Observation of Wigner cusps in a metallic carbon nanotube
arXiv:2303.17687 · doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2022.114834
Abstract
Previous gate-dependent conductance measurements of metallic carbon nanotubes have revealed unexplainable conductance suppressions, occurring at two different gate voltages. These were previously attributed to the gate-dependency of contact resistance. Our gate-dependent conductivity measurements on a metallic nanotube with known chirality show that these bimodal conductance suppressions are the manifestations of Wigner cusps, often seen in atomic and nuclear physics experiments.
6 pages, 3 figures