Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2004-04-20
The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter, Volume 49, Issue 3, Feb 2006, Pages 289-304
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
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Scientific paper
10.1140/epjb/e2006-00078-0
A semi-phenomenological theory of variable-range hopping (VRH) is developed for two-dimensional (2D) quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) systems such as arrays of quantum wires in the Wigner crystal regime. The theory follows the phenomenology of Efros, Mott and Shklovskii allied with microscopic arguments. We first derive the Coulomb gap in the single-particle density of states, $g(\epsilon)$, where $\epsilon$ is the energy of the charge excitation. We then derive the main exponential dependence of the electron conductivity in the linear (L), {\it i.e.} $\sigma(T) \sim \exp[-(T_L/T)^{\gamma_L}]$, and current in the non-linear (NL), {\it i.e.} $j({\mathcal E}) \sim \exp[-({\mathcal E}_{NL} / \mathcal{E})^{\gamma_{NL}}]$, response regimes (${\mathcal E}$ is the applied electric field). Due to the strong anisotropy of the system and its peculiar dielectric properties we show that unusual, with respect to known results, Coulomb gaps open followed by unusual VRH laws, {\it i.e.} with respect to the disorder-dependence of $T_L$ and ${\mathcal E}_{NL}$ and the values of $\gamma_L$ and $\gamma_{NL}$.
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