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Aharonov-Bohm oscillations have been observed in a lattice formed by a two dimensional rhombus tiling. This observation is in good agreement with a recent theoretical calculation of the energy spectrum of this so-called T3 lattice. We have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Naud , G. Faini , D. Mailly , J. Vidal , B. Doucot , G. Montambaux , A. Wieck , D. Reuter

We demonstrate operation of a small Fabry-Perot interferometer in which highly coherent Aharonov-Bohm oscillations are observed in the integer and fractional quantum Hall regimes. Using a novel heterostructure design, Coulomb effects are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 James Nakamura , Saeed Fallahi , Harshad Sahasrabudhe , Rajib Rahman , Shuang Liang , Geoffrey C. Gardner , Michael J. Manfra

A novel conductance oscillation in a twisted quantum ring composed of a helical atomic configuration is theoretically predicted. Internal torsion of the ring is found to cause a quantum phase shift in the wavefunction that describes the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Hisao Taira , Hiroyuki Shima

We theoretically analyze the effect of electron-electron interactions on Aharonov-Bohm (AB) current oscillations in ring-shaped systems with metallic quantum dots pierced by external magnetic field. We demonstrate that electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-21 Andrew G. Semenov , Dmitri S. Golubev , Andrei D. Zaikin

Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferences in the quantum Hall regime can be achieved, provided that electrons are able to transmit between two edge channels in nanostructures. Pioneering approaches include quantum point contacts in 2DEG systems,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-21 Viet Hung Nguyen , Jean-Christophe Charlier

We consider single-electron tunnelling through antidot states using a Coulomb-blockade model, and give an explanation for h/2e Aharonov-Bohm oscillations, which are observed experimentally when the two spins of the lowest Landau level form…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Kataoka , C. J. B. Ford , G. Faini , D. Mailly , M. Y. Simmons , D. A. Ritchie

We present the first findings of the spin transistor effect in the Rashba gate-controlled ring embedded in the p-type self-assembled silicon quantum well that is prepared on the n-type Si (100) surface. The coherence and phase sensitivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. T. Bagraev , N. G. Galkin , W. Gehlhoff , L. E. Klyachkin , A. M. Malyarenko , I. A. Shelykh

We have measured weak antilocalization effects, universal conductance fluctuations, and Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the two-dimensional electron gas formed in InGaAs/AlInAs heterostructures. This system possesses strong spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 L. H. Tzarfati , A. Aharony , O. Entin-Wohlman , M. Karpovski , V. Shelukhin , V. Umansky , A. Palevski

Inverted-band $pn$ junctions in two-dimensional materials offer a promising platform for electron optics in condensed matter, as they allow to manipulate and guide electron beams without the need for spatial confinement. In this work, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Yuhao Zhao , Oded Zilberberg , Antonio Štrkalj

The nonlinear electronic transport properties of a ballistic Aharonov-Bohm ring are investigated. It is demonstrated how the electronic interaction breaks the phase rigidity in a two-probe mesoscopic device as the voltage bias is increased.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Alexis R. Hernández , Caio H. Lewenkopf

We numerically calculate the magnetization by applying the magnetic field ($B$) perpendicular to two-dimensional corbino disk system without electron spin. We obtain that the period of the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) oscillations of magnetization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-27 Katsumi Itahashi , Keita Kishigi , Yasumasa Hasegawa

The fractional Aharonov-Bohm oscillation (FABO) of narrow quantum rings with two electrons has been studied and has been explained in an analytical way, the evolution of the period and amplitudes against the magnetic field can be exactly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-01-19 He Yanzhang , Bao Chengguang

We study theoretically the optical properties of an exciton in a two-dimensional ring threaded by a magnetic flux. We model the quantum ring by a confining potential that can be continuously tuned from strictly one-dimensional to truly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-05 C. González-Santander , F. Domínguez-Adame , R. A. Römer

In this work, we investigate the effects of a controlled conical geometry on the electric charge transport through a two-dimensional quantum ring weakly coupled to both the emitter and the collector. These mesoscopic systems are known for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Francisco A. G. de Lira , Edilberto O. Silva , Christian D. Santangelo

The exciton states in strained (In,Ga)As nanorings embedded in a GaAs matrix are computed. The strain distribution is extracted from the continuum mechanical model, and the exact diagonalization approach is employed to compute the exciton…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-03 M. Tadić , N. Čukarić , V. Arsoski , F. M. Peeters

We theoretically study the propagation of a guided atom laser across an Aharonov-Bohm ring which is exposed to a synthetic gauge field. The presence of disorder within the ring gives rise to Al'tshuler-Aronov-Spivak oscillations, seen in…

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect has been accepted and has promoted interdisciplinary scientific activities in modern physics. To observe the AB effect in condensed matter physics, the whole system needs to maintain phase coherence, in a tiny…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-09 Masakatsu Tsubota , Katsuhiko Inagaki , Satoshi Tanda

We study a particle on a ring in presence of various dissipative environments. We develop and solve a variational scheme assuming low frequency dominance. We analyze our solution within a renormalization group (RG) scheme to all orders…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Baruch Horovitz , Pierre Le Doussal

Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interference is reported for the first time in the conductance of a vertical nanostructure based on a single GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well (QW). The two lowest subbands of the well are spatially separated by the Hartree…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Vincenzo Piazza , Fabio Beltram , Werner Wegscheider , Chi-Te Liang , M. Pepper

Optical emission from type-II ZnTe/ZnSe quantum dots demonstrates large and persistent oscillations in both the peak energy and intensity indicating the formation of coherently rotating states. Furthermore, the Aharanov-Bohm (AB) effect is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 I. R. Sellers , V. R. Whiteside , I. L. Kuskovsky , A. O. Govorov , B. D. McCombe