RESONANT TRANSPORT EFFECTS DUE TO AN IMPURITY IN A NARROW CONSTRICTION

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作者
MCEUEN, PL [1 ]
ALPHENAAR, BW [1 ]
WHEELER, RG [1 ]
SACKS, RN [1 ]
机构
[1] BRITISH FOOD MFG IND RES ASSOC,LEATHERHEAD KT22 7RY,SURREY,ENGLAND
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1016/0039-6028(90)90896-G
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Measurements of the conductance versus width of a narrow constriction reveal an isolated peak located before the turn-on of the first transverse mode and a resonant lineshape superimposed on the conductance of the mode. These observations are attributed to resonant tunneling through a single impurity ion and, in analogy to the atomic case, resonant scattering from a neutral impurity due to the formation of a quasi-bound "composite state". The variation of the tunneling peak with temperature and magnetic field is analyzed to determine various properties of the impurity site. © 1990.
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页码:312 / 315
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