Taking into account both the intrinsic curvature and Zeeman effects, persistent currents in a multi-walled carbon nanotorus are explored by using a supercell method, within the tight-binding formalism. It is shown tha...Taking into account both the intrinsic curvature and Zeeman effects, persistent currents in a multi-walled carbon nanotorus are explored by using a supercell method, within the tight-binding formalism. It is shown that in the absence of the Zeeman effect, the intrinsic curvature induces some dramatic changes in energy spectra and thus changes in the shape of the flux-dependent current. A paramagnetism diamagnetism transition is observed. With consideration of the Zeeman splitting energy, the period of persistent current is destroyed, and a diamagnetism-paramagnetism transition is obtained at high magnetic field. In addition, we further explore the effect of external electric field energy (Eef) on persistent current, indicating that it changes unmonotonously with Eef.展开更多
We theoretically study the persistent currents flowing in a Rashba quantum ring subjected to the Rashba spinorbit interaction. By introducing uniform or nonuniform magnetization into the ring, we find that a nonzero p...We theoretically study the persistent currents flowing in a Rashba quantum ring subjected to the Rashba spinorbit interaction. By introducing uniform or nonuniform magnetization into the ring, we find that a nonzero persistent charge current circulates in the ring, which stems from the original equilibrium spin current due to the Rashba spinorbit interaction. Because of broken time reversal symmetry, the two oppositely flowing spin-up and spin-down charge currents of the equilibrium spin current are no longer equal, and so a net persistent charge current can flow in the system. It is also found that the persistent current can be modulated by the Fermi energy, the Rashba spin-orbit interaction strength and the magnetization in the ring. Moreover, the magnetization perpendicular to the ring plane can optimize the current. The persistent current flowing in the ring is a manifestation of the nonzero equilibrium spin current existing in the ring.展开更多
A new non-perturbative method is used to discuss the persistent current in a one-dimensional mesoscopic ring threaded by a flux φ with electron-phonon interaction in the lattice model. The current is periodic in φ w...A new non-perturbative method is used to discuss the persistent current in a one-dimensional mesoscopic ring threaded by a flux φ with electron-phonon interaction in the lattice model. The current is periodic in φ with a flux quantum φ 0 and the electron-phonon interaction suppresses the persistent current. By considering the contributions of many-phonon correlations, we could obtain more accurate results.展开更多
The persistent current in three-dimensional (P × N2) nanorings as a function of the unit cell number (P), the channel number (M =N2), surface disorder (ζ), and temperature (T) is theoretically investig...The persistent current in three-dimensional (P × N2) nanorings as a function of the unit cell number (P), the channel number (M =N2), surface disorder (ζ), and temperature (T) is theoretically investigated in terms of rotational symmetry. On the whole, the typical current increases linearly with √M but decreases exponentially with P, while wide fluctuations exist therein. In the presence of surface disorder, the persistent current decreases with ζ in the regime of weak disorder but increases in the regime of strong disorder. In addition, it is found that the persistent current in perfect rings decreases exponentially with temperature even at T 〈 T*, while in most disorder rings, the typical current decreases slightly with temperature at T 〈 T*.展开更多
In this work,for the first time in the relevant literature,the persistent currents(PC)and induced magnetic fields(IMF)of an endofullerene molecule entrapping a hydrogen atom,under spherical confinement,are investigate...In this work,for the first time in the relevant literature,the persistent currents(PC)and induced magnetic fields(IMF)of an endofullerene molecule entrapping a hydrogen atom,under spherical confinement,are investigated.The endofullerene molecule is enclosed within a spherical region and embedded in a plasma environment.The plasma environment is depicted with the more general exponential cosine screened Coulomb potential,and its relevant effects are analyzed by considering plasma screening parameters.The relevant model for endohedral confinement is the Woods-Saxon confinement potential,which is compatible with experimental data.The effects of various forms of Cn are thoroughly elucidated via the analysis of the confinement depth,spherical shell thickness,the inner radius,and the smoothing parameters.To find the bound states in the spherically confined endofullerene,the decoupling of the second-order Dirac equation for the large and small components of the radial atomic wave functions is considered.The Dirac equation with the interaction potential is solved numerically by using the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method via the decoupling formalism.The influence of spin orientations on the PC and IMF is also elucidated.The effects of spherical confinement,plasma shielding,and the structural properties of the fullerene on the PC and IMF are thoroughly viewed.Moreover,under given physical conditions,the optimal ranges of these effects are determined.展开更多
Using an equation of motion technique, we investigate the Kondo effect in a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads and a mesoscopic ring. It is shown that the Kondo resonance at the Fermi level of the dot presents...Using an equation of motion technique, we investigate the Kondo effect in a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads and a mesoscopic ring. It is shown that the Kondo resonance at the Fermi level of the dot presents the periodic change along with the aggrandizement of the magnetic flux and the number of lattice sites NR in the mesoscopic ring, and for the antiparallel spin alignment the Kondo resonances for spin-up and spin-down configurations appear at the same position. However, for the parallel spin alignment, the Kondo resonance splits for the spin-up and spin-down configurations.展开更多
We investigate the spin-flip process through double quantum dots coupled to two ferromagnetic leads in series. By means of the slave-boson mean-field approximation, we calculate the density of states in the Kondo regi...We investigate the spin-flip process through double quantum dots coupled to two ferromagnetic leads in series. By means of the slave-boson mean-field approximation, we calculate the density of states in the Kondo regime for two different configurations of the leads. It is found that transport shows some remarkable properties depending on the spin-flip strength. These effects may be useful in exploiting the role of electronic correlation in spintronics.展开更多
We derive an exact expression for the transmission coefficient through an Aharonov-Bohm ring with a side-coupled quantum dot using the scattering-matrix approach. We show a sudden AB phase change by π as the quantum ...We derive an exact expression for the transmission coefficient through an Aharonov-Bohm ring with a side-coupled quantum dot using the scattering-matrix approach. We show a sudden AB phase change by π as the quantum dot is tuned across the resonance. The Aharonow-Bohm oscillation amplitude can be modulated effectively by tuning the quantum dot level, The transmission coefficient has an expression of the generalized Fano form with a complex Fano parameter q in the presence of the Aharonov-Bohm flux.展开更多
We theoretically investigate the properties of the ground state of the strongly correlated T-shaped double quantum dots embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm ring in the Kondo regime by means of the one-impurity Anderson Hamil...We theoretically investigate the properties of the ground state of the strongly correlated T-shaped double quantum dots embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm ring in the Kondo regime by means of the one-impurity Anderson Hamiltonian. It is found that in this system, the persistent current depends sensitively on the parity and size of the ring. With the increase of interdot coupling, the persistent current is suppressed due to the enhancing Fano interference weakening the Kondo effect. Moreover, when the spin of quantum dot embedded in the Aharonov- Bohm ring is screened, the persistent current peak is not affected by interdot coupling. Thus this model may be a new candidate for detecting Kondo screening cloud.展开更多
We theoretically investigate the spin-polarized transport properties of the T-shaped double quantum dots coupled to two ferromagnetic leads by the Anderson Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian is solved by means of the slave-...We theoretically investigate the spin-polarized transport properties of the T-shaped double quantum dots coupled to two ferromagnetic leads by the Anderson Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian is solved by means of the slave-boson mean-field theory. We calculate the density of states and the liner conductance in this system with both parallel and antiparallel lead-polarization alignments, and our results show that the transport properties of this system depend on both the tunnelling strength between the two dots and the spin-polarized strength p. This system is a possible candidate for spin valve transistors in the spintronics.展开更多
We theoretically investigate the Kondo effect of a three-terminal transport quantum dot (QD) embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm ring in the Kondo regime by means of the one-impurity Anderson Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian i...We theoretically investigate the Kondo effect of a three-terminal transport quantum dot (QD) embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm ring in the Kondo regime by means of the one-impurity Anderson Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian is solved by means of the slave-boson mean-field theory. We find that in this system, the Kondo effect depends sensitively oil the parity and size of the ring; the Kondo screening cloud can be tuned by tuning the coupling strength of the reservoir-dot. Thus this model might be a candidate for future device applications.展开更多
We investigate quantum effects on a nonrelativistic neutral particle with a permanent magnetic dipole moment that interacts with an electric field.This neutral particle is also under the influence of a background that...We investigate quantum effects on a nonrelativistic neutral particle with a permanent magnetic dipole moment that interacts with an electric field.This neutral particle is also under the influence of a background that breaks the Lorentz symmetry.We focus on the Lorentz symmetry violation background determined by a space-like vector field.Then,we show that the effects of the violation of Lorentz symmetry can yield an attractive Coulomb-type potential.Furthermore,we obtain the bound state solutions to the SchrÖdinger–Pauli equation and show that the spectrum of energy is a function of the Aharonov–Casher geometric quantum phase.Finally,we discuss the arising of persistent spin currents.展开更多
A new model of a triple-terminal quantum ring with three arms is proposed.We develop an equivalent method for reducing the triple-terminal quantum ring to the double-terminal quantum ring and calculate the persistent ...A new model of a triple-terminal quantum ring with three arms is proposed.We develop an equivalent method for reducing the triple-terminal quantum ring to the double-terminal quantum ring and calculate the persistent spin currents in this model.The results indicate that the persistent spin currents show behavior of nonperiodic and unequal amplitude oscillation with increasing semiconductor ring size when the total magnetic flux is zero. However,when the total magnetic flux is non-zero,the persistent spin currents make periodic equal amplitude oscillations with increasing AB magnetic flux intensity.At the same time,the two kinds of spin state persistent spin currents have the same frequency and amplitude but the inverse phase.In addition,the Rashba spin-orbit interaction affects the phase and the phase difference of the persistent spin currents.The average persistent spin currents relate to the arm length and the terminal position as well as the distribution of the magnetic flux in each arm.Furthermore, our results indicate that the AB magnetic flux has different influences on the two kinds of spin state electrons.展开更多
High temperature superconducting(HTS)magnets conduct DC currents ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of amperes.To achieve such DC output amplitudes,conventional power supplies are unsuitable,owing to their ext...High temperature superconducting(HTS)magnets conduct DC currents ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of amperes.To achieve such DC output amplitudes,conventional power supplies are unsuitable,owing to their extreme cost,energy consumption,and bulkiness.The indispensable current leads of conventional power supplies carrying large DC current cause an extra heat leakage into the cryogenic system,thus increasing the number of required cryocoolers.A potential solution to tackle this problem,however,is to use HTS flux pumps that inject a large amount of DC current into the HTS magnet in a wireless fashion,thereby eliminating the need for current leads,and allow the magnets to work in the quasi‐persistent current mode.Compared with the conventional power supplies,the flux pumps offer the advantages of low cost,low energy consumption,and compact size,etc.,which essentially have broad application prospects in nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR/MRI),fusion,particle accelerators,superconducting electric machine,maglev train,etc.Over the last decade,a variety of HTS flux pumps have been invented with improved DC outputs,reaching over kiloamperes.Moreover,those flux pumps have different working principles,structures and operation strategies.In this paper,we provide an in‐depth review on the HTS flux pumps developed in the last decade.In particular,for the HTS travelling wave flux pumps and HTS transformer‐rectifier flux pumps,the discussions are focused on their working principles and technical advances.In the end,we discuss the present applications of HTS flux pumps,along with their potential future applications.展开更多
A superconducting magnet prototype for Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System Injection- I had been designed and fabricated, and tested in a new made vertical Dewar in November 2012. Batch magnet production was proces...A superconducting magnet prototype for Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System Injection- I had been designed and fabricated, and tested in a new made vertical Dewar in November 2012. Batch magnet production was processed after some major revision from the magnet prototype, they include: removing off the perm-alloy shield, extending the iron yoke, using thin superconducting wire, etc. The first one of the batch magnets was tested in the vertical Dewar at the Harbin Institute of Technologyin in September 2013. A field measurement was carried out at the same time by the measurement platform that was seated on the top of the vertical Dewar, the measurement results met the design requirements. This paper will present the field measurement system design, measurement results and discussion on the residual field from the persistent current effect.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10674113)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (Grant No. NCET-06-0707)+2 种基金Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (Grant No. 200726)Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department of China (Grant No. 06A071)partially by Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate (Grant No. S2008yjscx06)
文摘Taking into account both the intrinsic curvature and Zeeman effects, persistent currents in a multi-walled carbon nanotorus are explored by using a supercell method, within the tight-binding formalism. It is shown that in the absence of the Zeeman effect, the intrinsic curvature induces some dramatic changes in energy spectra and thus changes in the shape of the flux-dependent current. A paramagnetism diamagnetism transition is observed. With consideration of the Zeeman splitting energy, the period of persistent current is destroyed, and a diamagnetism-paramagnetism transition is obtained at high magnetic field. In addition, we further explore the effect of external electric field energy (Eef) on persistent current, indicating that it changes unmonotonously with Eef.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 110704032 and 110704033)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant No. BK2010416)the National Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB945504)
文摘We theoretically study the persistent currents flowing in a Rashba quantum ring subjected to the Rashba spinorbit interaction. By introducing uniform or nonuniform magnetization into the ring, we find that a nonzero persistent charge current circulates in the ring, which stems from the original equilibrium spin current due to the Rashba spinorbit interaction. Because of broken time reversal symmetry, the two oppositely flowing spin-up and spin-down charge currents of the equilibrium spin current are no longer equal, and so a net persistent charge current can flow in the system. It is also found that the persistent current can be modulated by the Fermi energy, the Rashba spin-orbit interaction strength and the magnetization in the ring. Moreover, the magnetization perpendicular to the ring plane can optimize the current. The persistent current flowing in the ring is a manifestation of the nonzero equilibrium spin current existing in the ring.
文摘A new non-perturbative method is used to discuss the persistent current in a one-dimensional mesoscopic ring threaded by a flux φ with electron-phonon interaction in the lattice model. The current is periodic in φ with a flux quantum φ 0 and the electron-phonon interaction suppresses the persistent current. By considering the contributions of many-phonon correlations, we could obtain more accurate results.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No i0674113)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China(Grant No NCET-06-0707)+1 种基金Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China(Grant No 200726)partially by Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department of China (Grant No 06A071)
文摘The persistent current in three-dimensional (P × N2) nanorings as a function of the unit cell number (P), the channel number (M =N2), surface disorder (ζ), and temperature (T) is theoretically investigated in terms of rotational symmetry. On the whole, the typical current increases linearly with √M but decreases exponentially with P, while wide fluctuations exist therein. In the presence of surface disorder, the persistent current decreases with ζ in the regime of weak disorder but increases in the regime of strong disorder. In addition, it is found that the persistent current in perfect rings decreases exponentially with temperature even at T 〈 T*, while in most disorder rings, the typical current decreases slightly with temperature at T 〈 T*.
文摘In this work,for the first time in the relevant literature,the persistent currents(PC)and induced magnetic fields(IMF)of an endofullerene molecule entrapping a hydrogen atom,under spherical confinement,are investigated.The endofullerene molecule is enclosed within a spherical region and embedded in a plasma environment.The plasma environment is depicted with the more general exponential cosine screened Coulomb potential,and its relevant effects are analyzed by considering plasma screening parameters.The relevant model for endohedral confinement is the Woods-Saxon confinement potential,which is compatible with experimental data.The effects of various forms of Cn are thoroughly elucidated via the analysis of the confinement depth,spherical shell thickness,the inner radius,and the smoothing parameters.To find the bound states in the spherically confined endofullerene,the decoupling of the second-order Dirac equation for the large and small components of the radial atomic wave functions is considered.The Dirac equation with the interaction potential is solved numerically by using the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method via the decoupling formalism.The influence of spin orientations on the PC and IMF is also elucidated.The effects of spherical confinement,plasma shielding,and the structural properties of the fullerene on the PC and IMF are thoroughly viewed.Moreover,under given physical conditions,the optimal ranges of these effects are determined.
基金Supported by the Funds for Major Basic Research Project of Sichuan Province under Grant No 02GY029-188, and the Natural Science Foundation of the Committee of Education of Sichuan Province under Grant No 2003A078.
文摘Using an equation of motion technique, we investigate the Kondo effect in a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads and a mesoscopic ring. It is shown that the Kondo resonance at the Fermi level of the dot presents the periodic change along with the aggrandizement of the magnetic flux and the number of lattice sites NR in the mesoscopic ring, and for the antiparallel spin alignment the Kondo resonances for spin-up and spin-down configurations appear at the same position. However, for the parallel spin alignment, the Kondo resonance splits for the spin-up and spin-down configurations.
基金Supported by the Funds for Major Basic Research Project of Sichuan Province under Grant No 02GY029-188, and the Natural Science Foundation of the Committee of Education of Sichuan Province under Grant No 2003A078.
文摘We investigate the spin-flip process through double quantum dots coupled to two ferromagnetic leads in series. By means of the slave-boson mean-field approximation, we calculate the density of states in the Kondo regime for two different configurations of the leads. It is found that transport shows some remarkable properties depending on the spin-flip strength. These effects may be useful in exploiting the role of electronic correlation in spintronics.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 10347134, and the Youth Foundation of Ningbo under Grant No 2003A62005.
文摘We derive an exact expression for the transmission coefficient through an Aharonov-Bohm ring with a side-coupled quantum dot using the scattering-matrix approach. We show a sudden AB phase change by π as the quantum dot is tuned across the resonance. The Aharonow-Bohm oscillation amplitude can be modulated effectively by tuning the quantum dot level, The transmission coefficient has an expression of the generalized Fano form with a complex Fano parameter q in the presence of the Aharonov-Bohm flux.
基金Supported by the Funds for Major Basic Research Project of Sichuan Province under Grant No 02GY029-188, the Natural Science Foundation of the Committee of Education of Sichuan Province under Grant No 2003 A078, and the Scientific Research Fund of Huaihua University.
文摘We theoretically investigate the properties of the ground state of the strongly correlated T-shaped double quantum dots embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm ring in the Kondo regime by means of the one-impurity Anderson Hamiltonian. It is found that in this system, the persistent current depends sensitively on the parity and size of the ring. With the increase of interdot coupling, the persistent current is suppressed due to the enhancing Fano interference weakening the Kondo effect. Moreover, when the spin of quantum dot embedded in the Aharonov- Bohm ring is screened, the persistent current peak is not affected by interdot coupling. Thus this model may be a new candidate for detecting Kondo screening cloud.
文摘We theoretically investigate the spin-polarized transport properties of the T-shaped double quantum dots coupled to two ferromagnetic leads by the Anderson Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian is solved by means of the slave-boson mean-field theory. We calculate the density of states and the liner conductance in this system with both parallel and antiparallel lead-polarization alignments, and our results show that the transport properties of this system depend on both the tunnelling strength between the two dots and the spin-polarized strength p. This system is a possible candidate for spin valve transistors in the spintronics.
基金Supported by the Funds for Major Basic Research Project of Sichuan Province under Grant No 02GY029-188, and the Natural Science Foundation of the Committee of Education of Sichuan Province under Grant No 2003 A078.
文摘We theoretically investigate the Kondo effect of a three-terminal transport quantum dot (QD) embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm ring in the Kondo regime by means of the one-impurity Anderson Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian is solved by means of the slave-boson mean-field theory. We find that in this system, the Kondo effect depends sensitively oil the parity and size of the ring; the Kondo screening cloud can be tuned by tuning the coupling strength of the reservoir-dot. Thus this model might be a candidate for future device applications.
基金CNPq(Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico—Brazil)for financial support。
文摘We investigate quantum effects on a nonrelativistic neutral particle with a permanent magnetic dipole moment that interacts with an electric field.This neutral particle is also under the influence of a background that breaks the Lorentz symmetry.We focus on the Lorentz symmetry violation background determined by a space-like vector field.Then,we show that the effects of the violation of Lorentz symmetry can yield an attractive Coulomb-type potential.Furthermore,we obtain the bound state solutions to the SchrÖdinger–Pauli equation and show that the spectrum of energy is a function of the Aharonov–Casher geometric quantum phase.Finally,we discuss the arising of persistent spin currents.
基金Project supported by the Natural Foundation of the Bureau of Education of Hebei Province,China(NoZ2008103)
文摘A new model of a triple-terminal quantum ring with three arms is proposed.We develop an equivalent method for reducing the triple-terminal quantum ring to the double-terminal quantum ring and calculate the persistent spin currents in this model.The results indicate that the persistent spin currents show behavior of nonperiodic and unequal amplitude oscillation with increasing semiconductor ring size when the total magnetic flux is zero. However,when the total magnetic flux is non-zero,the persistent spin currents make periodic equal amplitude oscillations with increasing AB magnetic flux intensity.At the same time,the two kinds of spin state persistent spin currents have the same frequency and amplitude but the inverse phase.In addition,the Rashba spin-orbit interaction affects the phase and the phase difference of the persistent spin currents.The average persistent spin currents relate to the arm length and the terminal position as well as the distribution of the magnetic flux in each arm.Furthermore, our results indicate that the AB magnetic flux has different influences on the two kinds of spin state electrons.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant numbers 51877143the Science and Technology Project of Sichuan Province,China under grant number 2021YFS0088。
文摘High temperature superconducting(HTS)magnets conduct DC currents ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of amperes.To achieve such DC output amplitudes,conventional power supplies are unsuitable,owing to their extreme cost,energy consumption,and bulkiness.The indispensable current leads of conventional power supplies carrying large DC current cause an extra heat leakage into the cryogenic system,thus increasing the number of required cryocoolers.A potential solution to tackle this problem,however,is to use HTS flux pumps that inject a large amount of DC current into the HTS magnet in a wireless fashion,thereby eliminating the need for current leads,and allow the magnets to work in the quasi‐persistent current mode.Compared with the conventional power supplies,the flux pumps offer the advantages of low cost,low energy consumption,and compact size,etc.,which essentially have broad application prospects in nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR/MRI),fusion,particle accelerators,superconducting electric machine,maglev train,etc.Over the last decade,a variety of HTS flux pumps have been invented with improved DC outputs,reaching over kiloamperes.Moreover,those flux pumps have different working principles,structures and operation strategies.In this paper,we provide an in‐depth review on the HTS flux pumps developed in the last decade.In particular,for the HTS travelling wave flux pumps and HTS transformer‐rectifier flux pumps,the discussions are focused on their working principles and technical advances.In the end,we discuss the present applications of HTS flux pumps,along with their potential future applications.
文摘A superconducting magnet prototype for Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System Injection- I had been designed and fabricated, and tested in a new made vertical Dewar in November 2012. Batch magnet production was processed after some major revision from the magnet prototype, they include: removing off the perm-alloy shield, extending the iron yoke, using thin superconducting wire, etc. The first one of the batch magnets was tested in the vertical Dewar at the Harbin Institute of Technologyin in September 2013. A field measurement was carried out at the same time by the measurement platform that was seated on the top of the vertical Dewar, the measurement results met the design requirements. This paper will present the field measurement system design, measurement results and discussion on the residual field from the persistent current effect.