{"title":"Thermal effects and spontaneous frictional relaxation in atomically thin layered materials","authors":"J. Sheehan, David Andersson, A. S. de Wijn","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevB.103.195441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.195441","url":null,"abstract":"We study the thermal effects on the frictional properties of atomically thin sheets. We simulate a simple model based on the Prandtl-Tomlinson model that reproduces the layer dependence of friction and strengthening effects seen in AFM experiments. We investigate sliding at constant speed as well as reversing direction. We also investigate contact aging: the changes that occur to the contact when the sliding stops completely. We compare the numerical results to analytical calculations based on Kramers rates. We find that there is a slower than exponential contact aging that weakens the contact and that we expect will be observable in experiments. We discuss the implications for sliding as well as aging experiments.","PeriodicalId":8465,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77921405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnon thermal Edelstein effect detected by inverse spin Hall effect","authors":"Hantao Zhang, R. Cheng","doi":"10.1063/5.0030368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0030368","url":null,"abstract":"In an easy-plane antiferromagnet with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), magnons are subject to an effective spin-momentum locking. An in-plane temperature gradient can generate interfacial accumulation of magnons with a specified polarization, realizing the magnon thermal Edelstein effect. We theoretically investigate the injection and detection of this thermally-driven spin polarization in an adjacent heavy metal with strong spin Hall effect. We find that the inverse spin Hall voltage depends monotonically on both temperature and the DMI but non-monotonically on the hard-axis anisotropy. Counterintuitively, the magnon thermal Edelstein effect is an even function of a magnetic field applied along the N'eel vector.","PeriodicalId":8465,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74995352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quasicrystalline electronic states in twisted bilayers and the effects of interlayer and sublattice symmetries","authors":"J. A. Crosse, P. Moon","doi":"10.1103/PHYSREVB.103.045408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVB.103.045408","url":null,"abstract":"We study the electronic structure of quasicrystals composed of incommensurate stacks of atomic layers. We consider two systems: a pair of square lattices with a relative twist angle of $theta=45^circ$ and a pair of hexagonal lattices with a relative twist angle of $theta=30^circ$, with various interlayer interaction strengths. This constitutes every two-dimensional bilayer quasicrystal system. We investigate the resonant coupling governing the quasicrystalline order in each quasicrystal symmetry, and calculate the quasi-band dispersion. The resonant interaction emerges in bilayer quasicrystals if all the dominant interlayer interactions occur between the atomic orbitals that have the same magnetic quantum number. Thus, not only the quasicrystal composed of the widely studied graphene, but also those composed of transition metal dichalcogenides will exhibit the quasicrystalline states. We find that some quasicrystalline states, which are usually obscured by decoupled monolayer states, are more prominent, i.e., \"exposed\", in the systems with strong interlayer interaction. We also show that we can switch the states between quasicrystalline configuration and its layer components, by turning on and off the interlayer symmetry.","PeriodicalId":8465,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91445137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Josias Langbehn, Sergio Acero González, P. Brouwer, F. von Oppen
{"title":"Topological superconductivity in tripartite superconductor-ferromagnet-semiconductor nanowires","authors":"Josias Langbehn, Sergio Acero González, P. Brouwer, F. von Oppen","doi":"10.1103/PHYSREVB.103.165301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVB.103.165301","url":null,"abstract":"Motivated by recent experiments searching for Majorana zero modes in tripartite semiconductor nanowires with epitaxial superconductor and ferromagnetic-insulator layers, we explore the emergence of topological superconductivity in such devices for paradigmatic arrangements of the three constituents. Accounting for the competition between magnetism and superconductivity, we treat superconductivity self consistently and describe the electronic properties, including the superconducting and ferromagnetic proximity effects, within a direct wave-function approach. We conclude that the most viable mechanism for topological superconductivity relies on a superconductor-semiconductor-ferromagnet arrangement of the constituents, in which spin splitting and superconductivity are independently induced in the semiconductor by proximity and superconductivity is only weakly affected by the ferromagnetic insulator.","PeriodicalId":8465,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86245201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electron density effect on spin-orbit interaction in [001] GaAs quantum wells.","authors":"P. Alekseev, M. Nestoklon","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevB.103.195306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.195306","url":null,"abstract":"The spin-orbit interaction of two-dimensional (2D) electrons in semiconductor quantum wells is usually considered to be determined by the band profile of a heterostructure. In the GaAs/AlGaAs type heterosystems, this interaction consists of the isotropic Bychkov-Rashba term, which is absent in symmetric wells, and the anisotropic Dresselhaus term, reflecting the lattice symmetry. It is well-known that the first term can be controlled by electric fields in the growth direction: external or internal, induced by a charge density of 2D electrons. In this work we reveal that the 2D electron charge can substantially affect also the Dresselhaus interaction in symmetric quantum wells. Within the one-band electron Hamiltonian containing, together with the bulk Dresselhaus interaction, the two contributions to the Dresselhaus term from the quantum well interfaces, we show that the internal electric field from the 2D electron charge density can substantially renormalize the anisotropic spin-orbit interaction of 2D electrons. This effect may be important in quantitative studies of spin-dependent phenomena in quantum wells.","PeriodicalId":8465,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86643155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Mittag, J. Koski, M. Karalic, C. Thomas, A. Tuaz, A. Hatke, G. Gardner, M. Manfra, J. Danon, T. Ihn, K. Ensslin
{"title":"Few-Electron Single and Double Quantum Dots in an \u0000InAs\u0000 Two-Dimensional Electron Gas","authors":"C. Mittag, J. Koski, M. Karalic, C. Thomas, A. Tuaz, A. Hatke, G. Gardner, M. Manfra, J. Danon, T. Ihn, K. Ensslin","doi":"10.1103/PRXQUANTUM.2.010321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQUANTUM.2.010321","url":null,"abstract":"Most proof-of-principle experiments for spin qubits have been performed using GaAs-based quantum dots because of the excellent control they offer over tunneling barriers and the orbital and spin degrees of freedom. Here, we present the first realization of high-quality single and double quantum dots hosted in an InAs two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), demonstrating accurate control down to the few-electron regime, where we observe a clear Kondo effect and singlet-triplet spin blockade. We measure an electronic $g$-factor of $16$ and a typical magnitude of the random hyperfine fields on the dots of $sim 0.6, mathrm{mT}$. We estimate the spin-orbit length in the system to be $sim 5-10, mu mathrm{m}$, which is almost two orders of magnitude longer than typically measured in InAs nanostructures, achieved by a very symmetric design of the quantum well. These favorable properties put the InAs 2DEG on the map as a compelling host for studying fundamental aspects of spin qubits. Furthermore, having weak spin-orbit coupling in a material with a large Rashba coefficient potentially opens up avenues for engineering structures with spin-orbit coupling that can be controlled locally in space and/or time.","PeriodicalId":8465,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84930779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}