INELASTIC TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY AND SINGLE-ELECTRON TUNNELING IN AN ADJUSTABLE MICROSCOPIC TUNNEL JUNCTION

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GREGORY, S
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[1] Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ 07701
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.689
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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A remarkably stable microscopic tunnel junction can be made with two crossed wires separated by a monolayer of adsorbed molecules. Inelastic tunneling peaks of hydrocarbons are clearly resolved. A wide Coulomb blockade of single-electron tunneling is observed, indicating that stray capacitance does not influence the microscopic junction. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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