An accurate high-speed single-electron quantum dot pump

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Giblin, S P ^a   Wright, S J ^b,c   Fletcher, J D ^a   Kataoka, M ^a   Pepper, M ^d   Janssen, T J B M ^a   Ritchie, D A ^b   Nicoll, C A ^b   Anderson, D ^b   Jones, G A C ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ERROR RATE; GAAS; HIGH FREQUENCY OPERATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-ACCURACY MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-SPEED; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; PARTS PER MILLIONS; PRIMARY STANDARDS; PUMP CURRENT; PUMPING CYCLES; QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICES; QUANTUM DOT; REFERENCE CURRENTS; SINGLE ELECTRON; SOURCE-DRAIN; TUNING PARAMETER;

DRAIN CURRENT; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STANDARDS;

PUMPS;

EID: 77955323339     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/7/073013     Document Type: Article

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