Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in a mesoscopic ring with asymmetric arm-dependent injection

作者:Vasilopoulos P*; Kalman O; Peeters F M; Benedict M G
来源:Physical Review B, 2007, 75(3): 035304.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.035304

摘要

Electron transport through mesoscopic, one-dimensional rings with asymmetric injection into the arms of the ring is studied, in the presence of a Aharonov-Bohm flux, by means of an appropriate S matrix. This matrix is expressed in terms of two parameters, one of which (lambda) accounts phenomenologically for this asymmetric injection into the arms of the ring. In addition, the effect of a scatterer placed in one arm of the ring is considered. Explicit expressions are obtained for the transmission as a function of the incident electron energy, the magnetic field, the asymmetry parameter lambda, and the strength of the scatterer. Results of the literature for symmetric rings are described by lambda=1 and readily recovered. We relate our results to rings of finite width.

  • 出版日期2007-1