Imaging Electrical Conduction through InAs Nanowires

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dc.creatorBleszynski, Ania C.
dc.creatorZwanenburg, Floris A.
dc.creatorWestervelt, Robert M.
dc.creatorRoest, Aaroud L.
dc.creatorBakkers, Erik P. A. M.
dc.creatorKouwenhoven, Leo P.
dc.date2006-10-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:27:35Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:27:35Z
dc.descriptionWe show how a scanning probe microscope (SPM) can be used to image electron flow through InAs nanowires, elucidating the physics of nanowire devices on a local scale. A charged SPM tip is used as a movable gate. Images of nanowire conductance vs. tip position spatially map the conductance of InAs nanowires at liquid He temperatures. Plots of conductance vs. back gate voltage without the tip present show complex patterns of Coulomb-blockade peaks. Images of nanowire conductance identify multiple quantum dots located along the nanowire - each dot is surrounded by a series of concentric rings corresponding to Coulomb blockade peaks. An image locates the dots and provides information about their size. The rings around individual dots interfere with each other like Coulomb blockade peaks of multiple quantum dots in series. In this way, the SPM tip can probe complex multi-dot systems by tuning the charge state of individual dots. The nanowires were grown from metal catalyst particles and have diameters ~ 80 nm and lengths 2 to 3 um.
dc.description15 pages containing 5 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610514
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610514
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/117429
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titleImaging Electrical Conduction through InAs Nanowires
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