COTUNNELING RATE IN A SERIES ARRAY OF TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS

Authors
MELNIKOV VI
Citation
Vi. Melnikov, COTUNNELING RATE IN A SERIES ARRAY OF TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS, Physics letters. A, 176(3-4), 1993, pp. 267-269
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
176
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
267 - 269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1993)176:3-4<267:CRIASA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The rate of macroscopic quantum tunneling (cotunneling) across an arbi trary number N of tunnel junctions is calculated as a function of the ratio DELTAE/T, where DELTAE is the energy gain in a tunneling event a nd T is the temperature.