Scanning gate imaging of quantum dots in 1D ultra-thin InAs/InP nanowires

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Boyd, Erin E ^a   Storm, Kristian ^b   Samuelson, Lars ^b   Westervelt, Robert M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGATE VOLTAGE; COULOMB-BLOCKADE CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY-LEVEL SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROSTRUCTURES; INAS QUANTUM DOTS; INAS/INP; INP; QUANTUM DOT; SCANNING-GATE IMAGING; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TUNNEL BARRIER; ULTRA-THIN;

INDIUM ARSENIDE; NANOWIRES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 79953270296     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/18/185201     Document Type: Article

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