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Electron-electron interactions give rise to the correction, \delta\sigma^{int}(\omega), to the ac magnetoconductivity, \sigma(\omega), of a clean 2D electron gas that is periodic in \omega_c^{-1}, where \omega_c is the cyclotron frequency.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-05 T. A. Sedrakyan , M. E. Raikh

A one-dimensional system of interacting electrons out of equilibrium is studied in the framework of the Luttinger liquid model. We analyze several setups and develop a theory of tunneling into such systems. A remarkable property of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-03-22 D. B. Gutman , Yuval Gefen , A. D. Mirlin

Using the closed-time path integral approach, we nonperturbatively study inelastic tunneling of electrons via magnetic impurities in the barrier accompanied by phonon emission in a magnetic tunnel junction. The spectrum density of phonon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Sheng , D. Y. Xing , D. N. Sheng

We predict a new zero-bias anomaly in the differential conductance through a quantum dot coupled to two ferromagnetic leads with antiparallel magnetization. The anomaly differs in origin and properties from other anomalies in transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ireneusz Weymann , Józef Barnaś , Jürgen König , Jan Martinek , Gerd Schön

We present a theoretical study of elastic spin-dependent electron scattering caused by a charged impurity in the vicinity of a two-dimensional electron gas. We find that the symmetry properties of the spin-dependent differential scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-01-05 A. Pályi , J. Cserti

We study the effect of superconducting fluctuations on the tunnel current-voltage characteristics of disordered superconducting films placed in a perpendicular magnetic field, $H$, in the whole $H$-$T$ phase diagram outside the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-10-26 A. Glatz , A. A. Varlamov , V. M. Vinokur

We report on the study of cleaved-edge-overgrown line junctions with a serendipitously created narrow opening in an otherwise thin, precise line barrier. Two sets of zero-bias anomalies are observed with an enhanced conductance for filling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-01 P. Jiang , C. -C. Chien , I. Yang , W. Kang , K. W. Baldwin , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

Friedel oscillations (FO) of electron density caused by a delta-like neutral impurity in two-dimensional (2D) systems in a magnetic field are calculated. Three 2D cases are considered: free electron gas, monolayer graphene and group-VI…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-16 Tomasz M. Rusin , Wlodek Zawadzki

Magnetic field suppression of the tunneling between disordered 2D electron systems in GaAs around zero bias voltage has been studied. Magnetic field B normal to the layers induces a dip in the tunneling density of states (TDOS) centered…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. V. Dubrovskii , V. A. Volkov , L. Eaves , E. E. Vdovin , O. N. Makarovskii , J. -C. Portal , M. Henini , G. Hill

The tunneling between two parallel two-dimensional electron gases has been investigated as a function of temperature $T$, carrier density $n$, and the applied perpendicular magnetic field $B$. In zero magnetic field the equilibrium resonant…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 N. Turner , J. T. Nicholls , E. H. Linfield , K. M. Brown , G. A. C. Jones , D. A. Ritchie

The edge of a two-dimensional electron system (2DES) in a magnetic field consists of one-dimensional (1D) edge-channels that arise from the confining electric field at the edge of the specimen$^{1-3}$. The crossed electric and magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Kang , H. L. Stormer , K. W. Baldwin , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

We consider the influence of the electron-electron interaction on the nonlinearity of the current-voltage characteristic of the tunnel junction at low bias (diffusive anomaly) in the presence of the classical magnetic field. We present the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 E. V. Sukhorukov , A. V. Khaetskii

Tunnelling density of states in the vicinity of Fermi level of a two-dimensional electron gas subjected to an external parallel and zeroth magnetic field is calculated. It reveals a pseudo-gap recently observed in the experiments. The gap…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-24 V. Vyurkov , A. Vetrov , V. Ryzhii

We have developed a material specific theoretical framework for modelling scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) of high temperature superconducting materials in the normal as well as the superconducting state. Results for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Jouko Nieminen , Hsin Lin , R. S. Markiewicz , A. Bansil

The inelastic light scattering in a 2-d electron gas is studied theoretically using the Boltzmann equation techniques. Electron-hole excitations produce the Raman spectrum essentially different from the one predicted for the 3-d case. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Mishchenko

We present data of transport measurements through a metallic nanobridge exhibiting diffusive electron transport. A logarithmic temperature dependence and a zero-bias anomaly in the differential conductance are observed, independent of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-20 H. B. Weber , R. Häussler , H. v. Löhneysen , J. Kroha

It is known that the presence of the Fermi sea modifies the scattering of an electron from a point-like impurity. This is due to the Friedel oscillations of the electron density around the impurity. These oscillations create an additional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 Nathan L. Foulk , M. E. Raikh

The zero-bias anomaly at low temperatures, originated by the Kondo effect when an electric current flows through a system formed by a spin-$1/2$ quantum dot and two metallic contacts is theoretically investigated. In particular, we compare…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-12-07 Diego Pérez Daroca , Pablo Roura-Bas , Armando A. Aligia

We argue that the tunneling between two 2D electron gases in a weak magnetic field is of resonance character, and involves a long lifetime excitonic state of an electron and hole {\it uniformly spread} over cyclotron orbits. We find that…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 L. S. Levitov , A. V. Shytov

We study the electronic properties of dual-gated electron-hole bilayers in which the two layers are separated by a perfectly opaque tunnel barrier. Combining an electrostatic and thermodynamic analysis with mean-field theory estimates of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-09 Yongxin Zeng , A. H. MacDonald