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We consider a quantum battery modeled as a set of N independent two-level quantum systems driven by a time dependent classical source. Different figures of merit, such as stored energy, time of charging and energy quantum fluctuations…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-02 A. Crescente , M. Carrega , M. Sassetti , D. Ferraro

We describe the mechanism of charge-spin transformation in a double quantum dot (DQD) with even occupation, where a time dependent gate voltage v(t) is applied to one of its two valleys, whereas the other one is coupled to the source and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. N. Kiselev , K. Kikoin , Y. Avishai , J. Richert

The spin- and charge-density-wave order parameters of the itinerant antiferromagnet chromium are measured directly with non-resonant x-ray diffraction as the system is driven towards its quantum critical point with high pressure using a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Jaramillo , Yejun Feng , J. C. Lang , Z. Islam , G. Srajer , H. M. Ronnow , P. B. Littlewood , T. F. Rosenbaum

In this study, we investigate the spin and orbital densities induced by magnetization dynamics in a planar bilayer heterostructure. To do this, we employed a theory of adiabatic pumping using the Keldysh formalism and Wigner expansion. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-21 Armando Pezo , Dongwook Go , Yuriy Mokrousov , Henri Jaffrès , Aurélien Manchon

We discuss non-Fermi liquid and quantum critical behavior in heavy fermion materials, focussing on the mechanism by which the electron mass appears to diverge at the quantum critical point. We ask whether the basic mechanism for the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Coleman , C. Pepin , Q. Si , R. Ramazashvili

We report direct electrical detection of spin pumping, using a lateral normal metal/ferromagnet/normal metal device, where a single ferromagnet in ferromagnetic resonance pumps spin polarized electrons into the normal metal, resulting in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. V. Costache , M. Sladkov , S. M. Watts , C. H. van der Wal , B. J. van Wees

We describe the interplay of quantum and thermal fluctuations in the infinite-range Heisenberg spin glass. This model is generalized to SU(N) symmetry, and we describe the phase diagram as a function of the spin S and the temperature T. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Georges , O. Parcollet , S. Sachdev

We investigate a graphene quantum pump, adiabatically driven by two thin potential barriers vibrating around their equilibrium positions. For the highly doped leads, the pumped current per mode diverges at the Dirac point due to the more…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-22 Babak Abdollahipour , Ramin Mohammadkhani

Pumping of charge (Q) in a closed ring geometry is not quantized even in the strict adiabatic limit. The deviation form exact quantization can be related to the Thouless conductance. We use Kubo formalism as a starting point for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Doron Cohen

A one-dimensional system with two $\delta$-like barriers or wells bi-chromaticaly oscillating at frequencies $\omega$ and $2\omega$ is considered. The alternating signal leads to the direct current across the structure (even in a symmetric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. M. Mahmoodian , M. V. Entin

We revisit the physics of electron gas bilayers in the quantum Hall regime [Nature, 432 (2004) 691; Science, 305 (2004) 950], where transport and tunneling measurements provided evidence of a superfluid phase being present in the system.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 O. Kyriienko , K. Wierschem , P. Sengupta , I. A. Shelykh

We present a formalism that simultaneously incorporates the effect of quantum tunneling and spin diffusion on spin Hall magnetoresistance observed in normal metal/ferromagnetic insulator bilayers (such as Pt/YIG) and normal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-30 Seulgi Ok , Wei Chen , Manfred Sigrist , Dirk Manske

We present measurements of the rates for an electron to tunnel on and off a quantum dot, obtained using a quantum point contact charge sensor. The tunnel rates show exponential dependence on drain-source bias and plunger gate voltages. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 K. MacLean , S. Amasha , Iuliana P. Radu , D. M. Zumbuhl , M. A. Kastner , M. P. Hanson , A. C. Gossard

A quantum wire is spatially displaced by suitable electric fields with respect to the scatterers inside a semiconductor crystal. As a function of the wire position, the low-temperature resistance shows reproducible fluctuations. Their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Heinzel , G. Salis , R. Held , S. Luescher , K. Ensslin , W. Wegscheider , M. Bichler

We examine spin dependent transport in a quantum interferometer composed of magnetic atomic sites based on transfer matrix formalism. The interferometer, threaded by a magnetic flux $\phi$, is symmetrically attached to two semi-infinite…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-24 Moumita Dey , Santanu K. Maiti , S. N. Karmakar

We study experimentally the far-from-equilibrium dynamics in ferromagnetic Heisenberg quantum magnets realized with ultracold atoms in an optical lattice. After controlled imprinting of a spin spiral pattern with adjustable wave vector, we…

The adiabatic topological pumping is proposed by periodically modulating a semiconductor nanowire double-quantum-dot chain. We demonstrate that the quantized charge transport can be achieved by a nontrivial modulation of the quantum-dot…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-23 Zhi-Hai Liu , H. Q. Xu

We develop the Floquet scattering theory for quantum mechanical pumping in mesoscopic conductors. The nonequilibrium distribution function, the dc charge and heat currents are investigated at arbitrary pumping amplitude and frequency. For…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Moskalets , M. Buttiker

We propose a new mode of operation of an electron pump consisting of two weakly coupled quantum dots connected to reservoirs. An electron can be transferred within the device at zero bias voltage when it is subjected to electromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. L. Hazelzet , M. R. Wegewijs , T. H. Stoof , Yu. V. Nazarov

Spin-pumping across ferromagnet/superconductor (F/S) interfaces has attracted much attention lately. Yet the focus has been mainly on s-wave superconductors-based systems whereas (high-temperature) d-wave superconductors such as YBa2Cu3O7-d…