Nonuniversal conductance quantization in quantum wires

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Yacoby, A [1 ]
Stormer, HL [1 ]
Wingreen, NS [1 ]
Pfeiffer, LN [1 ]
Baldwin, KW [1 ]
West, KW [1 ]
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[1] NEC RES INST,PRINCETON,NJ 08540
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4612
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have measured the transport properties of high-quality quantum wins fabricated in GaAs-AlGaAs by using cleaved edge overgrowth. The low temperature conductance is quantized as the electron density in the wire is varied. While the values of the conductance plateaus are reproducible, they deviate from multiples of the universal value of 2e(2)/h by as much as 25%. As the temperature or de bias increases the conductance steps approach the universal value. Several aspects of the data can be explained qualitatively using Luttinger liquid theory although then remain major inconsistencies with such an interpretation.
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