Emergence of charge and spin current in non-Hermitian quantum ring

TL;DR

This paper explores how non-Hermiticity and external magnetic fields influence charge and spin transport in quantum rings, revealing novel phenomena like finite charge currents and enhanced spin currents under specific conditions.

Contribution

It demonstrates the emergence and enhancement of charge and spin currents in non-Hermitian quantum rings with Zeeman fields and quasiperiodicity, highlighting new transport behaviors.

Findings

Finite charge current in antiferromagnetic Zeeman field

Vanishing spin current in both cases

Enhanced spin and charge currents with quasiperiodicity

Abstract

We investigate the charge and spin transport in a non-Hermitian ring of electrons subject to an external Zeeman field. By introducing non-Hermiticity through anti-Hermitian hopping in the nearest neighbour bonds, we demonstrate that anti-Hermiticity, along with the applied Zeeman field significantly modify the energy spectrum and strongly influence transport properties. As a result, we obtain that when antiferromagnetic Zeeman field is considered, a finite charge current emerges in both the real and imaginary parts of the current, which are in contrast to the ferromagnetic case where only the imaginary current exist. On the other hand, in both cases, the spin current vanishes. Interestingly, we reveal an emergence and strong enhancement of spin currents under balanced spin population upon introducing quasiperiodicity in the presence of antiferromagnetic ordering. At the same time, the charge current also exhibits substantial enhancement due to quasiperiodic modulation. These results highlight non-Hermitian quantum rings as versatile platforms for unconventional spin-charge transport.