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Non-invasive charge detection in surface-acoustic-wave-defined dynamic quantum dots

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Astley, MR 
Kataoka, M 
Ford, CJB 
Barnes, CHW 
Anderson, D 

Abstract

Using a non-invasive charge detection method, we detect a flow of electrons trapped in dynamic quantum dots. The dynamic quantum dots are defined by surface acoustic waves (SAWs) and move through a long depleted one-dimensional channel. A one-dimensional constriction is placed next to the SAW channel but in a separate circuit; the current induced by the SAWs through this detector constriction is sensitive to the number of electrons trapped in the SAW minima. We observe steps in the detector acoustoelectric current as the number of electrons carried by SAWs are varied as 1, 2, 3....

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Keywords

51 Physical Sciences, 5104 Condensed Matter Physics

Journal Title

Applied Physics Letters

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Journal ISSN

0003-6951
1077-3118

Volume Title

109

Publisher

AIP Publishing
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/J003417/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K004077/1)
This work was funded by the UK EPSRC. M.R.A. and I.F. thank Toshiba for funding.