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Probing the sensitivity of electron wave interference to disorder-induced scattering in solid-state devices

Scannell, B. C. ; Pilgrim, I. ; See, A. M. ; Montgomery, R. D. ; Morse, P. K. ; Fairbanks, M. S. ; Marlow, C. A. ; Linke, Heiner LU orcid ; Farrer, I. and Ritchie, D. A. , et al. (2012) In Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) 85(19).
Abstract
The study of electron motion in semiconductor billiards has elucidated our understanding of quantum interference and quantum chaos. The central assumption is that ionized donors generate only minor perturbations to the electron trajectories, which are determined by scattering from billiard walls. We use magnetoconductance fluctuations as a probe of the quantum interference and show that these fluctuations change radically when the scattering landscape is modified by thermally induced charge displacement between donor sites. Our results challenge the accepted understanding of quantum interference effects in nanostructures.
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Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
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85
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American Physical Society
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1098-0121
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.85.195319
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English
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  abstract     = {{The study of electron motion in semiconductor billiards has elucidated our understanding of quantum interference and quantum chaos. The central assumption is that ionized donors generate only minor perturbations to the electron trajectories, which are determined by scattering from billiard walls. We use magnetoconductance fluctuations as a probe of the quantum interference and show that these fluctuations change radically when the scattering landscape is modified by thermally induced charge displacement between donor sites. Our results challenge the accepted understanding of quantum interference effects in nanostructures.}},
  author       = {{Scannell, B. C. and Pilgrim, I. and See, A. M. and Montgomery, R. D. and Morse, P. K. and Fairbanks, M. S. and Marlow, C. A. and Linke, Heiner and Farrer, I. and Ritchie, D. A. and Hamilton, A. R. and Micolich, A. P. and Eaves, L. and Taylor, R. P.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{19}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)}},
  title        = {{Probing the sensitivity of electron wave interference to disorder-induced scattering in solid-state devices}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3712292/2968948.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.85.195319}},
  volume       = {{85}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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