Ballistic electron spectroscopy

被引:6
作者
Hohls, F. [1 ]
Pepper, M. [1 ]
Griffiths, J. P. [1 ]
Jones, G. A. C. [1 ]
Ritchie, D. A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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10.1063/1.2393168
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
The authors demonstrate the feasibility of ballistic electron spectroscopy as a tool for mesoscopic physics. A quantum dot is utilized as an energy-selective detector of nonequilibrium ballistic electrons injected into a two-dimensional electron system. In this letter they use a second quantum dot as the electron injector to evaluate the scheme. They propose an application in the study of interacting one- and zero-dimensional systems. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.
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