General ⇒ affiliation with two indices

[MrH86A]

Hi, I have the situation where many authors belong to the same institute/company but within different divisions/departments, is there a way to achieve the following (for two authors, for example):

First Name ^{1,2}, Second Name ^{1,3}
^{1} Department One ^{2} (Two ^{3}), Institute bla bla.


So basically I want to add more indices in the main affiliation of the authors that refers to them specifically. It is important to save space by not repeating the affiliation specifying the department of each author in a new line of text.

[Johannes_B]

Can you show us a minimal working example so we can reproduce how you are currently setting up that author block?

[MrH86A]

Thanks for your prompt reply. To be very specific and minimal, this is the what I'm trying to compile:

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\documentclass[superscriptaddress]{revtex4}

\begin{document}

\author{First Name}
\affiliation{First Department, Same Institute}
\author{Second Name}
\affiliation{Second Department, Same Institute}
\maketitle


\end{document}

This uses the APS documentclass. I want to produce the affiliation in a single line with indices referring to the authors. This will save a huge space as all the authors belong to the same institute. I know it's silly, but the specific department must be indicated. Is this clear enough?

[Johannes_B]

Why are you using the aps class? Seems a strange reason for me, especially since making changes to the predefined output is much harder when a template is used.
How about using a standard class?

[MrH86A]

You are right, it's not strictly required to use the APS documentclass. But do you believe that it is possible to achieve what I want using the article documentclass? Thanks for taking the time to help.

[Johannes_B]

No matter if you are using APS or the generic article, you don't have to use \maketitle to generate the actual titlehead. You can do it completely by hand, though this is a tiny bit more complicated.

What would you need from the APS template within article, or ... how should the header look like? Just the linebreaks removed? Do you need this more than once (i.e. a macro) or is it enough to do it completely by hand without any automation.
If the institution is always the same, can it be hardcoded? Is it useful to add the very same marker for every every name instead of just using something like a subtitle to place this information.

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Properties of our new and georgous material
Institute of nano-stuff
James^1, Mary^2, Gunther^7
^1 dep. of materials testing; ^2 dep. of nano-scale simulations; ^3 dep. of ultra-testing, Iceland

[MrH86A]

Thanks for your help, I will follow your advice!