Transport in quantum wires

Lal, Siddhartha and Rao, Sumathi and Sen, Diptiman (2002) Transport in quantum wires. In: Pramana-Journal of Physics, 58 (2). pp. 205-216.

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Abstract

With a brief introduction to one-dimensional channels and conductance quantization in mesoscopic systems, we discuss some recent experimental puzzles in these systems, which include reduction of quantized conductances and an interesting odd--even effect in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field. We then discuss a recent non-homogeneous Luttinger liquid model proposed by us, which addresses and gives an explanation for the reduced conductances and the odd--even effect. We end with a brief summary and discussion of future projects.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academic of Science.
Keywords:	Quantum wires;Contact resistance;Luttinger liquids.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Theoretical Studies
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/7436

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