Internship and thesis proposals
Sondheimer oscillations and quantum transport

Domaines
Condensed matter
Nouveaux états électroniques de la matière corrélée
Topological materials, Quantum Transport, Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

Type of internship
Expérimental
Description
Oscillations of electric conductivity in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field oscillates periodically as a function of magnetic field (and not the inverse of magnetic field as in the case of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations) are called Sondheimer oscillations. According to our recent findings, they are not merely semiclassical. An empirical scaling for the amplitude of the oscillations across a forty-fold variation of thickness links their amplitude to the quantum of conductance, the magnetic length, and the geometry of the Fermi surface. Explaining this empirical expression is a challenge to theory. We aim to explore ballistic crystals in order to provide input for a quantum theory of Sondheimer oscillations. The crystals for this study will be tailored using Focused Ion Beam (FIB) technology in Philip Moll’s laboratory in Hamburg.

Contact
Kamran Behnia
0662670613


Email
Laboratory : LPEM - UMR 8213
Team : Quantum Matter
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