Fluxonium: Single cooper-pair circuit free of charge offsets

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5949, 2009, Pages 113-116

  Manucharyan, Vladimir E ^a   Koch, Jens ^a   Glazman, Leonid I ^a   Devoret, Michel H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUXONIUM; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TUNNEL;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE;

EID: 70349682719     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1175552     Document Type: Article

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