Discrete breathers in dc-biased josephson-junction arrays

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 13604-13607

  Trias E ^b   Orlando, T P ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001071837     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.13604     Document Type: Article

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