학술논문

Kondo Resonance in a Mesoscopic Ring Coupled to a Quantum Dot: Exact Results for the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher Effects
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Source
Physical Review Letters; 87; 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.016602; Othernumber: PRLTAO000087000001016602000001; 041127PRL; PBD: 2 Jul 2001
Subject
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS ELECTRONS
RESONANCE
AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT
Language
English
ISSN
0031-9007
Abstract
We study the persistent currents induced by both the Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher effects in a one-dimensional mesoscopic ring coupled to a sidebranch quantum dot at Kondo resonance. For privileged values of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher fluxes, the problem can be mapped onto an integrable model, exactly solvable by a Bethe ansatz. In the case of a pure magnetic Aharonov-Bohm flux, we find that the presence of the quantum dot has no effect on the persistent current. In contrast, the Kondo resonance interferes with the spin-dependent Aharonov-Casher effect to induce a current which, in the strong-coupling limit, is independent of the number of electrons in the ring.