Author

Miller TG, Reifenberger R, McElfresh M, Face DW, and Holstein WL.

Institution

Dept. of Phys., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA.

Title

Single electron tunneling in TlBa/sub 2/(Ca/sub 0.8/Y/sub 0.2/)Cu/sub 2/O/sub 7/ thin films at 10K.

Source

Journal of Low Temperature Physics, vol.94, no.3-4, Feb. 1994, pp.239-47. USA.

Abstract

Tunneling measurements on TlBa/sub 2/(Ca/sub 0.8/Y/sub 0.2/)Cu/sub 2/O/sub 7/ taken at low temperatures with a scanning tunneling microscope reveal clear evidence of single electron tunneling behavior. Topographical studies of the film with both scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy provide a simple explanation of the source of the ultra small capacitors necessary to explain the single electron tunneling spectra as a natural result of the planar crystal structure of TlBa/sub 2/(Ca/sub 0.8/Y/sub 0.2/)Cu/sub 2/O/sub 7/. (19 References).

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