Multiple-charge-quanta shot noise in superconducting atomic contacts

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 4104-4107

  Cron, R ^a   Goffman, M F ^a   Esteve, D ^a   Urbina, C ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FREQUENCIES; POISSON EQUATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SHOT NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ANDREEV REFLECTIONS; MULTIPLE CHARGE QUANTA SHOT NOISE; POISSONIAN VALUE; SUPERCONDUCTING ATOMIC CONTACTS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 0035971644     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4104     Document Type: Article

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