The influence of device geometry on many-body effects in quantum point contacts: Signatures of the 0.7 anomaly, exchange and Kondo

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 433-441

  Koop, E J ^a   Lerescu, A I ^a   Liu, J ^a   Van Wees, B J ^a   Reuter, D ^b   Wieck, A D ^b   Van Der Wal, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

0.7 anomaly; Many body electron effects; Nanodevices; Quantum point contact

Indexed keywords

MANY-BODY ELECTRON EFFECTS; NANODEVICES; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; SUBBAND SPACING;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROSTATICS; IMPURITIES; KONDO EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 34748837899     PISSN: 15571939     EISSN: 15571947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10948-007-0289-5     Document Type: Article

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