U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research: Quantum Transport and Superconductivity in Nanostructures

该奖项支持Gergely Zimanyi博士和加州大学戴维斯分校的研究生与卡尔斯鲁厄大学固态物理系的Gerd Sch 'n合作。合作将研究三个主题：1)电子隧穿结和具有高隧穿电导的量子点；2)超薄超导导线中的量子相滑移和输运；3)约瑟夫森结阵列和颗粒材料的集体性质。每个小组在研究的主题方面都有各自的和互补的专业知识，在为期两年的奖励期内，交换学生是一个优先事项。所有这三个主题都是理论和实验物理界非常感兴趣的，并且可能对未来高速电子设备的技术进步产生影响。

This award supports Dr. Gergely Zimanyi and a graduate student from the University of California-Davis in a collaboration with Gerd Sch`n of the Department of Solid State Physics at the University of Karlsruhe. The collaboration will study three topics: 1) electron tunneling through junctions and quantum dots with high tunneling conductance, 2) quantum phase slips and transport in ultra-thin superconducting wires, and 3) collective properties of arrays of Josephson junctions and granular materials. Each group brings separate and complementary expertise in the topics to be studied, and exchange of students is a high priority during the two-year award period. All three topics are of great interest to both the theoretical and experimental physics communities, and may have implications for future technological advances in high-speed electronic devices.