Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2006-06-14
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 176803 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
revised version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.176803
We study a double quantum dot (DQD) coupled to a strongly biased quantum point contact (QPC), each embedded in independent electric circuits. For weak interdot tunnelling we observe a finite current flowing through the unbiased Coulomb blockaded DQD in response to a strong bias on the QPC. The direction of the current through the DQD is determined by the relative detuning of the energy levels of the two quantum dots. The results are interpreted in terms of a quantum ratchet phenomenon in a DQD energized by a nearby QPC.
Khrapai V. S.
Kotthaus Jörg. P.
Ludwig Stefan
Tranitz Hans-Peter
Wegscheider Werner
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