A high-performance cryogenic amplifier based on a radio-frequency single electron transistor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 4859-4861

  Segall, K ^a,c   Lehnert, K W ^a   Stevenson, T R ^a,d   Schoelkopf, R J ^a   Wahlgren, P ^b   Aassime, A ^b   Delsing, P ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c USA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRONS; RESISTORS; TRANSISTORS;

CRYOGENIC AMPLIFIERS;

RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0037449330     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1530751     Document Type: Article

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