PASSING ELECTRONS ONE BY ONE - IS A 10-8 ACCURACY ACHIEVABLE

Authors
POTHIER H LAFARGE P ESTEVE D URBINA C DEVORET MH
Citation
H. Pothier et al., PASSING ELECTRONS ONE BY ONE - IS A 10-8 ACCURACY ACHIEVABLE, IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement, 42(2), 1993, pp. 324-330
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189456
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
324 - 330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9456(1993)42:2<324:PEOBO->2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We analyze the error mechanisms of the single electron pump with an ar bitrary number of junctions. An upper bound for the error probability is computed analytically at zero temperature. We show that a 10(-8) ac curacy is achievable for devices with five or more junctions.