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Single-Electronics: Correlated Transfer of Single Electrons in Ultrasmall Junctions, Arrays, and Systems

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Granular Nanoelectronics

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Several recent years have been marked by the creation and rapid development of a novel field which was nicknamed single-electronics (see earlier reviews by Likharev, 1986; Likharev, 1988; Mullen et al., 1988; and Averin and Likharev, 1990). This field deals with physics and applications of a new effect, the correlated transfer of single electrons and/or Cooper pairs in ultrasmall tunnel junctions, as well as in arrays and other systems of such junctions.

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Likharev, K.K. (1991). Single-Electronics: Correlated Transfer of Single Electrons in Ultrasmall Junctions, Arrays, and Systems. In: Ferry, D.K., Barker, J.R., Jacoboni, C. (eds) Granular Nanoelectronics. NATO ASI Series, vol 251. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3689-9_24

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