Single-dot spectroscopy via elastic single-electron tunneling through a pair of coupled quantum dots

We study the electronic structure of a single self-assembled InAs quantum dot by probing elastic single-electron tunneling through a single pair of weakly coupled dots. In the region below pinch-off voltage, the nonlinear threshold voltage behavior provides electronic addition energies exactly as th...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2004-08, Vol.93 (6), p.066801.1-066801.4, Article 066801
Main Authors: OTA, T, ONO, K, STOPA, M, HATANO, T, TARUCHA, S, SONG, H. Z, NAKATA, Y, MIYAZAWA, T, OHSHIMA, T, YOKOYAMA, N
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Language:English
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Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
Electron states and collective excitations in thin films, multilayers, quantum wells, mesoscopic and nanoscale systems
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films and low-dimensional structures
Electronic transport in interface structures
Exact sciences and technology
Physics
Quantum dots
Tunneling
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Summary:We study the electronic structure of a single self-assembled InAs quantum dot by probing elastic single-electron tunneling through a single pair of weakly coupled dots. In the region below pinch-off voltage, the nonlinear threshold voltage behavior provides electronic addition energies exactly as the linear, Coulomb blockade oscillation does. By analyzing it, we identify the s and the p shell addition spectrum for up to six electrons in the single InAs dot, i.e., one of the coupled dots. The evolution of the shell addition spectrum with magnetic field provides Fock-Darwin spectra of the s and p shells.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.93.066801