Effect of Measurement on the Periodicity of the Coulomb Staircase of a Superconducting Box

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 570041-570044

  Mannik J ^a   Lukens, J E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMETERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY;

QUASIPARTICLE TUNNELING; SINGLE COOPER PAIR TRANSISTORS (SCPT);

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 1642330112     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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