Quantum charge fluctuations and the Coulomb blockade effect

-Smearing of the Coulomb blockade by charge fluctuations in a single grain:

Sov. Phys. JETP, 71, 1031 (1990) [pdf file]

-Critical behavior of strong fluctuations of charge between two quantum dots:

Phys. Rev. B 53, 1034 (1996) [cond-mat/9512082],

Phys. Rev. B 54, 5637 (1996) [cond-mat/9504099]

-Quantum charge fluctuations and Coulomb blockade in granular arrays:

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 026801 (2004) [cond-mat/0305246];

Phys. Rev. B 70, 045310 (2004) [cond-mat/0401343]

 

Mesoscopic fluctuations in the Coulomb blockade regime

(see also a theory review paper, Physics Reports, 358/5-6, 309-440 (2002) [cond-mat/0103008])

-Mesoscopic fluctuations of co-tunneling:

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2057 (1996) [cond-mat/9605029]

-Mesoscopic fluctuations of charge:

Phys. Rev. B 57, 9608 (1998) [cond-mat/9710195]