Magnetic-field-induced crossover from 2e to e periodicity in the superconducting single-electron transistor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3543-3549

  Lu, J ^a   Hergenrother, J ^a   Tinkham, M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000872240     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.3543     Document Type: Article

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