Observation of shot-noise-induced asymmetry in the coulomb blockaded josephson junction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Lindell, R K ^a   Delahaye, J ^a,b   Sillanpaa M A ^a   Heikkila T T ^a   Sonin, E B ^a,c   Hakonen, P J ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB BLOCKADE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ESTIMATION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHOT NOISE; SQUIDS; THIN FILMS;

COOPER PAIRS; COULOMB ENERGY; JOHNSON-NYQUIST NOISE; QUANTUM RESISTANCE;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 19744380141     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.197002     Document Type: Article

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