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We propose a theoretical model to study the single-electron spectra of the concentric quantum double ring fabricated lately by self-assembled technique. Exact diagonalization method is employed to examine the Aharonov-Bohm effect in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Y. Chen , Y. N. Chen , D. S. Chuu

Characteristic results of magnetism in small particles and thin films are presented. As a consequence of the reduced atomic coordination in small clusters and thin films the electronic states and density of states modify. Thus magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 K. H. Bennemann

We provide a broad review of fundamental electronic properties of two-dimensional graphene with the emphasis on density and temperature dependent carrier transport in doped or gated graphene structures. A salient feature of our review is a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 S. Das Sarma , Shaffique Adam , E. H. Hwang , Enrico Rossi

We study the electron transport in three terminal junctions and quantum rings looking for the classical deflection of electron trajectories in presence of intersubband scattering. We indicate that although the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-06 M. R. Poniedziałek , B. Szafran

Here, we report on our results where self-consistent calculations are performed to investigate the interference conditions, numerically. We employ the successful 4$^{th}$ order grid technique to obtain the actual electrostatic quantities of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-16 E. Cicek , A. Siddiki

The low-lying spectrum of a 3-electron narrow ring has been analyzed analytically. A phase-diagram for the ground state band against the magnetic field and the radius of the ring is obtained. The symmetry background of the fractional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. G. Bao , G. M. Huang , Y. M. Liu

We demonstrate that the phenomenon of current confinement along graphene n-p junctions at high magnetic fields can be used to form an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer. The interference system exploits a closed n-p junction that can be induced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-23 Alina Mreńca-Kolasińska , Stefan Heun , Bartłomiej Szafran

We discuss the effect of quantum interference on transport through a quantum dot system. We introduce an indirect coherent coupling parameter alpha, which provides constructive/destructive interference in the transport current depending on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Y. Tokura , H. Nakano , T. Kubo

A mesoscopic ring subject to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and sequentially coupled to an interacting quantum dot, in the presence of Aharonov-Bohm flux, is proposed as a flux tunable tunneling diode. The analysis of the conductance by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-22 R. Citro , F. Romeo

Measurements of the Little-Parks oscillations at measuring current much lower than the persistent current give unambiguous evidence of the dc current flowing against the force of the dc electric field because of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-28 V. L. Gurtovoi , A. V. Nikulov , V. A. Tulin

This is a brief review on the theoretical interpretation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, which also contains our new insight into the problem. A particular emphasis is put on the unique role of electron orbital angular momentum, especially…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Masashi Wakamatsu , Yoshio Kitadono , Liping Zou , Pengming Zhang

Charge carriers in graphene are chiral quasiparticles ("massless Dirac fermions"). Graphene provides therefore an amazing opportunity to study subtle quantum relativistic effects in condensed matter experiment. Here I review a theory of one…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-12 M. I. Katsnelson

We address the question of how the Aharonov-Bohm flux $\Phi_{AB}$ can affect the energy levels of graphene magnetic quantum dots (GMQDs) of radius $R$. To answer this question, we consider GMQDs induced by a magnetic field $B$ and subjected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-31 Fatima Belokda , Ahmed Bouhlal , Ahmed Siari , Ahmed Jellal

Magneto-transport properties are investigated in a binary alloy ring subjected to an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) flux \phi within a single-band non-interacting tight-binding framework. In the first part, we expose analytically the behavior of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-10 Paramita Dutta , Santanu K. Maiti , S. N. Karmakar

Motivated by a recent experiment by Buks et al. [Nature 391, 871 (1998)] we consider electron transport through an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer with a quantum dot in one of its arms. The quantum dot is coupled to a quantum system with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Hackenbroich , B. Rosenow , H. A. Weidenmueller

We investigate Aharonov-Bohm oscillations of the current through a strongly correlated quantum dot embedded in an arbitrary scattering geometry. Resonant-tunneling processes lead to a flux-dependent renormalization of the dot level. As a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 C. Bruder , Rosario Fazio , Herbert Schoeller

We investigate the wedge disclination effect on quantum tunneling of a Corbino disk in gapped-graphene of inner $R_1$ and outer $R_2$ radii in the presence of magnetic flux $\Phi_i$. We solve Dirac equation for different regions and obtain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-01 Ahmed Bouhlal , Ahmed Jellal , Mohamed Mansouri

This review examines the properties of graphene from an experimental perspective. The intent is to review the most important experimental results at a level of detail appropriate for new graduate students who are interested in a general…

Quantum tunnelling is a common fundamental quantum-mechanical phenomenon that originates from the wave-like characteristics of quantum particles. Although the quantum-tunnelling effect was first observed 85 years ago, some questions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-10 Atshushi Noguchi , Yutaka Shikano , Kenji Toyoda , Shinji Urabe

The conductance of a point contact between two hopping insulators is expected to be dominated by the individual localized states in its vicinity. Here we study the additional effects due to an external magnetic field. Combined with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. I. Kozub , A. A. Zyuzin , O. Entin-Wohlman , A. Aharony , Y. M. Galperin , V. Vinokur