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Quantum coherence of the molecular states and their corresponding currents in nanoscale Aharonov-Bohm interferometers
By considering a nanoscale Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer containing a
parrallel-coupled double dot coupled to the source and drain electrodes, we
investigate the AB phase oscillations of transport current via the bonding and
antibonding state channels. The results we obtained justify the experimental
analysis given in [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{106}, 076801 (2011)] that bonding
state currents in different energy configurations are almost the same. On the
other hand, we extend the analysis to the transient transport current
components flowing through different channels, to explore the effect of the
parity of bonding and antibonding states on the AB phase dependence of the
corresponding current components in the transient regime. The relations of the
AB phase dependence between the quantum states and the associated current
components are analyzed in details, which provides useful information for the
reconstruction of quantum states through the measurement of the transport
current in such systems. With the coherent properties in the quantum dot states
as well as in the transport currents, we also provide a way to manipulate the
bonding and antibonding states by the AB magnetic flux.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
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