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Tunable 0.7 conductance plateau in quantum dots

2007/07/13 by Yunchul Chung, Sanghyun Jo, Dong-In Chang +5
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design #Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #cond-mat.mes-hall

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.76.035316

published as Physical Review B 76, 035316 (2007)

openalex publication_date 2007/07/13 · arxiv created 2008/06/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A consistent approach in forming the 0.7 structure by using a quantum dot rather than a quantum point contact is demonstrated. With this scheme, it was possible to tune on and off the 0.7 structure. The 0.7 structure continuously evolved into a normal integer conductance plateau by varying the tuning condition. Unlike the conventional 0.7 plateau, the new 0.7 structure was observed even at low electron temperatures down to 100\phantom\rule0.3em0exmK, with unprecedented flatness. From our results, it is concluded that electron interference should be taken into consideration to explain the 0.7 structure.

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