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Magnetic field induced vortices in graphene quantum dots

I. R. Lavor, D. R. da Costa, A. Chaves, G. A. Farias, R. Macêdo, and F. M. Peeters

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32, 155501

2020

arXiv.org
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Abstract

The energy spectrum and local current patterns in graphene quantum dots (QD) are investigated for different geometries in the presence of an external perpendicular magnetic field. Our results demonstrate that, for specific geometries and edge configurations, the QD exhibits vortex and anti-vortex patterns in the local current density, in close analogy to the vortex patterns observed in the probability density current of semiconductor QD, as well as in the order parameter of mesoscopic superconductors.

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