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We present a theory of coherent quantum transport in ferromagnetic/ non-magnetic/ ferromagnetic heterojunctions. We predict quantum coherence to give rise to a quantum spin valve effect that, unlike its familiar classical analog, occurs…

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We consider tunneling transport through a Mn$_{12}$ molecular magnet using spin density functional theory. A tractable methodology for constructing many-body wavefunctions from Kohn-Sham orbitals allows for the determination of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-08 L. Michalak , C. M. Canali , M. R. Pederson , M. Paulsson , V. G. Benza

We theoretically investigate the electron transport properties for a semiconductor quantum wire containing a single finite-size attractive impurity under an external terahertz electromagnetic field illumination in the ballistic limit.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Guanghui Zhou , Yuan Li , Fang Cheng , Wenfu Liao

We explore electron transport properties for the model of benzene-1, 4-dithiolate (BDT) molecule and for some other geometric models of benzene molecule attached to two semi-infinite one-dimensional metallic electrodes using the Green's…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-13 Santanu K. Maiti

In this letter we study the coherent electronic transport through a metallic nanowire with magnetic impurities. The spins of these impurities are considered as frozen to mimic a low temperature spin glass phase. The transport properties of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 Guillame Paulin , David Carpentier

We find that the electronic spin rotation induced by drift transport around a closed path in a wide variety of nonmagnetic semiconductors at zero magnetic field depends solely on the physical path taken. Physical paths that produce any…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-07-07 B. J. Moehlmann , Michael E. Flatté

We consider theoretically transport in a spinfull one-channel interacting quantum wire placed in an external magnetic field. For the case of two point-like impurities embedded in the wire, under a small voltage bias the spin-polarized…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-02-17 Zoran Ristivojevic , George I. Japaridze , Thomas Nattermann

We explore electron transport through a moebius strip attached to two metallic electrodes by the use of Green's function technique. A parametric approach is used based on the tight-binding model to characterize the electron transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Santanu K. Maiti

A model is developed describing the energy distribution of quasi-particles in a quasi-one dimensional, normal metal wire, where the transport is diffusive, connected between equilibrium reservoirs. When an ac bias is applied to the wire by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-20 Robbert-Jan Dikken

We study the effects of a perpendicular magnetic field on the spin and charge distribution across a quantum wire. Using momentum resolved tunneling between two parallel wires we measure the dispersion relation for different perpendicular…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-12-10 Gilad Barak , Loren N. Pfeiffer , Ken W. West , Bertrand I. Halperin , Amir Yacoby

We propose two new approaches for regulating spin polarization and spin inversion in a conducting junction within a tight-binding framework based on wave-guide theory. The system comprises a magnetic quantum ring with finite modulation in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-19 Moumita Patra , Santanu K. Maiti

A theory of spin-transport in hybrid normal metal - ferromagnetic electronic circuits is developed, taking into account non-collinear spin-accumulation. Spin-transport through resistive elements is described by 4 conductance parameters.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Arne Brataas , Yu. V. Nazarov , G. E. W. Bauer

The counterpropagating edge states of a two-dimensional topological insulator (TI) carry electrons of opposite spins. We investigate the transport properties of edge states in a two-dimensional TI which is contacted to ferromagnetic leads.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-25 Yuan Li , M. B. A. Jalil , Seng Ghee Tan , GuangHui Zhou

The zero-temperature magnetic field-dependent conductance of electrons through a one-dimensional non-interacting tight-binding chain with an interacting {\it side} dot is reviewed and analized further. When the number of electrons in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 M. E. Torio , K. Hallberg , C. Proetto

We study the Josephson effect in a trijunction formed by two topological superconductor (TS) wires and a conventional $s$-wave superconductor. Using a boundary Green's function formalism, analytical results for the current-phase relation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-28 A. Zazunov , R. Egger , M. Alvarado , A. Levy Yeyati

A one-dimensional, two-channel quantum wire is studied in the effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian framework. Analytical expressions are derived for the band structure of the isolated wire. Quantum states and transport properties of the wire…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 Amin Tayebi , Vladimir Zelevinsky

We study transport through a one-dimensional quantum wire of correlated fermions connected to semi-infinite leads. The wire contains either a single impurity or two barriers, the latter allowing for resonant tunneling. In the leads the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Enss , V. Meden , S. Andergassen , X. Barnabe-Theriault , W. Metzner , K. Schoenhammer

We present analysis of the interacting quantum wire problem in the presence of magnetic field and spin-orbit interaction. We show that an interesting interplay of Zeeman and spin-orbit terms, facilitated by the electron-electron…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Jianmin Sun , Suhas Gangadharaiah , Oleg A. Starykh

We discuss the general transport properties of superconducting quantum point contacts. We show how these properties can be obtained from a microscopic model using nonequilibrium Green function techniques. For the case of a one-channel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Martin-Rodero , A. Levy Yeyati , J. C. Cuevas

We consider theoretically a magnetic impurity spin driven by polarized electrons tunneling through a double quantum dot system. Spin blockade effect and spin conservation in the system make the magnetic impurity sufficiently interact with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 Wenxi Lai , Wen Yang
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