Time-resolved detection of single-electron interference.
We demonstrate real-time detection of self-interfering electrons in a double quantum dot embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer, with visibility approaching unity. We use a quantum point contact as a charge detector to perform time-resolved measurements of single-electron tunneling. With increased bias voltage, the quantum point contact exerts a back-action on the interferometer leading to decoherence. We attribute this to emission of radiation from the quantum point contact, which drives noncoherent electronic transitions in the quantum dots.
Gustavsson
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Solid State Physics Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. simongus@phys.ethz.ch
Leturcq
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Studer
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Ihn
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Ensslin
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Driscoll
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Gossard
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