Energy level locking in quantum conductors
- 11 April 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 72 (15) , 2450-2453
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.72.2450
Abstract
We demonstrate theoretically that, under certain conditions, the energy levels of parallel quantum conductors lock together. This novel phenomenon is due to a charge imbalance that occurs as a transverse energy level begins to fill with electrons. The implications of our results for experiments that have been perfrmed on semiconductor nanostructures are discussed.Keywords
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