Direct measurement of quasiparticle evanescent waves in a dirty superconductor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1405071-1405074

  Gu, J Y ^a,b   Caballero, J A ^a   Slater, R D ^a   Loloee, R ^a   Pratt Jr , W P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTOR; DIFFUSION; FILM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0036812625     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.140507     Document Type: Article

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