Mapping electron delocalization by charge transport spectroscopy in an artificial molecule

DOI10.1002/ANDP.200710256zbMATH Open1130.81321arXiv0705.3962OpenAlexW3099711826MaRDI QIDQ5433596FDOQ5433596

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Publication date: 9 January 2008

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this letter we present an experimental realization of the quantum mechanics textbook example of two interacting electronic quantum states that hybridize forming a molecular state. In our particular realization, the quantum states themselves are fabricated as quantum dots in a molecule, a carbon nanotube. For sufficient quantum-mechanical interaction (tunnel coupling) between the two quantum states, the molecular wavefunction is a superposition of the two isolated (dot) wavefunctions. As a result, the electron becomes delocalized and a covalent bond forms. In this work, we show that electrical transport can be used as a sensitive probe to measure the relative weight of the two components in the superposition state as a function of the gate-voltages. For the field of carbon nanotube double quantum dots, the findings represent an additional step towards the engineering of quantum states.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3962

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zbMATH Keywords

carbon nanotubequantum computingmolecular electronicsdouble quantum dotlocal gate control

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Applications of statistical mechanics to specific types of physical systems (82D99)

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• Characterizing destructive quantum interference in electron transport

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