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We consider a four-terminal Aharonov-Bohm interference setup formed out of two edges of a quantum spin Hall insulator, supporting helical Luttinger liquids (HLLs). We show that the temperature and bias dependence of the interference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-04 Pauli Virtanen , Patrik Recher

We study the chaotic scattering through an Aharonov-Bohm ring containing two cavities. One of the cavities has well-separated resonant levels while the other is chaotic, and is treated by random matrix theory. The conductance through the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kazutaka Takahashi , Tomosuke Aono

A spin qubit in semiconductor quantum dots holds promise for quantum information processing for scalability and long coherence time. An important semiconductor qubit system is a double quantum dot trapping two electrons or holes, whose spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-07 Peihao Huang

We investigate pure dephasing decoherence (free induction decay and spin echo) of a spin qubit interacting with a nuclear spin bath. While for infinite magnetic field B the only decoherence mechanism is spectral diffusion due to dipolar…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-03 L. Cywinski , W. M. Witzel , S. Das Sarma

The spin-orbit coupling systems with a zero magnetic field is studied under the equilibrium situation, {\it i.e.}, without a voltage bias. A persistent spin current is predicted to exist under most circumstances, although the persistent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

An experiment that shows the modulation of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations of magneto-resistance in a mesoscopic ring is described. Possible theoretical explanations of this modulation due to the interaction of the electron spin with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jeeva Anandan

Floquet theory is an indispensable tool for analysing periodically-driven quantum many-body systems. Although it does not universally extend to classical systems, some of its methodologies can be adopted in the presence of well-separated…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-08-22 Thomas Veness , Kay Brandner

Spin states and persistent currents are investigated theoretically in a mesoscopic ring with an embedded magnetic ion under a uniform magnetic field including the spin-orbit interactions. The magnetic impurity acts as a spin-dependent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. S. Sheng , Kai Chang

We study the persistent currents induced by both the Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher effects in a one-dimensional mesoscopic ring coupled to a side-branch quantum dot at Kondo resonance. For privileged values of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. -P. Eckle , H. Johannesson , C. A. Stafford

Spin-orbit interaction produces persistent spin and mass currents in the ring via the Aharonov-Casher effect. The experiment in $^3He-A_1$ phase, in which this effect leads to the excitation of mass and spin supercurrent is proposed.

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 A. V. Balatsky , B. L. Altshuler

We analyze the effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling and of a local tunnel barrier on the persistent spin and charge currents in a one-dimensional conducting Aharonov-Bohm (AB) ring symmetrically coupled to two leads. First, as an important…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Citro , F. Romeo

We study the DC spin current induced into an unbiased quantum spin Hall system through a two-point contacts setup with time dependent electron tunneling amplitudes. By means of two external gates, it is possible to drive a current with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Dario Ferraro , Giacomo Dolcetto , Roberta Citro , Francesco Romeo , Maura Sassetti

A mesoscopic ring subject to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and sequentially coupled to an interacting quantum dot, in the presence of Aharonov-Bohm flux, is proposed as a flux tunable tunneling diode. The analysis of the conductance by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-22 R. Citro , F. Romeo

We propose an all-electrical nanoscopic structure where {\em pure} spin current is induced in the transverse voltage probes attached to {\em quantum-coherent} one-dimensional ring when conventional unpolarized charge current is injected…

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

The electronic states of a mesoscopic ring are assessed in the presence of Rashba Spin Orbit coupling and a $U(1)$ gauge field. Spin symmetric coupling to an ideal lead is implemented following B\"uttiker's voltage probe. The exact density…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-23 Michael Ellner , Nelson Bolívar , Bertrand Berche , Ernesto Medina

We study the current magnification effect in presence of exchange scattering of electron from a magnetic impurity placed in one arm of an open mesoscopic ring. The exchange interaction causes entanglement of electron spin and impurity spin.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Colin Benjamin , Sandeep K. Joshi , Debendranath Sahoo , A. M. Jayannavar

We investigate Aharonov-Bohm oscillations of the current through a strongly correlated quantum dot embedded in an arbitrary scattering geometry. Resonant-tunneling processes lead to a flux-dependent renormalization of the dot level. As a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 C. Bruder , Rosario Fazio , Herbert Schoeller

In normal mesoscopic metals of a ring topology persistent currents can be induced by threading the center of the ring with a magnetic flux. This phenomenon is an example of the famous Aharonov-Bohm effect. In the paper we study the current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-10-19 Szymon Rogozinski , Lukasz Machura , Jerzy Luczka

In this work we investigate magneto-optical properties of two-dimensional semiconductor quantum-ring excitons with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions threaded by a magnetic flux perpendicular to the plane of the ring. By…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-08 Wen-Hsuan Kuan , Vidar Gudmundsson

In the present theoretical work, we numerically explore magnetic response of a tight-binding dimerized ring subjected to Aharonov-Bohm (AB) flux and environmental interactions. Specifically, we introduce an imaginary site potential on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-21 Souvik Roy , Santanu K. Maiti