Dk. Devries et al., QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL BALLISTIC ELECTRON-TRANSPORT IN IN-PLANE-GATED CHANNELS AT LIQUID-NITROGEN TEMPERATURE, Solid-state electronics, 37(4-6), 1994, pp. 701-703
In-plane-gated quantum point contacts were fabricated in a pseuudomorp
hic GaAs/InGaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure by focused ion beam implantatio
n of 100 keV Ga+ ions. We see an intricate conductance quantization st
ructure at 4.2 K. As the temperature is increased, the quantatization
becomes less pronounced but clear remnants are observed even at liquid
nitrogen temperature and above.