{
  "id": "cond-mat/0012242",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2000-12-13T19:42:15.000Z",
  "updated": "2000-12-13T19:42:15.000Z",
  "title": "A fast, primary Coulomb blockade thermometer",
  "authors": [
    "Tobias Bergsten",
    "Tord Claeson",
    "Per Delsing"
  ],
  "comment": "3 pages, 4 figures. This article has been submitted to Applied Physics Letters (http://ojps.aip.org/aplo)",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.1351526",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We have measured the third derivative of the current-voltage characteristics, d^3I/dV^3, in a two-dimensional array of small tunnel junctions using a lock-in amplifier. We show that this derivative is zero at a voltage which scales linearly with the temperature and depends only on the temperature and natural constants, thus providing a primary thermometer. We demonstrate a measurement method which extracts the zero crossing voltage directly using a feedback circuit. This method requires only one voltage measurement, which makes it substantially faster than the original Coulomb blockade thermometry method.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2000-12-13T19:42:15.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "primary coulomb blockade thermometer",
      "original coulomb blockade thermometry method",
      "small tunnel junctions",
      "current-voltage characteristics",
      "two-dimensional array"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 3,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}