Suspended single-electron transistors: Fabrication and measurement

2005/02/22 by G. S. Paraoanu, A. M. Halvari
Physics and Astronomy · #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.1870108

published as Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 093101 (2005) · 4 pages, 4 figures

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Abstract

We have fabricated suspended aluminum single-electron transistors in which the island is not in contact with the substrate. This type of device displays well-defined I-V and dI∕dV-V features typical for high-quality standard superconducting single-electron transistors.

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