CONTROLLED TRANSFER OF SINGLE CHARGE-CARRIERS

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作者
URBINA, C [1 ]
POTHIER, H [1 ]
LAFARGE, P [1 ]
ORFILA, PF [1 ]
ESTEVE, D [1 ]
DEVORET, M [1 ]
GEERLIGS, LJ [1 ]
ANDEREGG, VF [1 ]
HOLWEG, PAM [1 ]
MOOIJ, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] DELFT UNIV TECHNOL,DEPT APPL PHYS,2600 GA DELFT,NETHERLANDS
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10.1109/20.133742
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We have designed and operated two devices, the turnstile and the pump, that transfer electrons one by one. They are both based on the existence of stable electrostatic configurations in arrays of ultrasmall tunnel junctions. While the turnstile only works in the normal state the pump could in principle achieve the transfer of single Cooper pairs.
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页码:2578 / 2580
页数:3
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