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TT: Tiefe Temperaturen

TT 20: Postersitzung IV (Mesoskopische Systeme, Supraleitung: Massivmaterialien, Bandleiter, Pinning, Vortexdynamik, Transporteigenschaften, Korngrenzen)

TT 20.5: Poster

Thursday, March 27, 2003, 14:30–19:00, P2c, P2d

Mechanically induced current from open Luttinger liquids and carbon nanotubes — •Andrei Komnik¹ and Alexander O. Gogolin² — ¹Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg,D-79108 Freiburg, Germany — ²Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, 180 Queen’s Gate,London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom

We investigate transport through a tunnelling junction between an uncorrelated metallic lead and a Luttinger liquid when the latter is subjected to a time dependent perturbation. The tunnelling current as well as the electron energy distribution function are found to be strongly affected by the perturbation due to generation of harmonics in the density oscillations. Using a semiconducting lead instead of a metallic one results in electrons being injected into the lead even without applied voltage. Some applications to carbon nanotubes are discussed.