Resonant tunnelling features in a suspended silicon nanowire single-hole transistor

Llobet, Jordi and Krali, Emiljana and Wang, Chen and Arbiol, Jordi and Jones, Mervyn E. and Perez-Murano, Francesc and Durrani, Zahid A. K. (2015) Resonant tunnelling features in a suspended silicon nanowire single-hole transistor. Applied Physics Letters, 107 (22). ISSN 0003-6951

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Abstract

Suspended silicon nanowires have significant potential for a broad spectrum of device applications. A suspended p-type Si nanowire incorporating Si nanocrystal quantum dots has been used to form a single-hole transistor. Transistor fabrication uses a novel and rapid process, based on focused gallium ion beam exposure and anisotropic wet etching, generating <10 nm nanocrystals inside suspended Si nanowires. Electrical characteristics at 10 K show Coulomb diamonds with charging energy ∼27 meV, associated with a single dominant nanocrystal. Resonant tunnelling features with energy spacing ∼10 meV are observed, parallel to both diamond edges. These may be associated either with excited states or hole–acoustic phonon interactions, in the nanocrystal. In the latter case, the energy spacing corresponds well with reported Raman spectroscopy results and phonon spectra calculations.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Applied Physics Letters
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3101
Subjects:
?? NANOWIRESQUANTUM DOTRAMAN SPECTROSCOPY PHONON SPECTRUMPHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY (MISCELLANEOUS) ??
ID Code:
89200
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Deposited On:
14 Dec 2017 13:56
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Yes
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Published
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21 Sep 2023 02:19