Electron transport in parallel quantum wires with random potentials

Yousuke Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Mori

Published 2004-01-08Version 1

We study an electron transport property in two parallel quantum wires with random potentials. Assuming the same microscopic parameters for both wires, we focus on the relationship between inter-wire interaction and electron backward scattering by random potentials at low energy regime. Our analytical and numerical calculations show that the Drude weight, a measure of the electron transport, is influenced by inter-wire interaction and random potential independently, and little coupling between those two is observed, which is in contrast to a deep relationship between up- and down-spin interactions and random potentials in a single wire. It leads to that inter-wire interactions do not have a great influence on the Anderson localization in each wire.