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Coulomb blockade in a quantum wire with long-range Coulomb interactions

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v2

Abstract

We study the transport through two impurities or ``barriers'' in a one-dimensional quantum wire, taking into account the long-range 1r\frac1r Coulomb interactions. We compute the temperature-dependent conductance G(T)G(T) of this system. Long-range forces lead to a dramatic increase of weak barrier potentials with decreasing temperature, even in the ``resonant'' case. The system thus always reaches a ``strong barrier'' regime in which only charge is pinned, contrary to the standard LL case. G(T)G(T) vanishes faster than any power as TT goes to zero. In particular, resonant tunneling is suppressed at zero temperature.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9602050,
  title  = {Coulomb blockade in a quantum wire with long-range Coulomb interactions},
  author = {Hélène Maurey and Thierry Giamarchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9602050},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages,1 figure, uses epsfig

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