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T1 - 2e periodic modulation of the I-V curve of a current-biased superconducting transistor
AU - Pashkin, Yu.A.
AU - Haviland, D.B.
AU - Kuzmin, L.S.
AU - Chen, C.D.
AU - Delsing, P.
AU - Claeson, T.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - We have made an experimental study of the tunnelling through a current-biased superconducting single electron transistor at temperatures down to 40 mK. The current-biased transistor consisted of two ultrasmall tunnel junctions connected in series, biased through two high-Ohmic resistors (length 10 μm) located very close to the tunnel junctions. The two-probe measurement of the current-voltage characteristic has shown a periodic modulation with a gate voltage, having two separate fundamental periods in gate charge, ΔQ1=e and ΔQ2=2e, as well as higher harmonics of these two. We have found that the amplitude of the 2e-component was enhanced as superconductivity of the electrodes was suppressed with an external magnetic field. These results are discussed within the context of a parity model.
AB - We have made an experimental study of the tunnelling through a current-biased superconducting single electron transistor at temperatures down to 40 mK. The current-biased transistor consisted of two ultrasmall tunnel junctions connected in series, biased through two high-Ohmic resistors (length 10 μm) located very close to the tunnel junctions. The two-probe measurement of the current-voltage characteristic has shown a periodic modulation with a gate voltage, having two separate fundamental periods in gate charge, ΔQ1=e and ΔQ2=2e, as well as higher harmonics of these two. We have found that the amplitude of the 2e-component was enhanced as superconductivity of the electrodes was suppressed with an external magnetic field. These results are discussed within the context of a parity model.
U2 - 10.1016/0921-4526(94)90854-0
DO - 10.1016/0921-4526(94)90854-0
M3 - Journal article
VL - 194-196
SP - 1049
EP - 1050
JO - Physica B: Condensed Matter
JF - Physica B: Condensed Matter
SN - 0921-4526
ER -