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Phys. Rev. B 69, 153307 (2004) [4 pages]

Luttinger liquid with strong spin-orbital coupling and Zeeman splitting in quantum wires

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Yue Yu1, Yuchuan Wen1, Jinbin Li1, Zhaobin Su1, and S. T. Chui2
1Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2735, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
2Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 17916, USA

Received 3 December 2003; published 19 April 2004

We study a one-dimensional interacting electron gas with the strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman splitting in a quantum well. A bosonization theory is developed for this system. The tunneling current may deviate from a simple power law which is that in an ordinary Luttinger liquid. The microscopic interacting coupling and the spin-orbital parameter may be measured by varying the external magnetic field in the tunneling experiment.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.153307
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.69.153307
PACS:
73.21.Hb, 71.10.Pm, 72.10.-d, 73.21.-b