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A two-dimensional model of multi-island single-electron arrays, based on a numerical solution to the Poisson equation and the Monte Carlo method, is suggested. The adequacy of the model is shown by com-paring the I-V characteristics calculated for two different five-island structures with experimental data. This model was used to assess quantitatively a number of geometrical parameters of a single-electron device structure, which are difficult to determine experimentally.
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Translated from Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, Vol. 37, No. 5, 2003, pp. 583–587.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Abramov, Ignatenko, Novik.
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Abramov, I.I., Ignatenko, S.A. & Novik, E.G. Model of multi-island single-electron arrays based on the Monte Carlo method. Semiconductors 37, 564–568 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1575362
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