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We theoretically investigate the ground-state properties of a quantum dot defined on the surface of a strong three-dimensional time-reversal invariant topological insulator. Confinement is realized by ferromagnetic barriers and Coulomb…

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We investigate theoretically the transport properties of the side-coupled double quantum dots in connection with the experimental study of Sasaki {\it et al.} Phys.Rev.Lett.{\bf 103}, 266806 (2009). The novelty of the set-up consists in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-14 A. Aldea , M. Ţolea , I. V. Dinu

We study the full counting statistics of electronic transport through a single-level quantum dot weakly coupled to two leads, with either one or both of them being ferromagnetic. The interplay of Coulomb interaction and finite spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-06-05 Stephan Lindebaum , Daniel Urban , Jürgen König

Quantum anomalous Hall insulators are topologically characterized by non-zero integer Chern numbers, the sign of which depends on the direction of the exchange field that breaks time-reversal symmetry. This feature allows the manipulation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Nezhat Pournaghavi , Carlo M. Canali

We study conductance through a quantum dot under Coulomb blockade conditions in the presence of an external periodic perturbation. The stationary state is determined by the balance between the heating of the dot electrons by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. M. Basko , V. E. Kravtsov

We propose a general capacitive model for an antidot, which has two localized edge states with different spins in the quantum Hall regime. The capacitive coupling of localized excess charges, which are generated around the antidot due to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. -S. Sim , M. Kataoka , Hangmo Yi , N. Y. Hwang , M. -S. Choi , S. -R. E. Yang

Linear conductance through a quantum dot is calculated under a finite magnetic field using the modified perturbation theory. The method is based on the second-order perturbation theory with respect to the Coulomb repulsion, but the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Osamu Takagi , Tetsuro Saso

We propose that two-channel orbital Kondo ``spin'' 1/2 conductance can be measured in a quantum dot at Coulomb Blockade with an odd number of electrons with contacts in a pillar configuration, if an orthogonal magnetic field induces an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Domenico Giuliano , Benoit Jouault , Arturo Tagliacozzo

Recent experiments on Coulomb drag in the quantum Hall regime have yielded a number of surprises. The most striking observations are that the Coulomb drag can become negative in high Landau levels and that its temperature dependence is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. V. Gornyi , A. D. Mirlin , F. von Oppen

The current-voltage characteristics through a metallic quantum dot which is well coupled to a metallic lead are measured. It is shown that the I-V curves are composed of two contributions. One is a suppression of the tunneling conductivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Liora Bitton , Dmitri B. Gutman , Richard Berkovits , Aviad Frydman

The well-established symmetry relations for linear transport phenomena can not, in general, be applied in the non-linear regime. Here we propose a set of symmetry relations with respect to bias voltage and magnetic field for the non-linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 A. Lofgren , C. A. Marlow , I. Shorubalko , R. P. Taylor , P. Omling , L. Samuelson , H. Linke

We have detected oscillations of the charge around a potential hill (antidot) in a two-dimensional electron gas as a function of a perpendicular magnetic field B. The field confines electrons around the antidot in closed orbits, the areas…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Kataoka , C. J. B. Ford , G. Faini , D. Mailly , M. Y. Simmons , D. R. Mace , C. -T. Liang , D. A. Ritchie

We study the ballistic edge-channel transport in quantum wires with a magnetic quantum dot, which is formed by two different magnetic fields B^* and B_0 inside and outside the dot, respectively. We find that the electron states located near…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. -S. Sim , G. Ihm , N. Kim , K. J. Chang

We investigate the Coulomb blockade in quantum dots asymmetrically coupled to the leads for an arbitrary voltage bias focusing on the regime where electrons do not thermalise during their dwell time in the dot. By solving the quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-01 George McArdle , Rose Davies , Igor V. Lerner , Igor V. Yurkevich

We explore the finite bias DC differential conductance of a correlated quantum dot under the influence of an AC field, from the low-temperature Kondo to the finite temperature Coulomb blockade regime. Real-time simulations are performed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-27 G. Stefanucci , S. Kurth

We determine the antisymmetric current-current response for a pair of (type I) tilted Weyl cones with opposite chirality. We find that the dynamical chiral magnetic effect depends on the magnitude of the tilt and on the angle between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-04 E. C. I. van der Wurff , H. T. C. Stoof

The quantum Hall effect emerges when two-dimensional samples are subjected to strong magnetic fields at low temperatures: Topologically protected edge states cause a quantized Hall conductivity in multiples of $e^2/h$. Here we show that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-11 Börge Göbel , Ingrid Mertig

Theoretically, the quantum anomalous Hall effect is characterized by a quantized Hall conductance. However, many experiments only reported the quantization of the Hall resistance, which is accompanied by a non-vanishing longitudinal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Rui Chen , Hai-Peng Sun , Bin Zhou , Dong-Hui Xu

Sharp localization transitions of chiral edge states in disordered quantum wires, subject to strong magnetic field, are shown to be driven by crossovers from two- to one-dimensional localization of bulk states. As a result, the two-terminal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Kettemann , B. Kramer , T. Ohtsuki

We examine a quantum dot with $N_{\rm dot}$ levels which is strongly coupled to leads for varying number of channels $N$ in the leads. It is shown both analytically and numerically that for strong couplings between the dot and the leads, at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Richard Berkovits , Felix von Oppen , Jan W. Kantelhardt