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Nanowire-based multiple quantum dot memory

Nilsson, Henrik LU ; Thelander, Claes LU ; Fröberg, Linus LU ; Wagner, Jakob LU and Samuelson, Lars LU (2006) In Applied Physics Letters 89(16).
Abstract
The authors propose and demonstrate an alternative memory concept in which a storage island is connected to a nanowire containing a stack of nine InAs quantum dots, each separated by thin InP tunnel barriers. Transport through the quantum dot structure is suppressed for a particular biasing window due to misalignment of the energy levels. This leads to hysteresis in the charging/discharging of the storage island. The memory operates for temperatures up to around 150 K and has write times down to at least 15 ns. A comparison is made to a nanowire memory based on a single, thick InP barrier.
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Applied Physics Letters
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16
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0003-6951
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10.1063/1.2362594
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  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Applied Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{Nanowire-based multiple quantum dot memory}},
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  doi          = {{10.1063/1.2362594}},
  volume       = {{89}},
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