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We show that in a quantum wire the spin-orbit interaction leads to a narrow spin resonance at low temperatures, even in the absence of an external magnetic field. A relatively weak dc magnetic field of a definite direction strongly…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-08-09 Ar. Abanov , V. L. Pokrovsky , W. M. Saslow , P. Zhou

Key to future spintronics and spin-based information processing technologies is the generation, manipulation, and detection of spin polarization in a solid state platform. Here, we theoretically explore an alternative route to spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-29 Carlos A. Meriles , Marcus W. Doherty

A triangular triple quantum dot gives various Kondo effects, such as the emergence of an electric polarization accompanied by a complete compensation of spin degrees of freedom. The interplay of spin and charge of electrons in quantum dots…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-03 Mikito Koga , Masashige Matsumoto , Hiroaki Kusunose

We show that the initialization of an ensemble of electrons in the same spin state in strained n-InGaAs subject to a perpendicular magnetic field triggers an AC electric current at GHz frequencies. The AC current emerges in the absence of…

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We derive an accurate molecular orbital based expression for the coherent time evolution of a two-electron wave function in a quantum dot molecule where the electrons interact with each other, with external time dependent electromagnetic…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Nepstad , L. Sælen , J. P. Hansen

We describe a novel effect of the generation of direct current which may arise in semiconductors or semiconductor microstructures due to a mixing of coherent electromagnetic radiations of commensurate frequencies. The effect is, in essence,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Kirill N. Alekseev , Mikhael V. Erementchouk , Feodor V. Kusmartsev

We examine electronic transport in a spin-blockaded double quantum dot. We show that by tuning the strength of the spin-orbit interaction the current flowing through the double dot exhibits a dip at zero magnetic field or a peak at a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 G. Giavaras , Neill Lambert , Franco Nori

The generation, manipulation and detection of spin-polarized electrons in nanostructures define the main challenges of spin-based electronics[1]. Amongst the different approaches for spin generation and manipulation, spin-orbit coupling,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sergio O. Valenzuela , M. Tinkham

The interaction between an atom and an electromagnetic mode of a resonator is of both fundamental interest and is ubiquitous in quantum technologies. Most prior work studies a linear light-matter coupling of the form $g \widehat{\sigma}_x…

This Letter presents a method of electron entanglement generation. The system under consideration is a single-level quantum dot with one input and two output leads. The leads are arranged such that the dot is empty, single electron…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 William D. Oliver , F. Yamaguchi , Y. Yamamoto

We consider interacting electrons in a quantum wire in the case of a shallow confining potential and low electron density. In a certain range of densities, the electrons form a two-row (zigzag) Wigner crystal whose spin properties are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. D. Klironomos , Julia S. Meyer , T. Hikihara , K. A. Matveev

Spin and charge currents can be generated by an ac voltage through a one-channel quantum wire with strong electron interactions in a static uniform magnetic field. In a certain range of low voltages, the spin current can grow as a negative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Bernd Braunecker , D. E. Feldman

The spontaneous generation of electrical activity underpins a number of essential physiological processes, and is observed even in tissues where specialized pacemaker cells have not been identified. The emergence of periodic oscillations in…

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Solid state physics deals with systems composed of atoms with strongly bound electrons. The tunneling probability of each electron is determined by interactions that typically extend to neighboring sites, as their corresponding wave…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-11-27 F. Ramírez-Ramírez , E. Flores-Olmedo , G. Báez , E. Sadurní , R. ~A. Méndez-Sánchez

A Rydberg molecule is composed of an outer electron that collides on the residual ionic core. Typical states of Rydberg molecules display entanglement between the outer electron and the core. In this work we quantify the average…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M Lombardi , A Matzkin

In single molecular magnets, chiral vibrations carrying vibrational angular momentum ($\hat{L}^{\text{vib}}$) emerge due to the splitting of a doubly degenerate vibrational mode. Here, we identify a new type of effective spin-vibrational…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-19 Aman Ullah , Sergey A. Varganov , Yafis Barlas

Although standard quantum mechanics has some non-local features, the probability current of the Schr\"odinger equation is locally conserved, and this allows minimal electromagnetic coupling. For some important extensions of the…

General Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 G. Modanese

We study an ensemble of strongly coupled electrons under continuous microwave irradiation interacting with a dissipative environment, a problem of relevance to the creation of highly polarized non-equilibrium states in nuclear magnetic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-10-18 Alexander Karabanov , Dominic C. Rose , Walter Köckenberger , Juan P. Garrahan , Igor Lesanovsky

A mesoscopic conducting ring pierced by magnetic flux is known to support the persistent electron current. Here we propose possibility of the persistent current in the ring made of the perfect crystalline insulator. We consider a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Antonia Moskova , Martin Mosko , Andrej Gendiar