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Correlative Light- and Electron Microscopy Using Quantum Dot Nanoparticles
Published on: August 7, 2016
Correlation between peak-height modulation and phase lapses in transport through quantum dots
Rodolfo A Jalabert1, Rafael A Molina2, Guillaume Weick1
1Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, F-67000 Strasbourg, France.
Abstract:
We show that two intriguing features of mesoscopic transport, namely, the modulation of Coulomb blockade peak heights and the transmission phase lapses occurring between subsequent peaks, are closely related. Our analytic arguments are corroborated by numerical simulations for chaotic ballistic quantum dots. The correlations between the two properties are experimentally testable. The statistical distribution of the partial-width amplitude, at the heart of the previous relationship, is determined, and its characteristic parameters are estimated from simple models.
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