Yan, C;
Kumar, SK;
Pepper, MP;
See, PS;
Farrer, IF;
Ritchie, DR;
Griffiths, JG;
(2017)
Interference Effects in a Tunable Quantum Point Contact Integrated with an Electronic Cavity.
Physical Review Applied
, 8
, Article 024009. 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.024009.
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Abstract
We show experimentally how quantum interference can be produced using an integrated quantum system comprising an arch-shaped short quantum wire (or quantum point contact, QPC) of 1D electrons and a reflector forming an electronic cavity. On tuning the coupling between the QPC and the electronic cavity, fine oscillations are observed when the arch QPC is operated in the quasi-1D regime. These oscillations correspond to interference between the 1D states and a state which is similar to the Fabry-Perot state and suppressed by a small transverse magnetic field of ± 60 mT . Tuning the reflector, we find a peak in resistance which follows the behavior expected for a Fano resonance. We suggest that this is an interesting example of a Fano resonance in an open system which corresponds to interference at or near the Ohmic contacts due to a directly propagating, reflected discrete path and the continuum states of the cavity corresponding to multiple scattering. Remarkably, the Fano factor shows an oscillatory behavior taking peaks for each fine oscillation, thus, confirming coupling between the discrete and continuum states. The results indicate that such a simple quantum device can be used as building blocks to create more complex integrated quantum circuits for possible applications ranging from quantum-information processing to realizing the fundamentals of complex quantum systems.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Interference Effects in a Tunable Quantum Point Contact Integrated with an Electronic Cavity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.024009 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.024009 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1570554 |
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