Illustration of Single-Electron (IMAGE)

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Illustration of Single-Electron

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Illustration of single-electron tunnelling through an oxide tunnel barrier in the primary thermometer device. The measured tunnel current is used in determining the absolute electron temperature.

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