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We propose a random matrix theory to describe the influence of a time-dependent external field on electron transport through open quantum dots. We describe the generation of the current by an oscillating field for the dot, connected to two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Maxim G. Vavilov , V. Ambegaokar , Igor L. Aleiner

In the adiabatic and weak-modulation quantum pump, net electron flow is driven from one reservoir to the other by absorbing or emitting an energy quantum $\hbar \omega $ from or to the reservoirs. In our approach, high-order dependence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-09 Rui Zhu

We demonstrate with a fully quantum-mechanical approach that graphene can function as gate-controllable transistors for pumped spin currents, i.e., a stream of angular momentum induced by the precession of adjacent magnetizations, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-10 F. S. M. Guimarães , A. T. Costa , R. B. Muniz , M. S. Ferreira

We theoretically analyse the possibility to electrostatically confine electrons in circular quantum dot arrays, impressed on contacted graphene nanoribbons by top gates. Utilising exact numerical techniques, we compute the scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-21 Holger Fehske , Georg Hager , Andreas Pieper

We show that a coherent picture of the dc conductivity of monolayer and bilayer graphene at finite electronic densities emerges upon considering that strong short-range potentials are the main source of scattering in these two systems. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-08 A. Ferreira , J. Viana Gomes , Johan Nilsson , Eduardo R. Mucciolo , N. M. R. Peres , A. H. Castro Neto

Non-equilibrium two-parameter pumping transport through graphene ribbons, attached to reservoirs is described. A tight-binding model is solved using Keldysh formalism, and the crossover between adiabatic and non-adiabatic regimes is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-20 Tejinder Kaur , Liliana Arrachea , Nancy Sandler

We theoretically analyse the dynamics of a suspended graphene membrane which is in tunnel contact with grounded metallic electrodes and subjected to ac-electrostatic potential induced by a gate electrode. It is shown that for such system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Axel M. Eriksson , Marina V. Voinova , Leonid Y. Gorelik

We investigate a quantum pump which in addition to its dynamic pump parameters is subject to oscillating external potentials applied to the contacts of the sample. Of interest is the rectification of the ac currents flowing through the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Moskalets , M. Buttiker

Adiabatic quantum charge pumping in graphene nanoribbon double barrier structures with armchair and zigzag edges in the resonant transmission regime is analyzed. Using recursive Green's function method we numerically calculate the pumped…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-13 E. Grichuk , E. Manykin

From a combination of careful and detailed theoretical and experimental studies, we demonstrate that the Boltzmann theory including all scattering mechanisms gives an excellent account, with no adjustable parameters, of high electric field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-10 Ashley M. DaSilva , Ke Zou , J. K. Jain , J. Zhu

Parametric amplification is widely used in nanoelectro-mechanical systems to enhance the transduced mechanical signals. Although parametric amplification has been studied in different mechanical resonator systems, the nonlinear dynamics…

The noise properties of pump currents through an open double quantum dot setup with non-adiabatic ac driving are investigated. Driving frequencies close to the internal resonances of the double dot-system mark the optimal working points at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Strass , Peter Hänggi , Sigmund Kohler

We investigate adiabatic quantum pumping of Dirac fermions on the surface of a strong 3D topological insulator. Two different geometries are studied in detail, a normal metal -- ferromagnetic -- normal metal (NFN) junction and a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-09 M. Alos-Palop , Rakesh P. Tiwari , M. Blaauboer

We investigate the distribution function, the heat flow and the noise properties of an adiabatic quantum pump for an arbitrary relation of pump frequency $\omega$ and temperature. To achieve this we start with the scattering matrix approach…

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

Based on the scattering matrix approach, we systematically investigate the anharmonic effect of the pumped current in double-barrier structures with adiabatic time-modulation of two sinusoidal AC driven potential heights. The pumped current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-01 Wei-Yin Deng , Ke-Ju Zhong , Rui Zhu , Wen-Ji Deng

We study DC charge and spin transport through a weakly coupled quantum dot, driven by a non-adiabatic periodic change of system parameters. We generalize the model of Tien and Gordon to simultaneously oscillating voltages and tunnel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 Matthias Braun , Guido Burkard

We investigate adiabatic quantum pumping through a normal metal-insulator-superconductor (NIS) junction in a monolayer of graphene. The pumped current is generated by periodic modulation of two gate voltages, applied to the insulating and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-09 M. Alos-Palop , M. Blaauboer

We propose an analytical device model for a graphene nanoribbon field-effect transistor (GNR-FET). The GNR-FET under consideration is based on a heterostructure which consists of an array of nanoribbons clad between the highly conducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Ryzhii , A. Satou , V. Ryzhii , T. Otsuji

Parametric electron pump through superconductor-carbon-nanotube based molecular devices was investigated. It is found that a dc current, which is assisted by resonant Andreev reflection, can be pumped out from such molecular device by a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Yadong Wei , Jian Wang

It is shown that the variance of the linear dc conductance fluctuations in an open quantum dot under a high-frequency ac pumping depends significantly on the spectral content of the ac field. For a sufficiently strong ac field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Xiao-Bing Wang , V. E. Kravtsov