Analytic study of electron transmission through serial mesoscopic metallic rings

W. Y. Cui, S. Z. Wu, G. Jin (), X. Zhao and Y. Q. Ma

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2007, vol. 59, issue 1, 47-54

Abstract: We investigate the electron transmission through a structure of serial mesoscopic metallic rings coupled to two external leads. A set of analytical expressions based on the quantum waveguide transport and the transfer matrix method are derived and used to discuss the effects of geometric configurations on transmission probabilities. It is found that in the contact ring case the existence of an applied magnetic flux is necessary to create transmission gaps, while in the non-contact ring case transmission gaps always appear irrespective of whether there is an applied magnetic flux or not. The transmissions for periodic rings with a defect ring and periodic rings built by two sorts of rings are also briefly studied. It is also found that the transmission periodicity with wave vector must be ensured by the commensurability of two characteristic lengths, i.e., of the half perimeter of a ring and the connecting wire between two adjacent rings. The special points of wave vector and magnetic flux which give rise to the transmission resonance and antiresonance are analyzed in detail. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2007

Keywords: 73.23.Ad Ballistic transport; 73.63.Nm Quantum wires; 73.21.Hb Quantum wires; 85.35.Be Quantum well devices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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