Hybrid single-electron transistor as a source of quantized electric current

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-124

  Pekola, Jukka P ^a   Vartiainen, Juha J ^a   Möttönen, Mikko ^a   Saira, Olli Pentti ^a   Meschke, Matthias ^a   Averin, Dmitri V ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; TEMPERATURE;

CONSISTENCY CHECKS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; CURRENT SOURCES; FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS; JOSEPHSON EFFECT; LOW TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE LEVELS; SINGLE ELECTRONICS;

SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

EID: 38849189355     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys808     Document Type: Article

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