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Human Impacts on a Small Island Ecosystem: Lessons from the Lucayans of San Salvador, Bahamas for This Island Earth
Adiabatic steering and determination of dephasing rates in double dot qubits
We propose a scheme to prepare arbitrary superpositions of quantum states in
double quantum--dots irradiated by coherent microwave pulses. Solving the
equations of motion for the dot density matrix, we find that dephasing rates
for such superpositions can be quantitatively infered from additional electron
current pulses that appear due to a controllable breakdown of coherent
population trapping in the dots.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Determination of the complex microwave photoconductance of a single quantum dot
A small quantum dot containing approximately 20 electrons is realized in a
two-dimensional electron system of an AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure. Conventional
transport and microwave spectroscopy reveal the dot's electronic structure. By
applying a coherently coupled two-source technique, we are able to determine
the complex microwave induced tunnel current. The amplitude of this
photoconductance resolves photon-assisted tunneling (PAT) in the non-linear
regime through the ground state and an excited state as well. The out-of-phase
component (susceptance) allows to study charge relaxation within the quantum
dot on a time scale comparable to the microwave beat period.Comment: 5.5 pages, 6 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev. B (Jan. B15 2001
Josephson Junctions defined by a Nano-Plough
We define superconducting constrictions by ploughing a deposited Aluminum
film with a scanning probe microscope. The microscope tip is modified by
electron beam deposition to form a nano-plough of diamond-like hardness, what
allows the definition of highly transparent Josephson junctions. Additionally a
dc-SQUID is fabricated to verify appropriate functioning of the junctions. The
devices are easily integrated in mesoscopic devices as local radiation sources
and can be used as tunable on-chip millimeter wave sources
Tunable Fano effect in parallel-coupled double quantum dot system
With the help of the Green function technique and the equation of motion
approach, the electronic transport through a parallel-coupled double quantum
dot(DQD) is theoretically studied. Owing to the inter-dot coupling, the bonding
and antibonding states of the artificial quantum-dot-molecule may constitute an
appropriate basis set. Based on this picture, the Fano interference in the
conductance spectra of the DQD system is readily explained. The possibility of
manipulating the Fano lineshape in the tunnelling spectra of the DQD system is
explored by tuning the dot-lead coupling, the inter-dot coupling, the magnetic
flux threading the ring connecting dots and leads, and the flux difference
between two sub-rings. It has been found that by making use of various tuning,
the direction of the asymmetric tail of Fano lineshape may be flipped by
external fields, and the continuous conductance spectra may be magnetically
manipulated with lineshape retained. More importantly, by adjusting the
magnetic flux, the function of two molecular states can be exchanged, giving
rise to a swap effect, which might play a role as a qubit in the quantum
computation.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figure
Spin blockade in ground state resonance of a quantum dot
We present measurements on spin blockade in a laterally integrated quantum
dot. The dot is tuned into the regime of strong Coulomb blockade, confining ~
50 electrons. At certain electronic states we find an additional mechanism
suppressing electron transport. This we identify as spin blockade at zero bias,
possibly accompanied by a change in orbital momentum in subsequent dot ground
states. We support this by probing the bias, magnetic field and temperature
dependence of the transport spectrum. Weak violation of the blockade is
modelled by detailed calculations of non-linear transport taking into account
forbidden transitions.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Red Blood Cells and Turbulence
Measurements were made of the turbulence intensity of blood of various hematocrits (volume percentage of red cells in blood) flowing through an orifice. The maximum relative turbulence intensity was found to occur in the hematocrit range of 20% - 30%
Microwave spectroscopy on a double quantum dot with an on-chip Josephson oscillator
We present measurements on microwave spectroscopy on a double quantum dot
with an on-chip microwave source. The quantum dots are realized in the
two-dimensional electron gas of an AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure and are weakly
coupled in series by a tunnelling barrier forming an 'ionic' molecular state.
We employ a Josephson oscillator formed by a long Nb/Al-AlO/Nb junction as
a microwave source. We find photon-assisted tunnelling sidebands induced by the
Josephson oscillator, and compare the results with those obtained using an
externally operated microwave source.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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