Nanowire device slips ahead in race to a primary standard for current

Masaya Kataoka ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 608, issue 7921, 40-41

Abstract: A phenomenon known as quantum phase slip has been used to generate a current by moving pairs of electrons through an ultrathin wire. The feat is good news for efforts to pin down the standard unit of current.

Keywords: Quantum; physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01994-4

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