• 文献标题:   Magnetic-field-induced charge redistribution in disordered graphene double quantum dots
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHIU KL, CONNOLLY MR, CRESTI A, GRIFFITHS JP, JONES GAC, SMITH CG
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Cambridge
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.92.155408
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We have studied the transport properties of a large graphene double quantum dot under the influence of a background disorder potential and a magnetic field. At low temperatures, the evolution of the charge-stability diagram as a function of the B field is investigated up to 10 T. Our results indicate that the charging energy of the quantum dot is reduced, and hence the effective size of the dot increases at a high magnetic field. We provide an explanation of our results using a tight-binding model, which describes the charge redistribution in a disordered graphene quantum dot via the formation of Landau levels and edge states. Our model suggests that the tunnel barriers separating different electron/hole puddles in a dot become transparent at high B fields, resulting in the charge delocalization and reduced charging energy observed experimentally.