Nonequilibrium Quasiparticles and 2e Periodicity in Single-Cooper-Pair Transistors

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 668021-668024

  Aumentado, J ^a   Keller, Mark W ^a   Martinis, John M ^a   Devoret, M H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY GAP; FABRICATION; OXIDATION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SWITCHING;

PERIODICITY; QUASIPARTICLES;

GATES (TRANSISTOR);

EID: 1642265132     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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