A flow of electric current in a metal is the result of the collective motion of mobile conduction electrons within a relatively static background formed by ionized atoms. An electric current of 1 ampere used in everyday appliances corresponds to a flow rate of about 6*1018 electrons per second. In this thesis, I have studied experimentally and theoretically certain metallic nanostructures where electric charge can be measured and transported at a precision of one electron. Before this thesis, single-electron effects in hybrid structures consisting of superconductors (S) and normal metals (N) had not been thoroughly investigated. Many of the new results presented in this thesis concern the SINIS-type single-electron transistor. This structu...
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) have received a lot of attention in recent years, both in scien...
A single-electron transistor is the most sensitive charge detector known today. It is formed by a sm...
This thesis research is focussed on the development of strongly coupled single-charge devices. Singl...
A flow of electric current in a metal is the result of the collective motion of mobile conduction el...
Mesoscopic physics deals with systems whose size is between everyday macroscopic scale and the micro...
Defence is held on 13.8.2021 13:00 – 17:00 via remote technology (Zoom), https://aalto.zoom.us/j/...
The field of thermodynamics describes the properties of a system that is coupled to one or several h...
Semiconductor nanowires with diameters of the order of 100 nm and lengths of a few microns have many...
This Thesis studies opportunities to create a quantum standard for the electric current with the hel...
This thesis concerns low-temperature nanoelectronics and, in particular, nonequilibrium phenomena wh...
This thesis deals with proof of concept experiments made at cryogenic temperatures on carbon nanotub...
In metallic structures at very low temperatures heat and energy are carried mostly by electrons. Whe...
The present definition of the ampere in the International System of Units is based on Ampere's law. ...
It is important that measurements produce predictable and reproducible results irrespective of time ...
We study theoretically current quantization in the charge turnstile based on the superconductor–norm...
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) have received a lot of attention in recent years, both in scien...
A single-electron transistor is the most sensitive charge detector known today. It is formed by a sm...
This thesis research is focussed on the development of strongly coupled single-charge devices. Singl...
A flow of electric current in a metal is the result of the collective motion of mobile conduction el...
Mesoscopic physics deals with systems whose size is between everyday macroscopic scale and the micro...
Defence is held on 13.8.2021 13:00 – 17:00 via remote technology (Zoom), https://aalto.zoom.us/j/...
The field of thermodynamics describes the properties of a system that is coupled to one or several h...
Semiconductor nanowires with diameters of the order of 100 nm and lengths of a few microns have many...
This Thesis studies opportunities to create a quantum standard for the electric current with the hel...
This thesis concerns low-temperature nanoelectronics and, in particular, nonequilibrium phenomena wh...
This thesis deals with proof of concept experiments made at cryogenic temperatures on carbon nanotub...
In metallic structures at very low temperatures heat and energy are carried mostly by electrons. Whe...
The present definition of the ampere in the International System of Units is based on Ampere's law. ...
It is important that measurements produce predictable and reproducible results irrespective of time ...
We study theoretically current quantization in the charge turnstile based on the superconductor–norm...
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) have received a lot of attention in recent years, both in scien...
A single-electron transistor is the most sensitive charge detector known today. It is formed by a sm...
This thesis research is focussed on the development of strongly coupled single-charge devices. Singl...