Smith, LW; Hamilton, AR; Thomas, KJ; Pepper, M; Farrer, I; Griffiths, JP; Jones, GAC; Smith, LW; Hamilton, AR; Thomas, KJ; Pepper, M; Farrer, I; Griffiths, JP; Jones, GAC; Ritchie, DA; - view fewer (2011) Compressibility Measurements of Quasi-One-Dimensional Quantum Wires. PHYS REV LETT , 107 (12) , Article 126801. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.126801.

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We report measurements of the compressibility of a one-dimensional quantum wire, defined in the upper well of a GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum well heterostructure. A wire defined simultaneously in the lower well probes the ability of the upper wire to screen the electric field from a biased surface gate. The technique is sensitive enough to resolve spin splitting of the subbands in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field. We measure a compressibility signal due to the 0.7 structure and study its evolution with increasing temperature and magnetic field. We see no evidence of the formation of the quasibound state predicted by the Kondo model, instead our data are consistent with theories which predict that the 0.7 structure arises as a result of spontaneous spin polarization.

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