Study of the radio frequency single electron transistor: Principles and applications

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dc.contributor.advisorRimberg, Alexander J.en_US
dc.creatorJi, Zhongqingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:47:25Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:47:25Zen_US
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis will discuss the principles, techniques and applications of the Radio Frequency Single Electron Transistor (RF-SET). In the first part, the operating principles of Single Electron Transistors (SETS) in the normal and superconducting states will be introduced. The general techniques of fabricating and calibrating SETs will also be introduced. In the second part, two of our recent experiments are reviewed. One is related to the sensitivity and linearity of superconducting RF-SETs. We found that the RF-SET achieves the best balance of charge sensitivity and linearity in the subgap regime, as opposed to the usual preferred working point in the above-gap regime. The second experiment relates to the real-time counting of single electrons. We demonstrated that the RF-SET can be used as a fast and ultra-sensitive electrometer which can even detect tunneling of a single electron inside a tunable quantum dot (QD) formed in a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG).en_US
dc.format.extent65 p.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PHYS. 2005 JIen_US
dc.identifier.citationJi, Zhongqing. "Study of the radio frequency single electron transistor: Principles and applications." (2005) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17789">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17789</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17789en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectCondensed matter physicsen_US
dc.titleStudy of the radio frequency single electron transistor: Principles and applicationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhysicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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