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IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. Single-electrontransport andthenewstandard forelectricalcurrent HansjörgScherer PTBdepartment2.6„Electricalquantummetrology“ IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. Talkoutline • SIunitsystemandtheampere • Single-electroncurrentsourcesingeneral (‘classical’and‘modern’devices....) • Future“quantumampere”realisaMonbasedon single-electrondevices:Conceptsandchallenges • Recentdevelopmentsandadvances • Conclusions&outlook 2 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. SystèmeInterna-onald'Unités(SI)-since1960 TheampereistheSIunitofelectriccurrent andistheelectricalbaseunit. 3 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. SIdefiniBonoftheampere Theampereisthatconstantcurrentwhich,if maintainedintwostraightparallelconductorsof infinitelength,ofnegligiblecircularcross-secMon, andplaced1metreapartinvacuum,would producebetweentheseconductorsaforceequal to2x10–7newtonpermetreoflength. ThisdefiniMon • definesthevaluesforthemagneBc constant(µ0≡4π⋅10–7N/A2)and fortheelectricconstantε0=1/µ0c02 • usestheacMonofforcefromelectrical currents(m,kg,s→A) 4 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. RealisaBonoftheSIampere e.g.witha“currentbalance” (m,kg,s→A) RelaMveuncertainty∼10-7(0.1ppm) 5 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. Electricalunits:Formerly... RealisaMon kg s m µ0,ε0 Current 0.1 Voltage Balance ppm Balance A Wab 0.01 Calculable Balance ppm Capacitor V V⋅A F R∝1/ωC Ω 6 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. Electricalquantumeffects(since1990) JosephsonEffect,discovered1962byBrianD.Josephson Un=n⋅fJ⋅ h 2e JosephsonconstantKJ=2e/h KJ-90=483597.9GHz/V Quantum-HallEffect,discovered1980byKlausvonKlitzing Ri= 1 h ⋅ 2 i e von-KlitzingconstantRK=h/e2 RK-90=25812.807Ω 7 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. Electricalunits:Formerlyandtoday RealisaMon kg s m µ0,ε0 Current 0.1 Voltage Balance ppm Balance A Wab 0.01 Calculable Balance ppm Capacitor V V⋅A F R∝1/ωC RepresentaMon Ω KJ-90,RK-90 Josephson Effect U∝f/KJ 8 Reproducibility be_erthan 0.001ppm QuantumHall Effect U/I∝RK H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. Electricalunits:Formerlyandtoday RealisaMon µ0,ε0 SI RepresentaMon KJ-90,RK-90 notSI! 9 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. RevisionoftheSI:RedefiniBonoftheunits Plannedbythe“ConférenceGénéraledesPoidsetMesures” andimpendingfor2018: DefiniMonsforallSIbaseunits willenMrelybebasedon fixednumericalvaluesfor fundamentalconstants (h,e,kB,NA,c,...) → Thiswillrestorecoherence betweenthe“convenMonal” electricalunitsandtheSI 10 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. RedefiniBonoftheSIampere ResoluMon1ofthe24thCGPM(2011): “TheInternaMonalSystemofUnits,theSI, willbethesystemofunitsinwhich... theelementarychargeeis exactly1.60217X×10-19coulomb...” Single-electrontransport(SET)devices areconsideredthe‘silverbullet’soluMon fortherealisaMonthenewampere: • itallowsthemostdirectunitrealisaBonusingthe physicaldefiniMonofcurrentI=dq/dt, exploiMngthesimpleandevidentrelaMonISET=e⋅f • itinvolvesonlyonefundamentalconstant(e), nottwo(e&h),asJosephson-/QHE-basedrealizaMonsdo. 11 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. SETcurrentsources “Classical”devices:SETpumpsmadefrom ultra-smalltunneljuncBons(metal) Ø J.Pekolaetal.,“Single-electroncurrentsources:Towardarefineddefini?onoftheampere”,Rev.Mod.Phys.85, 1421-1472(2013) 12 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. SETcurrentsources “Classical”devices:SETpumpsmadefrom ultra-smalltunneljuncBons(metal) Energy PotenMal V1 V2 V3 Gate voltage RCMmeconstantoftunneljuncMons: f≤100MHz⇒I=e⋅f≤16pA(1.6⋅10-11A) 13 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. SETcurrentsources “Modern”devices:SETpumpsmadefrom ‘dynamicquantumdots’(semiconductor) GaAsheterostructure +Schobkycontacts(gates) f∼1GHz ⇒I=e⋅f∼160pA Ø B.KaestnerandV.Kashcheyevs,“Non-adiaba?cquan?zedchargepumpingwithtunable-barrierquantumdots: areviewofcurrentprogress”,Rep.Prog.Phys.78,103901(2015) 14 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. FutureSET-based“quantumampere”realisaBon Electrical current SETcurrentsources (state-of-the-art) Metrologyneeds Level fmax∼1GHz ⇒Imax∼160pA I∼1µA Accuracy Dominatedby Uncertainty∼0.1ppm orbeber (staMsMcal)single(cf.‘old’electromechanicalSI electrontransfererrors! ampererealisaMons) 15 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. FutureSET-based“quantumampere”realisaBon SETcurrentsourcesgeneratesmallcurrents! ⇒ Required:CurrentamplificaBonand measurementmethods(highlyaccurate) SETcurrentsourcesaresubjectto single-electrontransfererrors! ⇒Required:Error(ac)counBngschemes 16 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. FutureSET-based“quantumampere”realisaBon Fordetailssee: hbp://www.ptb.de/emrp/qu_ampere.html 17 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. FutureSET-basedquantumcurrentstandards SETcurrentsourcesgenerate smallcurrents! ⇒Required:CurrentamplificaBon andmeasurementmethods SETcurrentsourcesaresubjectto single-electrontransfererrors! ⇒Required:SETerror(ac)counBng schemes 18 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. State-of-the-artin100pAmeasurements • CommercialpAmmeters offeraccuraciesofnotbeberthan10ppm, limitedbygaininstabiliMes • CryogenicCurrentComparators(CCCs) arealternaMvehigh-accuracycurrent amplificaMontechniques, butinthelow-flux(smallcurrent)regime theysufferfromnoiserecMficaMoneffects ⇒ NovelconceptsandinstrumentaBonarenecessary! Wanted:Ahandy(mobile),non-cryogenic,single-box tabletopelectrometerwithsuperioraccuracy! 19 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. ‘Ultrastablelow-noisecurrentamplifier’(ULCA) Measures100pAwith0.1ppmtotaluncertaintyinabout10hours! Ø D.Drungetal.,“Ultrastablelow-noisecurrentamplifier:anoveldeviceformeasuringsmallelectriccurrents withhighaccuracy”,Rev.Sci.Instrum.86,024703(2015) Ø D.Drungetal.,“Improvingthetraceablemeasurementandgenera?onofsmalldirectcurrents”,IEEETrans. Instrum.Meas.64,3021–3030(2015),open-access hbp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/arMcleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7132759 20 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. CCCsystemforcalibraBonoftheULCA SQUIDelectronics hCCC: it w n o B a r b li a ULCAc .1ppm 0 < y t in a t r e c n Totalu Digitaldualchannel currentsource andbridgevoltmeter Comparatorwithbinary windingarrangement (12-bitor14-bit)and SQUIDnulldetector,in superconduc?ngscreen Liquidhelium bathfor comparator probe ments, PTB develop ilable y a va commerciall Ø D.Drungetal.,“Ultrastablelow-noisecurrentamplifier:anoveldeviceformeasuringsmallelectriccurrents withhighaccuracy”,Rev.Sci.Instrum.86,024703(2015) Ø D.Drungetal.,“Improvingthetraceablemeasurementandgenera?onofsmalldirectcurrents”,IEEETrans. Instrum.Meas.64,3021–3030(2015),open-access hbp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/arMcleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7132759 21 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. CCCandULCA:EffecBveinputcurrentnoise 102 √SI (fA/√Hz) 14-Bit CCC @ 17000 turns 101 ULCA @ 3 GΩ 100 10-3 10-2 10-1 100 101 f (Hz) Ø D.Drungetal.,“Ultrastablelow-noisecurrentamplifier:anoveldeviceformeasuringsmallelectriccurrents withhighaccuracy”,Rev.Sci.Instrum.86,024703(2015) Ø D.Drungetal.,“Improvingthetraceablemeasurementandgenera?onofsmalldirectcurrents”,IEEETrans. Instrum.Meas.64,3021–3030(2015),open-access hbp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/arMcleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7132759 22 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. High-accuracySETcurrentmeasurements ULCA 23 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. f=545.45MHz T=0.1K B=16T on/offcycle PumpcurrentI/pA PumpcurrentI/pA High-accuracySETcurrentmeasurements Time/s VExit/mV Ø F.Steinetal.,“Valida?onofaquan?zed-currentsourcewith0.2ppmuncertainty”,APL107,103501(2015) 24 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. High-accuracySETcurrentmeasurements 8 4 World recordin accuracy! 2 Plateauxdatamean: (I-e⋅f)/(e⋅f)= (-0.094±0.194)ppm 0 inpartspermillion ΔI=(I-ef)/(ef) 6 ≈4-6hoursintegrationtimeperpoint ≈1hourintegrationtimeperpoint Fitoftheroreticalmodel -2 -4 -6 Uncertaintybarstype-Aonly(k=1) -380 -375 -370 ExitgatevoltageinmV -365 Ø F.Steinetal.,“Valida?onofaquan?zed-currentsourcewith0.2ppmuncertainty”,APL107,103501(2015) 25 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. FutureSET-basedquantumcurrentstandards SETcurrentsourcesgenerate smallcurrents! ⇒Required:CurrentamplificaBon andmeasurementmethods SETcurrentsourcesaresubjectto single-electrontransfererrors! ⇒Required:SETerror(ac)counBng schemes 26 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. TransfererrorsinSETpumps Example:SETpumpsbasedontunneljuncMons 27 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. TransfererrorsinSETpumps Example:SETpumpsbasedondynamicalquantumdots 28 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. CounBngsingle-electrontransfererrors ISET=〈n〉⋅e⋅fwith〈n〉≈1 〈n〉incl.uncertainty(!) mustbequanMfied foranymetrological SETpump +SETdetector applicaMon/experiment! (QuantumMetrology Triangle,SETcurrent standard,...) Keyidea: Tocountnoteveryelectron(waytoofast!), butjustcounttheerrors(muchmorerare)! 29 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. CounBngsingle-electrontransfererrors Idea(1992)andfirstpioneeringexperiments(1994)byNIST: “Electron ” d r a d n a t S nce a t i c a p a C C o u n Mn g 30 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. CounBngsingle-electrontransfererrors ...inthe“ElectronCounMngCapacitanceStandard”byPTB SETpump UFB Qisl Electrometer signal / e V1 V2 V3 V4 SETelectrometer “shu_le pumping” slow @2.5Hz n o t s e t y Fidelit pump T E S e th 1.0 0.0 38 39 40 41 42 43 Time / s 31 44 Ø B.Camarotaetal.,“Electron Coun?ngCapacitanceStandard 45 withanimprovedfive-junc?onRpump”,Metrologia49,8-14 (2012) H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. CounBngsingle-electrontransfererrors ...inthe“ElectronCounMngCapacitanceStandard”byPTB SETpump UFB Qisl V1 V2 V3 V4 SETelectrometer “shu_le pumping” fast @2.5MHz Electrometer signal / e -46 -47 39errorsin1049s ⇒Γerror=0.038s-1 -48 -49 -50 -51 RelaBvetransfererror =0.038s-1/2.5MHz =0.015ppm -52 -53 -54 0 5 10 15 Time / min 32 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. BUT...notsuitableforSETcurrentstandard SETpump SETelectrometer Schemedoesnotallowtocontactpumpdrainsidebycurrentlines becausehighstraycapacitanceof‘drainwire’deterioratessingleelectronresoluMonofdetector(SETelectrometer=SETtransistor) 33 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. BUT...notsuitableforSETcurrentstandard SETpump SETelectrometer Schemedoesnotallowtocontactpumpdrainsidebycurrentlines becausehighstraycapacitanceof‘drainwire’deterioratessingleelectronresoluMonofdetector(SETelectrometer=SETtransistor) ⇒CounMngsingle-electrontransfererrorsmustbedoneina separateevaluaMonphase,whichisdifferentfromthe ‘currentsourcing’operaMonmode! 34 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. AdvancedSETerroraccounBngscheme SETelectrometers SETpumps • AllowscontacMngthecircuitwithoutimpairingsingle-electron resoluMonofthedetectors • AllowstocountSETerrorswhilepumpingunidirecMonally: ‘insitu’erroraccounBng ‘Self-referenced’SETcurrentsource • FurtheradvantagesbycorrelaBonanalysisofdetectorsignals! Ø M.Wulf,“Erroraccoun?ngalgorithmforelectroncoun?ngexperiments”,PRB87,035312(2013) 35 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. ‘Self-referenced’SETcurrentsource:device SETpumps (GaAs) SETdetectors (Al-AlOx-Al) 1µm Ø L.Frickeetal.,“Coun?ngSta?s?csforElectronCaptureinaDynamicQuantumDot”,PRL110, 126803(2013) Ø L.Frickeetal.,“Self-referencedsingle-electronquan?zedcurrentsource”,PRL112,226803(2014) 36 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. ‘Self-referenced’SETcurrentsource:firstresults Signaturesofmissed-cycleevents 50-foldaccuracyenhancement byerroraccounBng(but:f∼30Hz) Ø L.Frickeetal.,“Self-referencedsingle-electronquan?zedcurrentsource”,PRL112,226803(2014) 37 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. Conclusions&outlook ...onthechallengesregarding “futureSET-basedquantumcurrentstandards”: • SET-generatedcurrentlevelandaccuracy: 100pAwith∼0.1ppmwithinreach, 1nAwith<0.1ppmenvisaged(silicon-basedSETpumps?) • SETerroraccounBng: ...ismandatoryformetrology!SchemesforsoluMonsexist (demonstrated&validated),butneedopMmizedimplementaMons (high-speedoperaMon,usingrf-SETdetectors,...) • Small-currentmeasurementandamplificaBon: ThenovelULCAinstrumentissuperiortoCCC-basedsystems, offeringunparalleledperformanceforapplicaMonsinsmallcurrentmetrology(SET,andmore!) 38 H.Scherer:Single-electrontransportandthenewstandardforelectricalcurrent IEEE/CSC & ESAS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NEWS FORUM (global edition), January 2016. KRYO 2015 tutorial presentation. Not submitted for publication. ...thankstoallinvolvedcolleaguesfromfourPTBdepartments inBraunschweigandBerlin! • QuantumElectronics(PTBdepartment2.4) • SemiconductorPhysicsandMagneBsm(PTBdepartment2.5) • ElectricalQuantumMetrology(PTBdepartment2.6) • CryophysicsandSpectrometry(PTBdepartment7.2) Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig and Berlin Bundesallee 100 38116 Braunschweig Hansjörg Scherer Telefon: 0531 592-2610 E-Mail: [email protected] www.ptb.de