Aharonov-Bohm effect induced by circularly polarized light

作者：Sigurdsson H; Kibis O V^*; Shelykh I A

来源：Superlattices and Microstructures, 2015, 87: 149-153.

DOI：10.1016/j.spmi.2015.04.037

• Aharonov-Bohm effect
• Mesoscopic rings
• Light-matter coupling

We demonstrated theoretically that the strong electron interaction with circularly polarized photons in ring-like nanostructures changes the phase of electron wave. This optically-induced effect is caused by the breaking of time-reversal symmetry and is similar to the Aharonov-Bohm effect. As a consequence of this phenomenon, the conductance of mesoscopic rings irradiated by a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave behaves as an oscillating function of the intensity and frequency of the wave.

• 出版日期2015-11
• 单位南阳理工学院