Gigahertz single-electron pumping mediated by parasitic states

Rossi, Alessandro and Klochan, Jevgeny and Timoshenko, Janis and Hudson, Fay E. and Möttönen, Mikko and Rogge, Sven and Dzurak, Andrew S. and Kashcheyevs, Vyacheslavs and Tettamanzi, Giuseppe C. (2018) Gigahertz single-electron pumping mediated by parasitic states. Nano Letters, 18 (7). pp. 4141-4147. ISSN 1530-6992 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00874)

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Abstract

In quantum metrology, semiconductor single-electron pumps are used to generate accurate electric currents with the ultimate goal of implementing the emerging quantum standard of the ampere. Pumps based on electrostatically defined tunable quantum dots (QDs) have thus far shown the most promising performance in combining fast and accurate charge transfer. However, at frequencies exceeding approximately 1 GHz the accuracy typically decreases. Recently, hybrid pumps based on QDs coupled to trap states have led to increased transfer rates due to tighter electrostatic confinement. Here, we operate a hybrid electron pump in silicon obtained by coupling a QD to multiple parasitic states and achieve robust current quantization up to a few gigahertz. We show that the fidelity of the electron capture depends on the sequence in which the parasitic states become available for loading, resulting in distinctive frequency-dependent features in the pumped current.

ORCID iDs

Rossi, Alessandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7935-7560, Klochan, Jevgeny, Timoshenko, Janis, Hudson, Fay E., Möttönen, Mikko, Rogge, Sven, Dzurak, Andrew S., Kashcheyevs, Vyacheslavs and Tettamanzi, Giuseppe C.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:68704
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    19 June 2018
    Published
    12 June 2018
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:03 Jul 2019 16:26
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 12:20
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/68704
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