Coulomb-blockade oscillations in disordered quantum wires
Author(s) -
A. A. M. Staring,
H. van Houten,
C. W. J. Beenakker,
C. T. Foxon
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
physical review. b, condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3795
pISSN - 0163-1829
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.45.9222
Subject(s) - physics , coulomb blockade , condensed matter physics , conductance , coulomb , quantum wire , magnetic field , electron , amplitude , fermi gas , quantum mechanics , voltage , transistor
The conductance of narrow wires, defined by a split-gate technique in the twodimensional electron gas in a modulation-doped GaAs-Al x Ga 1-x As heterostructure, is studied experimentally as a function of gate voltage, temperature, and magnetic field. Both intentionally (Be doped) and unintentionally disordered wires are investigated. Periodic conductance oscillations as a function of gate voltage are found in both systems, in the regime where only a few hundred electrons are present in the wire
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