Weak spin-orbit coupling produces very limited current-induced spin accumulation in nonmagnetic semiconductor nanostructures. We demonstrate a possibility to parametrically increase polarization using the Kondo effect. As model object we consider quantum dot side coupled wire, taking into account spin-dependent electron tunneling from wire dot. Using nonequilibrium Green functions, show that ma...

Abstract— Quantum dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is anticipated to allow for extremely dense nano-scale design and implementation of logic circuit over the Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS). QCA has been considered as a promising alternative to CMOS technology for its lower power consumption, higher scale integration and higher switching frequency. Moreover, the basic element in QCA i...

We report the fabrication and characterization of nanoscale silicon field effect transistors using nanoimprint lithography. With this lithographic technique and dry etching, we have patterned a variety of nanoscale transistor features in silicon, including 100 nm wire channels, 250-nm-diam quantum dots, and ring structures with 100 nm ring width, over a 232 cm lithography field with good unifor...

A magnetoelectric mapping is demonstrated between dephasing effects of the magnetic vector potential and effects of an effective vector potential describing spin-orbit interaction. The experiments use spin-dependent mesoscopic quantum transport experiments on the narrow-gap semiconductor InSb and the semimetal Bi, both materials with strong spin-orbit interaction. The spin-orbit-induced antiloc...

We propose and analyze theoretically an experimental setup for detecting the elusive Majorana particle in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. The experimental system consists of one-dimensional semiconductor wire with strong spin-orbit Rashba interaction embedded into a superconducting quantum interference device. We show that the energy spectra of the Andreev bound states at the jun...

We study exciton and biexciton spectra in disordered semiconductor quantum wires by means of nanophotoluminescence spectroscopy. We demonstrate a close link between the exciton localization length along the wire and the occurrence of a biexciton spectral line. The biexciton signature appears only if the corresponding exciton state extends over more than a few tens of nanometers. We also measure...

We discuss in detail a new mechanism of nonlinearity of the light–current characteristic (LCC) in heterostructure lasers with reduced-dimensionality active regions, such as quantum wells (QWs), quantum wires (QWRs), and quantum dots (QDs). It arises from: 1) noninstantaneous carrier capture into the quantum-confined active region and 2) nonlinear (in the carrier density) recombination rate outs...

Single electron spins in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are a versatile platform for quantum information processing, however controlling decoherence remains a considerable challenge. 1-4 Recently, hole spins have emerged as a promising alternative. Holes in III-V semiconductors have unique properties, such as strong spin-orbit interaction and weak coupling to nuclear spins, and therefore have...

Semiconductor-molecule-metal junctions consisting of alkanethiol monolayers self-assembled on both p(+) and n(-) type highly doped Si(111) wires contacted with a 10 µm Au wire in a crossed-wire geometry are examined. Low temperature transport measurements reveal that molecule-induced semiconductor interface states control charge transport across these systems. Inelastic electron tunneling spect...

in this work, we report, optical properties of cd1-xsnxte quantum dots (x= 0.05, 0.10 and 0.15) synthesized in water using thioglycolic acid (tga) as a modifier agent. the optical characterization of the samples was performed through absorption (uv) and photoluminescence spectra (pl). a red shift absorption and fluorescent emission peaks was observed which can be related to the increase of nano...