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Single-Electron Effects in a Coupled Dot-Ring System

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-08-31 v1

Abstract

Aharonov-Bohm oscillations are studied in the magnetoconductance of a micron-sized open quantum ring coupled capacitively to a Coulomb-blockaded quantum dot. As the plunger gate of the dot is modulated and tuned through a conductance resonance, the amplitude of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the transconductance of the ring displays a minimum. We demonstrate that the effect is due to a single-electron screening effect, rather than to dephasing. Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in a quantum ring can thus be used for the detection of single charges.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0406118,
  title  = {Single-Electron Effects in a Coupled Dot-Ring System},
  author = {L. Meier and A. Fuhrer and T. Ihn and K. Ensslin and W. Wegscheider and M. Bichler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0406118},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures