Single Electron Transistors

Abstract

A Single Electron Transistor (SET) turns on and off for an electron added to it. Our goal is to better control and understands the physics of SETs in order to make them technologically useful. Our work has shown that the SET behaves like an artificial atom, in that the number of electrons and the energy are both quantized. The goal of our current project is to measure the electron spin resonance in this artificial atom, when it contains an odd number of electrons. This is an important step in exploring whether one could use SET's for quantum computing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 22, 2004
Accession Number
ADA427420

Entities

People

  • Marc A. Kastner

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electrodes
  • Electron Spin Resonance
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Ground State
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Physics
  • Power Equipment
  • Power Supplies
  • Quantum Dots
  • Resonance
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Transistors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots