Single-electron transport in InAs nanowire quantum dots formed by crystal phase engineering

Autor:	Nilsson, Malin, Namazi, Luna, Lehmann, Sebastian, Leijnse, Martin, Dick, Kimberly A., Thelander, Claes
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Zdroj:	Phys. Rev. B 93, 195422 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevB.93.195422
Popis:	We report electrical characterization of quantum dots formed by introducing pairs of thin wurtzite (WZ) segments in zinc blende (ZB) InAs nanowires. Regular Coulomb oscillations are observed over a wide gate voltage span, indicating that WZ segments create significant barriers for electron transport. We find a direct correlation of transport properties with quantum dot length and corresponding growth time of the enclosed ZB segment. The correlation is made possible by using a method to extract lengths of nanowire crystal phase segments directly from scanning electron microscopy images, and with support from transmission electron microscope images of typical nanowires. From experiments on controlled filling of nearly empty dots with electrons, up to the point where Coulomb oscillations can no longer be resolved, we estimate a lower bound for the ZB-WZ conduction-band offset of 95 meV. Comment: 9 pages 9 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.06887 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv