• Kondo effect in Quantum Dots and Surfaces (with Prof. Sergio Ulloa, Prof. Nancy Sandler [Ohio University] and Prof. Kevin Ingersent [University of Florida]).

• Excitonic Aharonov-Bohm effect in quantum rings and type-II dots (with Profs. Sergio Ulloa, Sasha Govorov [Ohio University] and Prof. Tigran Shahbazyan [Jackson State University]).

• Interaction effects in few electron systems in the Hartree-Fock approximation (with Prof. Nelson Studart [UFSCar] and Prof. Caio Lewenkopf [UERJ]).

• Thermodynamic properties of quantum dots: e-e interaction effects (with Prof. Nelson Studart [UFSCar] and Prof. Caio Lewenkopf [UERJ]).

• Quantum Chaos (with Prof. Marcus Aguiar [Unicamp], Prof. Marcus Beims [UFPR], Prof. Marcos Gomes da Luz [UFPR]).

Publications
 

• Zero-field Kondo splitting and quantum-critical transition in double quantum dots
  Luis G.G.V. Dias da Silva, Nancy Sandler, Kevin Ingersent and Sergio Ulloa
• Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 096603 (2006) (link) (cond-mat version)


• Impurity effects in the optical absorption of quantum rings
  Luis G.G.V. Dias da Silva, Sergio E. Ulloa, Tigran V. Shahbazyan
•  Physica E  32 (1-2): 37-40 (2006)  (pdf)


• Polarization and Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in quantum-ring magnetoexcitons,
  Luis G.G.V. Dias da Silva, Sergio E. Ulloa, Tigran V. Shahbazyan
• Phys. Rev. B 72 125327 (2005) (link)


• Exchange interaction effects in the thermodynamic properties of quantum dots,
  Luis G.G.V. Dias da Silva, Nelson Studart
• Phys. Rev. B 71 113302  (2005) (link)


• Impurity effects on the Aharonov-Bohm optical signatures of neutral quantum-ring magnetoexcitons,
  Luis G.G.V. Dias da Silva, Sergio Ulloa, Alexander Govorov
  
• Phys. Rev. B  70 155318 (2004) (link)


• Quantum Chaos for Two Interacting Particles Confined to a Circular Billiard,
  Eliane P.S. Xavier, M. C. Santos, Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva, Marcos G. E. da Luz, Marcus W. Beims
• Physica A  342 377-382 (2004)  (pdf)
  


• Orbital Magnetic Properties of Quantum-Dots: the role of electron-electron interactions;
  Luis G.G.V. Dias da Silva, Caio H. Lewenkopf and Nelson Studart
• Phys. Rev. B 69 075311 (2004) (link)


• Short-range interactions on a two-electron system: energy levels and magnetic properties;
  Luis G.G.V. Dias da Silva, Marcus A.M. de Aguiar 
• Phys. Rev. B 66 165309 (2002) (PROLA link)
  


• Periodic Orbits in Magnetic Billiards;
  Luis G.G.V. Dias da Silva and Marcus A.M. de Aguiar
  
• Eur. Phys. Journal B 16 719-728 (2000) (pdf)

Conference Presentations 2005-

• APS March Meeting 2005:
• U17.00003: Polarization effects in the optical Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in quantum rings. (PDF)
  


• W16.00015 : Interaction effects in the thermodynamic properties of quantum-dots: a Hartree-Fock study. (PDF)
  


• 12th Int. Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures - MSS-12 - 2005:
• Polarization effects in the optical Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in quantum rings. (PDF)
  


• XII Latin American Congress of Surface Science and its applications (CLACSA) Dec 2005 (invited)
• Effective density-of-states in coupled quantum dot systems: interference and filtering effects. (PDF abstract)
  


• APS March Meeting 2006:
• H40.00010: Coupled Quantum Dots in the Kondo regime: interference and filtering effects. (link)
  


• W37.00012 Conductance Fano lineshapes for Kondo impurities on surfaces: A numerical renormalization group description. (link)
  


• ICPS 2006 - Vienna, Austria:
• Magnetic and electric field-controlled coupling in quantum ring molecules. (PDF abstract)


• Trends in Novel Materials Conference 2006 - Santa Marta, Colombia (invited):
• Quantum critical transitions and interference effects in double quantum dot Kondo systems. (PDF)
  
  

Education

• Undergraduate in Physics, Campinas State University - Campinas (SP) - Brazil, 1992-1995.
• Master's Degree in Physics, Campinas State University - Campinas (SP) - Brazil, 1997
• Ph.D. in Physics, Campinas State University - Campinas (SP) - Brazil, 2002
• Post-Doc position, Dept. de Física,  Universidade Federal de S. Carlos: 2002-2003
• Post-Doc position, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, 2003-
  

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Last update: Nov. 26 /2006