FABRICATION OF QUANTUM WIRES BY GA FOCUSED-ION-BEAM IMPLANTATION AND THEIR TRANSPORT-PROPERTIES

被引:8
作者
NAKATA, S
YAMADA, S
HIRAYAMA, Y
SAKU, T
HORIKOSHI, Y
机构
[1] NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Musashino-Shi, Tokyo
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS | 1990年 / 29卷 / 01期
关键词
Annealing; Electron-electron scattering; Focused ion beam; Quantized conductance; Quantumwire; Universal conductance fluctuations;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.29.48
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Quantum wire structures are defined on a modulation-doped AlGaAs/GaAs wafer grown by MBE using highly resistive regions formed by focused-Ga-ion-beam scanning and subsequent annealing. These fabricated wires show positive magnetoconductance and universal conductance fluctuations at low temperature. A Schottky electrode is placed on these wires and magnetoresistance characteristics are measured by changing the gate voltage at a fixed temperature. Ballistic electron transport is confirmed for a short wire, 0.6 µm in length, whereas universal conductance fluctuations are observed for a long wire, 2.4 µm in length, and the relationship between the phase coherent length and the conductance is obtained as Lin∝G0.7from the gate voltage dependence on fluctuation amplitude. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页码:48 / 52
页数:5
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