Zero-bias anomaly and kondo-assisted quasiballistic 2D transport

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Aug 5;95(6):066603. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.066603. Epub 2005 Aug 4.

Abstract

Nonequilibrium transport measurements in mesoscopic quasiballistic 2D electron systems show an enhancement in the differential conductance around the Fermi energy. At very low temperatures, such a zero-bias anomaly splits, leading to a suppression of linear transport at low energies. We also observed a scaling of the nonequilibrium characteristics at low energies which resembles electron scattering by two-state systems, addressed in the framework of two-channel Kondo model. Detailed sample-to-sample reproducibility indicates an intrinsic phenomenon in unconfined 2D systems in the low electron-density regime.