Arapan S.C., Korepov S.V., Liberman M.A., Johansson B.
Uppsala University, SE
Keywords: conductance, double quantum wires, magnetic field
Boundary roughness scattering in disordered tunnel-coupled double quantum wires in the presence of a magnetic field is considered. The low-temperature conductance as a function of applied magnetic field is calculated for different structure and disorder parameters using the method of the generalized S-matrix composition. We show that despite the fact that the lateral wire width fluctuations of the size of few atomic layers may significantly shift the partial energy gap, the effect of the conductance enhancement at energies in the partial energy gap does take place in sufficiently strong magnetic fields and small correlation length of the disorder defined as the average distance between the neighboring discontinuities of the boundary profile. The last parameter is shown to be particularly important for the determination of the transport properties of the system. Remarkably, we find that in a wide range of system parameters the conductance decreases with the correlation length despite the decreasing the number of the boundary discontinuities.
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: 2, Technical Proceedings of the 2003 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 2
Published: February 23, 2003
Pages: 164 - 167
Industry sectors: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing | Sensors, MEMS, Electronics
Topic: Modeling & Simulation of Microsystems
ISBN: 0-9728422-1-7