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We have measured transport through mesoscopic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) rings with two different four-terminal configurations. While the amplitude and the phase of the AB oscillations are well explained within the framework of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kensuke Kobayashi , Hisashi Aikawa , Shingo Katsumoto , Yasuhiro Iye

We investigate theoretically the electron states in HgTe quantum dots (QDs) with inverted band structures. In sharp contrast to conventional semiconductor quantum dots, the quantum states in the gap of HgTe quantum dot with an inverted band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-21 Kai Chang , W. K. Lou

In this paper, We analyze a spin-zero relativistic quantum oscillator in the presence of the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) magnetic flux in a space-time background produced by a point-like global monopole (PGM). Afterward, we introduce a static…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-26 Faizuddin Ahmed

In this article we demonstrate a sense in which the one-particle quantum mechanics (OPQM) and the classical electromagnetic four-potential arise from quantum field theory (QFT). In addition, the classical Maxwell equations are derived from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-10 Benliang Li , Daniel W. Hewak , Qi Jie Wang

Injection of mode-filtered electrons into a phase-sensitive four-terminal waveguide Aharonov-Bohm (AB) ring is studied. An individually tuneable quantum point contact (QPC) in a waveguide lead of the GaAs/AlGaAs-ring allows to selectively…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-08 Sven S. Buchholz , Ulrich Kunze , Saskia F. Fischer , Dirk Reuter , Andreas D. Wieck

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is considered in the context of Generalized Electrodynamics (GE) by Podolsky and Bopp. GE is the only extension to Maxwell electrodynamics that is locally {\normalsize{}U(1)}-gauge invariant, admits linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-09 C. A. M. de Melo , B. M. Perez , J. C. Sumire Esquia , R. R. Cuzinatto

Intense terahertz laser field is shown to have a profound effect on the electronic and optical properties of quantum rings, where the isotropic and anisotropic quantum rings can now be treated on equal footing. We have demonstrated that in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Tapash Chakraborty , Aram Manaselyan , Manuk Barseghyan , David Laroze

The optical absorption of a single spherical semiconductor quantum dot in an electrical field is studied taking into account the nonlocal coupling between the field of the light and the polarizability of the semiconductor. These nonlocal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Thiele , Ch. Fuchs , R. v. Baltz

We consider different schemes for the electrodynamic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect introduced in Ref. [Phys. Rev. A $\mathbf{108}$, 062218 (2023)], exploring the phenomenon to enhance the understanding of its topological nature in spacetime. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Pablo L. Saldanha , Herman Batelaan

Electron transport through mesoscopic, one-dimensional rings with asymmetric injection into the arms of the ring is studied, in the presence of a Aharonov-Bohm flux, by means of an appropriate $\boldsymbol{S}$ matrix. This matrix is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-23 P. Vasilopoulos , O. Kálmán , F. M. Peeters , M. G. Benedict

We have studied the spin structure of circular four-electron quantum rings using tunable confinement potentials. The calculations were done using the exact diagonalization method. Our results indicate that ringlike systems can have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-25 G. Bårdsen , E. Tölö , A. Harju

The Aharonov-Bohm scattering of charged particles by the magnetic field of an infinitely long and infinitely thin solenoid (magnetic string) in an absorbing medium is studied. We discuss the partial-wave approach to this problem and show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Juergen Audretsch , Vladimir Skarzhinsky

The Aharonov--Bohm effect is considered as a scattering event with nonrelativistic charged particles of the wavelength which is less than the transverse size of an impenetrable magnetic vortex. The quasiclassical WKB method is shown to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-04 Yu. A. Sitenko , N. D. Vlasii

We consider electronic transport through laterally parallel double open quantum dots embedded in a quantum wire in a perpendicular magnetic field. The coupling modes of the dots are tunable by adjusting the strength of a central barrier and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chi-Shung Tang , Wing Wa Yu , Vidar Gudmundsson

We study a 2D mesoscopic ring with an anisotropic effective mass considering surface quantum confinement effects. Consider that the ring is defined on the surface of a cone, which can be controlled topologically and mapped to the 2D ring in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-28 Francisco A. G. de Lira , Luís Fernando C. Pereira , Edilberto O. Silva

We apply the coherent state approach to study Aharonov-Bohm effect in the field theory context. We verify that, contrarily to the commutative result, the scattering amplitude is ultraviolet finite. However, we have logarithmic singularities…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. A. Anacleto , J. R. Nascimento , A. Yu. Petrov

Simulating quantum transport through mesoscopic, ring-shaped graphene structures, we address various quantum coherence and interference phenomena. First, a perpendicular magnetic field, penetrating the graphene ring, gives rise to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-21 Alexander Filusch , Christian Wurl , Andreas Pieper , Holger Fehske

Linear response conductance of a two terminal Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer is an even function of magnetic field. This "phase symmetry" is no expected to hold beyond the linear response regime. In simple AB rings the phase of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-17 Vadim Puller , Yigal Meir , Martin Sigrist , Klaus Ensslin , Thomas Ihn

The miniband Aharonov-Bohm oscillations and the interminiband absorption coefficient have been considered theoretically for one-layer superlattices of square and rectangular symmetries, composed of cylindrical quantum rings in the external…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-09-20 Vigen Aziz-Aghchegala , Vram Mughnetsyan , Ara Atayan , Albert Kirakosyan

We study electronic transport through an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer with single-level quantum dots embedded in the two arms. The full counting statistics in the shot-noise regime is calculated to first order in the tunnel-coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-28 Daniel Urban , Jürgen König