7 research outputs found
Effects of nonorthogonality in the time-dependent current through tunnel junctions
A theoretical technique which allows to include contributions from
non-orthogonality of the electron states in the leads connected to a tunneling
junction is derived. The theory is applied to a single barrier tunneling
structure and a simple expression for the time-dependent tunneling current is
derived showing explicit dependence of the overlap. The overlap proves to be
necessary for a better quantitative description of the tunneling current, and
our theory reproduces experimental results substantially better compared to
standard approaches.Comment: 4 pages, 1 table, 1 figur
Machinability study of high speed steel for focused ion beam (FIB) milling process â An experimental investigation at micron/nano scale
Conductance Oscillations in a Graphene/Nanocluster Hybrid Material: Toward Large-Area Single-Electron Devices
Large assemblies of self-organized aluminum nanoclusters embedded in an oxide layer are formed on graphene templates and used to build tunnel-junction devices. Unexpectedly, single-electron-transport behavior with well-defined Coulomb oscillations is observed for a record junction area of up to 100 mu m(2) containing millions of metal islands. Such graphene-metal nanocluster hybrid materials offer new prospects for single-electron electronics