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Copyright 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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nearly equidistant peaks. We attribute the doublet to tunneling through thelowest CB QD state, where the spacing corresponds to the single-electroncharging energy, E c = 0.11 eV. The observed doublet is consistent with thedegeneracy of the envelope function of the first CB level, 1S e (here, we revertto a simpler notation for the CB states), which has s character. In this case,where charging takes place corresponding the situation described in Fig. 3a, adirect relationship between the degeneracy of a QD level and the number ofaddition peaks is expected. This is further substantiated <strong>by</strong> the observationthat the second group consists of six peaks, corresponding to the degeneracyof the 1P e state, spaced <strong>by</strong> values close to the observed E c for the first doublet.The sixfold multiplet is seen more clearly in the spectrum presented in Fig. 9,focusing only on the CB side. This sequential level filling resembles theAufbau principle of building up the lowest-energy electron configuration ofan atom, directly demonstrating the atomiclike nature of the QD.The separation between the two groups of peaks, 0.42 eV, is a sum ofthe level spacing D CB = 1P e 1S e and the charging energy E c . A value ofFigure 9 A tunneling conductance spectrum (positive bias side), measured for anInAs QD with radius of 2.8 nm. A doublet and a sixfold multiplet are resolved,assigned to tunneling through the 1S e and 1P e QD states, respectively.<strong>Copyright</strong> <strong>2004</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Marcel</strong> <strong>Dekker</strong>, <strong>Inc</strong>. <strong>All</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Reserved</strong>.

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