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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Tunneling between Luttinger liquids

P. Schlottmann

Published Apr 20, 2001• 1 citation
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Abstract

The exact solution of the one-dimensional Hubbard model (for repulsive and attractive $U)$ is used to calculate the tunneling rates of single electrons and Cooper pairs between two quantum wires. The critical exponents for the tunneling at small frequencies and low temperatures is obtained by means of the mesoscopic energy spectrum and conformal field theory. The situations of crossing wires, tunneling at a boundary, and resonant tunneling (through a bound state) are considered.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.63.205106

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We give a brief introduction to Luttinger liquids and to the phenomena of electronic transport or conductance in quantum wires. We explain why the subject of transport in Luttinger liquids is relevant and fascinating and review some important results on tunneling through barriers in a one-dimensional quantum wire and the phenomena of persistent currents in mesoscopic rings. We give a brief description of our own work on transport through doubly-crossed Luttinger liquids and transport in the Schulz–Shastry exactly solvable Luttinger-like model. With a view to making this article accessible to researchers in diverse fields such as nuclear physics, particle physics, formal field theory and condensed matter physics, we begin by first giving a brief introduction. In Sec. 1, we explain the words such as "Luttinger liquid" and "transport" in the title. We also motivate the study of this subject by showing that field is very important at the current time from the applications point of view and describe why it is theoretically fascinating. We then give a quick review of some of the important results in the field in Sec. 2, before we go on to describe some work that we have recently done and are doing in this field in Sec. 3. Finally, in Sec. 4, we conclude by re-emphasizing the importance of this area and drawing attention towards future possibilities.
The thermodynamic Bethe-ansatz equations for the one-dimensional Hubbard model with attractive on-site interaction of the electrons are solved numerically at low temperatures. At low temperatures the dominant states consist of spin-paired electrons (Cooper-pair--like) and excitations of such pairs (without breaking up the singlet bound states). A critical field (energy required to depair a Cooper pair) is obtained at T=0 (note that the superconducting Tc{T}_{c}Tc​=0), which disappears for T\ensuremath{\ne}0. The specific heat is linear in temperature, and the dependence of the coefficient \ensuremath{\gamma} on band filling and magnetic field is discussed. The excitation spectrum shows some analogies with that of resonant valence bonds in two dimensions.