687 research outputs found
Coulomb correlations and coherent charge tunneling in mesoscopic coupled rings
We study the effect of a strong electron-electron (e-e) interaction in a
system of two concentric one-dimensional rings with incommensurate areas A_1
and A_2, coupled by a tunnel amplitude. For noninteracting particles the
magnetic moment (persistent current) m of the many-body ground state and first
excited states is an irregular function of the external magnetic field. In
contrast, we show that when strong e-e interactions are present the magnetic
field dependence of m becomes periodic. In such a strongly correlated system
disorder can only be caused by inter-ring charge fluctuations, controllable by
a gate voltage. The oscillation period of m is proportional to 1/(A_1 + A_2) if
fluctuations are suppressed. Coherent inter-ring tunneling doubles the period
when charge fluctuations are allowed.Comment: 4 pages, 4 eps figure
Influence of Long-Range Coulomb Interactions on the Metal-Insulator Transition in One-Dimensional Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
The influence of long-range Coulomb interactions on the properties of
one-dimensional (1D) strongly correlated electron systems in vicinity of the
metal-insulator phase transition is considered. It is shown that unscreened
repulsive Coulomb forces lead to the formation of a 1D Wigner crystal in the
metallic phase and to the transformation of the square-root singularity of the
compressibility (characterizing the commensurate-incommensurate transition) to
a logarithmic singularity. The properties of the insulating (Mott) phase depend
on the character of the short-wavelength screening of the Coulomb forces. For a
sufficiently short screening length the characteristics of the charge
excitations in the insulating phase are totally determined by the Coulomb
interaction and these quasipartic les can be described as quasiclassical
Coulomb solitons.Comment: 14 pages, LaTeX, G{\"o}teborg preprint APR 94-3
Systematic trends in beta-delayed particle emitting nuclei: The case of beta-p-alpha emission from 21Mg
We have observed beta+-delayed alpha and p-alpha emission from the
proton-rich nucleus 21Mg produced at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. The
assignments were cross-checked with a time distribution analysis. This is the
third identified case of beta-p-alpha emission. We discuss the systematic of
beta-delayed particle emission decays, show that our observed decays fit
naturally into the existing pattern, and argue that the patterns are to a large
extent caused by odd-even effects.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Giant lasing effect in magnetic nanoconductors
We propose a new principle for a compact solid-state laser in the 1-100 THz
regime. This is a frequency range where attempts to fabricate small size lasers
up till now have met severe technical problems. The proposed laser is based on
a new mechanism for creating spin-flip processes in ferromagnetic conductors.
The mechanism is due to the interaction of light with conduction electrons; the
interaction strength, being proportional to the large exchange energy, exceeds
the Zeeman interaction by orders of magnitude. On the basis of this
interaction, a giant lasing effect is predicted in a system where a population
inversion has been created by tunneling injection of spin-polarized electrons
from one ferromagnetic conductor to another -- the magnetization of the two
ferromagnets having different orientations. Using experimental data for
ferromagnetic manganese perovskites with nearly 100% spin polarization we show
the laser frequency to be in the range 1-100 THz. The optical gain is estimated
to be of order 10^7 cm^{-1}, which exceeds the gain of conventional
semiconductor lasers by 3 or 4 orders of magnitude. A relevant experimental
study is proposed and discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Shuttle Mechanism for Charge Transfer in Coulomb Blockade Nanostructures
Room-temperature Coulomb blockade of charge transport through composite
nanostructures containing organic inter-links has recently been observed. A
pronounced charging effect in combination with the softness of the molecular
links implies that charge transfer gives rise to a significant deformation of
these structures. For a simple model system containing one nanoscale metallic
cluster connected by molecular links to two bulk metallic electrodes we show
that self-excitation of periodic cluster oscillations in conjunction with
sequential processes of cluster charging and decharging appears for a
sufficiently large bias voltage. This new `electron shuttle' mechanism of
discrete charge transfer gives rise to a current through the nanostructure,
which is proportional to the cluster vibration frequency.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Diffusion Thermopower at Even Denominator Fractions
We compute the electron diffusion thermopower at compressible Quantum Hall
states corresponding to even denominator fractions in the framework of the
composite fermion approach. It is shown that the deviation from the linear low
temperature behavior of the termopower is dominated by the logarithmic
temperature corrections to the conductivity and not to the thermoelectric
coefficient, although such terms are present in both quantities. The enhanced
magnitude of this effect compared to the zero field case may allow its
observation with the existing experimental techniques.Comment: Latex, 12 pages, Nordita repor
Optimizing thermal transport in the Falicov-Kimball model: binary-alloy picture
We analyze the thermal transport properties of the Falicov-Kimball model
concentrating on locating regions of parameter space where the thermoelectric
figure-of-merit ZT is large. We focus on high temperature for power generation
applications and low temperature for cooling applications. We constrain the
static particles (ions) to have a fixed concentration, and vary the conduction
electron concentration as in the binary-alloy picture of the Falicov-Kimball
model. We find a large region of parameter space with ZT>1 at high temperature
and we find a small region of parameter space with ZT>1 at low temperature for
correlated systems, but we believe inclusion of the lattice thermal
conductivity will greatly reduce the low-temperature figure-of-merit.Comment: 13 pages, 14 figures, typeset with ReVTe
The Influence of Electro-Mechanical Effects on Resonant Electron Tunneling Through Small Carbon Nano-Peapods
The influence of a fullerene molecule trapped inside a single-wall carbon
nanotube on resonant electron transport at low temperatures and strong
polaronic coupling is theoretically discussed. Strong peak to peak fluctuations
and anomalous temperature behavior of conductance amplitudes are predicted and
investigated. The influence of the chiral properties of carbon nanotubes on
transport is also studied.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures. Replaced with published version. Important
changes. Open access: http://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/10/04304
Charged impurity scattering limited low temperature resistivity of low density silicon inversion layers
We calculate within the Boltzmann equation approach the charged impurity
scattering limited low temperature electronic resistivity of low density
-type inversion layers in Si MOSFET structures. We find a rather sharp
quantum to classical crossover in the transport behavior in the K
temperature range, with the low density, low temperature mobility showing a
strikingly strong non-monotonic temperature dependence, which may qualitatively
explain the recently observed anomalously strong temperature dependent
resistivity in low-density, high-mobility MOSFETs.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, will appear in PRL (12 July, 1999
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