Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Transport properties of coupled one-dimensional interacting electron systems with impurities

T. Kimura, Kazuhiko Kuroki, Hideo Aoki

Published May 15, 1995• 8 citations

Abstract

We consider two one-dimensional interacting electron systems that are coupled via interchain tunneling to calculate transport properties in the presence of impurities or a single barrier by using the bosonization formalisms for the non-Luttinger-liquid phases on the phase diagram obtained by Fabrizio [Phys. Rev. B 48, 15 838 (1993)]. We find for the weak- and strong-interaction phases, where the superconducting correlation dominates in the ground state, that the interchain transfer enhances the conductivity and the Anderson localization is suppressed. This shows that multichain systems can have unique transport properties.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.13860

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