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EPL
Volume 102, Number 4, May 2013
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| Article Number | 47006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/102/47006 | |
| Published online | 11 June 2013 | |
Theory of the STM detection of Wigner molecules in spin-incoherent CNTs
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova - Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy, EU and CNR-SPIN - Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy, EU
Received: 15 March 2013
Accepted: 14 May 2013
The linear conductance of a carbon nanotube quantum dot in the Wigner molecule regime, coupled to two scanning tunnel microscope tips is inspected. Considering the high-temperature regime, the nanotube quantum dot is described by means of the spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid picture. The linear conductance exhibits spatial oscillations induced by the presence of the correlated, molecular electron state. A power-law scaling of the electron density and one of the conductance as a function of the interaction parameter are found. They confirm local transport as a sensitive tool to investigate the Wigner molecule. The double-tip setup allows to explore different transport regimes with different shapes of the spatial modulation, all bringing information about the Wigner molecule.
PACS: 74.55.+v – Tunneling phenomena: single particle tunneling and STM / 73.23.-b – Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems / 71.10.Pm – Fermions in reduced dimensions (anyons, composite fermions, Luttinger liquid, etc.)
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