Period Halving of Persistent Currents in mesoscopic Mobius Ladders

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2002-07-17
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Weinvestigatetheperiodhalvingofpersistentcurrents(PCs)ofnon-interactingelectronsinisolatedmesoscopicMobiusladderswithoutdisorder,piercedbyAharonov-Bohmflux.Themechanismsoftheperiodhalvingeffectdependontheparityofthenumberofelectronsaswellasontheinterchainhopping.AlthoughthedataofPCsinmesoscopicsystemsaresamplespecific,somesimplerulesarefoundinthecanonicalensembleaverage,forexample,alltheoddharmonicsofthePCsdisappearandthesignalsofevenharmonicsarenon-negative.