Transport inefficiency in branched-out mesoscopic networks: An analog of the Braess paradox

Details Transport inefficiency in branched-out mesoscopic networks: An analog of the Braess paradox Transport inefficiency in branched-out mesoscopic networks: An analog of the Braess paradox

2011-12-06

arxiv.org/abs/1112.1170v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 076802 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

2nd version with minor stylistic corrections. To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett.: Editorially approved for publication 6 January 20

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.076802

We present evidence for a counter-intuitive behavior of semiconductor mesoscopic networks that is the analog of the Braess paradox encountered in classical networks. A numerical simulation of quantum transport in a two-branch mesoscopic network reveals that adding a third branch can paradoxically induce transport inefficiency that manifests itself in a sizable conductance drop of the network. A scanning-probe experiment using a biased tip to modulate the transmission of one branch in the network reveals the occurrence of this paradox by mapping the conductance variation as a function of the tip voltage and position.

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