Current-voltage characteristic of double normal tunnel junctions

B. Laikhtman*

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Abstract

The current-voltage characteristic of two tunnel junctions in series is evaluated under the conditions of the Coulomb blockade. With use of the quasiclassical description suggested by Mullen et al. a transport equation for this system is written down and solved, which allows us to give an analytical expression for the Coulomb staircase. The tunnel current below the Coulomb threshold is evaluated to the second order of the perturbation theory.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2731-2734
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume43
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991
Externally publishedYes

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