Accurate structure factors from pseudopotential methods (2009)
Highly accurate experimental structure factors of silicon are available in the literature, and these provide the ideal test for any \emph{ab initio} method for the construction of the all-electron...
Core reconstruction in pseudopotential calculations (2009)
A new method is presented for obtaining all-electron results from a pseudopotential calculation. This is achieved by carrying out a localised calculation in the region of an atomic nucleus using the...
Density-functional embedding using a plane-wave basis (2009)
The constrained electron density method of embedding a Kohn-Sham system in a substrate system (first described by P. Cortona, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 44}, 8454 (1991) and T.A. Wesolowski and A. Warshel, J....
Embedding methods for large-scale surface calculations (2009)
One of the goals in the development of large scale electronic structure methods is to perform calculations explicitly for a localised region of a system, while still taking into account the rest of...
Electronic damping of molecular motion at metal surfaces (2009)
Trail, J. R., Graham, M. C., Bird, D. M.
A method for the calculation of the damping rate due to electron-hole pair excitation for atomic and molecular motion at metal surfaces is presented. The theoretical basis is provided by Time...
Trail, J. R., Graham, M. C., Bird, D. M., Persson, M., Holloway, S.
A method is presented for calculating electron-hole pair excitation due to an incident atom or molecule interacting with a metal surface. Energy loss is described using an \textit{ab initio} approach...
Electron-hole pair creation by atoms incident on a metal surface (2009)
Trail, J. R., Bird, D. M., Persson, M., Holloway, S.
Electron-hole pair creation by an adsorbate incident on a metal surface is described using \textit{ab initio} methods. The approach starts with standard first principles electronic structure theory,...
Newns-Anderson model of chemicurrents in H/Cu and H/Ag (2008)
Mizielinski, M. S., Bird, D. M., Persson, M., Holloway, S.
The excitation of the electronic system induced by the adsorption of a hydrogen atom on the (111) surfaces of copper and silver is investigated using the time-dependent, mean-field Newns-Anderson...
Spectrum of electronic excitations due to the adsorption of atoms on metal surfaces (2006)
Mizielinski, M. S., Bird, D. M., Persson, M., Holloway, S.
The time-dependent, mean-field Newns-Anderson model for a spin-polarised adsorbate approaching a metallic surface is solved in the wide-band limit. Equations for the time-evolution of the electronic...
All solid photonic bandgap fiber based on an array of oriented rectangular high index rods (2006)
Wang, A., Pearce, G. J., Luan, F., Bird, D. M., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C.
An improved photonic bandgap fiber based on an array of rings (2006)
Stone, J. M., Pearce, G. J., Luan, F., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C., George, A. K., ...
Design of low-loss and highly birefringent hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (2006)
Roberts, P. J., Williams, D. P., Sabert, H., Mangan, B. J., Bird, D. M., Birks, T. A., ...
Solid photonic bandgap fibres and applications (2006)
Knight, J. C., Luan, F., Pearce, G. J., Wang, A., Birks, T. A., Bird, D. M.
Bend loss in all-solid bandgap fibres (2006)
Birks, T. A., Luan, F., Pearce, G. J., Wang, A., Knight, J. C., Bird, D. M.
Pulse Amplification and Shaping Using a Nonlinear Amplifying Loop Mirror, (2005)
Greer, E. J., Smith, K., Doran, N. J., Bird, D. M., Cameron, K. H.
In recent work, we have studied the the shaping of picosecond-duration optical pulses by the intensity-dependent transmission characteristics of a nonlinear fibre loop mirror. We demonstrated both...
Hollow-core PCF for guidance in the mid to far infra-red (2005)
Pearce, G. J., Pottage, J. M., Bird, D. M., Roberts, P. J., Knight, J. C., Russell, P. S. J.
All-solid photonic bandgap fiber (2004)
Luan, F., George, A. K., Hedley, T. D., Pearce, G. J., Bird, D. M., Knight, J. C., ...
Scaling laws and vector effects in bandgap-guiding fibres (2004)
Birks, T. A., Bird, D. M., Hedley, T. D., Pottage, J. M., Russell, P. S.
Experimental demonstration of refractive index scaling in photonic bandgap fibers (2004)
Antonoppolos, G., Benabid, Fetah, Birks, T. A., Bird, D. M., Bouwmans, G., Knight, J. C., ...
We report on the experimental observation of the bandgap shift in D/sub 2/O-filled hollow core photonic crystal fibers. Our results confirm a simple scaling law for bandgaps in fibers with different...
Hirsch, Ann M, Bauer, W D, Bird, D M, Cullimore, J, Tyler, B, Yoder, J I
Rhizosphere interactions are affected by many different regulatory signals. As yet, however, only a few have been identified. Signals, by definition, contain information, react with a receptor, and...
Robust photonic band gaps for hollow core guidance in PCF made from high index glass (2003)
Pottage, J. M., Bird, D. M., Hedley, T. D., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C., Russell, P. S., ...
Lattice dynamics and elastic properties of zinc-blende MgS (2001)
Wolverson, D., Bird, D. M., Bradford, C., Prior, K. A., Cavenett, B. C.
First-principles pseudo-potential study of the Pd(110)-c(2x2)-ethylene adsorption system (2001)
Pichierri, F., Iitaka, T., Ebisuzaki, T., Kawai, M., Bird, D. M.
Habitat use by Loggerhead Shrikes in Ontario and Quebec (2001)
Chabot, A. A., Titman, R. D., Bird, D. M.
Once common throughout northeastern North America, the migrant race of Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus migrans) has undergone a drastic decline since the middle of the last century. The...
A Mixed Basis Approach for the Efficient Calculation of Potential Energy Surfaces (1997)
Gulseren, O., Bird, D. M., Humphreys, S. E.
First principles calculations based on density functional theory are having an incerasing impact on our understanding of molecule-surface interactions. For example, calculations of the...
Inelastic scattering of high energy electrons by crystals. (1982)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cambridge, 1982.
Two genomic sequences that share homology with Rp11215, the gene encoding the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II in Drosophila melanogaster, have been isolated from the nematode Caenorhabditis...
Effects of electromagnetic fields on photophasic circulating melatonin levels in American kestrels.
Fernie, K J, Bird, D M, Petitclerc, D
Birds reproduce within electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from transmission lines. Melatonin influences physiologic and behavioral processes that are critical to survival, and melatonin has been...
Two genomic sequences that share homology with Rp11215, the gene encoding the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II in Drosophila melanogaster, have been isolated from the nematode Caenorhabditis...
Effects of electromagnetic fields on photophasic circulating melatonin levels in American kestrels.
Fernie, K J, Bird, D M, Petitclerc, D
Birds reproduce within electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from transmission lines. Melatonin influences physiologic and behavioral processes that are critical to survival, and melatonin has been...