Optical detection of the Aharonov-Bohm effect on a charged particle in a nanoscale quantum ring

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 May 9;90(18):186801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.186801. Epub 2003 May 8.

Abstract

We study spectroscopically the current produced by a charged particle moving in a nanosize semiconductor quantum ring subject to a perpendicular magnetic field. Several Aharonov-Bohm oscillations are observed in the emission of a charged exciton confined in a single ring structure. The magnetic field period of the oscillations correlates well with the size of the rings.