Exotic electron states and tunable magneto-transport in a fractal Aharonov-Bohm interferometer

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2014.09.012zbMATH Open1298.82061arXiv1407.5737OpenAlexW1970288651WikidataQ57987112 ScholiaQ57987112MaRDI QIDQ469613FDOQ469613

Authors: Atanu Nandy, Biplab Pal, Arunava Chakrabarti 

Publication date: 11 November 2014

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A Sierpinski gasket fractal network model is studied in respect of its electronic spectrum and magneto-transport when each arm of the gasket is replaced by a diamond shaped Aharonov-Bohm interferometer, threaded by a uniform magnetic flux. Within the framework of a tight binding model for non-interacting, spinless electrons and a real space renormalization group method we unravel a class of extended and localized electronic states. In particular, we demonstrate the existence of extreme localization of electronic states at a special finite set of energy eigenvalues, and an infinite set of energy eigenvalues where the localization gets delayed in space (staggered localization). These eigenstates exhibit a multitude of localization areas. The two terminal transmission coefficient and its dependence on the magnetic flux threading each basic Aharonov-Bohm interferometer is studied in details. Sharp switch on- switch off effects that can be tuned by controlling the flux from outside, are discussed. Our results are analytically exact.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5737

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zbMATH Keywords

magneto-transportAharonov-Bohm interferometerstaggered localization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Dynamic renormalization group methods applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C28) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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