R. I. Shekhter
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View article: Magnetizing weak links by time-dependent spin-orbit interactions: momentum conserving and non-conserving processes
Magnetizing weak links by time-dependent spin-orbit interactions: momentum conserving and non-conserving processes Open
Rashba spin-orbit interactions generated by time-dependent electric fields acting on weak links (that couple together non-magnetic macroscopic leads) can magnetize the junction. The Rashba spin-orbit interaction that affects the spins of e…
View article: Creation of two-dimensional circular motion of charge qubit
Creation of two-dimensional circular motion of charge qubit Open
We suggest a nanoelectromechanical setup which generates a particular type of motion - the circular motion of mesoscopic superconducting grain, where motion is described by entangled nanomechanical coherent states. The setup is based on me…
View article: Nanomechanical ancilla qubits generator for error correction algorithms in quantum computation
Nanomechanical ancilla qubits generator for error correction algorithms in quantum computation Open
We suggest a nanoelectromechanical setup that generates properly entangled ancillary ("ancilla") qubits for error correction algorithms in quantum computing, demonstrated as an encoder for the three-qubit bit flip code. The setup is based …
View article: Andreev probing of Cooper-pair flying qubit
Andreev probing of Cooper-pair flying qubit Open
We propose a nanomechanical device which can actuate and probe a flying qubit that can be used to facilitate quantum information transfer over a long distance. The flying qubit is formed by a movable Cooper pair box (CPB) consisting of a s…
View article: Nanomechanical manipulation of superconducting charge-qubit quantum networks
Nanomechanical manipulation of superconducting charge-qubit quantum networks Open
We suggest a nanoelectromechanical setup and corresponding time-protocol for controlling parameters in order to demonstrate nanomechanical manipulation of superconducting charge-qubit quantum network. We illustrate it on an example reflect…
View article: Magnetization near a constriction between BCS superconductors by spin-dependent tunneling
Magnetization near a constriction between BCS superconductors by spin-dependent tunneling Open
Spin-dependent electron tunneling through a voltage-biased micro-constriction between two bulk superconductors is shown to create a static magnetization near the constriction and an ac Josephson-like spin current. Although spin-dependent t…
View article: Magnetoconductance Anisotropies and Aharonov-Casher Phases
Magnetoconductance Anisotropies and Aharonov-Casher Phases Open
The spin-orbit interaction (SOI) is a key tool for manipulating and functionalizing spin-dependent electron transport. The desired function often depends on the SOI-generated phase that is accumulated by the wave function of an electron as…
View article: Nanomechanical cat states generated by a dc voltage-driven Cooper pair box qubit
Nanomechanical cat states generated by a dc voltage-driven Cooper pair box qubit Open
We study a nanoelectromechanical system consisting of a Cooper pair box qubit performing nanomechanical vibrations between two bulk superconductors. We demonstrate that a bias voltage applied to the superconductors may generate states repr…
View article: Cooling of nanomechanical vibrations by Andreev injection
Cooling of nanomechanical vibrations by Andreev injection Open
A nanoelectromechanical weak link composed of a carbon nanotube suspended between two normal electrodes in a gap between two superconducting leads is considered. The nanotube is treated as a movable single level quantum dot in which the po…
View article: Nanomechanics driven by the superconducting proximity effect
Nanomechanics driven by the superconducting proximity effect Open
We consider a nanoelectromechanical weak link composed of a carbon nanotube suspended above a trench in a normal metal electrode and positioned in a gap between two superconducting leads. The nanotube is treated as a movable single-level q…
View article: Magnetoconductance Anisotropies and Aharonov-Casher Phases
Magnetoconductance Anisotropies and Aharonov-Casher Phases Open
The spin-orbit interaction is a key tool for manipulating and functionalizing spin-dependent electron transport. However, the precise value of the spin-orbit coupling constant is hard to determine and control. Here we propose a measurement…
View article: Nanomechanics driven by Andreev tunneling
Nanomechanics driven by Andreev tunneling Open
We predict and analyze mechanical instability and corresponding self-sustained mechanical oscillations occurring in a nanoelectromechanical system composed of a metallic carbon nanotube (CNT) suspended between two superconducting leads and…
View article: Effects of magnetic fields on the Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor
Effects of magnetic fields on the Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor Open
A Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor is built of a heterostructure with a Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) at the interface (or quantum well) separating two possibly magnetized reservoirs. The particle and spin currents between the …
View article: Magnetization generated by microwave-induced Rashba interaction
Magnetization generated by microwave-induced Rashba interaction Open
We show that a controllable dc magnetization is accumulated in a junction\ncomprising a quantum dot coupled to non-magnetic reservoirs if the junction is\nsubjected to a time-dependent spin-orbit interaction. The latter is induced by\nan a…
View article: Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor under various magnetic fields
Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor under various magnetic fields Open
A Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor is built of a heterostructure with a Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) at the interface (or quantum well) separating two possibly magnetized reservoirs. The particle and spin currents between the …
View article: Spin-polaronic effects in electric shuttling in a single molecule transistor with magnetic leads
Spin-polaronic effects in electric shuttling in a single molecule transistor with magnetic leads Open
View article: Photovoltaic effect generated by spin-orbit interactions
Photovoltaic effect generated by spin-orbit interactions Open
An AC electric field applied to a junction comprising two spin-orbit coupled\nweak links connecting a quantum dot to two electronic terminals is proposed to\ninduce a DC current and to generate a voltage drop over the junction if it is a\n…
View article: Kondo effect in a Aharonov-Casher interferometer
Kondo effect in a Aharonov-Casher interferometer Open
We consider a model describing a spin field-effect transistor based on a quantum nanowire with a tunable spin-orbit interaction embedded between two ferromagnetic leads with anticollinear magnetization. We investigate a regime of a strong …
View article: DC spin generation by junctions with AC driven spin-orbit interaction
DC spin generation by junctions with AC driven spin-orbit interaction Open
An unbiased one-dimensional weak link between two terminals, subjected to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction caused by an AC electric field which rotates periodically in the plane perpendicular to the link, is shown to inject spin-polarized…
View article: Effects of Different Lead Magnetizations on the Datta–Das Spin Field-Effect Transistor
Effects of Different Lead Magnetizations on the Datta–Das Spin Field-Effect Transistor Open
A Datta-Das spin field effect transistor is built of a one-dimensional weak link, with Rashba spin orbit interactions (SOI), which connects two magnetized reservoirs. The particle and spin currents between the two reservoirs are calculated…
View article: Electric and magnetic gating of Rashba-active weak links
Electric and magnetic gating of Rashba-active weak links Open
In a one-dimensional weak-link wire the spin-orbit interaction (SOI) alone cannot generate a nonzero spin current. We show that a Zeeman field acting in the wire in conjunction with the Rashba SOI there does yield such a current, whose mag…
View article: Mechanically induced thermal breakdown in magnetic shuttle structures
Mechanically induced thermal breakdown in magnetic shuttle structures Open
A theory of a thermally induced single-electron "shuttling" instability in a\nmagnetic nanomechanical device subject to an external magnetic field is\npresented in the Coulomb blockade regime of electron transport. The model\nmagnetic shut…
View article: Spin precession in spin-orbit coupled weak links: Coulomb repulsion and Pauli quenching
Spin precession in spin-orbit coupled weak links: Coulomb repulsion and Pauli quenching Open
A simple model for the transmission of pairs of electrons through a weak electric link in the form of a nanowire made of a material with strong electron spin-orbit interaction (SOI) is presented, with emphasis on the effects of Coulomb int…
View article: Spin-mediated Photomechanical Coupling of a Nanoelectromechanical Shuttle
Spin-mediated Photomechanical Coupling of a Nanoelectromechanical Shuttle Open
We show that nanomechanical vibrations in a magnetic shuttle device can be strongly affected by external microwave irradiation through photo-assisted electronic spin-flip transitions. Mechanical consequences of these spin flips are due to …
View article: Rashba Splitting of Cooper Pairs
Rashba Splitting of Cooper Pairs Open
We investigate theoretically the properties of a weak link between two superconducting leads, which has the form of a nonsuperconducting nanowire with a strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling caused by an electric field. In the Coulomb-blockade…
View article: Low-energy anomalies in electron tunneling through strongly asymmetric Majorana nanowire
Low-energy anomalies in electron tunneling through strongly asymmetric Majorana nanowire Open
Electron transport through Majorana nanowire with strongly asymmetric couplings to normal metal leads is considered. In three terminal geometry (electrically grounded nanowire) it is shown that the presence of unbiased electrode restores z…
View article: Spin Gating of Mesoscopic Devices
Spin Gating of Mesoscopic Devices Open
Inefficient screening of electric fields in nanoconductors makes electric manipulation of electronic transport in nanodevices possible. Accordingly, electrostatic (charge) gating is routinely used to affect and control the Coulomb electros…
View article: Shuttling of Spin Polarized Electrons in Molecular Transistors
Shuttling of Spin Polarized Electrons in Molecular Transistors Open
Shuttling of electrons in single-molecule transistors with magnetic leads in the presence of an external magnetic field is considered theoretically. For a current of partially spin-polarized electrons a shuttle instability is predicted to …
View article: Tunable spin-polaron state in a singly clamped semiconducting carbon nanotube
Tunable spin-polaron state in a singly clamped semiconducting carbon nanotube Open
We consider a semiconducting carbon nanotube (CNT) laying on a ferromagnetic insulating sub-strate with one end depassing the substrate and suspended over a metallic gate. We assume that the polarised substrate induces an exchange interact…