# Tutorial 2.3.1. Matrix structure of on-site and hopping elements # ================================================================ # # Physics background # ------------------ # Gaps in quantum wires with spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman splititng, # as theoretically predicted in # http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v90/i25/e256601 # and (supposedly) experimentally oberved in # http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v6/n5/abs/nphys1626.html # # Kwant features highlighted # -------------------------- # - Numpy matrices as values in Builder import kwant # For plotting from matplotlib import pyplot # For matrix support import tinyarray from numpy import * # define Pauli-matrices for convenience sigma_0 = tinyarray.array([[1, 0], [0, 1]]) sigma_x = tinyarray.array([[0, 1], [1, 0]]) sigma_y = tinyarray.array([[0, -1j], [1j, 0]]) sigma_z = tinyarray.array([[1, 0], [0, -1]]) def make_system(a=1, t=1.0, alpha=0.5, e_z=0.0, W=10, L=40): # Start with an empty tight-binding system and a single square lattice. # `a` is the lattice constant (by default set to 1 for simplicity). lat = kwant.lattice.square(a) sys = kwant.Builder() #### Define the scattering region. #### sys[(lat(x, y) for x in range(L) for y in range(W))] = \ 4 * t * sigma_0 + e_z * sigma_z # hoppings in x-direction sys[kwant.builder.HoppingKind((1, 0), lat, lat)] = \ -t * sigma_0 - 1j * alpha * sigma_y # hoppings in y-directions sys[kwant.builder.HoppingKind((0, 1), lat, lat)] = \ -t * sigma_0 + 1j * alpha * sigma_x #### Define the left lead. #### lead = kwant.Builder(kwant.TranslationalSymmetry((-a, 0))) lead[(lat(0, j) for j in xrange(W))] = 4 * t * sigma_0 + e_z * sigma_z # hoppings in x-direction lead[kwant.builder.HoppingKind((1, 0), lat, lat)] = \ -t * sigma_0 - 1j * alpha * sigma_y # hoppings in y-directions lead[kwant.builder.HoppingKind((0, 1), lat, lat)] = \ -t * sigma_0 + 1j * alpha * sigma_x #### Attach the leads and return the finalized system. #### sys.attach_lead(lead) sys.attach_lead(lead.reversed()) return sys def plot_conductance(sys, energies): # Compute conductance data = [] for energy in energies: smatrix = kwant.smatrix(sys, energy) data.append(smatrix.transmission(1, 0)) pyplot.figure() pyplot.plot(energies, data) pyplot.xlabel("energy [t]") pyplot.ylabel("conductance [e^2/h]") pyplot.show() def plot_ldos(sys, energy): # Compute local dos local_dos = kwant.ldos(sys, energy) # Calculate ldos per site, by summing spin up and spin down components local_dos = sum(local_dos.reshape(-1, 2), axis=1) kwant.plotter.map(sys, local_dos, num_lead_cells=5) def plot_Si(sys, energy, n_lead): # Compute wave function psi = kwant.wave_function(sys, energy) psi_n = psi(n_lead).sum(axis=0) # Calculate per site Nsites = psi_n.shape[0] / 2 sx = zeros((Nsites,)) sy = zeros((Nsites,)) sz = zeros((Nsites,)) psi_i = array([[0.0], [0.0]]) for i in xrange(Nsites): psi_i = array([[psi_n[i * 2]], [psi_n[i * 2 + 1]]]) sx[i] = abs(dot(psi_i.conj().T, dot(sigma_x, psi_i)))[0, 0] sy[i] = abs(dot(psi_i.conj().T, dot(sigma_y, psi_i)))[0, 0] sz[i] = abs(dot(psi_i.conj().T, dot(sigma_z, psi_i)))[0, 0] # Plot kwant.plotter.map(sys, sx, num_lead_cells=5) kwant.plotter.map(sys, sy, num_lead_cells=5) kwant.plotter.map(sys, sz, num_lead_cells=5) kwant.plotter.map(sys, sx+sy+sz, num_lead_cells=5) def main(): sys = make_system() # Check that the system looks as intended. kwant.plot(sys) # Finalize the system. sys = sys.finalized() # We should see non-monotonic conductance steps. plot_conductance(sys, energies=[0.01 * i - 0.3 for i in xrange(100)]) plot_ldos(sys, energy=0.0) plot_Si(sys, energy=0.0, n_lead=0) # Call the main function if the script gets executed (as opposed to imported). # See . if __name__ == '__main__': main()