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Conductivity in quantum wires in a homogeneous magnetic field

Elerlanj P. Sinjavsky 1R. A. Hamidullin 1Albina A. Nikolaeva 1,3Huber T. 2Leonid A. Konopko 1

1. Institute of Applied Physics (IAP), str. Academiei 5, Kishinev MD-2028, Moldova
2. Howard University, Department of Chemistry, 500 College, Washington, DC 20059, United States
3. 3International Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures, Wrocław, Poland

Abstract

In model of parabolic potentials taken into account the anisotropy of effective mass of current carriers it is calculated electroconductivity of quantum wires in the homogeneous magnetic field, directed along a surface of the size-limited system, and field perpendicular to axis of spatial quantization. Temperature and field dependences of conductivity for nondegenerated and degenerated quantum quasy one-dimensional systems are investigated. The received results for electroconductivity are compared to experimental data [1].The features of electroconductivity, arising in quantum systems with the lowered dimension are in detail discussed. In particular it is shown, that in a perpendicular magnetic field conductivity in systems with the lowered dimension in a quantum limit ωcτ >>1 (ωc- cyclotron frequency, 1/τ it is determined by probability of carriers scattering on acoustic oscillations) can be much more, than in bulk semi-conductor systems. This circumstance can appear one of the possible reasons of sharp increase in electroconductivity in the perpendicular magnetic field, experimentally observed in quantum wires Bi [1] with thickness about <100nm.
[1]. A. Nikolaeva, D. Gitsu, T. Huber and L. Konopko. Physica B: Condensed Matter, Volumes 346-347, 30 April 2004, Pages 282-286.
The work was supported by the Civilian Research Defense Corporation, CGP- grant # MO-E1-2603-SI-04.

 

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Presentation: poster at E-MRS Fall Meeting 2004, Symposium I, by Elerlanj P. Sinjavsky
See On-line Journal of E-MRS Fall Meeting 2004

Submitted: 2004-05-14 12:54
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