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Electronic transport in semiconductor nanostructures Thomas Ihn ETH Zürich FS 17 After this lecture you know and understand… • … quantum interference in diffusive wires • ... why conductance flutuations in diffusive systems have a universal amplitude of e2/h • ... the weak localization phenomenon • ... the qualitative importance of the phase coherence length or time Book: Chapters 14.8, 15.1-5 Landauer-Büttiker theory Low-temperature "Conductance Is Transmission" at the Fermi energy Zero temperature : e2 N G(E F ) = Tab (E F ) å h a ,b =1 Finite temperatures : æ df ö G(T) = ò dE G(E)ç - ÷ è dE ø 0 ¥ Rolf Landauer (1927-1999) Markus Büttiker (1950- 2013) Classical vs. Quantum Probabilities classical (incoherent) Transmission probability Reflection probability quantum (coherent) T T = |t|2 t is probability amplitude (complex number) R = 1- T R = 1 – T = |r|2 r is probability amplitude (complex number) Sequential transmission (logical AND) T = T1 T 2 t = t1 t2 Product rule of probability Product rule of quantum theory mechanics Alternative paths (logical OR) T = T1 + T2 Sum rule of probability theory t = t1 + t2 Sum rule of quantum mechanics quantum interference see Feynman Lectures on Physics III: Quantum mechanics Altshuler-Aronov-Spivak oscillations in metallic cylinders Magnesium cylinders evaporated on quartz filaments Sharvin and Sharvin, 1981 Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in metal rings resistance Webb et al, PRL 1985 magnetic field Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in a CNT h/e A. Bachtold et al, Nature 1999 Oscillatory magnetoresistance in ballistic n-GaAs ring structures A. Fuhrer, 2001 Oscillatory magnetoresistance in ballistic p-GaAs ring structures F. Nichele, 2011 raw data h/e h/2e Oscillatory magnetoresistance in a Bi2Se3 (topological insulator) nanoribbon H. Peng et al, Nature Mat. 2009 Altshuler-Aronov-Spivak oscillations in an array of InGaAs rings F. Nagasawa et al, PRL 2012 1600 rings r = 608 nm Weak localization Particle diffusion on time-reversed paths Magnetic field dependent resistance Logarithmic temperature dependence of the resistance in diffusive thin films Temperature dependent phase coherence time Reading Chapter 14.8: Conductance fluctuations Chapter 15.1-4: Weak localization effect