Hew, WK and Thomas, KJ and Pepper, M and Farrer, I and Anderson, D and Jones, GAC and Ritchie, DA (2009) Onset of Spin-Incoherent Transport in a Quantum Wire. In: Caldas, MJ and Studart, N, (eds.) PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS. (pp. 343 - 344). AMER INST PHYSICS
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Abstract
We present transport measurements of a weakly-confined quantum wire showing evidence of spin-incoherent transport at low carrier densities. In this transport regime, spin modes are generally reflected, suppressing the conductance of the channel by a factor of two. We observe precisely such a suppression when we operate our quantum wire in a regime of weak confinement. A conductance plateau appears at e(2)/h in zero magnetic field, accompanied by a gradual suppression of the first quantised plateau at 2e(2)/h as the carrier density is decreased. When an in-plane magnetic field is applied, this plateau weakens with fields up to 9 T, beyond which it strengthens as the field is further increased, suggestive of a spin incoherent-to-coherent transition.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Onset of Spin-Incoherent Transport in a Quantum Wire |
| Event: | 29th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
| Dates: | 2008-07-27 - 2008-08-01 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0-7354-0736-7 |
| Keywords: | quantum wire, spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid, GAS |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
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