Single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor

We have achieved the operation of single-electron tunneling (SET) transistors with gate-induced electrostatic barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) structures. The conductance of tunnel barriers is tunable by more than three orders of magnitude. B...

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Published in:Applied Physics Letters
Main Authors: Fujiwara, Akira, Inokawa, Hiroshi, Yamazaki, Kenji, Namatsu, Hideo, Takahashi, Yasuo, Zimmerman, Neil M., Martin, Stuart B.
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Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing 2006
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2168496
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Inokawa, Hiroshi
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Namatsu, Hideo
Takahashi, Yasuo
Zimmerman, Neil M.
Martin, Stuart B.
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description We have achieved the operation of single-electron tunneling (SET) transistors with gate-induced electrostatic barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) structures. The conductance of tunnel barriers is tunable by more than three orders of magnitude. By using the flexible control of the tunable barriers, the systematic evolution from a single charge island to double islands was clearly observed. We obtained excellent reproducibility in the gate capacitances: values on the order of 10 aF, with the variation smaller than 1 aF. This flexibility and controllability both demonstrate that the device is highly designable to build a variety of SET devices based on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology.
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spelling craippubl:10.1063/1.2168496 2025-12-14T15:02:25+00:00 Single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor Fujiwara, Akira Inokawa, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Kenji Namatsu, Hideo Takahashi, Yasuo Zimmerman, Neil M. Martin, Stuart B. 2006 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2168496 https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.2168496/13766883/053121_1_online.pdf en eng AIP Publishing Applied Physics Letters volume 88, issue 5 ISSN 0003-6951 1077-3118 journal-article 2006 craippubl https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2168496 2025-11-17T09:59:54Z We have achieved the operation of single-electron tunneling (SET) transistors with gate-induced electrostatic barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) structures. The conductance of tunnel barriers is tunable by more than three orders of magnitude. By using the flexible control of the tunable barriers, the systematic evolution from a single charge island to double islands was clearly observed. We obtained excellent reproducibility in the gate capacitances: values on the order of 10 aF, with the variation smaller than 1 aF. This flexibility and controllability both demonstrate that the device is highly designable to build a variety of SET devices based on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology. Article in Journal/Newspaper Double Islands AIP Publishing The Gate ENVELOPE(-124.937,-124.937,61.417,61.417) Applied Physics Letters 88 5
spellingShingle Fujiwara, Akira
Inokawa, Hiroshi
Yamazaki, Kenji
Namatsu, Hideo
Takahashi, Yasuo
Zimmerman, Neil M.
Martin, Stuart B.
Single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
title Single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
title_full Single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
title_fullStr Single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
title_full_unstemmed Single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
title_short Single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
title_sort single electron tunneling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
url https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2168496
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.2168496/13766883/053121_1_online.pdf