Mm. Dignam et al., ONE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM-WIRE STATES PROBED BY RESONANT ELECTRON-TUNNELING, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 49(3), 1994, pp. 2269-2272
We have resolved the bound states of a one-dimensional quantum wire by
resonant electron tunneling. The atomically precise quantum-confined
structure was prepared by cleaved-edge overgrowth in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs m
olecular-beam epitaxy. Tunneling proceeded, in a planar geometry, from
the edge of a two-dimensional electron source through the bound state
s of the quantum wire into the edge of a two-dimensional electron drai
n. The experimental resonance positions, as well as their density depe
ndences, are well reproduced by our self-consistent theoretical calcul
ations.