Quasiparticle dynamics in ballistic weak links under weak voltage bias: An elementary treatment

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 877-889

  Kroemer, Herbert ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY GAP; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ANDREEV REFLECTION; SHAPIRO STEP;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0032666325     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1999.0704     Document Type: Article

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