2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/19840Phonon cavities are believed to be the next step towards a control of dephasing in semiconductor quantum dot `qubits'. In this paper, we discuss two models for phonon cavities - a surface acoustic wave (SAW) inter-digitated transducer on an infinite half-space, and an elastic thin slab. The inelastic current through double quantum dots in non-perfect SAW cavities exhibits a gap at small energies and is completely suppressed in a perfect, infinite system. In the free-standing slab model, van Hove singularities evolve in the phonon spectral density. We find that these singularities cause additional side peaks in the inelastic current.8 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of the 26th ICPS (2002), EdinburghMesoscale and Nanoscale Physicstext