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悬浮碳纳米管量子点中的Franck-Condon阻塞

Franck-Condon blockade in suspended carbon nanotube quantum dots

Renaud Leturcq, Christoph Stampfer, Kevin Inderbitzin, Lukas Durrer, Christofer Hierold, Eros Mariani, Maximilian G. Schultz, Felix von Oppen, Klaus Ensslin

摘要:

理解原子的振动运动对分子中电子跃迁的影响构成了量子物理学的基石,正如光谱学的弗兰克-康登原理所体现的那样。最近的进展,在建设分子电子器件和纳米机电系统打开了一个新的舞台,研究机械和电子之间的相互作用的自由度在单分子水平上的运输。电子通过分子或悬浮量子点的隧穿已被证明激发振动模式或振动子。除此之外,理论预测,强电子-振动子耦合在低偏压下显著抑制电流流动,这种集体行为被称为弗兰克-康登封锁。在这里,我们显示的量子点上形成的悬浮单壁碳纳米管揭示了一个非常大的电子-振动子耦合的测量,由于我们的样品的高品质和前所未有的可调性,承认振动子介导的电子输运在强电子-振动子耦合制度的定量分析。这使我们能够明确地证明悬浮纳米结构中的Franck-Condon阻断。观测到的大量电子-振子耦合最终可能成为检测量子化机械运动的关键因素。它还强调了基于悬浮石墨烯片和碳纳米管的纳米机电设备应用的独特潜力。

英文摘要:

Understanding the influence of vibrational motion of the atoms on electronic transitions in molecules constitutes a cornerstone of quantum physics, as epitomized by the Franck-Condon principle of spectroscopy. Recent advances in building molecular-electronics devices and nanoelectromechanical systems open a new arena for studying the interaction between mechanical and electronic degrees of freedom in transport at the single-molecule level. The tunneling of electrons through molecules or suspended quantum dots has been shown to excite vibrational modes, or vibrons. Beyond this effect, theory predicts that strong electron-vibron coupling dramatically suppresses the current flow at low biases, a collective behaviour known as Franck-Condon blockade. Here we show measurements on quantum dots formed in suspended single-wall carbon nanotubes revealing a remarkably large electron-vibron coupling and, due to the high quality and unprecedented tunability of our samples, admit a quantitative analysis of vibron-mediated electronic transport in the regime of strong electron-vibron coupling. This allows us to unambiguously demonstrate the Franck-Condon blockade in a suspended nanostructure. The large observed electron-vibron coupling could ultimately be a key ingredient for the detection of quantized mechanical motion. It also emphasizes the unique potential for nanoelectromechanical device applications based on suspended graphene sheets and carbon nanotubes.

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