Quantized conductance in an in-plane gated in0.53Ga 0.47As quantum point contact

Andre Beyer; David K. Ferry

Quantized conductance in an in-plane gated in_0.53Ga _0.47As quantum point contact

Andre Beyer, David K. Ferry

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Abstract

We report quantized conductance in a 500 nm wide In_0.53Ga _0.47As quantum point contact defined by 100 nm wide trenches. The surrounding two-dimensional electron gas was used as gate. Electron beam lithography and reactive ion etching with BCl₃ formed the trenches. Quantized conductance in steps of 2e²/h as well as one additional step at 0.7(2e²/h) was observed at 4.8 K. Conductance oscillations superimpose the plateaus at 0.3 K. A possible explanation for these resonance structures is a quantum interference of electron waves between the boundaries to the two-dimensional source and drain region.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
Pages	488-490
Number of pages	3
State	Published - Dec 1 2004
Event	2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology - Munich, Germany Duration: Aug 16 2004 → Aug 19 2004

Publication series

Name	2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Other

Other	2004 4th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	8/16/04 → 8/19/04

Keywords

Gallium compounds
Indium compounds
Nanotechnology
Quantization
Quantum effect semiconductor devices

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Engineering(all)

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