Giblin, S P; Kataoka, M; Fletcher, J D; See, P; Janssen, T J B M; Griffiths, J P*; Jones, G A C*; Farrer, I*; Ritchie, D A* (2012) Towards a quantum representation of the ampere using single electron pumps. Nature Comms., 3. p. 930.

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Abstract

Electron pumps generate a macroscopic electric current by controlled manipulation of single electrons. Despite intensive research towards a quantum current standard over the last 25 years, making a fast and accurate quantised electron pump has proved extremely difficult. Here we demonstrate that the accuracy of a semiconductor quantum dot pump can be dramatically improved by using specially designed gate drive waveforms. Our pump can generate a current of up to 150 pA, corresponding to almost a billion electrons per second, with an experimentally demonstrated current accuracy better than 1.2 parts per million (ppm) and strong evidence, based on fitting data to a model, that the true accuracy is approaching 0.01 ppm. This type of pump is a promising candidate for further development as a realisation of the SI base unit ampere, following a re-definition of the ampere in terms of a fixed value of the elementary charge.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Quantum Phenomena Quantum Phenomena > Nanophysics
Identification number/DOI:	10.1038/ncomms1935
Last Modified:	02 Feb 2018 13:14
URI:	https://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/5557