Submitted by Vasti Diniz (vastijpa@hotmail.com) on 2017-09-13T11:51:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 831966 bytes, checksum: a9f68724ebd2fdd53f6f561f0f45d42c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-13T11:51:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 831966 bytes, checksum: a9f68724ebd2fdd53f6f561f0f45d42c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-01 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Inertial effects, such as Coriolis’ and centrifuge forces play an interesting role on classical mechanics and currently has been largely used in quantum mechanics, including in analogies with the electromagnetic effects. However, these analogies between the inertial forces on the massives particules and the electromagnetic forces on charged particles is not new. They were explored by Aharonov and Carmi in 1970 and by Tsai and Nelson in 1988 in the context of a rotational quantum phase like an Aharonov-Bohm phase. Based in this analogy, Dattoli and Quattromini, introduced Coriolis’ analogue quantum states to Landau levels. In 1915, Barnett had already published a paper about magnetization due to rotation which recently had a renewed interest applyed to nanostructures. A rotational analogy of the classical Hall effect was proposed and rotational inertial forces were studied in spintronic. Energy spectra like Landau levels appear under the action of Coriolis forces when the centrifuge force acting on free electrons is compensated by a radial electric field. In this work, we will demonstrate effects caused by rotation and magnetic field in a spinning conductor disc. We will study both the electromagnetic and inertial interactions simultaneously. Some values to the relation between the magnetic field and the rotation will be chosen and this will result in Landau-like levels to a system with resultant force composed by Coriolis’ and magnetic forces. A similar behavior for the energy spectrum will be found without a magnetic force composing the resultant force. / Efeitos inerciais, tais como a força centrífuga e a de Coriolis, desempenham um papel importante na mecânica clássica e atualmente têm sido amplamente explorados na mecânica quântica, inclusive em analogias com efeitos eletromagnéticos. No entanto, essas analogias entre as forças inerciais sobre partículas massivas e as forças electromagnéticas sobre partículas carregadas não é nenhuma novidade. Elas foram exploradas por Aharonov e Carmi em 1970 e por Tsai e Neilson em 1988 no contexto de uma fase quântica rotacional similar à fase de Aharonov- Bohm. Baseados nessa mesma analogia, Dattoli e Quattromini introduziram estados quânticos de Coriolis análogos aos níveis de Landau. Em 1915, Barnett já havia publicado um artigo sobre magnetização devido à rotação o qual teve recentemente um interesse renovado aplicado a nanoestruturas. Um análogo rotacional do efeito Hall clássico foi proposto e os efeitos inerciais da rotação foram estudados em spintrônica. Espectros de energia tipo níveis de Landau aparecem sob a ação da força de Coriolis quando a força centrífuga agindo nos elétrons livres é compensada por um campo elétrico radial. Neste trabalho, vamos demonstrar efeitos devido à rotação e ao campo magnético em um disco condutor girante. Estudaremos as interações eletromagnéticas e inerciais simultaneamente. Alguns valores para a relação entre o campo magnético e a rotação serão escolhidos e resultarão em níveis tipo Landau para um sistema com força resultante composta pelas forças de Coriolis e magnética. Um mesmo comportamento para o espectro de energia será obtido sem força magnética compondo a força resultante.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:14:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Arquivototal.pdf: 5046450 bytes, checksum: bd56c31f5c1b1739dfc96f350ac77b34 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / In this work we discuss the importance of the quantum phases using the Aharonov-Bohm Effect for charged particles and neutral particles with magnetic dipole moment(Aharonov- Casher Effect) and electric dipole moment(He-McKellar-Wilkens Effect) and atoms with electric quadrupole moment. It takes advantage of the initial study of such systems to show the emergence of Landau levels in the dynamics of a particle in two situations: when the particle is charged and when it is neutral. In the case of a neutral particle is considered that it possesses electric dipole moment. In addition it is the first time which is approached a neutral atom with electric quadrupole moment. / Neste trabalho discutimos a importância das fases quânticas usando o Efeito Aharonov-Bohm para partículas carregadas e partículas neutras com momento de dipolo magnético (Efeito Aharonov-Casher) e momento de dipolo elétrico (Efeito He-McKellar-Wilkens), e átomos com momento de quadrupolo elétrico. Tira-se vantagem do estudo inicial de tais sistemas para mostrar a emersão de níveis de Landau na dinâmica de uma partícula em duas situações: quando a partícula está carregada e quando ela é neutra. No caso de uma partícula neutra é considerado que esta possui momento de dipolo elétrico. Além disso é a primeira vez que é abordado um átomo neutro com momento de quadrupolo elétrico.

Gallium arsenide is piezoelectric, so it is possible to generate coupled mechanical and electrical surface acoustic waves (SAWs) by applying a high-frequency voltage to a transducer on the surface of GaAs. By combining SAWs with existing low-dimensional nanostructures one can create a series of dynamic quantum dots corresponding to the minima of the travelling electric wave, and each dot carries a single electron at the SAW velocity (~ 2800 m/s). These devices may be of use in developing future quantum information processors, and also offer an ideal environment for probing the quantum mechanical behaviour of single electrons. This thesis describes a numerical and theoretical study of the dynamics ofan electron in a range of geometries. The numerical techniques for solving thetime-dependent Schrödinger equation with an arbitrary time-dependent potential will be described in Chapter 2, and then applied in Chapter 3 to calculate the transmission of an electron through an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) ring. It will be seen that an important property of the techniques used in this thesis is that they can be easily adapted to study realistic geometries, and we will see features in the AB oscillations which do not arise in simplified analytic descriptions. In Chapter 4, we will then study a device consisting of two parallel SAW channels separated by a controllable tunnelling barrier. We will use numerical simulations to investigate the effect of electric and magnetic fields upon the electron dynamics, and develop an analytic model to explain the simulation results. From the model, it will be apparent that it is possible to use this device to rotatethe state of the electron to an arbitrary superposition of the first two eigenstates. We then introduce coherent and squeezed states in Chapter 5, which are ex-cited states of the quantum harmonic oscillator. Coherent and squeezed electronicstates may be of use in quantum information processing, and could also arise dueto unwanted perturbations in a SAW device. We will discuss how these statescan be controllably generated in a SAW device, and also discuss how they couldthen be detected. In Chapter 6 we describe how to use the motion of a SAW to create a rapidly-changing potential in the frame of the electron, leading to a nonadiabatic excita-tion. The nonadiabatically-excited state oscillates from side to side within a 1Dchannel on a few-picosecond timescale, and this motion can be probed by placing a tunnelling barrier at one side of the channel. Numerical simulations will beperformed to show how this motion can be controlled, and the simulation resultswill be seen to be in good agreement with recent experimental work performed by colleagues. Finally, we will show that this device can be used to measure the initial state of an electron which is an arbitrary superposition of the first twoeigenstates.

We have studied the electron quantum phase by fabricating low dimensional (d ≤ 2) mesoscopic interferometers in high-quality narrow-gap semiconductor (NGS) heterostructures. The low effective-mass electrons in NGS heterostructures enable observation of delicate quantum phases; and the strong spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in the systems gives us means by which we can manipulate the quantum-mechanical spin of these electrons through the orbital properties of the electrons. This enables the observation of spin-dependent phenomena otherwise inaccessible in non-magnetic systems. We have performed low temperature (0.4 K ≤ T ≤ 8 K), low noise (â V ~ 1μV ) transport measurements, and observed evidence of Aharonov-Bohm (AB) and Alâ tshuler-Aronov-Spivak (AAS) quantum oscillations in meso- scopic devices that we fabricated on these NGSs. Our measurements are unique in that we observe both AB and AAS in comparable magnitude in ballistic networks with strong SOI. We show that, with appropriate considerations, diffusive formalisms can be used to describe ballistic transport through rings, even in the presence of SOI. This work also contains an introduction to the physics of geometric phases in mesoscopic systems, and the experimental and analytic processes through which these phases are probed. A discussion of the results of our measurements presents the case that quantum interferometric measurements of geometric phases can be understood quite thoroughly, and that these measurements may have deeper utility in discovery than has yet been recognized. / Ph. D.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T19:25:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ramon F Costa.pdf: 10031939 bytes, checksum: 0a248edab54bf52531ad1b840500611c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In this work we present the Aharonov-Bohm effect, as well as its implications. We also present the self-adjoint extension, an important tool in quantum mechanics. This work's main objective is to investigate the relation between the self-adjoint extension parameter and the Aharonov-Bohm system's parameters. Of particular interest is the relation between the self-adjoint extension parameter and the electron's anomalous magnetic dipole moment. This is done by comparison between two self-adjoint extension methods: Bulla-Gesztesy's and Kay-Studer's. We obtain the mathematical relation between the aforementioned quantities and conclude that the chosen methods are suitable to accomplish our goals. / Neste trabalho é apresentado o efeito e sistema de Aharonov-Bohm, além de suas implicações. Trata-se também da extensão autoadjunta de operadores em mecânica quântica. O principal objetivo é a investigação da relação entre o parâmetro da extensão autoadjunta do Hamiltoniano do sistema de Aharonov-Bohm, que tem origem matemática, e a física desse sistema. Interesse particular é dado à busca da relação entre o parâmetro da extensão e a anomalia do momento magnético do elétron. Para tal são usados dois métodos de extensão autoadjunta: o de Bulla-Gesztesy e o de Kay-Studer. A expressão matemática procurada é obtida, além de expressões para as energias dos estados ligados do sistema. Conclui-se que os métodos utilizados são adequados para atingir os objetivos propostos.

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-10-16T16:53:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FRANKBELSON DOS SANTOS AZEVEDO – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGFísica) 2015.pdf: 1064778 bytes, checksum: c929ffea2d7e7c51359bf2dfc237fbf9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-16T16:53:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FRANKBELSON DOS SANTOS AZEVEDO – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGFísica) 2015.pdf: 1064778 bytes, checksum: c929ffea2d7e7c51359bf2dfc237fbf9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-24 / Capes / Este trabalho tem por objetivo estudar a dinâmica quântica planar de partículas neutras de spin-1/2 na presença de campos elétricos. A priori uma partícula com carga nula não devia interagir com campos eletromagnéticos, mas ao admitir partículas possuindo momento de dipolo magnético, vemos que a interação é possível. Tal estudo acontece através da equação de Dirac com acoplamento não mínimo, onde o termo de interação leva em conta o momento de dipolo magnético, spin da partícula e campo eletromagnético. A partir dessa equação, derivamos e resolvemos duas equações diferenciais de primeira ordem, mostrando que as soluções estão atreladas ao spin. As soluções para o efeito Aharonov-Casher é discutida em detalhes pela primeira vez neste trabalho. Também derivamos uma equação diferencial de segunda ordem, a partir da qual obtivemos o níveis de energia para uma partícula movimentando-se em um caminho circular de raio constante. Além disso, usando o método de extensão auto-adjunta, encontramos funções de onda de estados ligados e níveis de energia para o espaço completo, incluindo a região r = 0. Os níveis de energia obtidos são análogos aos níveis de Landau, e mostram uma dependência com o parâmetro projeção de spin. Por fim, tomamos o limite não relativístico para o espaço completo. / This work aims to study the planar quantum dynamics of neutral particles of spin- 1/2 in the presence of electric fields. A priori a particle with null charge should not interact with electromagnetic fields, but to admit particles having magnetic dipole moment, we see that the interaction is possible. Such study happen through the Dirac equation with non-minimal coupling, where the interaction term takes into account the magnetic dipole moment, spin of the particle and electromagnetic field. From this equation, we derive and solve two differential equations of first order, showing that the solutions is linked to spin. The solutions to the Aharonov-Casher effect is discussed in detail for the first time in this study. We also derive a differential equation of second order, from which we obtained the energy levels for a particle moving in a constant radius circular path. In addition, using the self-adjoint extension method, we find wave functions of bound states and energy levels to the full space, including the region r = 0. The Energy levels obtained are analogous to Landau levels, and show a dependence on the spin projection parameter. Finally, we take the non-relativistic limit for the full space.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:16:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6767.pdf: 16621562 bytes, checksum: 66df3d9efcbf65c2d47f601b4ef3f3c0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-01 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / Quantum dots grown by epitaxial techniques for optical and transport studies are usually capped by a layer of the same material on which the QDs were grown. Recently, several studies have shown how the growth parameters and materials used in this layer significantly affect the morphological, optical and electrical properties of these nanostructures. In this work Indium Arsenide quantum dots capped with a layer of Gallium Arsenide and Antimony are studied. After the growth, a rapid thermal annealing was performed, which improved significantly the size distribution of the quantum dots, increasing the optical eficiency, and inducing a change in the band structure from a Type-I to Type-II. The investigations performed by magnetophotoluminescence have shown that the effects of the topology confinement on the band structure of these quasi zero-dimensional systems are strongly modulated by an external electric field applied parallel to the magnetic field orientation. Purely quantum effects such as Aharonov-Bohm interference and the inversion of the excitonic Landfie g-factor were observed at low temperatures and for specific values of electric fields, showing that the choice of the material and growth conditions of quantum dots capping layer leads to controlled experimental results which could not be achieved using conventional growth methods of semiconductor quantum dots. / Pontos quânticos crescidos por técnicas epitaxiais para estudos ópticos e de transporte são comumente cobertos com uma camada do mesmo material sobre o qual os pontos foram crescidos. Recentemente diversos estudos têm demonstrado como os parâmetros de crescimento e materiais utilizados nesta camada afetam significativamente as propriedades morfológicas, ópticas e elétricas destas nanoestruturas. Neste trabalho são estudados pontos quânticos tradicionais de Arseneto de Índio cobertos com uma camada de Arseneto de Gálio e Antimônio. Após o crescimento foi realizado um tratamento térmico rápido que melhorou significativamente a distribuição de tamanhos dos pontos, com um aumento na eficiência óptica e uma indução na estrutura de bandas do Tipo-I para Tipo-II. As investigações por magnetofotoluminescência revelaram que os efeitos da topologia de confinamento na estrutura de bandas deste sistema quase zero-dimensional são fortemente modulados pela aplicação de um campo elétrico externo paralelo _a orientação do campo magnético. Efeitos de caráter puramente quântico como a interferência Aharonov-Bohm e a inversão do fator-g de Landé excitônico foram observados a baixas temperaturas e para valores específicos de campo elétrico, demonstrando assim que a escolha do material e condições de deposição da camada de cobertura de pontos quânticos levam a efeitos e resultados controlados experimentalmente que não poderiam ser observados utilizando métodos convencionais de crescimento de pontos quânticos semicondutores.

In this thesis, we investigate the quantum transport properties of disordered three dimensional topological insulator (3DTI) nanostructures of BiSe and BiTe in detail. Despite their intrinsic bulk conductivity, we show the possibility to study the specific transport properties of the topological surface states (TSS), either with or without quantum confinement. Importantly, we demonstrate that unusual transport properties not only come from the Dirac nature of the quasi-particles, but also from their spin texture. Without quantum confinement (wide ribbons), the transport properties of diffusive 2D spin-helical Dirac fermions are investigated. Using high magnetic fields allows us to measure and separate all contributions to charge transport. Band bending is investigated in BiSe nanostructures, revealing an inversion from upward to downward bending when decreasing the bulk doping. This result points out the need to control simultaneously both the bulk and surface residual doping in order to produce bulk-depleted nanostructures and to study TSS only. Moreover, Shubnikov-de-Haas oscillations and transconductance measurements are used to measure the ratio of the transport length to the electronic mean free path ltr/le. This ratio is measured to be close to one for bulk states, whereas it is close to 8 for TSS, which is a hallmark of the anisotropic scattering of spin-helical Dirac fermions. With transverse quantum confinement (narrow wires or ribbons), the ballistic transport of quasi-1D surface modes is evidenced by mesoscopic transport measurements, and specific properties due to their topological nature are revealed at very low temperatures. The metallic surface states are directly evidenced by the measure of periodic Aharonov-Bohm oscillations (ABO) in 3DTI nanowires. Their exponential temperature dependence gives an unusual power-law temperature dependence of the phase coherence length, which is interpreted in terms of quasi-ballistic transport and decoherence in the weak-coupling regime. This remarkable finding is a consequence of the enhanced transport length, which is comparable to the perimeter. Besides, the ballistic transport of quasi-1D surface modes is further evidenced by the observation of non-universal conductance fluctuations in a BiSe nanowire, despite the long-length limit (L > ltr) and a high metallicity (many modes). We show that such an unusual property for a mesoscopic conductor is related to the limited mixing of the transverse modes by disorder, as confirmed by numerical calculations. Importantly, a model based on the modes' transmissions allows us to describe our experimental results, including the full temperature dependence of the ABO amplitude.

Um novo procedimento para construir os estados coerentes (CS) e os estados semiclássicos (SS) no campo de um magnético-solenóide é proposto. A idéia principal é baseada sobre o fato de que o AB solenóide quebra a simetria translacional no plano-xy, isto apresenta um efeito topológico tal que surgem dois tipos de trajetórias, aquelas que circundam e aquelas que não circundam o solenóide. Devido a este fato, deve-se construir dois tipos diferentes dos CS/SS, os quais correspondem as referidas trajetórias no limite semiclássico. Seguindo esta idéia, construímos os CS em duas etapas, primeiro os CS instantâneos (ICS) e os CS/SS dependentes do tempo como uma evolução dos ICS. A construção é realizada para partículas não-relativísticas e relativísticas, de spin-zero e com spin ambas em (2 + 1)- e (3 + 1)- dimensões e gera um exemplo não-trivial de SS/CS para sistemas com uma Hamiltoniana não-quadrática. É enfatizado que os CS dependendo dos seus parâmetros (números quânticos), descrevem ambos os estados puramente quânticos e semiclássicos. Uma análise é representada de modo que classifica os parâmetros dos CS em tal relação. Tal classificação é usada para as decomposições semiclásicas de diversas quantidades físicas. / A new approach to constructing coherent states (CS) and semiclassical states (SS) in magnetic-solenoid field is proposed. The main idea is based on the fact that the AB solenoid breaks the translational symmetry in the xy-plane, this has a topological effect such that there appear two types of trajectories which embrace and do not embrace the solenoid. Due to this fact, one has to construct two different kinds of CS/SS, which correspond to such trajectories in the semiclassical limit. Following this idea, we construct CS in two steps, first the instantaneous CS (ICS) and the time dependent CS/SS as an evolution of the ICS. The construction is realized for nonrelativistic and relativistic, spinning and spinless particles both in (2 + 1)- and (3 + 1)- dimensions and gives a non-trivial example of SS/CS for systems with a nonquadratic Hamiltonian. It is stressed that CS depending on their parameters (quantum numbers) describe both pure quantum and semiclassical states. An analysis is presented that classifies parameters of the CS in such respect. Such a classification is used for the semiclassical decompositions of various physical quantities.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T19:25:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vinicius Salem.pdf: 2842532 bytes, checksum: 22444ff7cd1897f8dc66bfd6a1f84a65 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In the present work, it is explained in a concise way the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) Efect in the magnetic case. Possible interpretations envolving the phenomena are discussed too, through a carefull review about the theme in literature, in purpose to sumarize the diferent interpretations concerning the possible physical reality of electromagnetic potentials in physics, in special the case of the vector potential, since this work focuses in the magnetic AB eect. Also, the construction and solution of Dirac equation is studied in details for the non-relativistic limit case of an electron possessing anomalous magnetic moment (i.e., g 6=2) in a conical space. For this purpose, the self-adjoint extensions method as developed by Bulla and Gesztesy is used in order to obtain expressions for bound states energies and scattering. The self-adjoint extension parameter obtained in the study of bound states and scattering showed very plausible physical results, consonant with the literature in general, as exposed in detail in chapter four. Finally, it is discussed the role of anomaly of the electron magnetic moment in providing bound states energies, a theme rarely discussed in literature since now. / No presente trabalho, procura-se explicar de forma concisa a fenomenologia do Efeito Aharonov-Bohm (AB) magnético, bem como o sistema aplicado a partículas de spin 1/2. Também são discutidas possíveis interpretações para o fenômeno através de uma cuidadosa revisão sobre o tema na literatura, buscando sumarizar as distintas opiniões sobre a possível realidade física dos potenciais eletromagnéticos, em especial do potencial vetor, uma vez que o foco neste trabalho concentra-se no Efeito AB magnético. Posteriormente,é estudada em detalhes a construção e solução da Equação de Dirac para o caso limite não-relativístico do elétron com anomalia do momento magnético (i.e., g 6= 2) em uma topologia cônica. Para isto é utilizado o método de extensão auto-adjunta de operadores na versão desenvolvida por Bulla e Gesztesy, afím de obter expressões para as energias de estados ligados e espalhamento. O parâmetro de extensão obtido no estudo de estados ligados e espalhamento apresentou resultados físicos consistentes com a literatura em geral. Por fím, o papel da anomalia no momento magnético do elétron em proporcionar estados ligados no sistema é discutido detalhadamente, algo até então pouco abordado na literatura.