Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
1999-12-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
16 pages, 3 figures, revTeX
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.62.16912
We study Coulomb drag in a pair of parallel one-dimensional electron systems within the framework of the Tomanaga-Luttinger model. We find that Coulomb coupling has a much stronger effect on one dimensional wires than on two-dimensional layers: At zero temperature the trans-resistivity {\em diverges}, due to the formation of locked charge density waves. At temperature well above a cross-over temperature $T^*$ the trans-resistivity follows a power law $\rho \propto T^x$, where the interaction-strength dependent exponent $x$ is determined by the Luttinger Liquid parameter $K_{c-}$ of the relative charge mode. At temperature below $T^*$ relative charge displacements are enabled by solitonic excitations, reflected by an exponential temperature dependence. The cross-over temperature $T^*$ depends sensitively on the wire width, inter-wire distance, Fermi wavelength and the effective Bohr radius. For wire distances $\bar{d} \gg k_F^{-1}$ it is exponentially suppressed with $T/E_F \sim \exp[ - \bar{d} k_F / (1-K_{c-}) ]$. The behavior changes drastically if each of the two wires develop spin gaps. In this case we find that the trans-resistivity {\em vanishes} at zero temperature. We discuss our results in view of possible experimental realizations in GaAs-AlGaAs semiconductor structures.
Klesse Rochus
Stern Ady
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