72 research outputs found
Creation of nonlocal spin-entangled electrons via Andreev tunneling, Coulomb blockade and resonant transport
We discuss several scenarios for the creation of nonlocal spin-entangled
electrons which provide a source of electronic Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR)
pairs. The central idea is to exploit the spin correlations naturally present
in superconductors in form of Cooper pairs. We show that nonlocal
spin-entanglement in form of an effective Heisenberg spin interaction is
induced between electron spins residing on two quantum dots with no direct
coupling between them but each of them being tunnel-coupled to the same
superconductor. We then discuss a nonequilibrium setup where mobile and
nonlocal spin-entanglement can be created by coherent injection of two
electrons in an Andreev tunneling process into two spatially separated quantum
dots and subsequently into two Fermi-liquid leads. The current for injecting
two spin-entangled electrons into different leads shows a resonance whereas
tunneling via the same dot into the same lead is suppressed by the Coulomb
blockade effect of the quantum dots. The Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the
current are shown to contain h/e and h/2e periods. Finally we discuss a
structure consisting of a superconductor weakly coupled to two separate
Luttinger liquid leads. We show that strong correlations again suppress the
coherent subsequent tunneling of two electrons into the same lead, thus
generating again nonlocal spin-entangled electrons.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures; proceedings Spintronics conference 2001,
Georgetown-University, Washington D
Electric-Field-control of spin rotation in bilayer graphene
The manipulation of the electron spin degree of freedom is at the core of the
spintronics paradigm, which offers the perspective of reduced power
consumption, enabled by the decoupling of information processing from net
charge transfer. Spintronics also offers the possibility of devising hybrid
devices able to perform logic, communication, and storage operations. Graphene,
with its potentially long spin-coherence length, is a promising material for
spin-encoded information transport. However, the small spin-orbit interaction
is also a limitation for the design of conventional devices based on the
canonical Datta-Das spin-FET. An alternative solution can be found in magnetic
doping of graphene, or, as discussed in the present work, in exploiting the
proximity effect between graphene and Ferromagnetic Oxides (FOs). Graphene in
proximity to FO experiences an exchange proximity interaction (EPI), that acts
as an effective Zeeman field for electrons in graphene, inducing a spin
precession around the magnetization axis of the FO. Here we show that in an
appropriately designed double-gate field-effect transistor, with a bilayer
graphene channel and FO used as a gate dielectric, spin-precession of carriers
can be turned ON and OFF with the application of a differential voltage to the
gates. This feature is directly probed in the spin-resolved conductance of the
bilayer
Electron transport in multiterminal networks of Majorana bound states
We investigate electron transport through multiterminal networks hosting
Majorana bound states (MBS) in the framework of full counting statistics (FCS).
In particular, we apply our general results to T-shaped junctions of two
Majorana nanowires. When the wires are in the topologically nontrivial regime,
three MBS are localized near the outer ends of the wires, while one MBS is
localized near the crossing point, and when the lengths of the wires are finite
adjacent MBS can overlap. We propose a combination of current and
cross-correlation measurements to reveal the predicted coupling of four
Majoranas in a topological T~junction. Interestingly, we show that the
elementary transport processes at the central lead are different compared to
the outer leads, giving rise to characteristic non-local signatures in
electronic transport. We find quantitative agreement between our analytical
model and numerical simulations of a tight-binding model. Using the numerical
simulations, we discuss the effect of weak disorder on the current and the
cross-correlation functions.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
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