Transporting and manipulating single electrons in surface-acoustic-wave minima
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Peer-reviewed
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Ford, CJB
Abstract
A surface acoustic wave (SAW) can produce a moving potential wave that can trap and drag electrons along with it. We review work on using a SAW to create moving quantum dots containing single electrons, with the aims of developing a current standard, emitting single photons, transferring single electrons between static quantum dots, and investigating non-adiabatic effects.
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acoustoelectric current, SAWs, surface acoustic waves, quantized current, quantum dots
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Physica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research
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0370-1972
1521-3951
1521-3951
Volume Title
254
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Wiley