INVESTIGADORES
SANCHEZ Maria Jose
artículos
Título:
Enhancement of persistent currents due to confinement in metallic samples
Autor/es:
V. M. APEL, G. CHIAPPE, AND M. J. SÁNCHEZ
Revista:
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Referencias:
Año: 2000 vol. 85 p. 4152 - 4155
ISSN:
0031-9007
Resumen:
Confinement and surface roughness (SR) effects on the magnitude of the
persistent current are analyzed for ballistic bidimensional metallic
samples. Depending on the particular geometry, localized border states
can show up at half-filling. These border states contribute coherently
to the persistent current and its magnitude is enhanced with respect to
their value in the absence of confinement. A linear scaling of the
typical current Ityp with the number of conduction channels M
is obtained. This result is robust with respect to changes in the
relevant lengths of the samples and to the SR. Possible links of our
results to experiments are also discussed.