93 research outputs found
Negative differential conductance induced by spin-charge separation
Spin-charge states of correlated electrons in a one-dimensional quantum dot
attached to interacting leads are studied in the non-linear transport regime.
With non-symmetric tunnel barriers, regions of negative differential
conductance induced by spin-charge separation are found. They are due to a
correlation-induced trapping of higher-spin states without magnetic field, and
associated with a strong increase in the fluctuations of the electron spin.Comment: REVTEX, 4 pages including 3 figures; Accepted for publication on
Physical Review Letter
Control of spin in quantum dots with non-Fermi liquid correlations
Spin effects in the transport properties of a quantum dot with spin-charge
separation are investigated. It is found that the non-linear transport spectra
are dominated by spin dynamics. Strong spin polarization effects are observed
in a magnetic field. They can be controlled by varying gate and bias voltages.
Complete polarization is stable against interactions. When polarization is not
complete, it is power-law enhanced by non-Fermi liquid effects.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Shot noise of a quantum dot with non-Fermi liquid correlations
The shot noise of a one-dimensional wire interrupted by two barriers shows
interesting features related to the interplay between Coulomb blockade effects,
Luttinger correlations and discrete excitations. At small bias the Fano factor
reaches the lowest attainable value, 1/2, irrespective of the ratio of the two
junction resistances. At larger voltages this asymmetry is power-law
renormalized by the interaction strength. We discuss how the measurement of
current and these features of the noise allow to extract the Luttinger liquid
parameter.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures,to be published in Phys. Rev. B. For high
resolution image of Fig.1 see http://server1.fisica.unige.it/~braggio/doc.ht
Neutral modes edge state dynamics through quantum point contacts
Dynamics of neutral modes for fractional quantum Hall states is investigated
for a quantum point contact geometry in the weak-backscattering regime. The
effective field theory introduced by Fradkin-Lopez for edge states in the Jain
sequence is generalized to the case of propagating neutral modes. The dominant
tunnelling processes are identified also in the presence of non-universal
phenomena induced by interactions. The crossover regime in the backscattering
current between tunnelling of single-quasiparticles and of agglomerates of
p-quasiparticles is analysed. We demonstrate that higher order cumulants of the
backscattering current fluctuations are a unique resource to study
quantitatively the competition between different carrier charges. We find that
propagating neutral modes are a necessary ingredient in order to explain this
crossover phenomena.Comment: 28 pages, 5 figure
Density correlations and dynamical Casimir emission of Bogoliubov phonons in modulated atomic Bose-Einstein condensates
We present a theory of the density correlations that appear in an atomic
Bose-Einstein condensate as a consequence of the dynamical Casimir emission of
pairs of Bogoliubov phonons when the atom-atom scattering length is modulated
in time. Different regimes as a function of the temporal shape of the
modulation are identified and a simple physical picture of the phenomenon is
discussed. Analytical expressions for the density correlation function are
provided for the most significant limiting cases. This theory is able to
explain some unexpected features recently observed in numerical calculations of
Hawking radiation from analog black holes
Spectral noise for edge states at filling factor
We present a detailed analysis of finite frequency noise for the
fractional quantum Hall state in a quantum point contact geometry. The results
are obtained within the Pfaffian and anti-Pfaffian models. We show that the
behaviour of the coloured noise allows unambigously to discriminate among
tunneling excitations with different charges. Optimal values of the external
bias are found in order to emphasize the visibility of the noise peak
associated with the tunneling of a 2-agglomerate, namely an excitation with
charge double of the fundamental one. These correspond to the regime in which
the bias is larger than the neutral modes cut-off frequency. The dependence on
the temperature is also investigated in order to discriminate between the
considered models.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to New Journal of Phyisc
Transport of interacting electrons through a double barrier in quantum wires
We generalize the fermionic renormalization group method to describe
analytically transport through a double barrier structure in a one-dimensional
system. Focusing on the case of weakly interacting electrons, we investigate
thoroughly the dependence of the conductance on the strength and the shape of
the double barrier for arbitrary temperature T. Our approach allows us to
systematically analyze the contributions to renormalized scattering amplitudes
from different characteristic scales absent in the case of a single impurity,
without restricting the consideration to the model of a single resonant level.
Both a sequential resonant tunneling for high T and a resonant transmission for
T smaller than the resonance width are studied within the unified treatment of
transport through strong barriers. For weak barriers, we show that two
different regimes are possible. Moderately weak impurities may get strong due
to a renormalization by interacting electrons, so that transport is described
in terms of theory for initially strong barriers. The renormalization of very
weak impurities does not yield any peak in the transmission probability;
however, remarkably, the interaction gives rise to a sharp peak in the
conductance, provided asymmetry is not too high.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures; figures added, references updated, extended
discussio
Exact closed form analytical solutions for vibrating cavities
For one-dimensional vibrating cavity systems appearing in the standard
illustration of the dynamical Casimir effect, we propose an approach to the
construction of exact closed-form solutions. As new results, we obtain
solutions that are given for arbitrary frequencies, amplitudes and time
regions. In a broad range of parameters, a vibrating cavity model exhibits the
general property of exponential instability. Marginal behavior of the system
manifests in a power-like growth of radiated energy.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure
Observation of the Dynamical Casimir Effect in a Superconducting Circuit
One of the most surprising predictions of modern quantum theory is that the
vacuum of space is not empty. In fact, quantum theory predicts that it teems
with virtual particles flitting in and out of existence. While initially a
curiosity, it was quickly realized that these vacuum fluctuations had
measurable consequences, for instance producing the Lamb shift of atomic
spectra and modifying the magnetic moment for the electron. This type of
renormalization due to vacuum fluctuations is now central to our understanding
of nature. However, these effects provide indirect evidence for the existence
of vacuum fluctuations. From early on, it was discussed if it might instead be
possible to more directly observe the virtual particles that compose the
quantum vacuum. 40 years ago, Moore suggested that a mirror undergoing
relativistic motion could convert virtual photons into directly observable real
photons. This effect was later named the dynamical Casimir effect (DCE). Using
a superconducting circuit, we have observed the DCE for the first time. The
circuit consists of a coplanar transmission line with an electrical length that
can be changed at a few percent of the speed of light. The length is changed by
modulating the inductance of a superconducting quantum interference device
(SQUID) at high frequencies (~11 GHz). In addition to observing the creation of
real photons, we observe two-mode squeezing of the emitted radiation, which is
a signature of the quantum character of the generation process.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure
Fluctuations, dissipation and the dynamical Casimir effect
Vacuum fluctuations provide a fundamental source of dissipation for systems
coupled to quantum fields by radiation pressure. In the dynamical Casimir
effect, accelerating neutral bodies in free space give rise to the emission of
real photons while experiencing a damping force which plays the role of a
radiation reaction force. Analog models where non-stationary conditions for the
electromagnetic field simulate the presence of moving plates are currently
under experimental investigation. A dissipative force might also appear in the
case of uniform relative motion between two bodies, thus leading to a new kind
of friction mechanism without mechanical contact. In this paper, we review
recent advances on the dynamical Casimir and non-contact friction effects,
highlighting their common physical origin.Comment: 39 pages, 4 figures. Review paper to appear in Lecture Notes in
Physics, Volume on Casimir Physics, edited by Diego Dalvit, Peter Milonni,
David Roberts, and Felipe da Rosa. Minor changes, a reference adde
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