Low Temperature Investigations of Nanostructures and Disordered Mesoscopic Systems

我们建议继续我们的低温研究计划， 无序介观系统和专门设计的 纳米结构。 第一部分，关于量子 在运输过程中的干扰影响，将包括研究 窄带隙介观导体和超晶格效应。 此外，我们设想的工作单电子充电在一个 垂直隧穿结构，探讨“库仑”问题 封锁”与量化通量电导效应，并制定了一个 分裂栅静电AB器件。 材料制造和加工方面的独特进步， 可访问全新的实验系统。 这项工作旨在 全面了解量子相位干涉 和相关的输运效应在复杂的无序 系统. 它直接关系到目前和不久的将来的努力， 为科学领域的测量和控制开发功能强大的新设备 和行业

We propose to continue our low-temperature research program on disordered mesoscopic systems and specially designed nanostructures. The first part, which concerns quantum interference effects in transport processes, will comprise studies of narrow-bandgap mesoscopic conductors and superlattice effects. In addition, we envisage work on single-electron charging in a vertical tunneling structure, probing the question of "coulomb blockade" vs quantized-flux conductance effects, and developing a split-gate, electrostatic AB device. Unique advances in materials fabrication and processing have given accessibility to entirely new experimental systems. This work aims at a comprehensive understanding of how quantum phase interference and correlated transport effects evolve in complex disordered systems. It bears directly upon current and near-future efforts to develop powerful new devices for measurement and control in science and industry.