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The Cooper Pair Transistor

Published

Author(s)

Jose A. Aumentado

Abstract

The Cooper pair transistor (CPT) is a superconducting electrometer that has applications in quantum information as well as fundamental superconductivity studies. Since it operates in a near-dissipationless mode, it has potential as a minimally invasive electrometer for other mesoscopic electronic applications. In this chapter, we discuss the theory of operation of the CPT and review microwave readout techniques. As an example, we examine its application in the study of nonequilibrium quasiparticle tunneling.
Citation
The Handbook of Nanophysics
Publisher Info
Taylor and Francis, New York, NY
Pub Type
Book Chapters

Keywords

Superconductivity, Josephson junctions, Cooper pair transistor, single electron transistor, quasiparticles
Nanotechnology, Physics, Condensed matter and Quantum information science

Citation

Aumentado, J. (2010), The Cooper Pair Transistor, The Handbook of Nanophysics, Taylor and Francis, New York, NY (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created September 17, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017
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