Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Gate-controlled electromechanical backaction induced by a quantum dot

  • Yuma Okazaki,
  • Imran Mahboob,
  • Koji Onomitsu,
  • Satoshi Sasaki,
  • Hiroshi Yamaguchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11132
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Coupling between quantum structures and mechanical resonators remains a challenge. Here, the authors couple a quantum dot and a piezoelectric microresonator and show that gate-induced single electron transport in the quantum dot enables control of the amplitude of the mechanical response.