Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2001-08-15
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
REVTeX 4, 10 pages, 12 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B. Associated programs available at http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/~ralph
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.045317
We consider the form of the current-voltage curves generated when tunneling spectroscopy is used to measure the energies of individual electronic energy levels in nanometer-scale systems. We point out that the voltage positions of the tunneling resonances can undergo temperature-dependent shifts, leading to errors in spectroscopic measurements that are proportional to temperature. We do this by solving the set of rate equations that can be used to describe electron tunneling via discrete quantum states, for a number of cases important for comparison to experiments, including (1) when just one spin-degenerate level is accessible for transport, (2) when 2 spin-degenerate levels are accessible, with no variation in electron-electron interactions between eigenstates, and (3) when 2 spin-degenerate levels are accessible, but with variations in electron-electron interactions. We also comment on the general case with an arbitrary number of accessible levels. In each case we analyze the voltage-positions, amplitudes, and widths of the current steps due to the quantum states.
Bonet Edgar
Deshmukh Mandar M.
Ralph Daniel C.
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