What lurks below the last plateau: experimental studies of the 0.7× 2e2/h conductance anomaly in one-dimensional systems

AP Micolich - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The integer quantised conductance of one-dimensional electron systems is a well-
understood effect of quantum confinement. A number of fractionally quantised plateaus are …

Direct visualization of relativistic quantum scars in graphene quantum dots

Z Ge, AM Graf, J Keski-Rahkonen, S Slizovskiy… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Quantum scars refer to eigenstates with enhanced probability density along unstable
classical periodic orbits. First predicted 40 years ago, scars are special eigenstates that …

[KIRJA][B] Scanning-probe electronic imaging of lithographically patterned quantum rings

F Martins, D Cabosart, H Sellier, MG Pala, B Hackens… - 2018 - Springer
Quantum rings patterned from two-dimensional semiconductor heterostructures exhibit a
wealth of quantum transport phenomena at low temperature and in a magnetic field that can …

Relativistic quantum chaos

L Huang, HY Xu, C Grebogi, YC Lai - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Quantum chaos is generally referred to as the study of quantum manifestations or
fingerprints of nonlinear dynamical and chaotic behaviors in the corresponding classical …

Quantum lissajous scars

J Keski-Rahkonen, A Ruhanen, EJ Heller… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
A quantum scar—an enhancement of a quantum probability density in the vicinity of a
classical periodic orbit—is a fundamental phenomenon connecting quantum and classical …

Spatially resolved manipulation of single electrons in quantum dots using a scanned probe

A Pioda, S Kičin, T Ihn, M Sigrist, A Fuhrer, K Ensslin… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
The scanning metallic tip of a scanning force microscope was coupled capacitively to
electrons confined in a lithographically defined gate-tunable quantum dot at a temperature …

On the imaging of electron transport in semiconductor quantum structures by scanning-gate microscopy: successes and limitations

H Sellier, B Hackens, MG Pala, F Martins… - Semiconductor …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a brief review of scanning-gate microscopy applied to the imaging of
electron transport in buried semiconductor quantum structures. After an introduction to the …

Imaging and controlling electron transport inside a quantum ring

B Hackens, F Martins, T Ouisse, H Sellier, S Bollaert… - Nature Physics, 2006 - nature.com
Traditionally, the understanding of quantum transport, coherent and ballistic, relies on the
measurement of macroscopic properties such as the conductance. Although powerful when …

Imaging electron wave functions inside open quantum rings

F Martins, B Hackens, MG Pala, T Ouisse, H Sellier… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
Combining scanning gate microscopy (SGM) experiments and simulations, we demonstrate
low temperature imaging of the electron probability density| Ψ| 2 (x, y) in embedded …

Periodic scarred states in open quantum dots as evidence of quantum Darwinism

AM Burke, R Akis, TE Day, G Speyer, DK Ferry… - Physical Review Letters, 2010 - APS
Scanning gate microscopy (SGM) is used to image scar structures in an open quantum dot,
which is created in an InAs quantum well by electron-beam lithography and wet etching. The …