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Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Extreme Nanowires and Other 1D Systems
Published on: April 28, 2016
Resonant tunneling of interacting electrons in a one-dimensional wire
1Department of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
We consider the conductance of a one-dimensional wire interrupted by a double-barrier structure allowing for a resonant level. Using the electron-electron interaction strength as a small parameter, we are able to build a nonperturbative analytical theory of the conductance valid in a broad region of temperatures and for a variety of the barrier parameters. We find that the conductance may have a nonmonotonic crossover dependence on temperature, specific for a resonant tunneling in an interacting electron system.
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