Spins in few-electron quantum dots

R Hanson, LP Kouwenhoven, JR Petta, S Tarucha… - Reviews of modern …, 2007 - APS
The canonical example of a quantum-mechanical two-level system is spin. The simplest
picture of spin is a magnetic moment pointing up or down. The full quantum properties of …

Spin effects in single-electron tunnelling

J Barnaś, I Weymann - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
An important consequence of the discovery of giant magnetoresistance in metallic magnetic
multilayers is a broad interest in spin-dependent effects in electronic transport through …

Quantum master equation for electron transport through quantum dots and single molecules

U Harbola, M Esposito, S Mukamel - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2006 - APS
A quantum master equation (QME) is derived for the many-body density matrix of an open
current-carrying system weakly-coupled to two metal leads. The dynamics and the steady …

Pauli spin blockade in a highly tunable silicon double quantum dot

NS Lai, WH Lim, CH Yang, FA Zwanenburg… - Scientific reports, 2011 - nature.com
Double quantum dots are convenient solid-state platforms to encode quantum information.
Two-electron spin states can be detected and manipulated using quantum selection rules …

Pauli-spin-blockade transport through a silicon double quantum dot

HW Liu, T Fujisawa, Y Ono, H Inokawa, A Fujiwara… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
We present measurements of resonant tunneling through discrete energy levels of a silicon
double quantum dot formed in a thin silicon-on-insulator layer. In the absence of …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale single-electron box with a floating lead for quantum sensing: Modeling and device characterization

N Petropoulos, X Wu, A Sokolov, P Giounanlis… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present an in-depth analysis of a single-electron box (SEB) biased through a floating
node technique that is common in charge-coupled devices. The device is analyzed and …

Does coherence affect the multielectron oxygen reduction reaction?

A Gupta, A Kumar, DK Bhowmick… - The journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is the key for oxygen-based respiration and the
operation of fuel cells. It involves the transmission of two pairs of electrons. We probed what …

Noise suppression of transport through double quantum dots by feedback control

J Xu, S Wang, J Wu, Y Yan, J Hu, G Engelhardt, JY Luo - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
A controllable low noise current lies at the heart of high-precision measurements in quantum
transport and metrology. While the previous research dealt with the suppression of noise in …

Influence of interference effects on thermoelectric properties of double quantum dots

M Wierzbicki, R Swirkowicz - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2011 - APS
Electron and thermal transport through a double quantum dot/artificial molecule is studied
theoretically in the linear response regime with use of Green function formalism. Gradually …

Thermal rectification through the topological states of asymmetrical length armchair graphene nanoribbons heterostructures with vacancies

DMT Kuo - Nanotechnology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a theoretical investigation of electron heat current in asymmetrical length
armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR) heterostructures with vacancies, focusing on the …