Mesoscopic fluctuations of Coulomb drag between quasiballistic one-dimensional wires

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mesoscopic fluctuations of Coulomb drag between quasiballistic one-dimensional wires

AU - Mortensen, Niels Asger

AU - Flensberg, Karsten

AU - Jauho, Antti Pekka

PY - 2002/2/15

Y1 - 2002/2/15

N2 - Quasiballistic one-dimensional quantum wires are known to have a conductance of the order of 2e2/h, with small sample-to-sample fluctuations. We present a study of the transconductance G12 of two Coulomb-coupled quasiballistic wires; i.e., we consider the Coulomb drag geometry. We show that the fluctuations in G12 differ dramatically from those of the diagonal conductance Gii: the fluctuations are large and can even exceed the mean value, thus implying a possible reversal of the induced drag current. We report extensive numerical simulations elucidating the fluctuations for both correlated and uncorrelated disorder. We also present analytic arguments, which fully account for the trends observed numerically.

AB - Quasiballistic one-dimensional quantum wires are known to have a conductance of the order of 2e2/h, with small sample-to-sample fluctuations. We present a study of the transconductance G12 of two Coulomb-coupled quasiballistic wires; i.e., we consider the Coulomb drag geometry. We show that the fluctuations in G12 differ dramatically from those of the diagonal conductance Gii: the fluctuations are large and can even exceed the mean value, thus implying a possible reversal of the induced drag current. We report extensive numerical simulations elucidating the fluctuations for both correlated and uncorrelated disorder. We also present analytic arguments, which fully account for the trends observed numerically.

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M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:4243685440

SN - 2469-9950

VL - 65

SP - 853171

EP - 8531710

JO - Physical Review B

JF - Physical Review B

IS - 8

M1 - 085317

ER -