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Single-electron emission from degenerate quantum levels

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2020-12-03 v1

Abstract

Single-electron sources on-demand are requisite for a promising fully electronic platform for solid-state quantum information processing. Most of the experimentally realized sources use the fact that only one electron can be taken from a singly occupied quantum level. Here I take the next step and discuss emission from orbitally degenerate quantum levels that arise, for example, in quantum dots with a nontrivial ring topology. I show that degeneracy provides additional flexibility for single- and two-electron emission. Indeed, the small Aharonov-Bohm flux, which slightly lifts the degeneracy, is a powerful tool for changing the relative width of the emitted wave packets over a wide range. In a ring with one lead, even electrons emitted from completely degenerate levels can be separated in time if the driving potential changes at the appropriate rate. In a ring with two leads, electrons can be emitted to different leads if one of the leads has a bound state with Fermi energy at its end.

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@article{arxiv.2009.10500,
  title  = {Single-electron emission from degenerate quantum levels},
  author = {Michael Moskalets},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.10500},
  year   = {2020}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures

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