Detection of geometric phases in superconducting nanocircuits

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6802, 2000, Pages 355-358

  Falci, Giuseppe ^a   Fazio, Rosario ^a   Palma, G Massimo ^b   Siewert, Jens ^a   Vedral, Viatko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON; EVOLUTION; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0034699387     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35030052     Document Type: Article

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