638 research outputs found
Cooper pair cotunneling in single charge transistors with dissipative electromagnetic environment
We observed current-voltage characteristics of superconducting single charge
transistors with on-chip resistors of R about R_Q = h/4e^2 = 6.45 kOhm, which
are explained in terms of Cooper-pair cotunneling. Both the effective strength
of Josephson coupling and the cotunneling current are modulated by the
gate-induced charge on the transistor island. For increasing values of the
resistance R we found the Cooper pair current at small transport voltages to be
dramatically suppressed.Comment: 4 pages and 2 figure
Two-junction superconductor-normal metal single-electron trap in a combined on-chip RC environment
Dissipative properties of the electromagnetic environment as well as on-chip
RC filtering are shown to suppress random state switchings in the two-junction
superconductor(S) - normal metal(N) electron trap. In our experiments, a local
high-ohmic resistor increased the hold time of the trap by up to two orders of
magnitude. A strong effect of on-chip noise filtering was observed for
different on-chip geometries. The obtained results are promising for
realization of the current standard on the basis of the S-N hybrid turnstile.Comment: 4 pages 3 figures LT2
Single-charge escape processes through a hybrid turnstile in a dissipative environment
We have investigated the static, charge-trapping properties of a hybrid
superconductor---normal metal electron turnstile embedded into a high-ohmic
environment. The device includes a local Cr resistor on one side of the
turnstile, and a superconducting trapping island on the other side. The
electron hold times, t ~ 2-20s, in our two-junction circuit are comparable with
those of typical multi-junction, N >= 4, normal-metal single-electron tunneling
devices. A semi-phenomenological model of the environmental activation of
tunneling is applied for the analysis of the switching statistics. The
experimental results are promising for electrical metrology.Comment: Submitted to New Journal of Physics 201
Multiple Current States of Two Phase-Coupled Superconducting Rings
The states of two phase-coupled superconducting rings have been investigated.
Multiple current states have been revealed in the dependence of the critical
current on the magnetic field. The performed calculations of the critical
currents and energy states in a magnetic field have made it possible to
interpret the experiment as the measurement of energy states into which the
system comes with different probabilities because of the equilibrium and
non-equilibrium noises upon the transition from the resistive state to the
superconducting state during the measurement of the critical currentComment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Rf-induced transport of Cooper pairs in superconducting single electron transistors in a dissipative environment
We investigate low-temperature and low-voltage-bias charge transport in a
superconducting Al single electron transistor in a dissipating environment,
realized as on-chip high-ohmic Cr microstrips. In our samples with relatively
large charging energy values Ec > EJ, where EJ is the energy of the Josephson
coupling, two transport mechanisms were found to be dominating, both based on
discrete tunneling of individual Cooper pairs: Depending on the gate voltage
Vg, either sequential tunneling of pairs via the transistor island (in the open
state of the transistor around the points Qg = CgVg = e mod(2e), where Cg is
the gate capacitance) or their cotunneling through the transistor (for Qg away
of these points) was found to prevail in the net current. As the open states of
our transistors had been found to be unstable with respect to quasiparticle
poisoning, high-frequency gate cycling (at f ~ 1 MHz) was applied to study the
sequential tunneling mechanism. A simple model based on the master equation was
found to be in a good agreement with the experimental data.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Towards the observation of phase locked Bloch oscillations in arrays of small Josephson junctions
We have designed an experiment and performed extensive simulations and
preliminary measurements to identify a set of realistic circuit parameters that
should allow the observation of constant-current steps at I=2ef in short arrays
of small Josephson junctions under external AC drive of frequency f.
Observation of these steps demonstrating phase lock of the Bloch oscillations
with the external drive requires a high-impedance environment for the array,
which is provided by on-chip resistors close to the junctions. We show that the
width and shape of the steps crucially depend on the shape of the drive and the
electron temperature in the resistors
Design and construction of new central and forward muon counters for CDF II
New scintillation counters have been designed and constructed for the CDF
upgrade in order to complete the muon coverage of the central CDF detector, and
to extend this coverage to larger pseudorapidity. A novel light collection
technique using wavelength shifting fibers, together with high quality
polystyrene-based scintillator resulted in compact counters with good and
stable light collection efficiency over lengths extending up to 320 cm. Their
design and construction is described and results of their initial performance
are reported.Comment: 20 pages, 15 figure
Методологія та організація екологічних досліджень як основа стратегії сталого розвитку для вирішення глобальних і регіональних екологічних проблем
The authors of the article have offered landscape geochemical methods for current environmental situation analysis with the help of geoinformation systems technologies. They will enable to assess 10 components of natural and anthropogenic geosystems. Computerized systems of ecological safety containing databases of analysis of different soil pollutants, surface water, and ground precipitation were created. Landscape technogeochemical (ecological) elaborate electronic maps of environmental situations and conditions were made in order to exercise environmental management under a strict scientific control.Авторами розроблені ландшафтно-геохімічні методи визначення сучасної екологічної ситуації з використанням ГІС-технологій для комплексної оцінки 10 компонентів природно-антропогенних геосистем. Створені комп’ютеризовані системи екологічної безпеки, які включають бази даних з аналізів різних забруднювачів ґрунтів, поверхневих вод, донних відкладів. Побудовані ландшафтно-техногеохімічні (екологічні) електронні поелементні та покомпонентні карти екологічних станів та ситуацій для науково-обгрунтованого управління довкілля
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