Eur. Phys. J. B 66, 239-244 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2008-00403-7

Detection of interaction-induced nonlocal effects using perfectly transmitting nanostructures

¹ Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504 (CNRS-ULP), 23 rue du Loess, BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
² Service de Physique de l'État Condensé (CNRS URA 2464), DSM/IRAMIS/SPEC, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
³ Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany

Corresponding author: ^a Dietmar.Weinmann@ipcms.u-strasbg.fr

Received: 19 March 2008
Revised: 22 September 2008
Published online: 5 November 2008

Abstract

We consider one-dimensional transport through an interacting region in series with a point-like one-body scatterer. When the conductance of the interacting region is perfect, independently of the interaction strength, a nonlocal interaction effect yields a total conductance of the composed system that depends on the interaction strength and is lower than the transmission of the one-body scatterer. This qualitative nonlocal effect allows to probe the dressing cloud of an interacting system in ideal noninteracting leads. The conductance correction increases with the strength of the interaction and the reflection of the one-body scatterer (attaining relative changes >50%), and decreases with the distance between the interacting region and the one-body scatterer. Scaling laws are obtained and possible experimental realizations are suggested.