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We evaluate the electron transmission through a dangling-bond wire on Si(100)-H (2x1). Finite wires are modelled by decoupling semi-infinite Si electrodes from the dangling-bond wire with passivating H atoms. The calculations are performed…

A universal mechanism of superconductivity applicable to ``low temperature'' and ``high temperature'' superconductors is proposed in this paper. With this model of mechanism experimental facts of superconductors can be qualitatively…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Z. Shangguan , T. C. Au-Yeung

We study coherent spin transport through helical edge states of topological insulator tunnel-coupled to metallic leads. We demonstrate that unpolarized incoming electron beam acquires finite polarization after transmission through such a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-10 R. A. Niyazov , D. N. Aristov , V. Yu. Kachorovskii

We study a steady state non-equilibrium transport between two interacting helical edge states of a two dimensional topological insulator, described by helical Luttinger liquids, through a quantum dot. For non-interacting dot the current is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-09-02 Sung-Po Chao , Salman A. Silotri , Chung-Hou Chung

We theoretically study the electrical transport properties of a single level quantum dot connected to two normal conducting leads, which is coupled to the lattice vibrations. We determine the current through the quantum dot in two different…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-01 Levente Máthé , Ioan Grosu

Schr\"odinger equation with given, {\it a priori} known current is formulated. A non-zero current density is maintained in the quantum system via a subsidiary condition imposed by vector, local Lagrange multiplier. Constrained minimization…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 D. S. Kosov

Correlation effects on electron transport through a system of T-shaped double-dots are investigated, for which only one of the dots is directly connected to the leads. We evaluate the local density of states and the conductance by means of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yusuke Takazawa , Yoshiki Imai , Norio Kawakami

The electron transport though ferromagnetic metal-superconducting hybrid devices is considered in the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism in the quasiclassical approximation. Attention if focused on the limit in which the exchange…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Belzig , Arne Brataas , Yu. V. Nazarov , Gerrit E. W. Bauer

Particle transport and localization phenomena in condensed-matter systems can be modeled using a tight-binding lattice Hamiltonian. The ideal experimental emulation of such a model utilizes simultaneous, high-fidelity control and readout of…

I discuss thermoelectric properties of a quantum dot coupled to one normal and one superconducting lead in the presence of Kondo effect and Andreev scattering. I will focus on conductance, thermal conductance, thermopower and related…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-10-07 Mariusz Krawiec

We present a theoretical study of spin polarized transport in Fe atomic contacts using a self-consistent tight-binding Hamiltonian in a non-orthogonal $s$, $p$ and $d$ basis set, the spin-polarization being obtained from a non-collinear…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Gabriel Autes , Cyrille Barreteau , Daniel Spanjaard , Marie-Catherine Desjonquères

An electron within a mesoscopic (quantum-coherent) spintronic structure is described by a single wave function which, in the presence of both charge scattering and spin-orbit coupling, encodes an information about {\em entanglement} of its…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Branislav K. Nikolic

We theoretically study transport properties of voltage-biased one-dimensional superconductor--normal metal--superconductor tunnel junctions with arbitrary junction transparency where the superconductors can have trivial or nontrivial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 F. Setiawan , William S. Cole , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

A novel model of transport is proposed to explain power law current transients and memory phenomena observed in partially ordered arrays of semiconducting nanocrystals. The model describes electron transport by a stationary Levy process of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. S. Novikov , M. Drndic , L. S. Levitov , M. A. Kastner , M. V. Jarosz , M. G. Bawendi

We study effects of strong fluctuations on the transport properties of superconductors near the classical critical point. In this regime conductivity is set by the delicate interplay of two competing effects. The first is that strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 Alex Levchenko

We study the electric and thermoelectric transport properties of correlated quantum dots coupled to two ferromagnetic leads and one superconducting electrode. Transport through such hybrid devices depends on the interplay of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Krzysztof P. Wojcik , Ireneusz Weymann

The pairing symmetry of superconducting states is a critical topic in the realm of topological superconductivity. However, the pairing symmetry of the $A\mathrm{V_3Sb_5}$ family, wherein $A=\mathrm{K,Rb,Cs}$, remains indeterminate. To…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-07 Zi-Qian Zhou , Weimin Wang , Zhi Wang , Dao-Xin Yao

A unified theory for the current through a nanoscale region of interacting electrons connected to two leads which can be either ferromagnet or superconductor is presented, yielding Meir-Wingreen-type formulas when applied to specific…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Z. Y. Zeng , Baowen Li , F. Claro

Using the Keldysh formalism the tunneling current through a hybrid structure where a confined magnetic insulator (I) is sandwiched between two non-magnetic leads is calculated. The leads can be either normal metals (M) or superconductors…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Sandschneider , W. Nolting

We study the thermal transport in a two-dimensional system with coexisting superconducting (SC) and nematic orders. We analyze the nature of the coexistence phase in a tight-binding square lattice where the nematic state is modelled as a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-05-05 Sourav Sen Choudhury , Sean Peterson , Yves Idzerda