PERIODIC MODULATION OF COULOMB-BLOCKADE OSCILLATIONS IN HIGH MAGNETIC-FIELDS

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HEINZEL, T [1 ]
WHARAM, DA [1 ]
KOTTHAUS, JP [1 ]
BOHM, G [1 ]
KLEIN, W [1 ]
TRANKLE, G [1 ]
WEIMANN, G [1 ]
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[1] TECH UNIV MUNICH,WALTER SCHOTTKY INST,D-85748 GARCHING,GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 20期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.15113
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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Coulomb-blockade oscillations in transport through a lateral quantum dot at small Landau-level filling factors are investigated. We observe both a periodic modulation of the peak conductance as well as a striking modulation of the peak separation. We show that below a Landau-level filling factor of 3 a single-particle description of these effects fails and the depopulation of the Landau levels with decreasing electron number can occur noncyclically. We interpret our measurements in terms of a recently developed phase diagram that characterizes the states of the quantum dot. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
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页码:15113 / 15119
页数:7
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