Finite bias Cooper pair splitting

In a device with a superconductor coupled to two parallel quantum dots (QDs) the electrical tunability of the QD levels can be used to exploit non-classical current correlations due to the splitting of Cooper pairs. We experimentally investigate the effect of a finite potential difference across one...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2011-05
Main Authors: Hofstetter, L, Csonka, S, Baumgartner, A, Fülöp, d'Hollosy, S, Nygård, J, Schönenberger, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
Cooper pairs
Nanowires
Quantum dots
Quantum theory
Resistance
Solid state devices
Splitting
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Summary:In a device with a superconductor coupled to two parallel quantum dots (QDs) the electrical tunability of the QD levels can be used to exploit non-classical current correlations due to the splitting of Cooper pairs. We experimentally investigate the effect of a finite potential difference across one quantum dot on the conductance through the other completely grounded QD in a Cooper pair splitter fabricated on an InAs nanowire. We demonstrate that the electrical transport through the device can be tuned by electrical means to be dominated either by Cooper pair splitting (CPS), or by elastic co-tunneling (EC). The basic experimental findings can be understood by considering the energy dependent density of states in a QD. The reported experiments add bias-dependent spectroscopy to the investigative tools necessary to develop CPS-based sources of entangled electrons in solid-state devices.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1105.2583