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Single-electron transistor effect in a two-terminal structure

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

A peculiarity of the single-electron transistor effect makes it possible to observe this effect even in structures lacking a gate electrode altogether. The proposed method can be useful for experimental study of charging effects in structures with an extremely small central island confined between tunnel barriers like a nanometer-sized quantum dot or a macromolecule probed with a tunneling microscope), where it is impossible to provide a gate electrode for control of the tunnel current.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9711311,
  title  = {Single-electron transistor effect in a two-terminal structure},
  author = {S. V. Vyshenski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9711311},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures