Coulomb blockade: E_C = e²/(2C), single-electron charging

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Coulomb blockade of single-electron transport (Kulik-Shekhter 1975; Averin-Likharev 1986; Fulton-Dolan 1987 PRL 59:109): a small metallic or semiconductor island of total capacitance C requires energy E_C = e²/(2C) to add one electron;…

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