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We theoretically investigate the transport properties of a molecule embedded in one arm of a mesoscopic Aharonov-Bohm interferometer. Due to the presence of phonons the molecule level position ($\epsilon_d$) and the electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jong Soo Lim , Rosa Lopez , Gloria Platero , Pascal Simon

We consider a quantum dot with mechanical degrees of freedom which is coupled to superconducting electrodes. A Josephson current is generated by applying a phase difference. In the absence of coupling to vibrations, this setup was…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-07 I. A. Sadovskyy , G. B. Lesovik , T. Jonckheere , T. Martin

Electronic and thermal transport properties in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have been extensively investigated due to their potential to miniaturize transistors. Microscopically, electron-phonon interactions are considered the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-25 Yujie Quan , Bolin Liao

We calculate the rate of acoustic phonon generation by a current-carrying, ballistic quantum channel, defined in a two-dimensional electron gas by a split-gate. Both uniform and nonuniform channels are considered. The generation rate of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Totland , Y. M. Galperin , V. L. Gurevich

We theoretically study the entanglement between phonons spontaneously generated in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates by analog Hawking and dynamical Casimir processes. The quantum evolution of the system is numerically modeled by a truncated…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-10-06 Stefano Finazzi , Iacopo Carusotto

We study theoretically phonon-assisted relaxation and tunnelling in a system composed of a quantum dot which is coupled to a quantum well. Within the kp method combined with the L\"owdin elimination, we calculate the electron states. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-11 Adam Mielnik-Pyszczorski , Krzysztof Gawarecki , Paweł Machnikowski

We study squeezed quantum states of phonons, which allow the possibility of modulating the quantum fluctuations of atomic displacements below the zero-point quantum noise level of coherent phonon states. We calculate the corresponding…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 X. Hu , Franco Nori

We calculate the phonons in a graphene nanoconstriction(GNC) in the presence of a high current density. The Joule-heating, current-induced forces, and coupling to electrode phonons is evaluated using first principles nonequilibrium DFT-NEGF…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-18 Tue Gunst , Jing-Tao Lü , Per Hedegård , Mads Brandbyge

The entanglement dynamics of a pair of donor-based charge qubits is obtained in analytical form. The disentanglement is induced by off resonant scattering of acoustical phonons in the semiconductor host. According to our results a rather…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 F. Lastra , S. A. Reyes , S. Wallentowitz

We study the effects of electron-phonon interactions on the transport properties of a molecular quantum dot coupled to two Luttinger-liquid leads. In particular, we investigate the effects on the steady state current and DC noise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 So Takei , Yong Baek Kim , Aditi Mitra

Quantum point contacts are fundamental building blocks for mesoscopic transport experiments and play an important role in recent interference- and fractional quantum Hall experiments. However, it is not clear how electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-07 C. Rössler , S. Baer , E. de Wiljes , P. -L. Ardelt , T. Ihn , K. Ensslin , C. Reichl , W. Wegscheider

In the presence of direct trajectories connecting source and drain contacts, the conductance of a quantum dot may exhibit resonances of the Fano type. Since Fano resonances result from the interference of two transmission pathways, their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. A. Clerk , X. Waintal , P. W. Brouwer

Recent experiments involving semiconducting quantum dots embedded in Aharonov-Bohm interferometry setups suggest that information concerning the phase of electron wavefunctions can be obtained from transport measurements. Here we review the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuval Gefen

We present the transport properties of a strongly correlated quantum dot attached to two leads with a side coupled non-interacting quantum dot. Transport properties are analyzed using the slave boson mean field theory which is reliable in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. H. Wu , J. C. Cao , Kang-Hun Ahn

Phonons play a key role in the physical properties of materials, and have long been a topic of study in physics. While the effects of phonons had historically been considered to be a hindrance, modern research has shown that phonons can be…

Interactions with electronic excitations can soften and/or broaden phonons. They are greatly amplified at wavevectors Q+- that connect parallel (nested) sheets of the Fermi surface. In such a case, called a Kohn anomaly, the phonon…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-09-04 D. Lamago , M. Hoesch , M. Krisch , R. Heid , K. -P. Bohnen , P. Boeni , D. Reznik

Experiments studying phonon mediated drag in the double layer two dimensional electron gas system are reported. Detailed measurements of the dependence of drag on temperature, layer spacing, density ratio, and matched density are discussed.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Noh , S. Zelakiewicz , T. J. Gramila , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) coupled to quantum dots (QDs), trapped atoms and ions, and point defects have been proposed as quantum transduction platforms, yet the requisite coupling rates and cavity lifetimes have not been experimentally…

It was proposed that a double quantum dot can be used to be a detector of spin bias. Electron transport through a double quantum dot is investigated theoretically when a pure spin bias is applied on two conducting leads contacted to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Qing-feng Sun , Yanxia Xing , Shun-Qing Shen

Photon correlations in the emission of a resonantly driven quantum dot are investigated, accounting for the influence of the solid-state phonon environment. An analytical expression is derived for the second-order fluorescence intensity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-03 Ahsan Nazir