TUNNELING THROUGH QUANTUM-DOT SYSTEMS - A STUDY OF THE MAGNETOCONDUCTANCE FLUCTUATIONS

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作者
WANG, YJ [1 ]
WANG, J [1 ]
GUO, H [1 ]
ROLAND, C [1 ]
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[1] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,RALEIGH,NC 27695
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10.1088/0953-8984/6/11/001
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We report on a theoretical study of ballistic transport of electrons through two-probe quantum-dot systems in the tunnelling regime. Large aperiodic conductance fluctuations are observed as a function of the external magnetic field and the electron energy. We analyse the magnetic field correlation functions of the conductance fluctuation for both a stadium-shaped dot and a rectangular dot and find that they are qualitatively different. The correlation function of the stadium-shaped dot agrees well with the semi-classical chaotic-scattering theory, while that of the rectangular dot does not.
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页码:L143 / L148
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