Magnetic Response of a Single, Isolated Gold Loop

Author(s)

V. Chandrasekhar
Richard A. Webb, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
M. J. Brady
M. B. Ketchen
W. J. Gallagher
A. Kleinsasser

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Measurements have been made of the low-temperature magnetic response of single, isolated, micron-size Au loops. The magnetic response is found to contain a component which oscillates with the applied magnetic flux with a fundamental period of Φ₀=h/e. The amplitude of the oscillatory component corresponds to a persistent current of ≃(0.3–2.0)ev_F/L, 1 to 2 orders of magnitude larger than predicted by current theories.

Publication Info

Published in Physical Review Letters, Volume 67, Issue 25, 1991, pages 3578-3581.

Chandrasekhar, V., Webb, R.A., Brady, M.J., Ketchen, M.B., Gallagher, W.J., and Kleinsasser, A. (1991). Magnetic Response of a Single, Isolated Gold Loop. Physical Review Letters, 67(25), 3578–3581. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3578

© 1991 The American Physical Society.