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We theoretically analyze the effect of electron-electron interactions on Aharonov-Bohm (AB) current oscillations in ring-shaped systems with metallic quantum dots pierced by external magnetic field. We demonstrate that electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-21 Andrew G. Semenov , Dmitri S. Golubev , Andrei D. Zaikin

Aharonov-Bohm oscillations are observed in a graphene quantum ring with a top gate covering one arm of the ring. As graphene is a gapless semiconductor this geometry allows to study not only the quantum interference of electrons with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 D. Smirnov , H. Schmidt , R. J. Haug

We report phase coherent electron transport in PbTe nanowire networks with a loop geometry. Magneto-conductance shows Aharonov-Bohm (AB) oscillations with periods of $h/e$ and $h/2e$ in flux. The amplitude of $h/2e$ oscillations is enhanced…

Energy spectra of quasi-one-dimensional quantum rings with a few electrons are studied using several different theoretical methods. Discrete Hubbard models and continuum models are shown to give similar results governed by the special…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Manninen , P. Koskinen , M. Koskinen , P. Singha Deo , S. M. Reimann , S. Viefers

The Aharonov-Bohm effect is a quantum mechanical phenomenon that demonstrates how potentials can have observable effects even when the classical fields associated with those potentials are absent. Initially proposed for electromagnetic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Michael E Tobar , Michael T Hatzon , Graeme R Flower , Maxim Goryachev

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interference patterns in ring-shaped conductors are usually dominated by random features. The amplitude of the oscillations is random from sample to sample and from point to point on the magnetic field axis owing to…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 J. Liu , W. X. Gao , K. Ismail , K. Y. Lee , J. M. Hong , S. Washburn

It is commonly believed that the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is a typical feature of the motion of a charged particle interacting with the electromagnetic vector potential. Here we present a magnetophotoluminescence study of type-II InP/GaAs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Ribeiro , G. Medeiros-Ribeiro , W. Carvalho , A. O. Govorov

Aharonov-Bohm (AB) oscillations are studied for a parallel coupled vertical double quantum dot with a common source and drain electrode. We observe AB oscillations of current via a one-electron bonding state as the ground state and an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-18 T. Hatano , T. Kubo , Y. Tokura , S. Amaha , S. Teraoka , S. Tarucha

This paper is devoted to provide a theoretical underpinning for ensemble forecasting with rapid fluctuations in body forcing and in boundary conditions. Ensemble averaging principles are proved under suitable `mixing' conditions on random…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-07-26 Wei Wang , Jian Ren , Jinqiao Duan , Guowei He

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect has been accepted and has promoted interdisciplinary scientific activities in modern physics. To observe the AB effect in condensed matter physics, the whole system needs to maintain phase coherence, in a tiny…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-09 Masakatsu Tsubota , Katsuhiko Inagaki , Satoshi Tanda

In a recent letter, Yi et al. PRL 78, 3523 (1997), have considered the stability of a Charge Density Wave in a one-dimensional ring, in the presence of an Aharonov-Bohm flux. This comment shows that, in one dimension, the stability of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Montambaux

We have investigated the Aharonov-Bohm effect in mesoscopic semiconductor GaAs/GaAlAs rings in low magnetic fields. The oscillatory magnetoconductance of these systems is systematically studied as a function of electron density. We observe…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. E. Hansen , S. Pedersen , A. Kristensen , C. B. Sorensen , P. E. Lindelof

We show that Aharonov-Bohm (AB) oscillations in the magnetic moment of an integrable ballistic quantum dot can be destroyed by a time dependent magnetic flux. The effect is due to a nonequilibrium population of perfectly coherent electronic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 T. Swahn , E. N. Bogachek , Yu. M. Galperin , M. Jonson , R. I. Shekhter

We evaluate the ensemble averaged noise in a chaotic quantum dot subject to DC bias and a periodic perturbation of frequency $\Omega$. The noise displays cusps at bias $V_n=n\hbar\Omega/e$ that survive the average, even when the period of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Lamacraft

New experiments are presented on the transmission of electron waves through a 2DEG (2 dimensional electron gas) ring with a gate on top of one of the branches. Magnetoconductance oscillations are observed, and the phase of the Aharanov-Bohm…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. Cernicchiaro , T. Martin , K. Hasselbach , D. Mailly , A. Benoit

We introduce a calorimetric approach to probe persistent currents in normal metal rings. The heat capacity of a large ensemble of silver rings is measured by nanocalorimetry under a varying magnetic field at different temperatures (60 mK,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Germain Souche , Julien Huillery , H. Pothier , Philippe Gandit , Jerome I. Mars , Sergey Skipetrov , Olivier Bourgeois

Surface electrons of strong topological insulator wires acquire a Berry phase difference of $\pi$ on orbiting the wire. This can be detected in response of clean wires (whose Fermi level is tuned to the Dirac point) to the presence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-30 Eugene B. Kolomeisky , Joseph P. Straley

Electron transport through mesoscopic, one-dimensional rings with asymmetric injection into the arms of the ring is studied, in the presence of a Aharonov-Bohm flux, by means of an appropriate $\boldsymbol{S}$ matrix. This matrix is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-23 P. Vasilopoulos , O. Kálmán , F. M. Peeters , M. G. Benedict

We study interaction and radial polarization effects on the the absorption spectrum of neutral bound magnetoexcitons confined in quantum-ring structures. We show that the size and orientation of the exciton's dipole moment, as well as the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-01-23 Luis G. Dias da Silva , Sergio E. Ulloa , Tigran V. Shahbazyan

Theoretical approaches to one-dimensional and quasi-one-dimensional quantum rings with a few electrons are reviewed. Discrete Hubbard-type models and continuum models are shown to give similar results governed by the special features of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Viefers , P. Koskinen , P. Singha Deo , M. Manninen