Giant fluctuations and gate control of the g-factor in InAs nanowire quantum dots

Nano Lett. 2008 Nov;8(11):3932-5. doi: 10.1021/nl802418w. Epub 2008 Oct 21.

Abstract

We study the g-factor of discrete electron states in InAs nanowire based quantum dots. The g values are determined from the magnetic field splitting of the zero bias anomaly due to the spin 1/2 Kondo effect. Unlike to previous studies based on 2DEG quantum dots, the g-factors of neighboring electron states show a surprisingly large fluctuation: g can scatter between 2 and 18. Furthermore electric gate tunability of the g-factor is demonstrated.