Electron pumping through quantum dots defined in parallel etched quantum wires

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 365-368

  Blumenthal, M D ^a,b   Kaestner, B ^b,c   Li, L ^b,d   Giblin, S ^b   Janssen, T J B M ^b   Pepper, M ^a   Anderson, D ^a   Jones, G ^a   Ritchie, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical current standard; Electron pump; Electron transport; Quantum dot; Quantum wires; Single electron transport

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELECTRICAL CURRENT STANDARD; ELECTRON PUMPING; OPERATING FREQUENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

EID: 40649123314     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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