The effect of Rashba spin-orbit interaction on persistent current in a chain of two Holstein-Hubbard rings

Abstract

Abstract We study the persistent current in a chain of two coupled quantum rings threaded by an Aharonov-Bohm flux in the presence of electron-phonon and Rashba spin-orbit interactions. In the framework of the Holstein-Hubbard model, the equations for ground state energy, persistent current and Drude weight were derived. Obtaining of the expression for the ground state energy allowed us to obtain the persistent current by a conventional way (differentiating). The influence of the magnetic flux and the Rashba spin-orbit interaction on the ground state energy, persistent current and Drude weight was studied numerically.