Quasiballistic quantum transport through Ge/Si core/shell nanowires

Kotekar-Patil, D.; Nguyen, B-M; Yoo, J.; Dayeh, S. A.; Frolov, S. M.

doi:10.1088/1361-6528/aa7f82

Title: Quasiballistic quantum transport through Ge/Si core/shell nanowires

Journal Article · Mon Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nanotechnology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa7f82· OSTI ID:1425762

^[1]; Nguyen, B-M ^[2]; Yoo, J. ^[2]; Dayeh, S. A. ^[3]; Frolov, S. M. ^[1]

Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

We study signatures of ballistic quantum transport of holes through Ge/Si core/shell nanowires at low temperatures. We observe Fabry–Pérot interference patterns as well as conductance plateaus at integer multiples of 2e ²/h at zero magnetic field. Magnetic field evolution of these plateaus reveals relatively large effective Landé g-factors. Ballistic effects are observed in nanowires with silicon shell thickness of 1–3 nm, but not in bare germanium wires. These findings inform the future development of spin and topological quantum devices which rely on ballistic sub-band-resolved transport.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC). Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1425762

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-26870

Journal Information:: Nanotechnology, Vol. 28, Issue 38; ISSN 0957-4484

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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