Thursday, March 15, 2012

1203.2843 (M. Czapkiewicz et al.)

Evidence for Charging Effects in CdTe/CdMgTe Quantum Point Contacts    [PDF]

M. Czapkiewicz, V. Kolkovsky, P. Nowicki, M. Wiater, T. Wojciechowski, T. Wojtowicz, J. Wróbel
Here we report on fabrication and low temperature magnetotransport measurements of quantum point contacts patterned from a novel two-dimensional electron system - CdTe/CdMgTe modulation doped heterostructure. From the temperature and bias dependence we ascribe the reported data to evidence for a weakly bound state which is naturally formed inside a CdTe quantum constrictions due to charging effects. We argue that the spontaneous introduction of an open dot is responsible for the replacement of flat conductance plateaus by quasi-periodic resonances with amplitude less than 2e^{2}/h, as found in our system. Additionally, below 1 K a pattern of weaker conductance peaks, superimposed upon wider resonances, is also observed.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.2843

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