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In multichannel rings, evanescent modes will always co-exist with propagating modes. The evanescent modes can carry a very large diamagnetic persistent current that can oscillate with energy and are very sensitive to impurity scattering.…
We calculate the ensemble averaged persistent current on disordered mesoscopic rings with an embedded quantum dot. We model the quantum dot as a single resonance and use Random Matrix Theory to model the impurities in the ring. Using…
The effect of the Coulomb-interaction on persistent currents in disordered mesoscopic metal rings threaded by a magnetic flux $\phi$ is studied numerically. We use the simplest form of ``self-consistent'' Hartree theory, where the spatial…
Persistent currents can arise in normal-metal rings due to a magnetic flux threading the ring in equilibrium. However, can persistent currents arise in absence of magnetic flux in the same normal-metal rings? Yes they can but in a…
We study the persistent current circulating along a mesoscopic ring with a dot side-coupled to it when threaded by a magnetic field. A cluster including the dot and its vicinity is diagonalized and embedded into the rest of the system. The…
A semi-phenomenological model is proposed to study dynamics and stedy states of magnetic fluxes and currents in mesoscopic rings and cylinders at non-zero temperature. The model is based on a Langevin equation for flux subject to zero-mean…
We calculate the persistent current of 1D rings of spinless fermions with short-range interactions on a lattice with up to 20 sites, and in the presence of disorder, for various band fillings. We find that {\it both} disorder and…
Persistent and radiation-induced currents in distorted narrow quantum rings are theoretically investigated. We show that ring distorsions can be described using a geometrical potential term. We analyse the effect of this term on the current…
We present a detailed study of persistent current and low-field magnetic susceptibility in single isolated normal metal mesoscopic rings and cylinders in the tight-binding model with higher order hopping integral in the Hamiltonian. Our…
Persistent currents of disordered multichannel mesoscopic rings of spinless interacting fermions threaded by a magnetic flux are calculated using exact diagonalizations and self-consistent Hartree-Fock methods. The validity of the…
We demonstrate that persistent current in meso- and nanorings may fluctuate down to zero temperature provided the current operator does not commute with the total Hamiltonian of the system. For a model of a quantum particle on a ring we…
We describe a "train" effect which may exist in small metallic and semiconductor rings and might be associated with the long-standing problem of the persistent current enhancement. The current is associated with the cooperative motion of N…
We analytically study the magnetic response of persistent current (PC) in normally non-interacting mesoscopic rings of bimodal potential with nearest neighboring interactions (t) and alternating site energies. It is shown that a ring of…
We propose an idea to investigate persistent current in individual arms of a multi-arm mesoscopic ring. Following a brief description of persistent current in a traditional Aharonov-Bohm (AB) ring, we examine the behavior of persistent…
It is shown that in a structure consisting of a superconducting ring-shaped electrode overlapped by a normal metal contact through a thin oxide barrier, measurements of the tunnel current in magnetic field can probe persistent currents in…
In order to clear up a question on possibility of a dc voltage proportional to the persistent current in normal metal and semiconductor mesoscopic loops conjectural causes of this phenomenon observed in superconductor loops is investigated.
We have considered a system of a metallic ring coupled to two electron reservoirs. We show that in the presence of a transport current, the persistent current can flow in a ring, even in the absence of magnetic field. This is purely a…
Persistent currents and magnetization are considered for a two-dimensional electron (or gas of electrons) coupled to various magnetic fields. Thermodynamic formulae for the magnetization and the persistent current are established and the…
In equilibrium, the number of conduction electrons in a solid substance depends on the conformation of the atoms in the substance. When a magnetic field is applied, it takes time for the system to come to a new equilibrium with a new…
The persistent current through a quantum dot inserted in a mesoscopic ring of length L is studied. A cluster representing the dot and its vicinity is exactly diagonalized and embedded into the rest of the ring. The Kondo resonance provides…