太赫兹场辅助的单量子阱自旋共振输运

在考虑自旋轨道耦合的情况下,研究了通过一非磁性半导体异质结的太赫兹光子驱动的电子输运,研究结果显示频率相关的电导谱出现不对称的Fano型共振的劈裂;随着振荡场幅度的增加,多光子辅助过程出现;通过改变外加场参数,可以实现自旋过滤目的,特别是在干涉相消Fano型共振的频率位置时,出现了100%纯的自旋极化流.这些属性有助于大范围可调的自旋过滤器的实现并且可以得到纯的自旋透射流.     

通过嵌入铁磁电极之间 Aharonov-Bohm 干涉仪自旋极化输运性质的研究

使用非平衡态格林函数方法和运动方程近似,研究了嵌入铁磁电极之间Aharonov-Bohm 干涉仪的自旋极化输运性质.在左右铁磁电极平行和反平行两种磁组态下,结合Fano因子分析和讨论了Fano 和Kondo 共振对该系统电导的影响,以及电导随自旋极化强度和磁通的变化.结果表明,自旋极化强度和磁通能有效地调节和控制电导,但电导的线形主要由磁通决定;在适当的条件下能导致大的正磁阻和负磁阻的出现.因此,该系统是一个很好的自旋阀晶体管,在自旋电子学中有潜在的应用价值. 关键词： Fano和Kondo共振 自旋极化强度 Fano因子 隧道磁阻     

平行耦合双量子点分子A-B干涉仪的电荷及其自旋输运

利用非平衡格林函数方法,理论研究每臂中嵌有一个平行耦合双量子点分子的A-B干涉仪(平行耦合双量子点分子A-B干涉仪)的电荷及其自旋输运性质.无外磁场时,与每臂中嵌有一个量子点的A-B干涉仪相比较,平行耦合双量子点分子A-B干涉仪中电子隧穿变得更加容易发生.当平行耦合双量子点分子A-B干涉仪中引入外磁场时,能够在电导能谱中观察到一个Fano共振和一个反共振,这两种输运状态在磁场取适当数值时能够同时消失.此外,通过调节左右两电极间的偏压、磁通和Rashba自旋轨道相互作用,可以对体系自旋输运进行调控.     

量子点双链中电子自旋极化输运性质

利用非平衡格林函数方法, 研究了与单个量子点耦合的量子点双链中电子自旋极化输运性质. 由于系统中Rashba自旋轨道耦合产生的自旋相关的相位, 电子通过上下两种路径时, 自旋不同的电子干涉情况不同, 从而导致了电极中的自旋极化流. 左右两电极间的偏压使单个量子点中的自旋积聚在很大能量区域内能够保持较大的值. 由于系统结构的左右不对称, 正负偏压下自旋积聚情况完全不同. 这些计算结果将有助于实验上设计新型的自旋电子学器件.     

二噻吩硼烷异构体分子结构测定的第一性原理研究

本文在第一性原理计算基础上结合非平衡格林函数方法,研究了量子干涉效应对连接镍电极的二噻吩硼烷(dithienoborepin,DTB)分子结自旋输运性质的影响,并通过氨基和硝基钝化实现了对二噻吩硼烷分子异构体(DTB-A和DTB-B)的区分.结果表明,原始的DTB-A和DTB-B分子结在费米能级两侧都有一个自旋向上透射峰和一个自旋向下透射峰,且两个透射峰的能量位置和高度基本相同.因此,原始DTB-A和DTB-B分子结的自旋向上和自旋向下电流曲线基本重合,不能被明显区分.然而,研究发现量子干涉效应能不同程度地增强氨基钝化DTB-A分子结费米能级两侧分子轨道的自旋极化输运能力,并减弱氨基钝化DTB-B分子结费米能级两侧分子轨道的自旋极化输运能力.此外,研究还发现量子干涉效应可以显著提高硝基钝化DTB-B分子结费米能级两侧分子轨道的自旋极化输运能力,同时减弱硝基钝化DTB-A分子结费米能级两侧分子轨道的自旋极化输运能力.由于量子干涉效应对氨基和硝基钝化的DTB异构体分子结自旋输运能力有不同的调制作用,因此可以通过测量氨基和硝基钝化分子结的自旋电流值来区分DTB分子的两种异构体.     

多层结构双自旋过滤隧道结中的电子输运特性

在转移矩阵方法及Mireles和Kirczenow的量子相干输运理论的基础上,研究了正常金属层/磁性半导体层/非磁绝缘层/磁性半导体层/正常金属层型双自旋过滤隧道结中Rashba自旋轨道耦合效应和自旋过滤效应对自旋相关输运的影响.讨论了隧穿磁电阻（TMR）、隧穿电导与各材料层厚度、Rashba自旋轨道耦合强度以及两磁性半导体中磁矩的相对夹角θ之间的关系.研究表明：含磁性半导体层的双自旋过滤隧道结由于磁性半导体层的自旋过滤效应和Rashba自旋轨道耦合作用可获得极大的TMR值.另外TMR和隧穿电导随着Rashba自旋轨道耦合强度的变化而振荡,振荡周期随Rashba自旋轨道耦合强度的增大逐渐减小. 关键词： 双自旋过滤隧道结 Rashba自旋轨道耦合 隧穿磁电阻 隧穿电导     

自旋轨道耦合量子点系统中的量子相干

研究了自旋轨道耦合量子点中的量子相干效应.运用输运电子的全计数统计方法计算系统的平均电流、散粒噪声和偏斜,发现体系存在自旋轨道耦合作用时,散粒噪声值随自旋轨道耦合常数的增加而减小.更重要的是,电流、噪声和偏斜随磁通周期性波动,并且波动周期不受自旋轨道耦合强度大小、自旋极化率以及动力学耦合不对称的影响.     

费米子的相对论自旋输运理论

在重离子碰撞中,自旋轨道耦合可以导致整体极化现象.自从2017年,STAR工作中发现超子Λ在Au+Au碰撞中的整体极化,整体极化效应引起了学术界的广泛关注.整体极化效应的微观产生机制可以利用粒子之间非定域的散射过程来描述：在重离子碰撞中产生了热密物质,热密物质中的粒子之间通过非定域的碰撞过程实现了轨道角动量向自旋角动量的转换,从而导致散射后的粒子自旋极化.为了描述这一微观过程,在相空间描述自旋轨道耦合更加方便,而自旋轨道耦合又是一种量子效应,所以基于协变维格纳函数的量子动理学理论将是描述整体极化现象的有力工具.本文介绍了基于维格纳函数的量子动理学理论以及自旋输运理论.近期自旋输运理论的发展为以后数值模拟自旋极化现象的时空演化提供了理论基础.     

对称双势垒量子阱中自旋极化输运的时间特性

电子的隧穿时间是描述量子器件动态工作范围的重要指标. 本文考虑k³ Dresselhaus 自旋轨道耦合效应对系统哈密顿量的修正, 结合转移矩阵方法和龙格-库塔法来解含时薛定谔方程, 进而讨论了电子在非磁半导体对称双势垒结构中的透射系数及隧穿寿命等问题. 研究结果发现:由于k³ Dresselhaus 自旋轨道耦合效应使自旋简并消除, 并在时间域内得到了表达, 导致自旋向上和自旋向下电子的透射峰发生了自旋劈裂; 不同自旋取向的电子构建时间和隧穿寿命不同, 这是导致自旋极化的原因之一; 电子的自旋极化在时间上趋于稳定. 关键词： 自旋极化输运 透射系数 隧穿寿命 自旋极化率     

嵌入不同耦合强度的串联双量子点铁磁臂系统中的自旋反转输运

采用slave-boson平均场近似方法,通过对嵌入不同耦合强度的串联双量子点铁磁臂系统中的自旋反转输运这一问题的研究,发现无论双量子点系统处于弱耦合还是强耦合状态,Kondo共振峰都会出现不同结构的分裂,这主要是由于自旋反转作用改变了量子点的能级以及量子点间的耦合使得Kondo共振峰发生分裂。这些新奇的分裂现象使得这一双量子点系统的物理特性更有意义,它们将有助于解释自旋电子学中的电子强关联问题。     

Quantum transport across multilevel quantum dot

The conductance across a quantum dot can be influenced by levels localized in the dot and having little hybridization with the conduction channel. Fano lineshapes arising in resonant transmission measurements, imply interference between the localized and extended states. By applying a magnetic orthogonal field, the total spin of a quantum dot can be tuned. Electron correlations drive the dot through level crossings to higher spin states. Such crossings can give rise to Kondo conductance when the dot is at Coulomb blockade close to a magnetic field induced level degeneracy. In a previous work [P. Stefański, A. Tagliacozzo, B.R. Bulka, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 186805] we have shown that a Fano-like pattern also appears when the continuum of the conduction states originates from a broad Kondo resonance. A bunch of localized core levels, weakly coupled to the Kondo resonance, imprints the broad Kondo peak with Fano lineshapes. A signature of the presence of correlations in the quantum dot is discussed.     

Spin-flip induction of Fano resonance upon electron tunneling through atomic-scale spin structures

The inclusion of inelastic spin-dependent electron scatterings by the potential profiles of a single magnetic impurity and a spin dimer is shown to induce resonance features due to the Fano effect in the transport characteristics of such atomic-scale spin structures. The spin-flip processes leading to a configuration interaction of the system’s states play a fundamental role for the realization of Fano resonance and antiresonance. It has been established that applying an external magnetic field and a gate electric field allows the conductive properties of spin structures to be changed radically through the Fano resonance mechanism.     

Spin-dependent Fano effect through parallel-coupled double quantum dots

Based on the nonequilibrium Green' function method, the spin-dependent Fano effect through parallel-coupled double quantum dots has been investigated by taking account of both Rashba spin-orbit interaction and intradot Coulomb interaction. It is shown that the quantum interference through the bonding, antibonding states and through their Coulomb blockade counterparts may result in two Breit-Wigner resonances and two Fano resonances in the conductance spectra. Moreover, the Fano lineshape of the two spin components can be modulated by Rashba spin-orbit interaction when the magnetic flux is switched on.     

Spin-flip mesoscopic transport through a quantum dot coupled to carbon nanotube terminals

We investigate mesoscopic transport through a system that consists of a central quantum dot (QD) and two single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCN) leads in the presence of a rotating magnetic field. The spin-flip effect is induced by the rotating magnetic field, and the tunnelling current is sensitively related to the spin-flip effect. We present the calculations of charge and spin current components to show the intimate relations to the SWCN leads. Zeeman effect is important when the applied magnetic field is strong enough. The current characteristics are quite different when the source-drain bias is zero (eV=0) and nonzero (eV≠0). The asymmetric peak and valley of spin current versus gate voltage exhibit Fano resonance. Multi-resonant peaks of spin current versus photon energy ħω reflect the structure of CN quantum wires, as well as the resonant photon absorption and emission effect. The matching-mismatching of channels in the CN leads and QD results in novel spin current structure by tuning the frequency.     

Fano resonance in electronic transport induced by the magnetic confinement in a graphene nanoribbon

Based on the Floquet scattering theory, a model of graphene-based electronic device is presented, in which electrical transport is controlled by adjusting Dirac fermions energy near resonance conditions. The presence of an oscillating field leads to the Fano resonance in transport through a magnetic structure in an armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR). The Fano resonance originates from bound states of the magnetic confinement, according to subband indices in the AGNR. The ballistic conductance is markedly affected by the Fano resonance due to the quasi-one-dimensional nature of AGNRs. The results may help realizing graphene electronics with the resonant characteristics in the conductance.     

Magnetopumping current in graphene Corbino pump

We study conductance and adiabatic pumped charge and spin currents in a graphene quantum pump with Corbino geometry in the presence of an applied perpendicular magnetic field. Pump is driven by the periodic and out of phase modulations of the magnetic field and an electrostatic potential applied to the ring area of the pump. We show that Zeeman splitting, despite its smallness, suppresses conductance and pumped current oscillations at zero doping. Moreover, quite considerable spin conductance and pumped spin current are generated at low dopings due to Zeeman splitting. We find that pumped charge and spin currents increase by increasing the magnetic field, with small oscillations, until they are suppressed due to the effect of nonzero doping and Zeeman splitting.     

Spin-flip Fano–Kondo resonant tunneling through a quantum dot interferometer responded by a rotating magnetic field

The Fano and Kondo cooperated resonant tunneling through a quantum dot interferometer under the perturbation of a rotating magnetic field is investigated theoretically. The spin-polarized current components have been derived generally by employing the Keldysh nonequilibrium Green?s function method, through which the charge and spin currents are determined directly. The numerical calculations on spin and charge currents are performed to show the compound features of mesoscopic transport associated with the Kondo, Fano, and Zeeman effects intimately. The induced spin current in the Kondo regime is much different from the one in the non-interacting regime. The spin current is tuned from resonant peak to valley by varying external parameters.     

Coherent electron transport in a helical nanotube

The quantum dynamics of carriers bound to helical tube surfaces is investigated in a thin-layer quantization scheme. By numerically solving the open-boundary Schrödinger equation in curvilinear coordinates, geometric effect on the coherent transmission spectra is analysed in the case of single propagating mode as well as multimode. It is shown that, the coiling endows the helical nanotube with different transport properties from a bent cylindrical surface. Fano resonance appears as a purely geometric effect in the conductance, the corresponding energy of quasibound state is obviously influenced by the torsion and length of the nanotube. We also find new plateaus in the conductance. The transport of double-degenerate mode in this geometry is reminiscent of the Zeeman coupling between the magnetic field and spin angular momentum in quasi-one-dimensional structure.     

Splitting of the Fano resonance by Coulomb interactions in a two-dot quantum ring

We study the splitting of the Fano resonance in a Aharonov–Bohm interferometer with a quantum dot in each of its arms. Both intra- and inter-dot Coulomb repulsions are taken into account by employing the Keldysh nonequilibrium Green’s function technique. The single narrow Fano resonance in the noninteracting case is split into two in the presence of either intra- or inter-dot Coulomb interaction. We find that four Fano peaks emerge in the conductance or local density of states spectra when the two kinds of interactions exist simultaneously. Such behavior holds true for the accompanying broad Breit–Wigner type resonance. We also show that the positions of the Fano peaks can be tuned with the aid of the magnetic flux penetrating through the ring, which might have practical applications in device design or quantum computation.