This work forms the basis for the realization of quantum-bits in a nuclear spin-free environment in Si/SiGe heterostructures. Two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) in Si/SiGe heterostructures as well as nanostructures based on these 2DES have been fabricated and studied. The development of the required technology and the optimization of the growth process of the 2DES in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) are an integral part of this thesis. Furthermore, the MBE machine has been extended to offer the possibility to deposit single Si and Ge isotopes. First 2DES in nuclear spin free 28Si layers have been realized. An anomaly in the regime of the quantum Hall effect in these structures has been studied and was explained in the framework of a self-consistent theory of the quantum Hall effect. Electrostatically defined quantum dots were fabricated employing nanostructured Palladium gates and operated in the few-electron regime.
«This work forms the basis for the realization of quantum-bits in a nuclear spin-free environment in Si/SiGe heterostructures. Two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) in Si/SiGe heterostructures as well as nanostructures based on these 2DES have been fabricated and studied. The development of the required technology and the optimization of the growth process of the 2DES in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) are an integral part of this thesis. Furthermore, the MBE machine has been extended to offer the...
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