Spin-charge separation and topological phase transitions in Aharonov-Bohm rings of interacting electrons
We investigate the properties of strongly correlated electronic models on a flux-threaded ring connected to semi-infinite free-electron leads. The interference pattern of such an Aharonov-Bohm ring shows sharp dips at certain flux values, determined by the filling, which are a consequence of spin-ch...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2006 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/70023 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/70023 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Aharonov-Bohm Ring Spin-Charge Separation Topological Phase Transition https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | We investigate the properties of strongly correlated electronic models on a flux-threaded ring connected to semi-infinite free-electron leads. The interference pattern of such an Aharonov-Bohm ring shows sharp dips at certain flux values, determined by the filling, which are a consequence of spin-charge separation in a nanoscopic system. The conductance through such a molecule or nanodevice is related directly to its spectroscopic properties, opening new experimental possibilities for probing the phenomenology of strongly interacting systems. As a further example, for a ring described by the half-filled ionic Hubbard model we show that the weight of the first conductance peak as a function of gate voltage or external flux allows one to identify the topological charge transition between a correlated insulator and a band insulator. |
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