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Coulomb drag between one-dimensional conductors

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We have analyzed Coulomb drag between currents of interacting electrons in two parallel one-dimensional conductors of finite length LL attached to external reservoirs. For strong coupling, the relative fluctuations of electron density in the conductors acquire energy gap MM. At energies larger than Γ=const×vexp(LM/v)/L+Γ+\Gamma = const \times v_- \exp (-LM/v_-)/L + \Gamma_{+}, where Γ+\Gamma_{+} is the impurity scattering rate, and for L>v/ML>v_-/M, where vv_- is the fluctuation velocity, the gap leads to an ``ideal'' drag with almost equal currents in the conductors. At low energies the drag is suppressed by coherent instanton tunneling, and the zero-temperature transconductance vanishes, indicating the Fermi liquid behavior.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0003118,
  title  = {Coulomb drag between one-dimensional conductors},
  author = {Vadim Ponomarenko and Dmitri Averin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0003118},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 twocolumn pages in RevTex, added 1 eps-Figure and calculation of trans-resistance

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