arXiv · cond-mat/0208138
Conductance anomalies and the extended Anderson model for nearly perfect quantum wires
Abstract
Anomalies near the conductance threshold of nearly perfect semiconductor quantum wires are explained in terms of singlet and triplet resonances of conduction electrons with a single weakly-bound electron in the wire. This is shown to be a universal effect for a wide range of situations in which the effective single-electron confinement is weak. The robustness of this generic behavior is investigated numerically for a wide range of shapes and sizes of cylindrical wires with a bulge. The dependence on gate voltage, source-drain voltage and magnetic field is discussed within the framework of an extended Hubbard model. This model is mapped onto an extended Anderson model, which in the limit of low temperatures is expected to lead to Kondo resonance physics and pronounced many-body effects.
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T. Rejec, A. Ramsak, J. H. Jefferson. 2002-08-07. Conductance anomalies and the extended Anderson model for nearly perfect quantum wires. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.67.075311
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