TRANVERSE SCATTERING RESONANCES IN QUANTUM WIRES

Authors
WILKINSON M AUSTIN EJ
Citation
M. Wilkinson et Ej. Austin, TRANVERSE SCATTERING RESONANCES IN QUANTUM WIRES, Physica status solidi. b, Basic research, 189(1), 1995, pp. 197-208
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physica status solidi. b, Basic research → ACNP
ISSN journal
03701972
Volume
189
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
197 - 208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-1972(1995)189:1<197:TSRIQW>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A theory for the effect of scattering by impurities in a quantum wire or electron waveguide is described. Scattering is strongly influenced by resonances which occur when a new mode of propagation appears as th e Fermi energy is increased. These resonances can either increase or d ecrease the probability of backscattering by many orders of magnitude.