A fast, primary Coulomb blockade thermometer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1264-1266

  Bergsten, Tobias ^a   Claeson, Tord ^a   Delsing, Per ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0010378486     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1351526     Document Type: Article

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