COULOMB-BLOCKADE IN THE PRESENCE OF ADIABATICALLY TRANSMITTED EDGE CHANNELS

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作者
ALPHENAAR, BW [1 ]
STARING, AAM [1 ]
VANHOUTEN, H [1 ]
FOXON, CT [1 ]
机构
[1] PHILIPS RES LABS,REDHILL RH1 5HA,SURREY,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0039-6028(94)90947-4
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We present measurements of the conductance of a quantum dot in the presence of 2, 1, and 0 adiabatically transmitted edge channels. In all three cases periodic conductance oscillations are observed as a function of gate voltage. By using the oscillations observed in the absence of edge channels as an electron counter we demonstrate that the oscillations observed in the presence of edge channels are due to the influence of Coulomb charging. Using the temperature dependence of the conductance oscillations we have then estimated the activated Coulomb charging energy.
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