Metastability and switching in the vortex state of 2H-NbSe2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 126-128

  Banerjee, S S ^a   Patil, N G ^a   Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Grover, A K ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a,b   Ravikumar, G ^c   Mishra, P K ^c   Chandrasekhar Rao, T V ^c   Sahni, V C ^c   Higgins, M J ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EID: 0001078798     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123139     Document Type: Article

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