ISSN:
1572-9605
Schlagwort(e):
energy-level splitting
;
photon-assisted Cooper-pair tunneling
;
superconducting single-electron box
;
superconducting single-electron transistor
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, Nachrichtentechnik
,
Physik
Notizen:
Abstract A coherent two-level system can be constructed in an ultrasmall Josephson-junction circuit, where two charge states are coupled by single Cooper-pair tunneling. To investigate coherence and decoherence in the two-level system, we have measured dc current through a voltage-biased superconducting single-electron transistor. Under microwave irradiation, a current due to photon-assisted Cooper-pair tunneling is induced, which serves as a useful experimental tool for spectroscopic study of the energy levels in the two-level system. We observed energy-level splitting, which is evidence of the coherent superposition of the two charge states.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1007793228293
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