# Derivation of potential profile of a dynamic quantum dot

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a method to derive the potential barrier profile in a dynamic quantum dot, demonstrating that barrier shape significantly influences electron transfer accuracy, with implications for quantum sensing and information.

## Contribution

The paper presents a novel method for deriving potential barrier profiles in dynamic quantum dots, enhancing control over electron transfer precision.

## Key findings

- Barrier shape affects electron transfer accuracy
- Method enables tunable barrier profiles
- Improves single-electron source performance

## Abstract

We report a method to derive the potential barrier profile shape in a dynamic quantum dot and show the loading statistics, and hence accuracy of electron transfer, depend significantly on the shape of the barrier. This method takes a further step towards tunable barrier shapes, which would greatly increase the accuracy of single electron sources, allowing the single electron current to be useful for quantum sensing, quantum information and metrology. We apply our method to the case of a tunable-barrier single-electron pump, an exemplary device that shows promise as a source of hot single electron wavepackets.