Single-electron tunneling operation via a-few-donor quantum dots in SOI-FETs up to room temperature
At a Glance
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| Publication Date | 2016-06-01 |
| Authors | Arup Samanta, Y. Takasu, Takeshi Mizuno, Daniel Moraru, M. Tabe |
| Institutions | Shizuoka University |
Abstract
Section titled āAbstractāSingle-electron tunneling in donor-atom transistors has been reported mostly at low temperatures, due to the relatively low tunnel barrier. Higher tunnel barrier, necessary for room-temperature operation, can be expected by coupling closely-placed donors to form a quantum dot (QD). For that purpose, we fabricate a-few-donor QDs in narrow-channel SOI-FETs by a selective-doping technique. In these devices, we observe Coulomb diamonds up to high temperature (T>150 K), while current peaks prominently survive even up to room temperature. The interplay between barrier height and charging energy in promoting room-temperature operation is also discussed.