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Title: Controlling the magnetic susceptibility in an artificial elliptical quantum ring by magnetic flux and external Rashba effect

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915341· OSTI ID:22399314
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  1. School of Physics, Iran University of Science and Technology, 16846 Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Magnetic susceptibility is investigated in a man-made elliptical quantum ring in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interactions and the magnetic flux. It is shown that magnetic susceptibility as a function of magnetic flux changes between negative and positive signs periodically. The periodicity of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations depends on the geometry of the region where magnetic field is applied, the eccentricity, and number of sites in each chain ring (the elliptical ring is composed of chain rings). The magnetic susceptibility sign can be reversed by tuning the Rashba spin-orbit strength as well. Both the magnetic susceptibility strength and sign can be controlled via external spin-orbit interactions, which can be exploited in spintronics and nanoelectronics.

OSTI ID:
22399314
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English