Temperature dependence of the half-integer magnetic flux quantum

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5432, 1999, Pages 1373-1375

  Kirtley, J R ^a   Tsuei, C C ^a   Moler, K A ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FLUX; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

HALF-INTEGER MAGNETIC FLUX QUANTUM EFFECTS;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CRYSTAL; FILM; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033610063     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5432.1373     Document Type: Article

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