Electric Aharonov–Bohm effect without a loop in a Cooper pair box
Young-Wan Kim, Kicheon Kang
We predict the force-free scalar Aharonov–Bohm (AB) effect of a Cooper pair box in an electric field at a distance without forming a closed path of the interfering charges. The superposition of different charge states plays a major role in eliminating the closed loop, which is distinct from the original topological AB effect. The phase shift is determined by the charge-state-dependent local field interaction energy. In addition, our proposed setup does not require a pulse experiment for fast switching of a potential, which eliminates the major experimental obstacle for observing the ideal electric Aharonov–Bohm effect.
arXiv:1805.02673•New Journal of Physics•Oct 11, 2018•5 citations