Superconducting Single-Electron Transistor as a 3e-Cotunneling Turnstile

Autor: Sergey V. Lotkhov
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: 2018 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2018).
DOI: 10.1109/cpem.2018.8501230
Popis: In a superconducting single-electron transistor (SSET), we demonstrate a charge turnstile regime based on higher-order tunneling as a major transport mechanism. In this regime, the quantized current appears as a sequence of Cooper pair-electron cotunneling events cycled by a periodic gate signal and transferring a discrete three-electron charge per cycle. Operating as a relatively slow, higher-order tunneling system, the 3e-turnstile exhibits stable current plateaus in the sub-pA range. The device could be useful for generating precise ultralow currents as well as for experimental evaluation of cotunneling error rates in electron turnstiles.
Databáze: OpenAIRE