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Phase measurement of photon-assisted tunneling through a quantum dot

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

Recent double-slit interference experiments have demonstrated the possibility of probing the phase of the complex transmission coefficient of a quantum dot via the Aharonov-Bohm effect. We propose an extension of these experiments: an ac voltage imposed on the side gate with the concomitant photonic sidebands leads to additional structure both in the amplitude and in the phase of the Aharonov-Bohm signal. Observation of these effects would be a definitive proof of coherent absorption and reemission of photons from the ac source.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9706223,
  title  = {Phase measurement of photon-assisted tunneling through a quantum dot},
  author = {A. P. Jauho and Ned S. Wingreen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9706223},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages using latex2e and EuroPhys.sty. Uses epsf to include 5 figures (submitted to Europhys. Lett.)