Transport via coupled states in a C₆₀ peapod quantum dot

TY - JOUR

T1 - Transport via coupled states in a C60 peapod quantum dot

AU - Eliasen, Anders Klit

AU - Paaske, Jens

AU - Flensberg, Karsten

AU - Smerat, Sebastian

AU - Leijnse, Martin Christian

AU - Wegewijs, M. R.

AU - Jørgensen, Henrik Ingerslev

AU - Monthioux, Marc

AU - Nygård, Jesper

PY - 2010/4/15

Y1 - 2010/4/15

N2 - We have measured systematic repetitions of avoided crossings in low-temperature three-terminal transport through a carbon nanotube with encapsulated C60 molecules. We show that this is a general effect of the hybridization of a host quantum dot with an impurity. The well-defined nanotube allows identification of the properties of the impurity, which we suggest to be a chain of C60 molecules inside the nanotube. This electronic coupling between the two subsystems opens the interesting and potentially useful possibility of contacting the encapsulated molecules via the tube.

AB - We have measured systematic repetitions of avoided crossings in low-temperature three-terminal transport through a carbon nanotube with encapsulated C60 molecules. We show that this is a general effect of the hybridization of a host quantum dot with an impurity. The well-defined nanotube allows identification of the properties of the impurity, which we suggest to be a chain of C60 molecules inside the nanotube. This electronic coupling between the two subsystems opens the interesting and potentially useful possibility of contacting the encapsulated molecules via the tube.

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.155431

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.155431

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2469-9950

VL - 81

SP - 155431

JO - Physical Review B

JF - Physical Review B

IS - 15

ER -