Four-terminal resistance of an interacting quantum wire with weakly invasive contacts

J Phys Condens Matter. 2011 Nov 30;23(47):475601. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/47/475601. Epub 2011 Nov 9.

Abstract

We analyze the behavior of the four-terminal resistance, relative to the two-terminal resistance of an interacting quantum wire with an impurity, taking into account the invasiveness of the voltage probes. We consider a one-dimensional Luttinger model of spinless fermions for the wire. We treat the coupling to the voltage probes perturbatively, within the framework of non-equilibrium Green function techniques. Our investigation unveils the combined effect of impurities, electron-electron interactions and invasiveness of the probes on the possible occurrence of negative resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't