Tuesday, May 29, 2012

1205.5882 (Zeng-Zhao Li et al.)

Cooling a nanomechanical resonator by a triple quantum dot    [PDF]

Zeng-Zhao Li, Shi-Hua Ouyang, Chi-Hang Lam, J. Q. You
We propose an approach for achieving ground-state cooling of a nanomechanical resonator (NAMR) capacitively coupled to a triple quantum dot (TQD). This TQD is an electronic analog of a three-level atom in $\Lambda$ configuration which allows an electron to enter it via lower-energy states and to exit only from a higher-energy state. By tuning the degeneracy of the two lower-energy states in the TQD, an electron can be trapped in a dark state caused by destructive quantum interference between the two tunneling pathways to the higher-energy state. Therefore, ground-state cooling of an NAMR can be achieved when electrons absorb readily and repeatedly energy quanta from the NAMR for excitations.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5882

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