Girvin, S.
, Glazman, L.
, Jonson, M.
, Penn, D.
and Stiles, M.
(1990),
Quantum Fluctuations and the Single Junction Coulomb Blockade, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=620347 (Accessed April 30, 2026)
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Quantum Fluctuations and the Single Junction Coulomb Blockade
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S Girvin, L Glazman, M Jonson, ,
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We investigate the effect of quantum flucuations on the Coulomb blockade in a single tunnel junction coupled to its environment by a transmission line of arbitrary impedance Z (ω). The quantized oscillating modes of the transmission line are suddenly displaced when an electron tunnels through the junction. For small Z (relative to the quantum of resistance), a weak power-law sero-bias anomaly occurs associted with the infrared-divergent shakeup of low-frequency transmission-line modes. For large Z, the full blockade is recovered. Comparison with recent experiments is made.Citation
Physical Review Letters
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64
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26
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