Non-invasive charge detection in surface-acoustic-wave-defined dynamic quantum dots
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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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51 Physical Sciences, 5104 Condensed Matter Physics
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Applied Physics Letters
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0003-6951
1077-3118
1077-3118
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109
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AIP Publishing
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/J003417/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K004077/1)
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.