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Adiabatic charge pumping in carbon nanotube quantum dots.
G. A. C. JonesJiang WeiPeter LeekVyacheslavs KashcheyevsV. I. TalyanskiiDustin AndersonM. R. BuitelaarCharles G. SmithDavid Cobdensubject
PhysicsNanotubeCondensed matter physicsSurface acoustic waveGeneral Physics and AstronomyCoulomb blockadeCarbon nanotubeCondensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effectlaw.inventionCarbon nanotube quantum dotQuantum dotlawElectric fieldAdiabatic processdescription
We investigate charge pumping in carbon nanotube quantum dots driven by the electric field of a surface acoustic wave. We find that, at small driving amplitudes, the pumped current reverses polarity as the conductance is tuned through a Coulomb blockade peak using a gate electrode. We study the behavior as a function of wave amplitude, frequency, and direction and develop a model in which our results can be understood as resulting from adiabatic charge redistribution between the leads and quantum dots on the nanotube.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09-01 | Physical review letters |