Quantum-Interference Semiconductor Devices Revisited

• Authors: T. Figielski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

First, a simple semiclassical approach has been applied to the problem of a quantum phase acquired by an electron carrying both the charge and spin, which travels in an electromagnetic field. Basic hypothetical devices whose operation relies on the quantum interference, including spin-related interference, are discussed in the following. Finally, experimental results demonstrating two-beam interference in a planar quantum dot are presented.

Keywords

EN

73.23.-b; 85.30.De

Discipline

• 85.30.De: Semiconductor-device characterization, design, and modeling
• 73.23.-b: Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2001
• Volume: 99
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 699-708

Dates

published

2001-06

received

2001-04-20

Contributors

author

T. Figielski

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.99.699