Vianez, P.M.T. orcid.org/0000-0003-2245-6108, Jin, Y., Tan, W.K. et al. (6 more authors) (2023) Decoupling of the many-body effects from the electron mass in GaAs by means of reduced dimensionality. Physical Review B, 107 (11). 115128. ISSN 2469-9950
Abstract
Determining the (bare) electron mass m0 in crystals is often hindered by many-body effects since Fermi-liquid physics renormalizes the band mass, making the observed effective mass m∗ depend on density. Here, we use a one-dimensional (1D) geometry to amplify the effect of interactions, forcing the electrons to form a nonlinear Luttinger liquid with separate holon and spinon bands, therefore separating the interaction effects from m0. Measuring the spectral function of gated quantum wires formed in GaAs by means of magnetotunnelling spectroscopy and interpreting them using the 1D Fermi-Hubbard model, we obtain m0=(0.0525±0.0015)me in this material, where me is the free-electron mass. By varying the density in the wires, we change the interaction parameter rs in the range from ∼1-4 and show that m0 remains constant. The determined value of m0 is ∼22% lighter than observed in GaAs in geometries of higher dimensionality D (D>1), consistent with the quasiparticle picture of a Fermi liquid that makes electrons heavier in the presence of interactions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 American Physical Society. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Physical Review B. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Charge density waves; Spin density waves; 1-dimensional systems; Quantum wires; Semiconductor compounds; Strongly correlated systems; Hubbard model; Spectroscopy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2023 15:16 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2023 15:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society (APS) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/physrevb.107.115128 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:198085 |