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Single Electron Tunneling

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Publications

  1. Application of Single Electron Tunneling: Precision Capacitance Ratio Measurements, (80 kB) PDF
    Alan F. Clark, Neil M. Zimmerman, Edwin R. Williams, A. Amar, Dian Song, F. C. Wellstood, C. J. Lobb, and R.J. Soulen, Jr.
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 2588 (1995).
  2. Capacitors with Very Low Loss: Cryogenic Vacuum-Gap Capacitors, (655 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman,
    IEEE Trans. Inst. Meas. 45, 841 (1996).
  3. Accuracy of Electron Counting Using a 7-Junction Electron Pump, (120 kB) PDF
    Mark W. Keller, John M. Martinis, Neil M. Zimmerman, and Andrew H. Steinbach,
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 69, 1804 (1996).
  4. Recent Results and Future Challenges for the NIST Charged-Capacitor Experiment, (154 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman, Jonathan L. Cobb, and Alan F. Clark,
    IEEE Trans. Inst. Meas. 46, 294 (1997).
  5. A Seven-Junction Electron Pump: Design, Fabrication, and Operation, (77 kB) PDF
    Mark W. Keller, John M. Martinis, Andrew H. Steinbach, and Neil M. Zimmerman,
    IEEE Trans. Inst. Meas. 46, 307 (1997).
  6. Modulation of the charge of a single-electron transistor by distant defects, (120 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman, Jonathan L. Cobb, Alan F. Clark,
    Phys. Rev. B 56 (1997-II)
  7. A simple fabrication method for nanometer-scale thin-metal stencils, (420 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman,
    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 15, 369 (1997).
  8. A primer on electrical units in the Systeme Internationale, (850 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman,
    Amer. J. Phys. 66, 324 (1998).
  9. Dynamics of a Charged Fluctuator in an Al-AlOx-Al single-electron transistor, (8 MB) PDF
    M. Kenyon, A. Amar, Dian Song, F. C. Wellstood, C. J. Lobb, Jonathan L. Cobb, Neil M. Zimmerman,
    J. Low Temp. Phys. 123(1/2), 103-126 (2001).
  10. Behavior of a Charged Two-Level Fluctuator in an Al-AlOx-Al single-electron transistor, (350 kB) PDF
    M. Kenyon, Jonathan L. Cobb, A. Amar, Dian Song, F. C. Wellstood, C. J. Lobb, Neil M. Zimmerman,
    IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 9, 4261 (1999).
  11. A Capacitance Standard Based on Counting Electrons, (350 kB) PDF
    Mark W. Keller, Ali L. Eichenberger, John M. Martinis, Neil M. Zimmerman,
    Science 285, 1706 (1999).
  12. Dynamic Input Capacitance of Single-Electron Transistors and the Effect on Charge-Sensitive Electrometers, (90 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman and Mark W. Keller,
    J. Appl. Phys. 87, 8570 (2000).
  13. Frequency Dependence of a Capacitance Standard Based on SET Devices, (2 MB) PDF
    Ali L. Eichenberger, Mark W. Keller, John M. Martinis, Neil M. Zimmerman,
    J. Low Temp. Phys. 118, 317 (2000).
  14. Electrical Conductivity of Xenon at Megabar Pressures, (200 kB) PDF
    Mikhail I. Eremets, Eugene A. Gregoryanz, Victor V. Struzhkin, Ho-kwang Mao, Russell J. Hemley, Norbert Mulders, Neil M. Zimmerman,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2797 (2000).
  15. Excellent Charge Offset Stability in a Si-Based Single-Electron Tunneling Transistor, (80 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman, William H. Huber, Akira Fujiwara, and Yasuo Takahashi,
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 3188 (2001).
  16. Long-Term Charge Offset Noise in Coulomb-Blockade Devices, (1270 kB) PDF, pdf
    William H. Huber, Stuart B. Martin, Neil M. Zimmerman,
    Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation (IQC'01) 76 (Rinton Press, Princeton, NJ, 2001).
  17. Electrical Metrology with Single Electrons, (300 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman and Mark W. Keller,
    Meas. Sci. Technol. 14, 1237–1242 (2003).
  18. Larger Value and SI Measurement of the Improved Cryogenic Capacitor for the Electron-Counting Capacitance Standard, (550 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman, Mahmoud A. El Sabbagh, and Yicheng Wang,
    IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 52, 608-611 (2003).
  19. Using a High-Value Resistor in Triangle Comparisons of Electrical Standards, (270 kB) PDF
    Randolph E. Elmquist, Neil M. Zimmerman, and William H. Huber,
    IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 52, 590-593 (2003).
  20. Turnstile Operation Using a Silicon Dual-Gate Single-Electron Transistor, (310 kB) PDF
    Yukinori Ono, Neil M. Zimmerman, Kenji Yamazaki, and Yasuo Takahashi,
    Jpn. J. Appl. Phys 42, L1109 - 11 (2003).
  21. Current quantization due to single-electron transfer in Si--wire charge-coupled Devices, (300 kB) PDF
    Akira Fujiwara, Neil M. Zimmerman, Yukinori Ono, and Yasuo Takahashi,
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 1323 (2004).
  22. Error Mechanisms and Rates in Tunable-Barrier Single-Electron Turnstiles and CCD's, (470 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman, Emmanouel Hourdakis, Yukinori Ono, Akira Fujiwara, and Yasuo Takahashi,
    J. Appl. Phys 96, 5254 - 66 (2004).
  23. Single electron tunnelling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire MOSFET, (1460 kB) PDF
    Akira Fujiwara, Hiroshi Inokawa, Kenji Yamazaki, Hideo Namatsu, Yasuo Takahashi, Neil M. Zimmerman, and Stuart B. Martin,
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 053121 (2006).
  24. Electrostatically-Gated Si Devices: Coulomb Blockade and Barrier Capacitance, (1300 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman, Akira Fujiwara, Hiroshi Inokawa, and Yasuo Takahashi,
    Appl. Phys. Lett 89, 052102 (2006).
  25. Sub-micron gap capacitor for measurement of breakdown voltage in air, (455 kB) PDF
    Emmanouel Hourdakis, Brian J. Simonds, and Neil M. Zimmerman,
    Rev. Sci. Instr. 77, 034702 (2006).
  26. An Upper Bound to the Frequency Dependence of the Cryogenic Vacuum-Gap Capacitor, (276 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman, Brian J. Simonds, and Yicheng Wang,
    Metrologia 43, 383 (2006).
  27. Electrical breakdown in the microscale: Testing the standard theory, (430 kB) PDF
    Emmanouel Hourdakis, Garnett W. Bryant, and Neil M. Zimmerman,
    J. Appl.. Phys. 100, 123306 (2006).
  28. Charge offset stability in tunable-barrier Si single-electron tunneling devices, (210 kB) PDF
    Neil M. Zimmerman, Brian J. Simonds, Akira Fujiwara, Yukinori Ono, Yasuo Takahashi, and Hiroshi Inokawa,
    Appl. Phys. Lett 90, 033507 (2007).
  29. Uncertainty budget for the NIST electron counting capacitance standard, ECCS-1 , (220 kB) PDF
    Mark W. Keller, Neil M. Zimmerman, and Ali L. Eichenberger,
    Metrologia 44, 505-512 (2007).
  30. Lack of charge offset drift is a robust property of Si single electron transistors , (360 kB) PDF
    Emmanouel Hourdakis, Jeremy A. Wahl, and Neil M. Zimmerman,
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 062102 (2008).

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