What lurks below the last plateau: experimental studies of the 0.7× 2e2/h conductance anomaly in one-dimensional systems

AP Micolich - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The integer quantised conductance of one-dimensional electron systems is a well-
understood effect of quantum confinement. A number of fractionally quantised plateaus are …

Odd and even Kondo effects from emergent localization in quantum point contacts

MJ Iqbal, R Levy, EJ Koop, JB Dekker, JP De Jong… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
A quantum point contact (QPC) is a basic nanometre-scale electronic device: a short and
narrow transport channel between two electron reservoirs. In clean channels, electron …

Transport properties of clean quantum point contacts

C Rössler, S Baer, E De Wiljes, PL Ardelt… - New Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum point contacts are fundamental building blocks for mesoscopic transport
experiments and play an important role in recent interference and fractional quantum Hall …

Anomalous Spin-Resolved Point-Contact Transmission of Holes<? format?> due to Cubic Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling

S Chesi, GF Giuliani, LP Rokhinson, LN Pfeiffer… - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
Evidence is presented for the finite wave vector crossing of the two lowest one-dimensional
spin-split subbands in quantum point contacts fabricated from two-dimensional hole gases …

Spin-orbit splitting and effective masses in -type GaAs two-dimensional hole gases

F Nichele, AN Pal, R Winkler, C Gerl, W Wegscheider… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We present magnetotransport measurements performed on two-dimensional hole gases
embedded in carbon doped p-type GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures grown on [001] oriented …

Few-hole double quantum dot in an undoped GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure

LA Tracy, TW Hargett, JL Reno - Applied Physics Letters, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a hole double quantum dot in an undoped GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure.
The interdot coupling can be tuned over a wide range, from formation of a large single dot to …

Relation between the 0.7 anomaly and the Kondo effect: Geometric crossover between a quantum point contact and a Kondo quantum dot

J Heyder, F Bauer, E Schubert, D Borowsky, D Schuh… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Quantum point contacts (QPCs) and quantum dots (QDs), two elementary building blocks of
semiconducting nanodevices, both exhibit famously anomalous conductance features: the …

Interplay of fractional quantum Hall states and localization in quantum point contacts

S Baer, C Rössler, EC de Wiljes, PL Ardelt, T Ihn… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We investigate integer and fractional quantum Hall states in quantum point contacts (QPCs)
of different geometries, defined in AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures employing different doping …

Spin fluctuations in the 0.7 anomaly in quantum point contacts

DH Schimmel, B Bruognolo, J von Delft - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
It has been argued that the 0.7 anomaly in quantum point contacts (QPCs) is due to an
enhanced density of states at the top of the QPC barrier (the van Hove ridge), which strongly …

Observation of the Kondo Effect in a Spin- Hole Quantum Dot

O Klochan, AP Micolich, AR Hamilton, K Trunov… - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
We report the observation of Kondo physics in a spin-3 2 hole quantum dot. The dot is
formed close to pinch-off in a hole quantum wire defined in an undoped AlGaAs/GaAs …