Triple quantum dot charging rectifier

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3602-3604

  Vidan, A ^a   Westervelt, R M ^a   Stopa, M ^b   Hanson, M ^c   Gossard, A C ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c University of California at Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR RECTIFIERS; TRIPLE QUANTUM DOTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS (2DEG);

CAPACITANCE; COULOMB BLOCKADE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 9744273917     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1807030     Document Type: Article

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