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Florian Bauer(1,2), Jan Heyder(1,2), Enrico Schubert(1), David Borowsky(1), Daniela Taubert(1), Benedikt Bruognolo(1,2), Dieter Schuh(3), Werner Wegscheider(4), Jan von Delft(1,2), Stefan Ludwig(1)[1] Center for NanoScience and Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[2] Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[3] Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Regensburg[4] Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH ZürichJournal Club @ InFis – UFUGerson J. [email protected]
21/02/2014
Microscopic origin of the 0.7-anomaly“ ”in quantum point contactsNature 501, 73 (2013)
Odd and even Kondo effects from emergent localization in QPCsIqbal, Levy, Koop, Dekker, de Jong, van der Velde, Reuter, Wieck, Aguado, Meir, van der WalNature 501, 79 (2013)
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What lurks below the last plateau: experimental studies of the 0.7 × 2e2/h conductance anomaly in one-dimensional systemsTOPICAL REVIEW
A. P. Micolich, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaJ. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23 (2011) 443201
[Thomas, Nicholls, Simmons, Pepper, Mace, Ritchie, PRL 77, 135 (1996)]~ 18 years old!!!
✗ Spontaneus spin polarization✗ Kondo effect✗ Luttinger Liquid✗ Phenomenological spin-gap✗ Subband pinning✗ e-phonon interaction✗ …
News & Views:QPC: Double or nothing? A. P. Micolich, Nature Physics 9, 530 (2013)
[Cronenwett, Lynch, Goldhaber-Gordon, Kouwenhoven, Marcus, Hirose, Wingreen, Umansky, PRL 88, 226805 (2002)]
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The non-interacting picture2DEG 2DEGQPC/wire
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QPC as an infinite wire
Conductance via Landauer
Coupling to the leads:[Büttiker, PRB 41, 7906 (1990)]
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Increasingtemperature
Increasingmagnetic field
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2DEG 2DEGQPC/wire
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Microscopic origin of the 0.7-anomaly in quantum point contacts“ ” Nature 501, 73 (2013)
SOPT: second order perturbation theory (Hartree and Fock diagrams)fRG: functional renormalization group
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LDOS
jvan Hove singularity
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LDOSCharge densityMagnetizationSpin susceptibilityFriedel oscillations
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VG
FRG
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SOPT Experiment
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Low temperature, increasing B
Increasingmagnetic fieldNon-interacting
+Diamagnetic shift
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ExperimentSOPTB = 0, increasing temperature
IncreasingtemperatureCheck papers fromTobias Micklitz(CBPF)
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Zero bias (anomalous) peakExperiment SOPT
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Predictions from SOPTTobias Micklitz(CBPF) ZBP
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Is the mystery solved?- Fixed conductance point below 0.5- Zero bias peak without Kondo- what about the high bias regime?- new Friedel oscillations and the length dependence?
the actual 0.7 plateau is not there!!
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