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A New Quantum Switch for Electronics

2021-02-13

A New Quantum Switch for Electronics

A Russian physicist and his international colleagues studied a quantum point contact (QCP) between two conductors with external oscillating fields applied to the contact. They found that, for some types of contacts, an increase in the oscillation frequency above a critical value reduced the current to zero – a promising mechanism that can help create nanoelectronics components.