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Charging effects in quantum wires

Reinhold Egger, Hermann Grabert

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/9701057

Abstract

We investigate the role of charging effects in a voltage-biased quantum wire. Both the finite range of the Coulomb interaction and the long-ranged nature of the Friedel oscillation imply a finite capacitance, leading to a charging energy. While observable Coulomb blockade effects are absent for a single impurity, they are crucial if islands are present. For a double barrier, we give the resonance condition, fully taking into account the charging of the island.

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