Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2003-06-07
Phys. Rev. B 70, 085315 (2004)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
7 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.70.085315
We study the pumping effects, in both the adiabatic and nonadiabatic regimes, of a pair of \QTR{it}{finite} finger-gate array (FGA) on a narrow channel. Connection between the pumping characteristics and associated mechanisms is established. The pumping potential is generated by ac biasing the FGA pair. For a single pair (N=1) of finger gates (FG's), the pumping mechanism is due to the coherent inelastic scattering of the traversing electron to its subband threshold. For a pair of FGA with pair number $N>2$, the dominant pumping mechanism becomes that of the time-dependent Bragg reflection. The contribution of the time-dependent Bragg reflection to the pumping is enabled by breaking the symmetry in the electron transmission when the pumping potential is of a predominant propagating type. This propagating wave condition can be achieved both by an appropriate choice of the FGA pair configuration and by the monitoring of a phase difference $\phi $ between the ac biases in the FGA pair. The robustness of such a pumping mechanism is demonstrated by considering a FGA pair with only pair number N=4.
Chang Chi-Yuan
Chu Chong-Sun
Chung Won-Sang
Tang Chi-Shung
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