhang, C. K. Chan, Xiang-Gui Li, Qi-Kun Xue, and Xian-Geng Zhao, ˇ°Dynamics of the spin-2 Bose condensate driven by external magnetic fieldsˇ±, Phys. Rev. A66, 043606 (2002).
33. Hai-Lin Sun, Jin-Feng Jia, Dingyong Zhong, Qi-Kun Xue, and E. G. Wang, ˇ°STM study of polymerized carbon nanobells: Electronic effect and evidence of nitrogen incorporationˇ±, Phys. Rev. B66, 085423 (2002).
34. Ping Zhang, Qi-Kun Xue, Xian-Geng Zhao, and Xin-Cheng Xie, ˇ°Coulomb-enhanced dynamic localization and Bell state generation in a coupled quantum dotˇ±, Phys. Rev. A66, 022117 (2002).
35. H. Chen, Y. K. Li, C. S. Peng, H. F. Liu, Y. L. Liu, Q. Huang, J. M. Zhou, and Qi-Kun Xue, ˇ°Crosshatching on a SiGe film grown on a Si?001? substrate studied by Raman mapping and atomic force microscopyˇ±, Phys. Rev. B65, 233303 (2002).
36. Jun-Zhong Wang, Jin-Feng Jia, Hong Liu, Shao-Chun Li, Xi Liu, and Qi-Kun Xue, ˇ°A Close View of Ordered Ga Wires Formed on Si(100) 2 x nˇ±, Phys. Rev. B65, 235303 (2002).
37. Jin-Feng Jia, Jun-Zhong Wang, Xi Liu, Qi-Kun Xue, Zhi-Qiang Li, Y. Kawazoe, and S. B. Zhang, ˇ°Artificial nanocluster crystal: lattice of identical Al clustersˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3186 (2002).
38. H. Q. Jia, H. Chen, W. C. Wang, W. X. Wang, W. Li, Q. Huang, Junming Zhou, and Q. K. Xue, ˇ°Improvement of thermal stability of wet oxidized AlAsˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 974 (2002).
39. Jun-Zhong Wang, Jin-Feng Jia, Hong Liu, Jian-Long Li, Xi Liu, and Qi-Kun Xue, ˇ°Spontaneous Vacancy Array Formation on FeSi2 and CoSi2 Formed on Si(100) 2xn surfaceˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 1990 (2002).

************* Before 2001**********
40. Jian-Long Li, Xue-Jin Liang, Jin-Feng Jia, Xi Liu, Jun-Zhong Wang, and Qi-Kun Xue, ˇ°Spontaneous formation of ordered indium quantum wire array on Si(001)ˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2826 (2001).
41. Q. K. Xue, T. Hashizume, and T. Sakurai, "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of III-V Compound Semiconductor (001) Surface", in Advances in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Springer Press, Chapter 8, p194-282 (2000) (Book Chapter).
42. X. G. Qiu, Y. Segawa, Q. K. Xue, Q. Z. Xue, and T. Sakurai, ˇ°Influence of threading dislocations on the near-band edge photoluminescence of wurtzite GaN thin films on SiC substrateˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 1316-1318 (2000)
43. Q. Z. Xue, Q. K. Xue, S. Kuwano, K. F. Kelly, J. Sadowski, Y. Hasegawa, K. Nakayama, T. Sakurai, and T. Ohno, "Reply to Comments on As-induced 2x2 GaN(0001) reconstructionˇ±, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4015 (2000).
44. Y. Hasegawa, K. Akiyama, M. Ono, S. ¨CJ. Kahng, Q. K. Xue, K. Nakayama, T. Hashizume, and T. Sakurai, ˇ°Erasable nanometer-scale modification at the Au/Si interface by ballistic electron emission microscopyˇ±, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 3668 (1999).
45. Q. Z. Xue, Q. K. Xue, R. Z. Bakhtizin, Y. Hasegawa, I. S. T. Tsong, T. Sakurai, and T. Ohno, "Atomistic investigation of various GaN(0001) phases on the 6H-SiC(0001) surface", Phys. Rev. B59, 12604-12611 (1999).
46. Q. Z. Xue, Q. K. Xue, Y. Hasegawa, I. S. T. Tsong, and T. Sakurai, "Two-step preparation of 6H-SiC(0001) surface for epitaxial growth on GaN thin film", Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 2468 (1999).
47. Q. K. Xue, Q. Z. Xue, R. Z. Bakhtizin, Y. Hasegawa, I. S. T. Tsong, T. Sakurai, and T. Ohno, "Structures of GaN(0001) 2x2, 4x4 and 5x5 surface reconstructions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3074-3077 (1999).
48. Y. Hasegawa, H. Kiyama, Q. K. Xue, and T. Sakurai, "Structures of facetted planes of 3D InAs quantum dots on GaAs(001) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy", Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2265-2267 (1998).
49. Q.K. Xue and T. Sakurai, "6x2 surface reconstruction for the two-dimensional heteroepitaxial growth of InAs on GaAs", Phys. Rev. B57, R6862-R6865 (1998).
50. Q.K. Xue, T. Hashizume, and T. Sakurai, "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of III-V Compound Semiconductor (001) Surface", Progress in Surface Science 56, P1-P132 (1997) (review paper).
51. T. Sakurai, X.D. Wang, Q.K. Xue, Y. Hasegawa, T. Hashizume, H. Shinohara, "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Fullerenes", Progress in Surface Science 51, P263-P408 (1996) (review paper).
52. Q.K. Xue, T. Ogino, Y. Hasegawa, and T. Sakurai, "C60 adsorption and film growth on GaAs(001)2x6 surfaces by molecular beam epitaxy", Phys. Rev. B53, 1985-1989 (1996).
53. Q.K. Xue, T. Hashizume, J.M. Zhou, T. Sakata, T. Ohno, and T. Sakurai, "Structures of GaAs(001) Ga-rich 4x2 and 4x6 reconstructions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3177-3180 (1995).
54. Tomihiro Hashizume, Q.K. Xue, A. Ichimiya, and Toshio Sakurai, "Determination of the surface structures of the GaAs(001)-2x4 As-rich phase", Phys. Rev. B51, 4200-4212 (1995).
55. Tomihiro Hashizume, Q.K. Xue, J.M. Zhou, A. Ichimiya, and T Sakurai, "Structures of the As-rich GaAs(001)-(2x4) reconstructions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 2208-2211 (1994).
56. Junming Zhou, Q.K. Xue, Tomihiro Hashizume, and Toshio Sakurai, "Surface ordering of the GaAs(001) surface grown by molecular beam epitaxy", Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 583-585 (1994).
57. X.-D. Wang, Q.K. Xue, T. Hashizume, H. Shinohara, Y. Nishina, and T. Sakurai, "Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of the interaction of C70 with the Si(100)2x1 surface", Phys. Rev. B49, 7754-7758 (1994).
58. X.-D. Wang, Q.K. Xue, T. Hashizume, H. Shinohara, Y. Nishina, and T. Sakurai, "Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the solid-phase Sc2C84 metallofullerene", Phys. Rev. B48, 15492-15495 (1993).