Department of Condensed Matter

Amir Yacoby

  Email: amir.yacoby@weizmann.ac.il
  Title: Associate Professor
  Tel: +972-8-934-2399
  Fax: +972-8-934-4477
  Building: Braun
  Room: C204 		Amir Yacoby

 Complete List of Publications

  • Refereed Articles:
    1. A. Jacoby and I. Elishakoff, "Discrete - Continuos Elastic Foundation May Leave the Flutter Load of the Pfluger Column Unaffected", J. Sound and Vibrations 108, 523-525 (1986).
    2. N. D. Lang, A. Yacoby, and Y. Imry, "Theory of a Single - Atom Point Source for Electrons", Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 1499-1502 (1989).
    3. A. Yacoby and Y. Imry, "Quantization of the Conductance of Ballistic Point Contacts Beyond the Adiabatic Approximation", Phys. Rev. B 41, 534-5350 (1990).
    4. A. Yacoby and Y. Imry, "Adiabatic Mode Selection and the Accuracy of the Quantization of the Conductance of Ballistic Point Contacts", Europhysics Letters 11, 663-667 (1990).
    5. B. Laikhtman, U. Sivan, A. Yacoby, C. P. Umbach, M. Heiblum, J. A. Kash, and H. Shtrikman, "Long Mean Free Path of Hot Electrons Selectively Injected to Higher Subbands", Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2181-2184 (1990).
    6. I. Bar-Joseph, T. K. Woodward, D. S. Chemla, Y. Gedalyahu, and A. Yacoby, "Sequential Versus Coherent Tunneling Through Double Barrier Diodes Investigated by Calibrated Measurement of Charge Accumulation", Superlattices and Microstructures 8, 409-411 (1990).
    7. A. Yacoby, U. Sivan, C. P. Umbach, and J. M. Hong, "Interference and Dephasing by Electron - Electron Interaction on Length Scales Shorter than the Elastic Mean Free Path", Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1938-1941 (1991).
    8. I. Bar-Joseph, Y. Gedalyahu, A. Yacoby, T. K. Woodward, D. S. Chemla, D. L. Sivco, and A. Y. Cho, "The Temperature Dependence of the Resonant Tunneling Process in a Double Barrier Diode", Phys. Rev. B 44, 8361-8364 (1991).
    9. A. Yacoby, M. Heiblum, H. Shtrikman, and D. Mahalu, “Unexpected Periodicity in an Electronic Double Slit Interference Experiment”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 3149-3152 (1994).
    10. A. Yacoby, M. Heiblum, D. Mahalu, and Hadas Shtrikman, “Coherence and Phase Sensitive Measurements in a Quantum Dot”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4047-4050 (1995).
    11. N. Shmueli, A. Yacoby, and Y. Imry, “Quantum Oscillatory Phenomena in a p - n Junction of Quantum Wells”, Europhys. Lett. 29, 711-716 (1995).
    12. A. Yacoby, R. Schuster, M. Heiblum, “Rigidness of Phase and h/2e oscillations in a single Aharonov - Bohm Interference Experiments”, Phys. Rev. B 53, 9583-9586 (1996).
    13. A. Yacoby, H. L. Stormer, N. S. Wingreen, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Non universal conductance quantization in a quantum wire”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4612-4615 (1996).
    14. A. Yacoby, H. L. Stormer, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Magneto-Transport Spectroscopy on a Quantum Wire”, Solid State Communications 101, 77-81 (1997).
    15. A. Yacoby, H. F. Hess, T. A. Fulton, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, “Electrical Imaging of the Quantum Hall State”, Solid State Communications 111, 1-13 (1999).
    16. O. Auslaender, A. Yacoby, R. de Picciotto, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Experimental Evidence for Resonant-Tunneling in a Luttinger Liquid”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1764-1767 (2000).
    17. S. Ilani, A. Yacoby, D. Mahalu, H. Shtrikman, “Unexpected behavior of the local compressibility near the B=0 metal-insulator transition”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3133-3136 (2000).
    18. N. B. Zhitenev, T. A. Fulton, A. Yacoby, H. F. Hess, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West. “Imaging of localized electronic states in the quantum Hall regime”, Nature 404, 473-476 (2000).
    19. R. de Picciotto, H. L. Stormer, A. Yacoby, L, N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin, K. W. West, “2D-1D Coupling in Cleaved Edge Overgrowth”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1730-1733 (2000).
    20. T. Kleimann, M. Sassetti, B. Kramer, A. Yacoby, “Charge and Spin Aaddition Eenergies of a One-Dimensional Quantum Dot”, Phys. Rev. B 62, 8144-8153 (2000).
    21. S. Ilani, A. Yacoby, D. Mahalu, H. Shtrikman, “Microscopic Structure of the Metal-Insulator Transition in Two Dimensions”, Science 292, 1354-1357 (2001).
    22. O. Auslaender, A. Yacoby, R. de Picciotto, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Tunneling Spectroscopy of the Elementary Excitations in a One-Dimensional Wire”, Science 295, 825-828 (2002).
    23. R. Krahne, A. Yacoby, H. Shtrikman, I. Bar-Joseph, Tali Dadosh, and J. Sperling, “Fabrication of Nano-Scale Gaps in Integrated Circuits”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 730-732 (2002).
    24. Y. Tserkovnyak, B. I. Halperin, O. M. Auslaender, and A. Yacoby, “Finite Size Effects in Tunneling Between Parallel Quantum Wires”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 136805 (2002).
    25. Y. Tserkovnyak, B. I. Halperin, O. M. Auslaender, and A. Yacoby, “Interference and Zero Bias Anomaly in Tunneling between Luttinger Liquid Wires”, Phys. Rev. B. 68, 125312 (2003).
    26. C. W. J. Beenakker, M. Kindermann, C. M. Marcus, and A. Yacoby, “Entanglement Production in Chaotice Quantum Dots”, condmat/0310199.
    27. Y. Tserkovnyak, B. I. Halperin, O. Auslaender, A. Yacoby, “Signatures of Spin – Charge Separation in Double Wire Tunneling”, condmat/0312159.
    28. O. Auslaender, H. Steinberg, A. Yacoby, Y. Tserkovnyak, B. I. Halperin, R. de Picciotto, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Many-body dispersions in interacting ballistic quantum wires”, condmat/0405352.
    29. M. J. Biercuk, N. Mason, J. Martin, A. Yacoby, C. M. Marcus, “Anomalous Conductance Quantization in Nanotubes”, Phys. Rev. Lett.94, 026801 (2005).
    30. S. Ilani, J. Martin, E. Tetelbaum, J. Smet, V. Umansky, D. Mahalu, A. Yacoby, “The Microscopic Nature of Localization in the Quantum Hall Effect”, Nature 427, 328 (2004).
    31. J. Martin, S. Ilani, B. Verdene, J. Smet, V. Umansky, D. Mahalu, D. Schuh, G. Abstreiter, A. Yacoby, “Localization of Fractionally Charged Quasi Particles”, Science 305, 980 (2004).
    32. J. R. Petta, A. C. Johnson, A. Yacoby, M. D. Lukin, C. M. Marcus, M. P. Hanson, A. C. Gossard, “Pulsed Gate Measurement of the Singlet – Triplet Relaxation Time in a Two – Electron Double Quantum Dot”, Phys. Rev. B 72, 161301 (2005).
    33. J. M. Taylor, W. Dur, P. Zoller, A. Yacoby, C. M. Marcus, and M. D. Lukin, “Solid State Circuit for Spin Entanglement Generation and Purification”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 236803 (2005).
    34. A. Auerbach, I. Finkler, B. I. Halperin, and A. Yacoby, ”Steady – States of a Microwave – Irradiated Quantum – Hall Gas”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 196801 (2005).
    35. O. Auslaender, H. Steinberg, A. Yacoby, Y. Tserkovnyak, B. I. Halperin, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, “Spin – Charge Separation and Localization in One-Dimension”, Science 308, 88 (2005).
    36. J. R. Petta, A. C. Johnson, J. M. Taylor, E. A. Laird, A. Yacoby, M. D. Lukin, C. M. Marcus, M. P. Hanson, A. C. Gossard, “Coherent Manipulation of Coupled Electron Spins in Semiconductor Quantum Dots”, Science 309, 2180 (2005).
    37. A. C. Johnson, J. R. Petta, J. M. Taylor, A. Yacoby, M. D. Lukin, C. M. Marcus, M. P. Hanson, A. C. Gossard, “Triplet – Singlet Spin Relaxation via Nuclei in a Double Quantum Dot”, Nature 435, 925 (2005).
    38. T. Dadosh, Y. Gordin, R. Krahne, I. Khivrich, D. Mahalu, V. Freydman, J. Sperling, A. Yacoby, I. Bar – Joseph, "Measurement of the Conductance of Single Conjugated Molecules", Nature 436, 677 (2005).
    39. H. Steinberg, O. Auslaender, A. Yacoby, J. Qian, G. A. Fiete, Y. Tserkovnyak, B. I. Halperin, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West,“Localization Transition in a Ballistic Quantum Wire“, condmat/0506812.

  • Book Chapter:
    1. A. Yacoby, ‘Transport in Quantum Wires’, in “Strong Interactions in Low Dimensions”, Edited by L. Digiorgi and D. Baeriswyl, Kluwer publisher. Submitted.

  • Invited Conference Papers:
    1. A. Stern, Y. Aharonov, A. Yacoby, and Y. Imry, "Observations on Conductance Quantization and Dephasing in Mesoscopic Systems", Proc. 3rd Int. Symp. on the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics, Tokyo, Phys. Soc. Japan., pp. 201-211 (1989).
    2. U. Sivan, B. Laikhtman, A. Yacoby, C. P. Umbach, M. Heiblum, J. A. Kash, H. Shtrikman, "Long Mean Free Path of Hot Electrons Selectively Injected to Higher Subbands", 20th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors. World Scientific. 1990, pp.375-8, vol. 1. Singapore.
    3. I. Bar-Joseph, Y. Gedalyahu, A. Yacoby, T. K. Woodward, D. S. Chemla, D. L. Sivco, A. Y. Cho, "Temperature Dependence of the Resonant Tunneling Process", Proceedings on “Picosecond Electronics and Optoelectronics”, Opt. Soc. America. 214-217 (1991).
    4. A. Yacoby, M. Heiblum, H. Shtrikman, V. Umansky, D. Mahalu, "Dephasing of Ballistic Electrons as a Function of Temperature and Carrier Density", Semiconductor Science & Technology 9, 907-910 (1994).
    5. A. Yacoby, M. Heiblum, V. Umansky, H. Shtrikman, D. Mahalu, "Unexpected periodicity in a double slit interference experiment", 22nd International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors. World Scientific, Singapore; pp. 1971-1974 (1995).
    6. A. Yacoby, M. Heiblum, D. Mahalu, and Hadas Shtrikman, "Coherence and Phase Sensitive Measurements in a Quantum Dot", Solid State Electronics 40, 225-231 (1996).
    7. M. Heiblum, A. Yacoby, R. Schuster, "Coherence and Phase Sensitive Measurements with a Quantum Dot", Physica-B 227, 119-121 (1996).
    8. A. Yacoby, M. Heiblum, R. Schuster, D. Mahalu, and Hadas Shtrikman, "Coherency of a Quantum Dot Studied by Direct Interference", in Correlated Fermions and Transport in Mesoscopic Systems, pp. 479-488, T. Martin, G. Montambaux and J. Tran Thanh Van editors, Editions Frontieres, Gif-sur-Yvette 1996.
    9. L. N. Pfeiffer, A. Yacoby, H. L. Stormer, K. W. Baldwin, J. Hasen, A. Pinczuk, W. Wegscheider, and K. W. West, "Transport and Optics in Quantum Wires Fabricated by MBE Overgrowth on the (110) Cleaved Edge", Microelectronics Journal 28, 817-823 (1997).
    10. H. F. Hess, T. A. Fulton, M. J. Yoo, and A. Yacoby, "Microscopy with a Single Electron Transistor Probe", Solid State Communications 107, 657-661 (1998).
    11. H. F. Hess, T. A. Fulton, M. J. Yoo, A. Yacoby, L. N. Pfieffer, K. W. West. "Electrical Imaging of the Quantum Hall Effect with a SETSE". 24th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp.11-14 (1999).
    12. R. de Picciotto, H. L. Stormer, A. Yacoby, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West. "Multi-Terminal Ballistic Transport in One-Dimensional Wires". Physica A, vol.6, 514-517 (2000).
    13. N. B. Zhitenev, T. A. Fulton, A. Yacoby, H. Hess, L. N. Pfeiffer and K. W. West, "Single-Electron States in the Quantum Hall Effect", Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 6, 242-246 (2000).
    14. R. de Picciotto, H. L. Stormer, A. Yacoby, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin and K. W. West, "Transport in Cleaved-Edge Overgrowth Wires", Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 9, 17-21 (2001).
    15. A. Yacoby, T. A. Fulton, H. F. Hess, L. N. Pfeiffer and K. W. West, "Compressibility Images of the Quantum Hall State", Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 9, 40-44 (2001).
    16. A. Yacoby, T. A. Fulton, H. F. Hess, L. N. Pfeiffer and K. W. West, "Imaging the Quantum Hall State", Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 20, 65 (2003).
    17. R. Krahne, Tali Dadosh, Y. Gordin, A. Yacoby, H. Shtrikman, J. Sperling, I. Bar-Joseph, "Nano Particles and Nano Gaps: Controlled Positioning and Fabrication", Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 17, 498 (2003).