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Interference of Fano-Rashba conductance dips

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-03-18 v1

Abstract

We study the interference of two tunable Rashba regions in a quantum wire with one propagating mode. The transmission dips (Fano-Rashba dips) of the two regions either cross or anti cross depending on the distance between the two regions. For large separations we find Fabry-P\'erot oscillations due to the interference of forwards and backwards propagating modes. At small separations overlapping evanescent modes play a prominent role, leading to an enhanced transmission and destroying the conductance dip. Analytical expressions in scattering-matrix theory are given and the relevance of the interference effect in a device is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1102.0457,
  title  = {Interference of Fano-Rashba conductance dips},
  author = {A. Renart and M. M. Gelabert and L. Serra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0457},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 4 embedded figures