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A one-dimensional, two-channel quantum wire is studied in the effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian framework. Analytical expressions are derived for the band structure of the isolated wire. Quantum states and transport properties of the wire…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 Amin Tayebi , Vladimir Zelevinsky

The effect of deconfinement due to finite band offsets on transport through quantum wires with two constrictions is investigated. It is shown that the increase in resonance linewidth becomes increasingly important as the size is reduced and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Ramsak , T. Rejec , J. H. Jefferson

The ballistic conductance of a coupled $T$-shaped semiconductor quantum wire (CTQW) are studied. Two types of CTQW are considered, one of which is a $\Pi $-shaped quantum wire ($\Pi $QW) which consists of two transverse wires on the same…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yuh-Kae Lin , Kao-Chin Lin , Der-San Chuu

The conductance through a quantum wire of cylindrical cross section and a weak bulge is solved exactly for two electrons within the Landauer-Buettiker formalism. We show that this 'open' quantum dot exhibits spin-dependent Coulomb blockade…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Rejec , A. Ramsak , J. H. Jefferson

Confinement is a ubiquitous mechanism in nature, whereby particles feel an attractive force that increases without bound as they separate. A prominent example is color confinement in particle physics, in which baryons and mesons are…

We study the ground-state properties of ferromagnetic quasi-one-dimensional quantum wires using the quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) method for various wire widths $b$ and density parameters $r_\text{s}$. The correlation energy, pair-correlation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-24 Ankush Girdhar , Vinod Ashokan , N. D. Drummond , Klaus Morawetz , K. N. Pathak

The conductance of a quantum wire containing a single magnetic barrier is studied numerically by means of the recursive Greens function technique. For sufficiently strong and localized barriers, Fano - type reflection resonances are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hengyi Xu , T. Heinzel , M. Evaldsson , S. Ihnatsenka , I. V. Zozoulenko

We study the effects of a perpendicular magnetic field on the spin and charge distribution across a quantum wire. Using momentum resolved tunneling between two parallel wires we measure the dispersion relation for different perpendicular…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-12-10 Gilad Barak , Loren N. Pfeiffer , Ken W. West , Bertrand I. Halperin , Amir Yacoby

The dc conductance and the Hall voltage of planar arrays of interconnected quantum wires are calculated numerically. Our systems are derived from finite patches of aperiodic graphs, with completely symmetric scatterers placed on their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Uwe Grimm , Florian Gagel , Michael Schreiber

In this paper, bound states energies and corresponding wave functions of H-shaped quantum wires are calculated numerically in the presence of external magnetic and electric fields and within the Landau gauge. With a suitable definition of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-06-07 Kourosh Nozari , Mehrnoush Mirzaei

We report an unusual insulating state in one-dimensional quantum wires with a non-uniform confinement potential. The wires consist of a series of closely spaced split gates in high mobility GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures. At certain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 KJ Thomas , DL Sawkey , M Pepper , WR Tribe , I Farrer , MY Simmons , DA Ritchie

We study the energy spectrum and persistent current of charge carriers confined in a graphene quantum ring geometry of radius $R$ and width $w$ subjected to a magnetic flux. We consider the case where the crystal symmetry is locally…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-14 Abdelhadi Belouad , Ahmed Jellal , Hocine Bahlouli

We show how snake-orbit states which run along a magnetic edge can be confined electrically. We consider a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) confined into a quantum wire, subjected to a strong perpendicular and steplike magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Reijniers , A. Matulis , K. Chang , F. M. Peeters , P. Vasilopoulos

We report measurements of the compressibility of a one-dimensional (1D) quantum wire, defined in the upper well of a GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum well heterostructure. A wire defined simultaneously in the lower well probes the ability of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 L. W. Smith , A. R. Hamilton , K. J. Thomas , M. Pepper , I. Farrer , J. P. Griffiths , G. A. C. Jones , D. A. Ritchie

Properties of cylindrical quantum wires are analysed in this paper. Energies of elementary excitations as well as one-particle wave functions were found for mentioned structure. For cylindrical quantum wires the temperature of phase…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Vjekoslav Sajfert , Rajka Djajic , Zheljka Cvejic

The total energy of a quasi-one-dimensional electron system is calculated using density functional theory. It is shown that spontaneous ferromagnetic state in quantum wire occurs at low one-dimensional electron density. The critical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-14 A. A. Vasilchenko

We study collective and single-particle intersubband excitations in a system of quantum wires coupled via weak tunneling. For an isolated wire with parabolic confinement, the Kohn's theorem guarantees that the absorption spectrum represents…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 T. V. Shahbazyan , S. E. Ulloa

We use the technique of bosonization to understand a variety of recent experimental results on the conductivity of a quantum wire. The quantum wire is taken to be a finite-length Luttinger liquid connected on two sides to semi-infinite…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Siddhartha Lal , Sumathi Rao , Diptiman Sen

The density functional theory is used to study the electronic structure of a quantum wire in a magnetic field. In a GaAs quantum wire, a critical density has been found, below which the electron density has a strong spatial inhomogeneity.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-29 A. A. Vasilchenko

Quantum wires occupy a unique status among the semiconducting nanostructures with reduced dimensionality -- no other system seems to have engaged researchers with as many appealing features to pursue. This paper aims at a core issue related…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 Manvir S. Kushwaha