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Spin effects in single-electron transport through carbon nanotube quantum dots
We investigate the total spin in an individual single-wall carbon nanotube
quantum dot with various numbers of electrons in a shell by using the ratio of
the saturation currents of the first steps of Coulomb staircases for positive
and negative biases. The current ratio reflects the total-spin transition that
is increased or decreased when the dot is connected to strongly asymmetric
tunnel barriers. Our results indicate that total spin states with and without
magnetic fields can be traced by this method.Comment: 5pages, 5figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Superconducting SET with tunable electromagnetic environment
We have studied the environmental effect on superconducting single-electron
transistors (S-SETs) by biasing S-SETs with arrays of small-capacitance dc
SQUIDs, whose effective impedance can be varied in situ. As the zero-bias
resistance of the arrays is increased, Coulomb blockade in the S-SET becomes
sharper, and the gate-voltage dependence changes from e-periodic to
2e-periodic. The SQUID arrays could be used as on-chip noise filters.Comment: 2 pages, 3 embedded figures, submitted to LT23 proceedings. Error in
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