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Quantized adiabatic quantum pumping due to interference
Recent theoretical calculations, demonstrating that quantized charge transfer
due to adiabatically modulated potentials in mesoscopic devices can result
purely from the interference of the electron wave functions (without invoking
electron-electron interactions) are reviewed: (1) A new formula is derived for
the pumped charge Q (per period); It reproduces the Brouwer formula without a
bias, and also yields the effect of the modulating potential on the Landauer
formula in the presence of a bias. (2) For a turnstile geometry, with
time-dependent gate voltages V_L(t) and V_R(t), the magnitude and sign of Q are
determined by the relative position and orientation of the closed contour
traversed by the system in the {V_L-V_R} plane, relative to the transmission
resonances in that plane. Integer values of Q (in units of e) are achieved when
a transmission peak falls inside the contour, and are given by the winding
number of the contour. (3) When the modulating potential is due to surface
acoustic waves, Q exhibits a staircase structure, with integer values,
reminiscent of experimental observations.Comment: Invited talk, Localization, Tokyo, August 200
Comment on "Theoretical analysis of the transmission phase shift of a quantum dot in the presence of Kondo correlations"
Recently, A. Jerez, P. Vitushinsky and M. Lavagna [Phys. Rev. Lett. 95,
127203 (2005)] claimed that the transmission phase through a quantum fot, as
measured via the Aharonov-Bohm interferometer, differs from the phase which
determines the corresponding conductance. Here we show that this claim is wrong
for the single level Anderson model, which is usually used to describe the
quantum dot. So far, there exists no derivation of this claim from any explicit
theoretical model.Comment: To appear as a Comment in PR
Flux Dependence of Persistent Current in a Mesoscopic Disordered Tight Binding Ring
We reconsider the study of persistent currents in a disordered
one-dimensional ring threaded by a magnetic flux, using he one-band
tight-binding model for a ring of N-sites with random site energies. The
secular equation for the eigenenergies expressed in terms of transfer matrices
in the site representation is solved exactly to second order in a perturbation
theory for weak disorder and fluxes differing from half-integer multiples of
the elementary flux quantum. From the equilibrium currents associated with the
one-electron eigenstates we derive closed analytic expressions for the disorder
averaged persistent current for even and odd numbers, Ne, of electrons in the
ground state. Explicit discussion for the half-filled band case confirms that
the persistent current is flux periodic as in the absence of disorder, and that
its amplitude is generally suppressed by the effect of the disorder. In
comparison to previous results, based on an approximate analysis of the secular
equation, the current suppression by disorder is strongly enhanced by a new
flux-dependent factor.Comment: 15 pages, LaTex 2
Magnetic field symmetry of pump currents of adiabatically driven mesoscopic structures
We examine the scattering properties of a slowly and periodically driven
mesoscopic sample using the Floquet function approach. One might expect that at
sufficiently low driving frequencies it is only the frozen scattering matrix
which is important. The frozen scattering matrix reflects the properties of the
sample at a given instant of time. Indeed many aspects of adiabatic scattering
can be described in terms of the frozen scattering matrix. However, we
demonstrate that the Floquet scattering matrix, to first order in the driving
frequency, is determined by an additional matrix which reflects the fact that
the scatterer is time-dependent. This low frequency irreducible part of the
Floquet matrix has symmetry properties with respect to time and/or a magnetic
field direction reversal opposite to that of the frozen scattering matrix. We
investigate the quantum rectification properties of a pump which additionally
is subject to an external dc voltage. We split the dc current flowing through
the pump into several parts with well defined properties with respect to a
magnetic field and/or an applied voltage inversion.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Theory of one-dimensional double-barrier quantum pump in two-frequency signal regime
A one-dimensional system with two -like barriers or wells
bi-chromaticaly oscillating at frequencies and is
considered. The alternating signal leads to the direct current across the
structure (even in a symmetric system). The properties of this quantum pump are
studied in a wide range of the system parameters.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Three-terminal thermoelectric transport through a molecule placed on an Aharonov-Bohm ring
The thermoelectric transport through a ring threaded by an Aharonov-Bohm
flux, with a molecular bridge on one of its arms, is analyzed. The transport
electrons also interact with the vibrational excitations of that molecule. This
nano-system is connected to three terminals: two are electronic reservoirs,
which supply the transport electrons, and the third is the phonon bath which
thermalizes the molecular vibrations. Expressions for the transport
coefficients, relating all charge and heat currents to the temperature and
chemical potential differences between the terminals, are derived to second
order in the electron-vibration coupling. At linear response, all these
coefficients obey the full Onsager-Casimir relations. When the phonon bath is
held at a temperature different from those of the electronic reservoirs, a heat
current exchanged between the molecular vibrations and the transport electrons
can be converted into electric and/or heat electronic currents. The related
transport coefficients, which exist only due to the electron-vibration
coupling, change sign under the interchange between the electronic terminals
and the sign change of the magnetic flux. It is also demonstrated that the
Aharonov-Bohm flux can enhance this type of conversion.Comment: Added clearer kists of the new result
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