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arxiv: cond-mat/0610472 · v2 · pith:3ZY5KBH7new · submitted 2006-10-17 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

Magneto-quantum oscillations of the conductance of a tunnel point-contact in the presence of a single defect

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keywords conductancecontactdefectoscillationsperiodfieldmagneticmagneto-quantum
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The influence of a quantizing magnetic field $H$ to the conductance of a tunnel point contact in the presence of the single defect has been considered. We demonstrate that the conductance exhibits specific magneto-quantum oscillations, the amplitude and period of which depend on the distance between the contact and the defect. We show that a non-monotonic dependence of the point-contact conductance results from a superposition of two types of oscillations: A short period oscillation arising from electron focusing by the field $H$ and a long period oscillation of Aharonov-Bohm-type originated from the magnetic flux passing through the closed trajectories of electrons moving from the contact to the defect and returning back to the contact.

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