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ac Josephson effect and resonant Cooper pair tunneling emission of a single Cooper pair transistor
P-M Billangeon1, F Pierre, H Bouchiat
1Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, University Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8502, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
Abstract:
We measure the high-frequency emission of a single Cooper pair transistor (SCPT) in the regime where transport is only due to tunneling of Cooper pairs. This is achieved by coupling on chip the SCPT to a superconductor-insulator-superconductor junction and by measuring the photon assisted tunneling current of quasiparticles across the junction. This technique allows a direct detection of the ac Josephson effect of the SCPT and provides evidence of Landau-Zener transitions for proper gate voltage. The emission in the regime of resonant Cooper pair tunneling is also investigated. It is interpreted in terms of transitions between charge states coupled by the Josephson effect.
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