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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300540103321

Autore

Iftikhar Zubair

Titolo

Charge Quantization and Kondo Quantum Criticality in Few-Channel Mesoscopic Circuits [[electronic resource] /] / by Zubair Iftikhar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-94685-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 pages)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530.1433

Soggetti

Quantum physics

Low temperature physics

Low temperatures

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

Condensed materials

Electronic circuits

Quantum Physics

Low Temperature Physics

Quantum Gases and Condensates

Electronic Circuits and Devices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Charge Quantization -- Multi-channel Kondo Effect -- Quantum Phase Transition in Multi-channel Kondo Systems -- Outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis explores several fundamental topics in mesoscopic circuitries that incorporate few electronic conduction channels. The reported results establish a new state of the art in a field that has been waiting for this kind of experiments for decades. The first experiments address the quantized character of charge in circuits. The thesis discusses the charge quantization criterion, observes the predicted charge quantization scaling, and demonstrates a crossover toward a universal behavior as temperature is increased. In turn, the second set of experiments explores the unconventional quantum critical physics that arises in the multichannel Kondo model. At the symmetric



quantum critical point, the predicted universal Kondo fixed points and scaling exponents are observed, and the full numerical renormalization group scaling curves validated. In addition, the thesis explores the crossover from quantum criticality: direct visualization of the development of a quantum phase transition, the parameter space for quantum criticality, as well as universality and scaling behaviors.