Experimental evidence for resonant tunneling in a luttinger liquid

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Feb 21;84(8):1764-7. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1764.

Abstract

We have measured the low-temperature conductance of a one-dimensional island embedded in a single mode quantum wire. The quantum wire is fabricated using the cleaved edge overgrowth technique and the tunneling is through a single state of the island. Our results show that while the resonance line shape fits the derivative of the Fermi function the intrinsic linewidth decreases in a power law fashion as the temperature is reduced. This behavior agrees quantitatively with Furusaki's model for resonant tunneling in a Luttinger liquid.