293 research outputs found
Self heating and nonlinear current-voltage characteristics in bilayer graphene
We demonstrate by experiments and numerical simulations that the
low-temperature current-voltage characteristics in diffusive bilayer graphene
(BLG) exhibit a strong superlinearity at finite bias voltages. The
superlinearity is weakly dependent on doping and on the length of the graphene
sample. This effect can be understood as a result of Joule heating. It is
stronger in BLG than in monolayer graphene (MLG), since the conductivity of BLG
is more sensitive to temperature due to the higher density of electronic states
at the Dirac point.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, REVTeX 4.
Charge sensitivity of the Inductive Single-Electron Transistor
We calculate the charge sensitivity of a recently demonstrated device where
the Josephson inductance of a single Cooper-pair transistor is measured. We
find that the intrinsic limit to detector performance is set by oscillator
quantum noise. Sensitivity better than e is
possible with a high -value , or using a SQUID amplifier. The
model is compared to experiment, where charge sensitivity e and bandwidth 100 MHz are achieved.Comment: 3 page
Cyclostationary shot noise in mesoscopic measurements
We discuss theoretically a setup where a time-dependent current consisting of
a DC bias and two sinusoidal harmonics is driven through a sample. If the
sample exhibits current-dependent shot noise, the down-converted noise power
spectrum varies depending on the local-oscillator phase of the mixer. The
theory of this phase-dependent noise is applied to discuss the measurement of
the radio-frequency single-electron transistor. We also show that this effect
can be used to measure the shot noise accurately even in nonlinear
high-impedance samples.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figure
Shot noise and conductivity at high bias in bilayer graphene: Signatures of electron-optical phonon coupling
We have studied electronic conductivity and shot noise of bilayer graphene
(BLG) sheets at high bias voltages and low bath temperature K. As a
function of bias, we find initially an increase of the differential
conductivity, which we attribute to self-heating. At higher bias, the
conductivity saturates and even decreases due to backscattering from optical
phonons. The electron-phonon interactions are also responsible for the decay of
the Fano factor at bias voltages V. The high bias electronic
temperature has been calculated from shot noise measurements, and it goes up to
K at V. Using the theoretical temperature dependence of BLG
conductivity, we extract an effective electron-optical phonon scattering time
. In a 230 nm long BLG sample of mobility
cmVs, we find that decreases with increasing
voltage and is close to the charged impurity scattering time fs
at V.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures. Extended version of the high bias part of version
1. The low bias part is discussed in arXiv:1102.065
Gate-controlled superconductivity in diffusive multiwalled carbon nanotube
We have investigated electrical transport in a diffusive multiwalled carbon
nanotube contacted using superconducting leads made of Al/Ti sandwich
structure. We find proximity-induced superconductivity with measured critical
currents up to I_cm = 1.3 nA, tunable by gate voltage down to 10 pA. The
supercurrent branch displays a finite zero bias resistance which varies as R_0
proportional to I_cm^-alpha with alpha=0.74. Using IV-characteristics of
junctions with phase diffusion, a good agreement is obtained with Josephson
coupling energy in the long, diffusive junction model of A.D Zaikin and G.F.
Zharkov (Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys. 7, 184 (1981)).Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Influence of magnetic impurities on the heat capacity of nuclear spins
It is found that in a wide range of temperatures and magnetic fields even a
small concentration of magnetic impurities in a sample leads to a
temperature dependence of the nuclear heat capacity. This effect is related to
a nuclear-spin polarization by the magnetic impurities. The parameter that
controls the theory turns out not to be the impurity concentration
but instead the quantity , where and are
the magnetic moments of an electron and a nucleus, respectively. The ratio of
and is of order of
Single-electron transistor made of two crossing multiwalled carbon nanotubes and its noise properties
A three-terminal nanotube device was fabricated from two multiwalled nanotubes by pushing one on top of the other using an atomic-force microscope. The lower nanotube, with gold contacts at both ends, acted as the central island of a single-electron transistor while the upper one functioned as a gate electrode. Coulomb blockade oscillations were observed on the nanotube at sub-Kelvin temperatures. The voltage noise of the nanotube single-electron transistor (SET) was gain dependent as in conventional SETs. The charge sensitivity at 10 Hz was 6×10 exp −4  e/√Hz.Peer reviewe
Thermal shot noise in top-gated single carbon nanotube field effect transistors
The high-frequency transconductance and current noise of top-gated single
carbon nanotube transistors have been measured and used to investigate hot
electron effects in one-dimensional transistors. Results are in good agreement
with a theory of 1-dimensional nano-transistor. In particular the prediction of
a large transconductance correction to the Johnson-Nyquist thermal noise
formula is confirmed experimentally. Experiment shows that nanotube transistors
can be used as fast charge detectors for quantum coherent electronics with a
resolution of in the 0.2- band.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figure
Comment on 'Nucleation of 3He-B from the A Phase: A Cosmic-Ray Effect?'
A comment to the article by Leggett, A. J.Peer reviewe
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