Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2002-08-04
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 72 A, 77--82 (2003)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Invited talk, Localization, Tokyo, August 2002
Scientific paper
Recent theoretical calculations, demonstrating that quantized charge transfer due to adiabatically modulated potentials in mesoscopic devices can result purely from the interference of the electron wave functions (without invoking electron-electron interactions) are reviewed: (1) A new formula is derived for the pumped charge Q (per period); It reproduces the Brouwer formula without a bias, and also yields the effect of the modulating potential on the Landauer formula in the presence of a bias. (2) For a turnstile geometry, with time-dependent gate voltages V_L(t) and V_R(t), the magnitude and sign of Q are determined by the relative position and orientation of the closed contour traversed by the system in the {V_L-V_R} plane, relative to the transmission resonances in that plane. Integer values of Q (in units of e) are achieved when a transmission peak falls inside the contour, and are given by the winding number of the contour. (3) When the modulating potential is due to surface acoustic waves, Q exhibits a staircase structure, with integer values, reminiscent of experimental observations.
Aharony Amnon
Entin-Wohlman Ora
Kashcheyevs Vyacheslavs
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