 Quantum-dot versus antidot resonance topology

A quantum dot is an electron-confining potential well, whereas an antidot is a depleted potential hill. At the same magnetic field, their closed guiding-centre drift has opposite circulation. A series dot needs transmission through two barriers; a side-coupled antidot can connect already propagating quantum Hall edge states and induce backscattering. Both can have discrete energies and charging effects, but a electrical conductance peak or dip depends on lead connectivity rather than solely on the existence of a closed orbit.