Measurement of quantum noise in a single-electron transistor near the quantum limit

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 660-664

  Xue, W W ^a   Ji, Z ^b   Pan, Feng ^a   Stettenheim, Joel ^a   Blencowe, M P ^a   Rimberg, A J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

AMPLIFIER NOISE; CHARGE SENSITIVITY; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM LIMIT; QUANTUM LIMITED; QUANTUM MEASUREMENT; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

QUANTUM NOISE;

EID: 70249139057     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1339     Document Type: Article

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