A Coherent Two-Level System in a Superconducting Single-Electron Transistor Observed Through Photon-Assisted Cooper-Pair Tunneling

Journal of Superconductivity

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 799-806

  Nakamura, Y ^a   Tsai, J S ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy level splitting; Photon assisted Cooper pair tunneling; Superconducting single electron box; Superconducting single electron transistor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000377172     PISSN: 08961107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007793228293     Document Type: Article

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