Large orbital magnetic moments in carbon nanotubes generated by resonant transport

dc.creatorTsuji, Naoto
dc.creatorTakajo, Shigehiro
dc.creatorAoki, Hideo
dc.date2006-07-25
dc.date2007-04-20
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dc.descriptionThe nonequilibrium Green's function method is used to study the ballistic transport in metallic carbon nanotubes when a current is injected from the electrodes with finite bias voltages. We reveal, both analytically and numerically, that large loop currents circulating around the tube are induced, which come from a quantum mechanical interference and are much larger than the current along the tube axis when the injected electron is resonant with a time-reversed pair of degenerate states, which are, in fact, inherent in the zigzag and chiral nanotubes. This results in large orbital magnetic moments, making the nanotube a molecular solenoid.
dc.description5 pages, 4 figures; typos corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607629
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607629
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 75, 153406 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.153406
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/127626
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titleLarge orbital magnetic moments in carbon nanotubes generated by resonant transport
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