Accuracy of a mechanical single-electron shuttle
- 1 July 1999
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Europhysics Letters
- Vol. 47 (1), 97-103
- https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00357-4
Abstract
Motivated by recent experiments, we calculate both the average current and the current fluctuations for a metallic island which oscillates between two symmetric electrodes. Electrons can only tunnel on or off the island when it is close to one of the electrodes. Using a Master equation we investigate the accuracy of such an electron shuttle both analytically and numerically. It is shown that optimum operation is reached when the contact time is much larger than the RC-time.Keywords
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