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We investigate the effective Lande factor in semiconductor nanowires with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Using the $\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{p}$ theory and the envelope function approach we derive a conduction band Hamiltonian where the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 J. Czarnecki , A. Bertoni , G. Goldoni , P. Wójcik

We investigate spin-dependent conductance through a quantum Aharonov-Bohm ring containing localized electrons which interact with the propagating flow of electrons via exchange interaction of the ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic type. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-26 I. G. Savenko , R. G. Polozkov , I. A. Shelykh

We show that an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) ring with asymmetric electron injection can act as a coherent detector of electron dephasing. The presence of a dephasing source in one of the two arms of a moderately-to-highly asymmetric ring changes the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-24 E. Strambini , L. Chirolli , V. Giovannetti , F. Taddei , R. Fazio , V. Piazza , F. Beltram

We study the persistent currents induced by both the Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher effects in a one-dimensional mesoscopic ring coupled to a side-branch quantum dot at Kondo resonance. For privileged values of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. -P. Eckle , H. Johannesson , C. A. Stafford

We develop a non-perturbative numerical method to study a single electron tunneling through an Aharonov-Bohm ring in the presence of bound, interacting electrons. Inelastic processes and spin-flip scattering are properly taken into account.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Rok Zitko , Janez Bonca

We have investigated the Aharonov-Bohm effect in mesoscopic semiconductor GaAs/GaAlAs rings in low magnetic fields. The oscillatory magnetoconductance of these systems is systematically studied as a function of electron density. We observe…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. E. Hansen , S. Pedersen , A. Kristensen , C. B. Sorensen , P. E. Lindelof

Featuring spin-valley degree of freedom by a magnetic exchange field-induction to gain transport of charge carriers through a junction based on superconducting subgap tunneling can provide a new scenario for future electronics. Transmission…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 H. Goudarzi , M. Khezerlou , S. F. Ebadzadeh

A simple expression for the conductance steps in the inelastic electron tunneling from spin excitations in a single magnetic atom adsorbed on a non-magnetic metal surfaces is derived. The inelastic coupling between the tunneling electron…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-29 Mats Persson

We take a negative delta function impurity in one arm of a quasi one dimensional Aharonov-Bohm ring and demonstrate abrupt phase changes across a quasi bound state of the negative delta function potential. We give a new mechanism for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 P. Singha Deo

It is shown that an Aharonov-Casher vector potential in a two-dimensional geometry can lead to helical edge states. The Aharonov-Casher vector potential is the electromagnetic dual of the magnetic vector potential, and leads to traveling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-10-04 J. J. Heremans , L. L. Xu

We present an experimental study of macroscopic and microscopic magnetic anisotropy of a spin tetramer system \cso using torque magnetometry and ESR spectroscopy. Large rotation of macroscopic magnetic axes with temperature observed from…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-08-08 Mirta Herak , Dijana Žilić , Dubravka Matković Čalogović , Helmuth Berger

A neutral quantum particle with magnetic moment encircling a static electric charge acquires a quantum mechanical phase (Aharonov-Casher effect). In superconducting electronics the neutral particle becomes a fluxon that moves around…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 I. M. Pop , B. Douçot , L. Ioffe , I. Protopopov , F. Lecocq , I. Matei , O. Buisson , W. Guichard

I construct a minimal formalism to describe transport of non separable correlations arising when a superconductor is in contact with several electrodes (being ferromagnetic or normal metal). Transport theory is expressed in terms of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Mélin

We employ a path integral real time approach to compute the DC conductance and spin polarization for electrons transported across a ballistic Quantum Ring with Rashba spin-orbit interaction. We use a piecewise semiclassical approximation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-07-23 P. Lucignano , D. Giuliano , A. Tagliacozzo

We theoretically investigate the spin-dependent Seebeck effect in an Aharonov-Bohm mesoscopic ring in the presence of both Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions under magnetic flux perpendicular to the ring. We apply the Green's…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Bin Liu , Yunyun Li , Jun Zhou , Tsuneyoshi Nakayama , Baowen Li

We introduce a minimal spin model for describing the magnetic properties of $\mathrm{CuCrO_2}$. Our Monte Carlo simulations of this model reveal a rich magnetic field induced phase diagram, which explains the measured field dependence of…

We discuss transport through an interferometer formed by helical edge states of the quantum spin Hall insulator. Focusing on effects induced by a strong magnetic impurity placed in one of the arms of interferometer, we consider the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 R. A. Niyazov , D. N. Aristov , V. Yu. Kachorovskii

We report the experimental observation of tunable, non-reciprocal quantum transport of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a momentum lattice. By implementing a dissipative Aharonov-Bohm (AB) ring in momentum space and sending atoms through it,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-02-26 Wei Gou , Tao Chen , Dizhou Xie , Teng Xiao , Tian-Shu Deng , Bryce Gadway , Wei Yi , Bo Yan

We have measured the flux dependence of both real and imaginary conductance of $GaAs/GaAlAs$ isolated mesoscopic rings at 310 MHz. The rings are coupled to a highly sensitive electromagnetic superconducting micro-resonator and lead to a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Bertrand Reulet , Michel Ramin , Helene Bouchiat , Dominique Mailly

The interaction of a magnetic insulator with the helical electronic edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator has been shown to lead to many interesting phenomena. One of these is that for a suitable orientation of the magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-25 Kevin A. Madsen , Piet W. Brouwer , Patrik Recher , Peter G. Silvestrov