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Electronic double slit interferometers based on carbon nanotubes.

Gang Liu¹, Yong Zhang, Chun Ning Lau

¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States.

|September 9, 2011

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Researchers created an electronic double slit interferometer using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). This demonstrates electron wave interference in SWNTs, paving the way for on-chip electron optics applications.

Area of Science:

Condensed Matter Physics
Nanoelectronics

Background:

Electron interference phenomena are fundamental to quantum mechanics.
Carbon nanotubes offer unique electronic properties for nanoscale devices.

Purpose of the Study:

To realize an electronic double slit interferometer using individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs).
To investigate electron transport and interference effects in parallel SWNTs.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of a device with two closely spaced, parallel SWNTs.
Performing low-temperature transport spectroscopy measurements.

Main Results:

Observed superposition of conductance oscillations with distinct frequencies.
Characterized "inverse" Coulomb blockade patterns and Fano-like line-shapes with phase shifts.

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Attributed observed phenomena to coherent electron interference through channels with differing transmission.

Conclusions:

Single-walled carbon nanotubes can serve as a platform for electron interferometry.
Demonstrated the potential of SWNTs for realizing on-chip electron optics devices.