Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-12-21
Trends in nanophysics: theory, experiment, technology, Engineering Materials Series, Springer-Verlag, pp. 99-131 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
23 pages, 12 figures; Berlin (ISBN: 978-3-642-12069-5)
Scientific paper
10.1007/978-3-642-12070-1_5
The description of transport phenomena in devices consisting of arrays of tunnel junctions, and the experimental confirmation of these predictions is one of the great successes of mesoscopic physics. The aim of this paper is to give a self-consistent review of sequential transport processes in such devices, based on the so-called "orthodox" model. We calculate numerically the current-voltage (I-V) curves, the conductance versus bias voltage (G-V) curves, and the associated thermal transport in symmetric and asymmetric two-junction arrays such as Coulomb-blockade thermometers (CBTs), superconducting-insulator-normal-insulator-superconducting (SINIS) structures, and superconducting single-electron transistors (SETs). We investigate the behavior of these systems at the singularity-matching bias points, the dependence of microrefrigeration effects on the charging energy of the island, and the effect of a finite superconducting gap on Coulomb-blockade thermometry.
Kuhn Tobias
Paraoanu Gh.- S.
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