학술논문

Surface acoustic waves in liquid helium for enhanced single-electron transport applications
Document Type
Conference
Source
2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2012 IEEE International. :1-4 Oct, 2012
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Gallium arsenide
Zinc oxide
Surface acoustic waves
Abstracts
Liquids
Irrigation
surface acoustic wave (SAW)
single-electron transport
liquid helium
acoustic Poynting vector
Language
ISSN
1051-0117
1948-5719
Abstract
High frequency Rayleigh and Sezawa modes propagating in the ZnO/GaAs system capable of operating immersed in liquid helium have been engineered. In the case of the Rayleigh mode, the strong attenuation produced by the liquid is counteracted by the strengthening of the mode induced by the ZnO. However, in the case of the Sezawa modes, the attenuation is strongly reduced taking advantage of the depth profile of their acoustic Poynting vectors, that extend deeper into the layered system, reducing the energy radiated into the fluid. Thus, both tailored modes will be suitable for acoustically-driven single-electron and single-photon devices in ZnO-coated GaAs-based systems with the best thermal stability provided by the liquid helium bath.