title: Suspending effect on low-frequency charge noise in graphene quantum dot.
abstract: Charge noise is critical in the performance of gate-controlled quantum dots (QDs). Such information is not yet available for QDs made out of the new material graphene, where both substrate and edge states are known to have important effects. Here we show the 1/f noise for a microscopic graphene QD is substantially larger than that for a macroscopic graphene field-effect transistor (FET), increasing linearly with temperature. To understand its origin, we suspended the graphene QD above the substrate. In contrast to large area graphene FETs, we find that a suspended graphene QD has an almost-identical noise level as an unsuspended one. Tracking noise levels around the Coulomb blockade peak as a function of gate voltage yields potential fluctuations of order 1 μeV, almost one order larger than in GaAs/GaAlAs QDs. Edge states and surface impurities rather than substrate-induced disorders, appear to dominate the 1/f noise, thus affecting the coherency of graphene nano-devices.
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Xiang-Xiang
authors: XX
authors: Song
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Hai-Ou
authors: HO
authors: Li
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: You
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Tian-Yi
authors: TY
authors: Han
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Gang
authors: G
authors: Cao
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Tu
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Xiao
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Guang-Can
authors: GC
authors: Guo
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors: Hong-Wen
authors: HW
authors: Jiang
authors: 1] Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information &Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Guo-Ping
authors: GP
authors: Guo
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