Title :
The study of photon induced quantized current using an STM
Author :
Y.S. Ku;C.S. Chuang;J.C.M. Hsu;R.J. Tsay;J.C. Chan
Author_Institution :
Center for Meas. Stand., ITRI, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We present a new study for developing quantized current standard. Operating a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with periodical photon inducing electron tunneling provides a way to count electrons. Therefore, a fixed number of electrons per photon pulse cycle can be made to tunnel.
Keywords :
"Electrons","Tunneling","Frequency","Temperature","Gold","Switches","Current measurement","Photoconductivity","Quantum capacitance","Geometry"
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1996 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3376-4
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.1996.547062
