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Time-domain measurements of quasiparticle tunneling rates in a single-Cooper-pair transistor

Published

Author(s)

Ofer Naaman, Joe Aumentado

Abstract

We have measured, in real time, individual quasiparticle tunneling in a single Cooper pair transistor, using rf reflectometry on the supercurrent branch. We have extracted the even-to-odd and odd-to-even transition rates directly by analyzing the distributions of dwell times in the even and odd states of the transistor. We discuss both the measurement and analysis techniques and report on the temperature and gate dependence of the quasiparticle tunneling rates.
Citation
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
Issue
B 73

Keywords

Josephson effect, rf reflectometry, single charge tunneling, time-domain measurement

Citation

Naaman, O. and Aumentado, J. (2006), Time-domain measurements of quasiparticle tunneling rates in a single-Cooper-pair transistor, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) (Accessed April 26, 2024)
Created May 18, 2006, Updated October 12, 2021