Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
1996-11-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
6 pages RevTeX, 3 eps-figures included
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.55.10638
A general expression is given for the change in free energy when a charge tunnels through a junction in a one-dimensional array of N metallic islands with arbitrary capacitances and arbitrary background charges. This is used to obtain expressions for the (average) threshold voltage of the Coulomb blockade for a few characteristic geometries. We find that including random background charges has a large effect on the N-dependence of the threshold voltage: In an array with identical junction capacitances C and gate capacitances C_g, the threshold voltage, averaged over the background charge, is proportional to N^a, where {a} crosses over from 1/2 to 1 when N becomes larger than 2.5\sqrt{C/C_g}.
Chao Koung-An
Hanke Ulrik
Melsen J. A.
Muller Heinz-Olaf
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