Little-Parks Oscillation of Superconducting Möbius Strip

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3495-3498

  Hayashi, Masahiko ^a   Ebisawa, Hiromichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Little Parks oscillation; M bius strip; Superconductivity; Topological matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035564547     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.70.3495     Document Type: Article

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