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On the link between mechanics and thermal properties: mechanothermics
Eddy Collin, Ilya Golokolenov, Olivier Maillet +2
We report on the theoretical derivation of macroscopic thermal properties (specific heat, thermal conductivity) of an electrically insulating rod connected to two reservoirs, from…
Specific Heat of Thin Phonon Cavities at Low Temperature: Very High Values Revealed by ZeptoJoule Calorimetry
Adib Tavakoli, Kunal J. Lulla, Tuomas Puurtinen +4
Specific heat of phonon cavities is investigated in order to analyse the effect of phonon confinement on thermodynamic properties. The specific heat of free standing very thin SiN…
Magnetic dephasing in mesoscopic spin glasses
Thibaut Capron, Guillaume Forestier, Angela Perrat-Mabilon +6
We have measured Universal Conductance Fluctuations in the metallic spin glass Ag:Mn as a function of temperature and magnetic field. From this measurement, we can access the phase…
A few-electron quadruple quantum dot in a closed loop
Romain Thalineau, Sylain Hermelin, Andreas D. Wieck +3
We report the realization of a quadruple quantum dot device in a square-like configuration where a single electron can be transferred on a closed path free of other electrons. By s…
Ergodic vs diffusive decoherence in mesoscopic devices
Thibaut Capron, Christophe Texier, Gilles Montambaux +3
We report on the measurement of phase coherence length in a high mobility two-dimensional electron gas patterned in two different geometries, a wire and a ring. The phase coherence…
Transport through side-coupled double quantum dots: from weak to strong interdot coupling
D. Y. Baines, T. Meunier, D. Mailly +7
We report low-temperature transport measurements through a double quantum dot device in a configuration where one of the quantum dots is coupled directly to the source and drain el…
The Diamond SQUID
Soumen Mandal, Tobias Bautze, Oliver A. Williams +7
Diamond is an electrical insulator in its natural form. However, when doped with boron above a critical level (~0.25 at.%) it can be rendered superconducting at low temperatures wi…
Electrons surfing on a sound wave as a platform for quantum optics with flying electrons
Sylvain Hermelin, Shintaro Takada, Michihisa Yamamoto +5
Electrons in a metal are indistinguishable particles that strongly interact with other electrons and their environment. Isolating and detecting a single flying electron after propa…
Remanence effects in the electrical resistivity of spin glasses
Thibaut Capron, A. Perrat-Mabilon, Christophe Peaucelle +5
We have measured the low temperature electrical resistivity of Ag : Mn mesoscopic spin glasses prepared by ion implantation with a concentration of 700 ppm. As expected, we observe…
Nanostructures made from superconducting boron doped diamond
Soumen Mandal, Cécile Naud, Oliver A. Williams +6
We report on the transport properties of nanostructures made from boron-doped superconducting diamond. Starting from nanocrystalline superconducting boron-doped diamond thin films,…
Quantum Coherence at Low Temperatures in Mesoscopic Systems: Effect of Disorder
Yasuhiro Niimi, Yannick Baines, Thibaut Capron +6
We study the disorder dependence of the phase coherence time of quasi one-dimensional wires and two-dimensional (2D) Hall bars fabricated from a high mobility GaAs/AlGaAs heterostr…
Effect of Disorder on the Quantum Coherence in Mesoscopic Wires
Y. Niimi, Y. Baines, T. Capron +6
We present phase coherence time measurements in quasi-one-dimensional mesoscopic wires made from high mobility two-dimensional electron gas. By implanting gallium ions into a GaAs/…
Low temperature dephasing in irradiated metallic wires
T. Capron, Y. Niimi, Y. Baines +6
We present phase coherence time measurements in quasi-one-dimensional Ag wires implanted with Ag ions with an energy of . The measurements have been carried out in t…
Electron coherence at low temperatures: The role of magnetic impurities
Laurent Saminadayar, Pritiraj Mohanty, Richard A. Webb +2
We review recent experimental progress on the saturation problem in metallic quantum wires. In particular, we address the influence of magnetic impurities on the electron phase coh…
Equilibrium properties of mesoscopic quantum conductors
L. Saminadayar, C. Bäuerle, D. Mailly
Review article on equilibrium properties of mesoscopic quantum conductors.
Dimensional crossover in quantum networks: from macroscopic to mesoscopic Physics
Félicien Schopfer, François Mallet, Dominique Mailly +4
We report on magnetoconductance measurements of metallic networks of various sizes ranging from 10 to plaquettes, with anisotropic aspect ratio. Both Altshuler-Aronov-Spiv…
Scaling of the low temperature dephasing rate in Kondo systems
F. Mallet, J. Ericsson, D. Mailly +9
We present phase coherence time measurements in quasi-one-dimensional Ag wires doped with Fe Kondo impurities of different concentrations . Due to the relatively high Kondo te…
Experimental Test of the Numerical Renormalization Group Theory for Inelastic Scattering from Magnetic Impurities
Christopher Bauerle, Francois Mallet, Felicien Schopfer +3
We present measurements of the phase coherence time \tauphi in quasi one-dimensional Au/Fe Kondo wires and compare the temperature dependence of \tauphi with a recent theory of ine…
Observation of conductance oscillations in disordered metallic network
F. Schopfer, F. Mallet, C. Naud +4
We report on magnetotransport measurements performed on a large metallic two-dimensional network. Superimposed on the conventional Altshuler-Aronov-Spivak (AAS) o…
Electron Coherence in Mesoscopic Kondo Wires
F. Schopfer, C. Bäuerle, W. Rabaud +1
We present measurements of the magnetoresistance of long and narrow quasi one-dimensional gold wires containing magnetic iron impurities. The electron phase coherence time extracte…
Anomalous temperature dependence of the dephasing time in mesoscopic Kondo wires
Félicien Schopfer, Christopher Bäuerle, Wilfried Rabaud +1
We present measurements of the magnetoconductance of long and narrow quasi one-dimensional gold wires containing magnetic iron impurities in a temperature range extending from $15…