OBSERVATION OF ELASTIC MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM TUNNELING OF THE CHARGE VARIABLE

被引：30

作者：

HANNA, AE ^{[1
]}

TUOMINEN, MT ^{[1
]}

TINKHAM, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] HARVARD UNIV,DIV APPL SCI,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1992年 / 68卷 / 21期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3228

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

The tunneling characteristics of a two-junction system created with extremely small metal particles is studied in the voltage region within the Coulomb blockade. We observe a conductance orders of magnitude lower than outside the blockade, which matches predictions for a superposition of elastic and inelastic macroscopic quantum tunneling of the charge variable Q.

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页码：3228 / 3231

页数：4

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