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The helical gap in interacting Rashba wires at low electron densities
Schmidt, Thomas; Pedder, Christopher
2016
 

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Abstract :
[en] Rashba spin-orbit coupling and a magnetic field perpendicular to the Rashba axis have been predicted to open a partial gap ("helical gap") in the energy spectrum of noninteracting or weakly interacting one-dimensional quantum wires. By comparing kinetic energy and Coulomb energy we show that this gap opening typically occurs at low electron densities where the Coulomb energy dominates. To address this strongly correlated limit, we investigate Rashba wires using Wigner crystal theory. We find that the helical gap exists even in the limit of strong interactions but its dependence on electron density differs significantly from the weakly interacting case. In particular, we find that the critical magnetic field for opening the gap becomes an oscillatory function of electron density.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Schmidt, Thomas ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Pedder, Christopher ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Language :
English
Title :
The helical gap in interacting Rashba wires at low electron densities
Publication date :
April 2016
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche [LU]
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