Persistent currents in nanorings and quantum decoherence by Coulomb interaction

Details Persistent currents in nanorings and quantum decoherence by Coulomb interaction Persistent currents in nanorings and quantum decoherence by Coulomb interaction

2009-06-15

arxiv.org/abs/0906.2654v2

Phys. Rev. B 80, 155312 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

13 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155312

Employing instanton technique we evaluate equilibrium persistent current (PC) produced by a quantum particle moving in a periodic potential on a ring and interacting with a dissipative environment formed by diffusive electron gas. The model allows for detailed non-perturbative analysis of interaction effects and -- depending on the system parameters -- yields a rich structure of different regimes. We demonstrate that at low temperatures PC is exponentially suppressed at sufficiently large ring perimeters $2\pi R> L_{\varphi}$ where the dephasing length $L_{\varphi}$ is set by interactions and does not depend on temperature. This behavior represents a clear example of quantum decoherence by electron-electron interactions at $T\to 0$.

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