M. Koltonyuk et al., Single-electron capacitance spectroscopy of vertical quantum dots using a single-electron transistor, APPL PHYS L, 74(4), 1999, pp. 555-557
We have incorporated an aluminum single-electron transistor (SET) directly
on top of a vertical quantum dot, enabling the use; of the SET as an electr
ometer that is extremely responsive to the motion of charge into and out of
the dot. Charge induced on the SET central island from single-electron add
itions to the dot modulates the SET output, and we describe two methods for
demodulation that permit quantitative extraction of the quantum dot capaci
tance signal. The two methods produce closely similar results for the deter
mined single-electron capacitance peaks. (C) 1999 American Institute of Phy
sics. [S0003-6951(99)01404-7].