Print Email Facebook Twitter Manifestly Non-Gaussian Fluctuations in Superconductor-Normal Metal Tunnel Nanostructures Title Manifestly Non-Gaussian Fluctuations in Superconductor-Normal Metal Tunnel Nanostructures Author Laakso, M.A. Heikkilä, T.T. Nazarov, Y.V. Faculty Applied Sciences Department QN/Quantum Nanoscience Date 2012-02-08 Abstract We propose a mesoscopic setup which exhibits strong and manifestly non-Gaussian fluctuations of energy and temperature when suitably driven out of equilibrium. The setup consists of a normal metal island (N) coupled by tunnel junctions (I) to two superconducting leads (S), forming a SINIS structure, and is biased near the threshold voltage for quasiparticle tunneling, eV?2?. The fluctuations can be measured by monitoring the time-dependent electric current through the system. This makes the setup suitable for the realization of feedback schemes which can be used to stabilize the temperature to the desired value. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8e8c1c28-413f-4ece-be8b-3b9da9f65e28 DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.067002 Publisher American Physical Society ISSN 0031-9007 Source http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.067002 Source Physical Review Letters, 108 (6), 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2012 The Author(s)American Physical Society Files PDF Nazarov2_2012.pdf 454.72 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8e8c1c28-413f-4ece-be8b-3b9da9f65e28/datastream/OBJ/view