Publication
Title
Conductance maps of quantum rings due to a local potential perturbation
Author
Abstract
We performed a numerical simulation of the dynamics of a Gaussian shaped wavepacket inside a small sized quantum ring, smoothly connected to two leads and exposed to a perturbing potential of a biased atomic force microscope tip. Using the Landauer formalism, we calculated conductance maps of this system in the case of single and two subband transport. We explain the main features in the conductance maps as due to the AFM tip influence on the wavepacket phase and amplitude. In the presence of an external magnetic field, the tip modifies the phi(0) periodic Aharonov-Bohm oscillation pattern into a phi(0)/2 periodic Al'tshuler-Aronov-Spivak oscillation pattern. Our results in the case of multiband transport suggest tip selectivity to higher subbands, making them more observable in the total
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of physics : condensed matter. - London
Publication
London : 2013
ISSN
0953-8984
DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/25/49/495301
Volume/pages
25 :49 (2013) , p. 1-9
Article Reference
495301
ISI
000327181400002
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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