Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2000-10-02
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, 6859 (2000)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Text 14 pages in Latex/Revtex format, 4 Postscript figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-8984/12/30/315
We develop a linear theory of electron transport for a system of two identical quantum wires in a wide range of the wire length L, unifying both the ballistic and diffusive transport regimes. The microscopic model, involving the interaction of electrons with each other and with bulk acoustical phonons allows a reduction of the quantum kinetic equation to a set of coupled equations for the local chemical potentials for forward- and backward-moving electrons in the wires. As an application of the general solution of these equations, we consider different kinds of electrical contacts to the double-wire system and calculate the direct resistance, the transresistance, in the presence of tunneling and Coulomb drag, and the tunneling resistance. If L is smaller than the backscattering length l_P, both the tunneling and the drag lead to a negative transresistance, while in the diffusive regime (L >>l_P) the tunneling opposes the drag and leads to a positive transresistance. If L is smaller than the phase-breaking length, the tunneling leads to interference oscillations of the resistances that are damped exponentially with L.
Raichev O. E.
Vasilopoulos P.
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