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Volume 106, Number 4, May 2014
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| Article Number | 47002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/106/47002 | |
| Published online | 20 May 2014 | |
Asymmetry of charge relaxation times in quantum dots: The influence of degeneracy
1 Faculty of Physics and CENIDE, University of Duisburg- Essen - Lotharstr. 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
2 Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Universitätstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Received: 5 March 2014
Accepted: 24 April 2014
Using time-resolved transconductance spectroscopy, we study the tunneling dynamics between a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) and self-assembled quantum dots (QDs), embedded in a field-effect transistor structure. We find that the tunneling of electrons from the 2DEG into the QDs is governed by a different time constant than the reverse process, i.e., tunneling from the QDs to the 2DEG. This asymmetry is a clear signature of Coulomb interaction and makes it possible to determine the degeneracy of the quantum-dot orbitals even when the individual states cannot be resolved energetically because of inhomogeneous broadening. Our experimental data can be qualitatively explained within a master-equation approach.
PACS: 73.63.Kv – Quantum dots / 73.23.Hk – Coulomb blockade; single-electron tunneling / 73.40.Gk – Tunneling
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