Spin states of the first four holes in a silicon nanowire quantum dot (2008)
Zwanenburg, F. A., Fang, Y., Lieber, C. M., Kouwenhoven, L. P.
We report measurements on a silicon nanowire quantum dot with a clarity that allows for a complete understanding of the spin states of the first four holes. First, we show control of the hole number...
Real Time Electron Tunneling and Pulse Spectroscopy in Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dots (2008)
Gotz, G., Steele, G. A., Vos, W., Kouwenhoven, L. P.
We investigate a Quantum Dot (QD) in a Carbon Nanotube (CNT) in the regime where the QD is nearly isolated from the leads. An aluminum single electron transistor (SET) serves as a charge detector for...
Polarization Properties of Single Quantum Dots in Nanowires (2008)
Akopian, N., Kelkensberg, F., Perinetti, U., Van Kouwen, M. P., Rivas, J. Gómez, ...
We study the absorption and emission polarization of single semiconductor quantum dots in semiconductor nanowires. We show that the polarization of light absorbed or emitted by a nanowire quantum dot...
Accurate Model of a Vertical Pillar Quantum Dot (2008)
Maksym, P. A., Nishi, Y., Austing, D. G., Hatano, T., Kouwenhoven, L. P., Aoki, H., ...
An accurate model of a vertical pillar quantum dot is described. The full three dimensional structure of the device containing the dot is taken into account and this leads to an effective two...
Universal phase shift and non-exponential decay of driven single-spin oscillations (2007)
Koppens, F. H. L., Klauser, D., Coish, W. A., Nowack, K. C., Kouwenhoven, L. P., Loss, D., ...
We study, both theoretically and experimentally, driven Rabi oscillations of a single electron spin coupled to a nuclear spin bath. Due to the long correlation time of the bath, two unusual features...
Spins in few-electron quantum dots (2007)
Hanson, R., Kouwenhoven, L.P., Petta, J.R., Vandersypen, L.M.K.
Universal Phase Shift and Nonexponential Decay of Driven Single-Spin Oscillations (2007)
Koppens, F.H.L., Klauser, D., Coish, W.A., Nowack, K.C., Kouwenhoven, L.P., Loss, D., ...
Experimental signature of phonon-mediated spin relaxation in a two-electron quantum dot (2007)
Meunier, T., Vink, I.T., Willems Van Beveren, L.H., Hanson, R., Koppens, F.H.L., ...
Spins in few-electron quantum dots (2006)
Hanson, R., Kouwenhoven, L. P., Petta, J. R., Tarucha, S., Vandersypen, L. M. K.
This review describes the physics of spins in quantum dots containing one or two electrons, from an experimentalist's viewpoint. Various methods for extracting spin properties from experiment are...
Excited state spectroscopy in carbon nanotube double quantum dots (2006)
Sapmaz, S., Meyer, C., Beliczynski, P., Jarillo-Herrero, P., Kouwenhoven, L. P.
Intermediate low spin states in a few-electron quantum dot in the nu < 1 regime (2006)
Nishi, Y., Maksym, P.A., Austing, D.G., Hatano, T., Kouwenhoven, L.P., Aoki, H., ...
Spin filling of a quantum dot derived from excited-state spectroscopy (2005)
Willems Van Beveren, L.H., Hanson, R., Vink, I.T., Koppens, F.H.L., Kouwenhoven, L.P., Vandersypen, L.M.K.
Planar nanocontacts with atomically controlled separation (2003)
Kervennic, Y.V., Vanmaekelbergh, D.A.M., Kouwenhoven, L.P.
We have developed a technology to reproducibly make gaps with distance control on the single-atom scale. The gold contacts are flat on the nanometer scale and are fabricated on an oxidized aluminum...
Motohisa, J., Van Der Wiel, W. G., Elzerman, J. M., De Franceschi, S., Nakajima, F, Ogasawara, Y., ...
We describe transport measurements in a novel dual-gated single electron transistor based on a quantum dot (QD) fabricated by selective area growth of metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy. We observed,...
Hens, Z., Kouwenhoven, L.P., Gurevich, L., Vanmaekelbergh, D.A.M.
We performed scanning tunnelling spectroscopy on insulating colloidal CdSe quantum dots attached to gold with a rigid self-assembled monolayer. By varying the tip–dot distance we change the...
Photon-assisted tunneling through a quantum dot (1994)
Kouwenhoven, L.P., Jauhar, S., McCormick, K., Dixon, D., McEuen, P.L., Nazarov, Yu.V., ...
Quantum ballistic and adiabatic electron transport studied with quantum point contacts (1991)
Wees, B.J. Van, Kouwenhoven, L.P., Willems, E.M.M., Mooij, J.E., Houten, H. Van, ...
We present an experimental and theoretical study of quantum ballistic transport in single quantum point contacts (QPC’s), defined in the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) of a high-mobility...
Wees, B.J. Van, Kouwenhoven, L.P., Enden, A. Van Der
We describe transport experiments performed on ballistic submicron devices which are defined in the two dimensional electron gas of GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures by means of metallic gates....
Transport in an Electron Interferometer and an Artificial One-Dimensional Crystal (1990)
Wees, B.J. Van, Kouwenhoven, L.P., Kraayeveld, J.R., Hekking, F.W.J., Williamson, J.G.
We have studied the electron transport in a one-dimensional electron interferometer. It consists of a quantum dot, defined in a two-dimensional electron gas, to which quantum point contacts are...
Selective Population and Detection of Edge Channels in the Fractional Quantum Hall Regime (1990)
Kouwenhoven, L.P., Wees, B.J. Van, Timmering, C.E., Foxon, C.T.
Transport in the fractional-quantum-Hall-effect (FQHE) regime is studied in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) employing adjustable barriers as current and voltage probes. We find a fractionally...
Transport through a Finite One-Dimensional Crystal (1990)
Kouwenhoven, L.P., Hekking, F.W.J., Wees, B.J. Van, Timmering, C.E., Foxon, C.T.
We have studied the magnetotransport properties of an artificial one-dimensional crystal. The crystal consists of a sequence of fifteen quantum dots, defined in the two-dimensional electron gas of a...
Nonlinear conductance of quantum point contacts (1989)
Kouwenhoven, L.P., Wees, B.J. Van, Williamson, J.G., Houten, H. Van, Beenakker, C.W.J., ...
The conductance of ballistic quantum constrictions in a two-dimensional electron gas has been studied experimentally as a function of the applied voltage. Large nonlinearities are found in the...
Transition from Ohmic to adiabatic transport in quantum point contacts in series (1989)
Kouwenhoven, L.P., Wees, B.J. Van, Kool, W., Staring, A.A.M., Foxon, C.T.
Ballistic electron transport has been studied in a device consisting of two quantum point contacts (QPC’s) in series, connected by a 1.5-µm-wide cavity. In the absence of a magnetic field the...
Wees, B.J. Van, Willems, E.M.M., Kouwenhoven, L.P., Williamson, J.G., Foxon, C.T., ...
The Shubnikov–de Haas resistance oscillations of a wide two-dimensional electron gas are suppressed dramatically when current is injected with a quantum point contact which does not populate the...
Observation of Zero-Dimensional States in a One-Dimensional Electron Interferometer (1989)
Wees, B.J. Van, Kouwenhoven, L.P., Williamson, J.G., Timmering, C.E., Broekaart, M.E.I., ...
We have studied the electron transport in a one-dimensional electron interferometer. It consists of a disk-shaped two-dimensional electron gas, to which quantum point contacts are attached. Discrete...
Quantized conductance of magnetoelectric subbands in ballistic point contacts (1988)
Wees, B.J. Van, Kouwenhoven, L.P., Houten, H. Van, Beenakker, C.W.J., Mooij, J.E., Foxon, C.T., ...
The two-terminal conductance of ballistic point contacts in the two-dimensional electron gas of a high-mobility GaAs/AlxGa1–xAs heterostructure has been studied in quantizing electric and magnetic...
Quantized Conductance of Point Contacts in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas (1988)
Wees, B.J. Van, Houten, H. Van, Beenakker, C.W.J., Williamson, J.G., Kouwenhoven, L.P., Marel, D. Van Der, ...
Ballistic point contacts, defined in the two-dimensional electron gas of a GaAs-AlGaAs heterostructure, have been studied in zero magnetic field. The conductance changes in quantized steps of e2/πħ...