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We analyse the conductance of the Aharonov - Bohm (AB) one- dimensional quantum ring touching a quantum wire. The period of the AB oscillations is shown to be dependent strongly on the chemical potential and the Rashba coupling parameter…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. A. Shelykh , N. T. Bagraev , N. G. Galkin , L. E. Klyachkin

Hybrid superconductor-semiconductor(SC-SM) nanowires remain one of the foremost platforms for engineering topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes(MZMs) towards fault-tolerant topological qubits, especially with the rapid…

By applying an electric field perpendicular to a semiconductor quantum ring we show that it is possible to modify the single particle wave function between quantum dot (QD)-like to ring-like. The constraints on the geometrical parameters of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-17 Bin Li , F. M. Peeters

Enhancing the efficiency of quantum heat engines (QHEs) is crucial for advancing fundamental research and quantum technology.We here we explore a quantum Stirling cycle using a twoqubit quantum Rabi model with spin-spin coupling as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 Luxin Xu , Chunfeng Wu , Changliang Ren

Efficient heat management at cryogenic temperatures is crucial for superconducting quantum technologies. This study demonstrates the controlled manipulation of the heat flow and heat rectification through an asymmetric superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-17 F. Antola , A. Braggio , G. De Simoni , F. Giazotto

We study transport of interacting bosons through an Aharonov-Bohm cage - a building block of flat band networks - with coherent pump and sink leads. In the absence of interactions the cage is insulating due to destructive interference. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 A. R. Kolovsky , P. S. Muraev , S. Flach

We theoretically investigate heat transport in hybrid normal metal-superconductor (NS) nanojunctions focusing on the effect of thermal rectification. We show that the heat diode effect in the junction strongly depends on the transmissivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-17 F. Giazotto , F. S. Bergeret

We propose and analyze the use of hybrid microwave cavities as quantum heat engines. A possible realization consists of two macroscopically separated quantum dot conductors coupled capacitively to the fundamental mode of a microwave cavity.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-28 Christian Bergenfeldt , Peter Samuelsson , Björn Sothmann , Christian Flindt , Markus Büttiker

In recent years there has been a number of proposals of thermal devices operating in the near-field regime that make use of phase-transition materials. Here, we present a theoretical study of near-field thermal diodes and transistors that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-24 E. Moncada-Villa , J. C. Cuevas

An Aharonov-Bohm interferometer (ABI) carrying a quantum dot on one of its arms is analyzed. It is found that the Kondo temperature of the device depends strongly on the magnetic flux penetrating the ring. As a result, mesoscopic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Pascal Simon , Ora Entin-Wohlman , Amnon Aharony

In miniaturising electrical devices down to nanoscales, heat transfer has turned into a serious obstacle but also potential resource for future developments, both for conventional and quantum computing architectures. Controlling heat…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-19 Jorden Senior , Azat Gubaydullin , Bayan Karimi , Joonas T. Peltonen , Joachim Ankerhold , Jukka P. Pekola

Cavity-coupled nanoelectric devices hold great promise for quantum technology based on coupling between electron-spins and photons. In this study, we approach the description of these effects through the modeling of a nanodevice using a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Nzar Rauf Abdullah , Vidar Gudmundsson

Superconducting spintronics in hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet (S-F) heterostructures provides an exciting potential new class of device. The prototypical super-spintronic device is the superconducting spin-valve, where the critical…

Although classical thermal machines power industries and modern living, quantum thermal engines have yet to prove their utility. Here, we demonstrate a useful quantum absorption refrigerator formed from superconducting circuits. We use it…

In this work, we review and expand recent theoretical proposals for the realization of electronic thermal diodes based on tunnel-junctions of normal metal and superconducting thin films. Starting from the basic rectifying properties of a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-18 Antonio Fornieri , María José Martínez-Pérez , Francesco Giazotto

Identifying materials and devices which offer efficient thermoelectric effects at low temperature is a major obstacle for the development of thermal management strategies for low-temperature electronic systems. Superconductors cannot offer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-04 F. Giazotto , J. W. A. Robinson , J. S. Moodera , F. S. Bergeret

Unlike charge, heat flows are difficult to control. We show that, in mesoscopic conductors, electronic thermal currents can be manipulated with a magnetic field by using the Aharonov-Bohm effect: the magnetic control of the interference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-09 José Balduque , Adrián Mecha , Rafael Sánchez

We study the transport properties of an interferometer composed by a quantum dot (QD) coupled with two normal leads and two one-dimensional topological superconductor nanowires (TNWs) hosting Majorana bound states (MBS) at their ends. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-09 J. P. Ramos-Andrade , P. A. Orellana , S. E. Ulloa

The nonlinear electronic transport properties of a ballistic Aharonov-Bohm ring are investigated. It is demonstrated how the electronic interaction breaks the phase rigidity in a two-probe mesoscopic device as the voltage bias is increased.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Alexis R. Hernández , Caio H. Lewenkopf

Hybrid superconductor/semiconductor devices constitute a powerful platform to investigate the emergence of new topological state of matter. Among all possible semiconductor materials, InAs represents a promising choice, owing to its high…