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We report a study of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, the oscillations of the resistance of a mesoscopic ring as a function of a perpendicular magnetic field, in a GaAs two-dimensional hole system with a strong spin-orbit interaction. The Fourier…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jeng-Bang Yau , E. P. De Poortere , M. Shayegan

We study the quantum interference effects induced by the Aharonov-Casher phase in a ring structure in a two-dimensional heavy hole (HH) system with spin-orbit interaction realizable in narrow asymmetric quantum wells. The influence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Alexey A. Kovalev , Mario F. Borunda , T. Jungwirth , L. W. Molenkamp , Jairo Sinova

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect in non-commutative quantum mechanics (NCQM) is studied. First, by introducing a shift for the magnetic vector potential we give the Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger equations in the presence of a magnetic field on NC space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-01-07 Kang Li , Sayipjamal Dulat

This paper investigates a geometric framework for the gravitational Aharonov-Bohm effect in four-dimensional spacetime, demonstrating how spacetime curvature induces nonlocal quantum phase shifts within field-free regions. By constructing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-05 Yanhui Li , Yakefu Reyimuaji

The canonical Aharonov-Bohm effect is usually studied with time-independent potentials. In this work, we investigate the Aharonov-Bohm phase acquired by a charged particle moving in {\it time-dependent} potentials . In particular, we focus…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-29 Max Bright , Douglas Singleton , Atsushi Yoshida

As a consequence of the Aharonov-Bohm effect, there is a quantum-induced attraction between a charged particle and a rigid, impenetrable hoop made from an arbitrarily thin tube containing a superconductor quantum of magnetic flux. This is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alfred Scharff Goldhaber , Ryan Requist

The coupling between a moving ground-state atom and the quantum electromagnetic field is at the origin of several intriguing phenomena ranging from the dynamical Casimir emission of photons to Sagnac-like geometric phase shifts in atom…

The Aharonov-Bohm effect is the prime example of a zero-field-strength configuration where a non-trivial vector potential acquires physical significance, a typical quantum mechanical effect. We consider an extension of the traditional A-B…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-02-16 Fabio Franchini , Alfred Scharff Goldhaber

We investigate the effects of impurities and changing ring geometry on the energetics of quantum rings under different magnetic field strengths. We show that as the magnetic field and/or the electron number are/is increased, both the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Aichinger , S. A. Chin , E. Krotscheck , E. Rasanen

In this work, we use the thin-layer quantization procedure to study the physical implications due to curvature effects on a quantum dot in the presence of an external magnetic field. Among the various physical implications due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-25 Luis Fernando C. Pereira , Fabiano M. Andrade , Cleverson Filgueiras , Edilberto O. Silva

It is shown that the molecular Aharonov-Bohm effect is neither nonlocal nor topological in the sense of the standard magnetic Aharonov-Bohm effect. It is further argued that there is a close relationship between the molecular Aharonov-Bohm…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Erik Sjöqvist

The shift in Aharanov-Bohm electron-interference fringe positions has been previously derived as resulting from phase differences induced by the magnetic vector potential, without being clear on the physical mechanism behind it. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-05 Keith J. Kasunic

We have demonstrated that Lorentz-violating terms stemming from the fermion sector of the SME are able to generate geometrical phases on the wave function of electrons confined in 1-dimensional rings, as well as persistent spin currents, in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-07-02 R. Casana , M. M. Ferreira , V. E. Mouchrek-Santos , Edilberto O. Silva

The 2-dimensional charge transport with parallel (in plane) magnetic field is considered from the physical and mathematical point of view. To this end, we start with the magnetic field parallel to the plane of charge transport, in sharp…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-08 Diego Julio Cirilo-Lombardo

In this Comment it is shown that it cannot be argued that in the magnetic AB effect there is no force acting on the particle, i.e., that the observed phase shift is entirely due to nonzero vector potential. In stationary resistive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-21 Tomislav Ivezic

We consider a quantum ring placed in a gyrotropic cavity characterized by the energy splitting between the left and right circularly polarized modes. We show that despite the absence of constant magnetic field penetrating through the ring,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Loic Remolif , Ivan Iorsh

We investigate persistent charge and spin currents in a magnetic quantum ring threaded by an Aharonov-Bohm flux, in the presence of a side-coupled one-dimensional non-magnetic chain. The neighboring magnetic moments in the ring are arranged…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Sourav Karmakar , Suparna Sarkar , Santanu K. Maiti

A magnetically trapped atom experiences an adiabatic geometric (Berry's) phase due to changing field direction. We investigate theoretically such an Aharonov-Bohm-like geometric phase for atoms adiabatically moving inside a storage ring as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Zhang , L. You

It is proved that the phase shift of a polarized neutron interacting with a spatially uniform time-dependent magnetic field, demonstrates the same physical principles as the magnetic Aharonov-Bohm effect. The crucial role of inert objects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Comay

The long-standing controversy regarding the Aharonov-Bohm phase shift is reviewed. The shifts of both optical and particle interference patterns are summarized. It is pointed out that a line of electric dipoles and a line of magnetic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Timothy H. Boyer