SPONTANEOUS CURRENT AND VOLTAGE VIA AHARONOV-CASHER EFFECT

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CHOI, MY [1 ]
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[1] SEOUL NATL UNIV,DEPT PHYS,SEOUL 151742,SOUTH KOREA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2987
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The possibility of current-carrying ground states due to the Aharonov-Casher effect in mesoscopic and macroscopic systems is discussed. In mesoscopic metal rings, the resulting spontaneous spin currents are dominated by the charge currents due to the Aharonov-Bohm effect. In an annulus-shaped Josephson-junction array, the corresponding vortex current generates a spontaneous voltage across the annulus, which appears to be observable.
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页码:2987 / 2990
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