{ "id": "0909.0019", "version": "v2", "published": "2009-08-31T20:05:08.000Z", "updated": "2009-10-02T13:43:54.000Z", "title": "Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the local density of states", "authors": [ "A. Cano", "I. Paul" ], "comment": "4 pages, 2 figures. v2 added references", "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 80, 153401 (2009)", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall" ], "abstract": "The scattering of electrons with inhomogeneities produces modulations in the local density of states of a metal. We show that electron interference contributions to these modulations are affected by the magnetic field via the Aharonov-Bohm effect. This can be exploited in a simple STM setup that serves as an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer at the nanometer scale.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2009-10-02T13:43:54.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "73.20.At", "73.23.-b", "73.40.Gk" ], "keywords": [ "local density", "aharonov-bohm oscillations", "inhomogeneities produces modulations", "electron interference contributions", "simple stm setup" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Physical Review B", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.80.153401", "year": 2009, "month": "Oct", "volume": 80, "number": 15, "pages": 153401 }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 4, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2009PhRvB..80o3401C" } } }