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Systems of individual electrons electrostatically trapped on condensed noble gas surfaces have recently attracted considerable interest as potential platforms for quantum computing. The electrons serve as charge qubits in the system, and…
Single-electron effects have been widely investigated as a typical physical phenomenon in nanoelectronics. The single-electron effect caused by trap sites has been observed in many devices. In general, traps are randomly distributed and not…
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Electron cloud can lead to a fast instability in intense proton and positron beams in circular accelerators. In the Fermilab Recycler the electron cloud is confined within its combined function magnets. We show that the field of combined…
We report on the electric measurements of an individual Au nanoparticle with an ultra-high contact resistance of about $10^{19} \Omega$. The high-impedance measurements have been carried out by counting the electrons that are transferred…
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An energetic electron passing through liquid helium causes ionization along its track. The ionized electrons quickly recombine with the resulting positive ions, which leads to the production of prompt scintillation light. By applying…
We have measured signals induced in 5 Corbino electrodes by spontaneous oscillations of 2D surface electrons on liquid helium at $\sim$0.3\,K, with a perpendicular magnetic field and microwave radiation. Analysis using multi-scale,…
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Electronic trap states are a critical yet unavoidable aspect of semiconductor devices, impacting performance of various electronic devices such as transistors, memory devices, solar cells, and LEDs. The density, energy level, and position…
The performance of hybrid superconducting electronic coolers is usually limited by the accumulation of hot quasi-particles in the superconducting leads. This issue is all the more stringent in large-scale and high-power devices, as required…
The transport in complex multiple quantum well heterostructures is theoretically described. The model is focused on quantum cascade detectors, which represent an exciting challenge due to the complexity of the structure containing 7 or 8…
We propose the use of 2-dimensional Penning trap arrays as a scalable platform for quantum simulation and quantum computing with trapped atomic ions. This approach involves placing arrays of micro-structured electrodes defining static…
Electron confinement within a small volume is intriguing as a realization of the particle-in-a-box system, which appears in every quantum mechanics textbook. While the electron confinement is readily imaginable in solid-state systems, it…
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We propose a physical setup that can be used to simulate the quantum dynamics of the Ising model with present-day technology. Our scheme consists of electrons floating on superfluid helium which interact via Coulomb forces. In the limit of…