Proximity-Induced Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking at Josephson Junctions between Unconventional Superconductors

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 361-364

  Kuboki, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Segrist, Manfred ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fractional vortex; High Tc superconductor; Josephson junction; Time reversal symmetry breaking; Unconventional superconductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030525971     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.65.361     Document Type: Article

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