Turnstile Operation Using a Silicon Dual-Gate Single-Electron Transistor

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Published 25 September 2003 Copyright (c) 2003 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
, , Citation Yukinori Ono et al 2003 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 42 L1109 DOI 10.1143/JJAP.42.L1109

1347-4065/42/10A/L1109

Abstract

A single-electron turnstile has been demonstrated using a silicon-based dual-gate single-electron transistor (SET). Each gate independently controls the closing and opening of the channel acting as the SET lead, which enables single-electron transfer synchronized with ac gate biases. By applying ac biases to the dual gates with a frequency f of ∼1 MHz and a phase shift of π, current staircases quantized in units of ef are observed in drain current vs drain voltage characteristics at 25 K.

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10.1143/JJAP.42.L1109