Abstract
Bloch oscillating transistor (BOT) is a novel, three-terminal Josephson junction device. Its operating principle utilizes the fact that Zener tunneling up to a higher band will lead to a blockade of coherent Cooper-pair tunneling, Bloch oscillation, in a suitably biased Josephson junction. The Bloch oscillation is resumed only after the junction has relaxed to the lowest band by quasiparticle tunneling. In this paper we present a simple model for the operation of the BOT and calculate its gain in terms of the interband transition rates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15-16 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 23rd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - Hiroshima, Japan Duration: 20 Aug 2002 → 27 Aug 2002 |
Keywords
- Bloch oscillation
- Josephson junction
- Mesoscopic superconductivity
- Quantum amplifier
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics