Abstract
We study the temperature dependence of the conductance in clean one-dimensional wires fabricated by cleaved-edge overgrowth in molecular beam epitaxy. At elevated temperatures, a conductance peculiarity occurs at low electron densities. The linear conductance dwells at a value of ∼70% of its plateau value over a finite density range. We show that this so-called 0.7 structure arises as the electrons in the wire undergo a transition from a degenerate into a nondegenerate liquid.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 033319 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Jul 15 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics