Hyperfine-interaction-driven Aharonov-Bohm effect in mesoscopic rings

It is shown qualitatively that lifting of the electron spin degeneracy by a hyperfine field, which is generated by a nonequilibrium nuclear spin distribution, and breaking of the left-right symmetry by the spin-orbit interaction in a closed ring produces under certain conditions a persistent curre...

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Published in:Физика низких температур
Date:1997
Main Authors: Vagner, I.D., Wyder, P., Rozhavsky, A.S.
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Language:English
Published: Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України 1997
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Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/176351
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Journal Title:Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Cite this:Hyperfine-interaction-driven Aharonov-Bohm effect in mesoscopic rings / I.D. Vagner, P. Wyder, A.S. Rozhavsky // Физика низких температур. — 1997. — Т. 23, № 12. — С. 1305-1308. — Бібліогр.: 22 назв. — англ.

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Summary:It is shown qualitatively that lifting of the electron spin degeneracy by a hyperfine field, which is generated by a nonequilibrium nuclear spin distribution, and breaking of the left-right symmetry by the spin-orbit interaction in a closed ring produces under certain conditions a persistent current, which demonstrates the Aharonov-Bohm-like oscillations with time in GaAs / AlGaAs-based mesoscopic rings even m the absence of an external magnetic field. The typical time interval of these (mesonucleospinic) oscillations is of the order of several seconds, which is typical of the nuclear spin relaxation times in heterojunctions.
ISSN:0132-6414