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HAIT Journal of Science and Engineering Volume 1, Issue 3, pp. 554-572 © 2004 Holon Academic Institute of Technology | ||||||
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Phononless inelastic transport through a disordered array of quantum wires
Alexander L. Chudnovskiy
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, | Jungiusstr. 9, 20355 Hamburg, Germany e-mail: achudnov@physnet.uni-hamburg.de Received 15 October 2004, accepted 1 December 2004
| Phononless plasmon-assisted transport through a long disordered array of finite length quantum wires is investigated analytically. Two temperature regimes, the low- and the high-temperature ones, with qualitatively different temperature dependencies of thermally activated resistance are identified. The characteristics of plasmon-assisted and phonon-assisted transport mechanisms are compared. Generically strong electron-electron interaction in quantum wires results in a qualitative change of the temperature dependence of thermally activated resistance in comparison to phonon-assisted transport. At high temperatures, the thermally activated resistance is determined by the Luttinger liquid interaction parameter of the wires.
___________________ | Presented for International Workshop Correlated Electrons at High Magnetic Fields. Ein-Gedi/Holon, Israel, 19-23 December 2004 |