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Disordered junction arrays used for Coulomb blockade thermometry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2003
Abstract
A possible application of nanometer-sized junction arrays is to Coulomb
blockade thermometry (CBT), although only highly disordered arrays can be
fabricated at present. In this paper, the characteristics of CBT device with
disordered arrays will be studied. Similar to what is observed for uniform
arrays, there is a dip at zero bias voltage in the differential conductance
of disordered arrays. However, the half-width $V_{1/2}$ of the dip for
one-dimensional disordered arrays is largely dispersed. This study suggests
that better devices can be developed by connecting a number of
one-dimensional arrays in parallel to form an array group. The dispersion of
half-width is quite small with values of $V_{1/2}$
close to a constant.
Further, the effects of electromagnetic environment and low temperature on
the half-width are investigated. Results are agreed with those observed
experimentally, that for the effect of the environment is negligible for
large arrays. The half-width of a disordered array may be bigger or smaller
than the ideal value, depending on the extend of disorder.
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