Abstract
We have resolved the bound states of a one-dimensional quantum wire by resonant electron tunneling. The atomically precise quantum-confined structure was prepared by cleaved-edge overgrowth in GaAs/As molecular-beam epitaxy. Tunneling proceeded, in a planar geometry, from the edge of a two-dimensional electron source through the bound states of the quantum wire into the edge of a two-dimensional electron drain. The experimental resonance positions, as well as their density dependences, are well reproduced by our self-consistent theoretical calculations.
- Received 25 October 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.49.2269
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