Squeezable Electron Tunneling Junctions.

Abstract

We report a versatile new technique for constructing electron tunneling junctions with mechanically-adjusted artificial barriers. I-V curves are presented for tunneling between Ag electrodes with vacuum, gas, liquid or solid in the barrier. An energy gap is apparent in the measured I-V curve when tunneling occurs between superconducting Pb electrodes. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA132884

Entities

People

  • John Moreland
  • Morgan L. Cox
  • Paul K. Hansma
  • Richard Sonnenfeld
  • Simon Alexander

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • California
  • Electrodes
  • Electrons
  • Energy Gaps
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Geographic Regions
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Spectroscopy
  • Substrates
  • Superconductivity
  • Thin Films
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Vacuum Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene