Low Energy Coherent Transport in Metallic Carbon Nanotube Junctions

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2010-12-02

arxiv.org/abs/1012.0355v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

8 pages, 9 figures

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We study the low-energy electronic properties of a junction made of two crossed metallic carbon nanotubes of general chiralities. We derive a tight binding tunneling matrix element that couples low-energy states on the two tubes, which allows us to calculate the contact conductance of the junction. We find that the intrinsic asymmetries of the junction cause the forward and backward hopping probabilities from one tube to another to be different. This defines a zero-field Hall conductance for the junction, which we find to scale inversely with the junction contact conductance. Through a systematic study of the dependence of the junction conductance on different junction parameters, we find that the crossing angle is the dominant factor which determines the magnitude of the conductance.

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