5 research outputs found
Peierls-type structural phase transition in a crystal induced by magnetic breakdown
We predict a new type of phase transition in a quasi-two dimensional system
of electrons at high magnetic fields, namely the stabilization of a density
wave which transforms a two dimensional open Fermi surface into a periodic
chain of large pockets with small distances between them. The quantum tunneling
of electrons between the neighboring closed orbits enveloping these pockets
transforms the electron spectrum into a set of extremely narrow energy bands
and gaps which decreases the total electron energy, thus leading to a magnetic
breakdown induced density wave (MBIDW) ground state. We show that this DW
instability has some qualitatively different properties in comparison to
analogous DW instabilities of Peierls type. E. g. the critical temperature of
the MBIDW phase transition arises and disappears in a peculiar way with a
change of the inverse magnetic field
Competing SDW Phases and Quantum Oscillations in (TMTSF)2ClO4 in Magnetic Field
We propose a new approach for studying spin density waves (SDW) in the
Bechgaard salt (TMTSF)2ClO4 where lattice is dimerized in transverse direction
due to anion ordering. The SDW response is calculated in the matrix formulation
that rigorously treats the hybridization of inter-band and intra-band SDW
correlations. Since the dimerization gap is large, of the order of transverse
bandwidth, we also develop an exact treatment of magnetic breakdown in the
external magnetic field. The obtained results agree with the experimental data
on the fast magneto-resistance oscillations. Experimentally found 260T rapid
oscillations and the characteristic Tc dependance on magnetic field of relaxed
material are fitted with our results for anion potential of the order of
interchain hopping
Self-excited Oscillations of Charge-Spin Accumulation Due to Single-electron Tunneling
We theoretically study electronic transport through a layer of quantum dots
connecting two metallic leads. By the inclusion of an inductor in series with
the junction, we show that steady electronic transport in such a system may be
unstable with respect to temporal oscillations caused by an interplay between
the Coulomb blockade of tunneling and spin accumulation in the dots. When this
instability occurs, a new stable regime is reached, where the average spin and
charge in the dots oscillate periodically in time. The frequency of these
oscillations is typically of the order of 1GHz for realistic values of the
junction parameters
Coulomb-promoted spintromechanics in magnetic shuttle devices
Exchange forces on the movable dot ("shuttle") in a magnetic shuttle device
depend on the parity of the number of shuttling electrons. The performance of
such a device can therefore be tuned by changing the strength of Coulomb
correlations to block or unblock parity fluctuations. We show that by
increasing the spintro-mechanics of the device crosses over, at ,
from a mechanically stable regime to a regime of spin-induced shuttle
instabilities. This is due to enhanced spin-dependent mechanical forces as
parity fluctuations are reduced by a Coulomb blockade of tunneling and
demonstrates that single-electron manipulation of single-spin controlled
nano-mechanics is possible.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures and a supplementary information fil
Spin-Polaronic Effects in Electric Shuttling in a Single Molecule Transistor with Magnetic Leads
Current-voltage characteristics of a spintromechanical device, in which
spin-polarized electrons tunnel between magnetic leads with anti-parallel
magnetization through a single level movable quantum dot, are calculated. New
exchange- and electromechanical coupling-induced (spin-polaronic) effects that
determine strongly nonlinear current-voltage characteristics were found. In the
low-voltage regime of electron transport the voltage-dependent and exchange
field-induced displacement of quantum dot towards the source electrode leads to
nonmonotonic behavior of differential conductance that demonstrates the lifting
of spin-polaronic effects by electric field. At high voltages the onset of
electron shuttling results in the drop of current and negative differential
conductance, caused by mechanically-induced increase of tunnel resistivities
and exchange field-induced suppression of spin-flips in magnetic field. The
dependence of these predicted spin effects on the oscillations frequency of the
dot and the strength of electron-electron correlations is discussed.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure