Workshop on New Phenomena in Mesoscopic Systems

Start time: November 14, 2016

Ends on:  November 15, 2016

Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Venue: IFT-UNESP

Organizers:

• Amnon Aharony (Ben Gurion U./Tel Aviv U., Israel)
• Carlos Egues (IFSC-USP, Brazil)
• Ora Entin-Wohlman (Ben Gurion U./Tel Aviv U., Israel)

Speakers:

• Amnon Aharony (Ben Gurion U./Tel Aviv U., Israel): Time reversal symmetry breaking, Spin-orbit interactions and spintronics
• Irene D’Amico (University of York, UK): SSH-type spin chains: coherence and dynamics of topologically protected localized states
• Esmerindo Bernardes (IFSC-USP, Brazil): k.p model for ideal wurtzite quantum wells
• Carlos Egues (IFSC-USP, Brazil): Persistent skyrmion lattice of non-interacting electrons in spin-orbit coupled wells
• Ora Entin-Wohlman (Ben Gurion U./Tel Aviv U., Israel): Enhanced performance of three-terminal thermoelectric devices
• Gerson J. Ferreira (U. Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil): Spin drift and diffusion in one- and two-subband helical systems
• Jiyong Fu (QuFu University, China and UnB, Brazil): Valley Zeeman energy in monolayer MoS2 quantum rings
• Mariana M. Odashima  (U. Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil): Time-dependent resonant tunneling transport: partitioned and non-partitioned schemes
• Fanyao Qu (UnB, Brazil): Topological engineering of many-body  quantum phenomena in novel Van der Waals crystals
• Tome M. Schmidt (U. Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil): Protected States in 2D Topological Insulators
• Luis Gregório G. Dias da Silva (IF-USP, Brazil): The role of impurity symmetries in graphene electron transport
• Guilherme M. Sipahi (IFSC-USP, Brazil): Realistic k.p band structure and spin properties: modeling spin lasers and spin splitting in nanowires
• Edson Vernek (U. Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil): Majorana vs Andreev bound states in quantum dot systems

Description:
The workshop will consist of talks and informal discussion concerning recent developments in the physics of mesoscopic systems. Specific topics include the role of spin-orbit interactions, time reversal symmetry, spintronics, thermoelectricity, helical systems, topological insulators and Majorana states. There will be no registration form for this activity and for more information please send E-mail to secretary@ictp-saifr.org.

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Workshop Program: PDF updated on November 1