Donor-based single electron pumps with tunable donor binding energy.

Lansbergen, G P; Ono, Y; Fujiwara, A · Nano Lett · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We report on single electron pumping via a tunable number of individual donors. We use a device that essentially consists of a silicon nanowire with local arsenic implantation between a set of fine gates. A temperature-dependent characterization of the pumped current allows us to extract the ionization energy of a single arsenic donor. We observe the ionization energy to be tunable by the gate electric field over a large range of energies.

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