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Magnetic-field-induced charge redistribution in disordered graphene double quantum dots

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Chiu, KL 
Connolly, MR 
Cresti, A 
Griffiths, JP 
Jones, GAC 

Abstract

We have studied the transport properties of a large graphene double quantum dot under the influence of a background disorder potential and a magnetic field. At low temperatures, the evolution of the charge-stability diagram as a function of the B field is investigated up to 10 T. Our results indicate that the charging energy of the quantum dot is reduced, and hence the effective size of the dot increases at a high magnetic field. We provide an explanation of our results using a tight-binding model, which describes the charge redistribution in a disordered graphene quantum dot via the formation of Landau levels and edge states. Our model suggests that the tunnel barriers separating different electron/hole puddles in a dot become transparent at high B fields, resulting in the charge delocalization and reduced charging energy observed experimentally.

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Keywords

51 Physical Sciences, 40 Engineering, 4018 Nanotechnology, 5104 Condensed Matter Physics

Journal Title

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

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Journal ISSN

1098-0121
1550-235X

Volume Title

92

Publisher

APS
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I029575/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L020963/1)
This work was financially supported by the European GRAND project (ICT/FET, Contract No. 215752) and EPSRC.