Interaction-induced dephasing of Aharonov-Bohm oscillations
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
We study the effect of the electron-electron interaction on the amplitude of mesoscopic Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) diffusive rings. We show that the dephasing length L_phi^AB governing the damping factor exp(-2piR / L_phi^AB) of the oscillations is parametrically different from the common dephasing length for the Q1D geometry. This is due to the fact that the dephasing is governed by energy transfers determined by the ring circumference 2piR, making L_phi^AB R-dependent.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0312325,
title = {Interaction-induced dephasing of Aharonov-Bohm oscillations},
author = {T. Ludwig and A. D. Mirlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0312325},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures. Minor changes, final version published in PRB