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The behavior of the dc-component of the current along a quantum loop of tight-binding electrons threaded by a magnetic flux that varies linearly in time Phi_M(t)= Phi t is investigated. We analize the electron transport in different kinds…
We investigate magneto-transport properties of a $\theta$ shaped three-arm mesoscopic ring where the upper and lower sub-rings are threaded by Aharonov-Bohm fluxes $\phi_1$ and $\phi_2$, respectively, within a non-interacting electron…
Simplest models of two- and three-terminal Quantum Quantum Gates are suggested in form of a quantum ring with few one-dimensional quantum wires attached to it and several point-wise govering electrodes inside the ring which are charged by a…
The structure of the superconducting order parameter in the iron-pnictide superconductor BaFe$_2$(As$_{0.67}$P$_{0.33}$)$_2$ ($T_c=31$\,K) with line nodes is studied by the angle-resolved thermal conductivity measurements in a magnetic…
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Point contacts provide simple connections between macroscopic particle reservoirs. In electric circuits, strong links between metals, semiconductors or superconductors have applications for fundamental condensed-matter physics as well as…
We demonstrate how a genetic ring oscillator network with quorum sensing feedback can operate as a robust logic gate. Specifically we show how a range of logic functions, namely AND/NAND, OR/NOR and XOR/XNOR, can be realized by the system,…
In this work, we study persistent current in a mesoscopic cylinder subjected to both longitudinal and transverse magnetic fluxes. A simple tight-binding model is used to describe the system, where all the calculations are performed exactly…
We study the Kondo effect of a quantum dot placed in a complex mesoscopic structure. Assuming that electronic interactions are taking place solely on the dot, and focusing on the infinite Hubbard interaction limit, we use a decoupling…
The authors report magnetic measurements of fluxoid transitions in mesoscopic, superconducting aluminum rings. The transitions are induced by applying a flux to the ring so that the induced supercurrent approaches the critical current. In a…
We propose a simple model of two coupled mesoscopic rings threaded by magnetic flux which mimics a device for electron transmission in a controlled fashion. Within a tight binding formalism we work out exactly the conditions when a…
We study the nonequilibrium dynamics of a mesoscopic metallic ring threaded by a time-dependent magnetic field and coupled to an electronic reservoir. We analyze the relation between the (non-stationary) real-time Keldysh and retarded Green…
The present work proposes an idea to remove the long standing controversy between the calculated and measured current amplitudes carried by a small conducting ring upon the application of an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) flux $\phi$. Within a mean…
Electronic transport through a quantum wire sandwiched between two metallic electrodes and coupled to a quantum ring, threaded by a magnetic flux $\phi$, is studied. An analytic approach for the electron transport through the bridge system…
Electronic and optical properties of a mesoscopic heterostructure of a two-dimensional quantum ring composed of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors are investigated. Using the confinement potential proposed by Tan-Inkson to describe the…
We present an analysis of the magnetic response of a mesoscopic superconductor, i.e. a system of sizes comparable to the coherence length and to the London penetration depth. Our approach is based on special properties of the two…
A quantum system comprising of a monochromatic electromagnetic field coupled to a SQUID ring with sinusoidal non-linearity, is studied. A magnetostatic flux $\Phi_{x}$ is also threading the SQUID ring, and is used to control the coupling…
We consider a single spherical nanomagnet and investigate the spatial magnetization profile $\mathbf{m}\left(\mathbf{r}\right)$ in the continuum approach, using the Green's function formalism. The energy of the (many-spin) nanomagnet…
We report measurements of the low temperature magnetic response of a line of 16 GaAs/GaAlAs \emph{connected} mesoscopic rings whose total length is much larger than $l_{\phi}$. Using an on-chip micro-\textsc{squid} technology, we have…
We examine the time-dependent non-equilibrium current in a mesoscopic metal ring threaded by a static magnetic flux phi that is generated by a time-dependent electric field oscillating with frequency omega. We show that in quadratic order…