An Exchange-Coupled Donor Molecule in Silicon

作者:Gonzalez Zalba M F*; Saraiva Andre; Calderon Maria J; Heiss Dominik; Koiller Belita; Ferguson Andrew J
来源:Nano Letters, 2014, 14(10): 5672-5676.
DOI:10.1021/nl5023942

摘要

We present a combined experimental-theoretical demonstration of the energy spectrum and exchange coupling of an isolated donor pair in a silicon nanotransistor. The molecular hybridization of the atomic orbitals leads to an enhancement of the one- and two-electron binding energies and charging energy with respect to the single donor case, a desirable feature for quantum electronic devices. Our hydrogen molecule-like model based on a multivalley central-cell corrected effective mass theory incorporating a full configuration interaction treatment of the 2-electron spectrum matches the measured data for an arsenic diatomic molecule with interatomic distance R = 2.3 +/- 0.5 nm.

  • 出版日期2014-10