Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-06-03
Physical Review B 77, 23 (2008) 235318
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
9 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.235318
We consider a tunnel junction formed between a fixed electrode and an oscillating one. Accumulation of the charge on the junction capacitor induces a force on the nano-mechanical oscillator. The junction is voltage biased and connected in series with an impedance $Z(\omega)$. We discuss how the picture of Coulomb blockade is modified by the presence of the oscillator. Quantum fluctuations of the mechanical oscillator modify the $I$-$V$ characteristics particularly in the strong Coulomb blockade limit. We show that the oscillator can be taken into account by a simple modification of the effective impedance of the circuit. We discuss in some details the case of a single inductance $Z(\omega)=iL\omega$ and of a constant resistance $Z(\omega)=R$. With little modifications the theory applies also to incoherent transport in Josephson junctions in the tunneling limit.
Houzet Manuel
Pauget N.
Pistolesi Fabio
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